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marezzo|mæˈrɛtsəʊ| [It., f. marezzare to water (silk), marble.] A kind of artificial marble (see quots.). More fully marezzo marble.
1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 508/1 Marezzo marble is made of cement mixed with fibre for strength and to resist a blow. 1901Notes on Building Construction (ed. 5) III. iii. 250 The basis of Marezzo marble, as well as of Scagliola, being plaster of Paris, neither of them is capable of bearing exposure to the weather. Ibid., The Artificial Marble now manufactured in London is made on the same principle as the Marezzo, but differs from it in the character of the cement used. 1958F. S. Merritt Building Construction Handbk. xii. 9 Marezzo, an imitation marble formed with Keene's cement to which colors have been added. 1964J. S. Scott Dict. Building 201 Marezzo marble, an artificial marble like scagliola, which differs from it mainly in having no chips of added coloured material. When precast, it is cast on a smooth sheet of plate glass or slate to give a polished surface. |