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marbly, a.|ˈmɑːblɪ|
Also 5 marbely, 7 marblie.
[f. marble n. + -y.]
Resembling, or having the appearance of, marble. Hence, rigid, cold, or calm like marble.
1439[see marble n. 7 e, quot. c 1430]. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. i. §4 (1622) 179 Whatsoeuer Monsters strange, in marbly Seas doe breed. 1635Swan Spec. M. vi. (1643) 299 Salt-gem..is also called stonie, marblie Salt. a1814Mermaid ii. i. in New Brit. Theatre II. 486 The marbly lustre of her skin. 1845Browning Bishop orders his tomb 75 And have I not..mistresses with great smooth marbly limbs? 1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. i. (1858) 69 Above the blue sea rose the white marbly terraces. 1858G. Macdonald Phantastes (1878) II. xiv. 33 The marbly stillness of thousands of years. |