marbledadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːbld/, U.S.

/ˈmɑrbəld/

Forms: 1500s– marbled, 1600s marbel'd; Scottish pre-1700 marbillit.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: marble v., -ed suffix¹; marble n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: Partly < marble v. + -ed suffix¹, and partly < marble n. + -ed suffix².The apparently misspelt adjective in the following quot. is conceivably an earlier example of marbled (in sense 2a, though the application to a horse is not paralleled):1581 in F. G. Emmison Elizabethan Life (1978) (modernized text) IV. 160 Old [mar?]bette gelding.

1. Made of marble; turned to marble; portrayed in marble; characterized by marble buildings or sculptures, decorated with marble.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > spangled

marmoratec1537

sparked1552

spangled1584

marbled1598

clinquanta1618

bespangled1634

spankled1777

spangly1818

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [adjective] > made of marble > covered with marble

marmoratec1537

marbled1598

marmorated1731

1598 S. Brandon Tragicomoedi of Vertuous Octauia i. sig. B^v Like Medusaes marbled creatures, they Amazed stood.

1628–9 Accts. Masters of Wks. in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1843) III. ii. 375 With the chimnay marbillit.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 226 Marbled effigies and monumental deposits of the renowned.

1821 Ld. Byron Isles of Greece in Don Juan: Canto III 51 Place me on Sunium's marbled steep.

1844 Ld. Houghton Scott at Tomb in Mem. Many Scenes 132 His marbled form will meet the attentive eye.

1851 G. Meredith Sleeping City 109 A marbled City planted there With all its pageants and despair.

1885 H. O. Forbes Naturalist's Wanderings Eastern Archipel. 6 Fine residences..conspicuous by the blaze of light that lit up their pillared and marbled fronts.

1908 S. E. White Riverman xi After freshening up in the marbled and boarded washroom, he hunted up Newmark.

1988 M. Chabon Myst. Pittsburgh i. 10 I came around the concrete corner that gave way to the marbled steps of the library.

a. Frequently Botany and Pathology. Veined, mottled, dappled, or pied. Also with with.

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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted

spotteda1325

flecked1377

dappledc1400

maculous?a1425

mailedc1425

variant1502

garled1506

sparked1552

menil1611

marbled1629

ticked1688

varied1715

maculose1727

the world > plants > appearance of plant > plant defined by colour or marking > [adjective] > having particular type marking or colouring

streaked1600

marbled1629

muscadine1646

agated1665

silver-cupped1688

red-top1705

tessellated1723

lineate1777

fancy1793

red-tipped1800

areolated1802

white-lipped1813

variegated1818

pennaceous1819

streak-flowered1822

limbate1826

unbroken1829

sanguine-heart1840

rivulose1843

pencilled1846

areolate1847

notate1857

sigillate1858

discolor1859

discolorous1860

fumose1866

fumous1866

tricolour1866

unnetted1869

the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > marbled

marblea1450

marblya1450

marbled1629

marly1721

marbleized1851

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole viii. 21 Gilloflouers..white, red, blush,..marbled, speckled, striped, flaked.

1665 J. Rea Flora 47 Leaves which, warmed by the sun..change into divers glorious colours, variously mixed, edged, striped, agoted, marbled.

1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 357 At the break of morning light, When the marbled Sky looks gay.

1818 Art of preserving Feet 154 If the chilblain is merely neglected, the skin..becomes livid and of a marbled appearance.

1883 Hardwich's Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 331 The Print Marbled and Streaky.—These defects are often seen before the print is toned.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 462 It [sc. an eruption on the skin] may be uniform, or figured, or marbled.

1937 W. Lewis Revenge for Love ii. i. 75 Her head of a small wistful seabird, delicately drafted..to skate upon the marbled surface of the waves.

1977 A. Thwaite Portion for Foxes 22 The black and marbled innards Torn from a rat.

1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Mar. 123/3 Three Trillium sessile display maroon bracts attached to..marbled leaves.

b. [Frequently corresponding to scientific Latin marmoratus, marmorata (as a specific epithet).] In the names of animals and plants which have mottled or dappled markings. See also Compounds.

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1665 J. Rea Flora iv. 27 The marbled Rose in the growing doth much resemble the Velvet Rose.

1699 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani iv-v. 33 The white marbled female Butterfly.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 164 The Marbled Rose,..its Leaves are larger, of a light red Colour marbled and veined.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 762 The common long red or marbled mangel-würzel.

1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 741/2 Among other species of the family Felidæ found in India may be mentioned..the marbled tiger cat (F. marmorata), [etc.].

1884 G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 173 Marbled Angler, Pterophryne histrio.

1901 E. Step Shell Life xvi. 290 The Marbled Slug (Lomanotus marmoratus) has the head hidden by a slight veil.

1953 H. S. Zim & H. M. Smith Reptiles & Amphibians vi. 144 Marbled salamander..is smaller than others in this group, but like most is a stout, thick-set creature.

1977 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 33/1 The small, mottled Marbled Scorpion grows to between 1 in. and 2 in. in length.

1992 Independent 31 Jan. 5 (caption) One of 14 marbled electric rays born at the Sea-Life Centre in Portsmouth.

a. Coloured or stained with a variegated pattern so as to resemble marble.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > marbled > artificially

marbled1667

marble1703

1667 W. Petty in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 286 Colouring of Paper, viz. Marbled Paper, by distempering the colours with Ox-gall.

1671 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) iv. 14 Those fine Covers of Books that, for their resemblance to speckld Marble, are wont to be call'd Marbled.

1699 H. Wanley Let. 25 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 276 Common marbled Paper.

1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 267 The second makes them of an Ash Colour and Marbled or Iaspered.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxvi. 168 You will no more be able to penetrate the moral of the next marbled page (motly emblem of my work!).

1863 Bookseller's Catal. Fine copy, calf extra, full gilt backs, marbled edges.

1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 242/1 The edge of marbled books should correspond with their marbled ends.

1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 4/3 Sterne..gives us sly obscenities, anecdotes that lead nowhere, blank pages, marbled pages, all the affectations of a mocking self-conscious eccentricity.

1977 Sci. Amer. Aug. 101/2 Several unfamiliar materials were used inside the car:..tubular-steel, chromium-plated seat frames and marbled rubber floor mats.

1990 Ideal Home Apr. 38 (caption) Trompe l'oeil columns and marbled dado give palatial splendour to walls.

b. spec. Of meat: having the lean streaked with thin layers of fat (an indication of high quality).

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > [adjective] > relating to meat > streaked with fat

streaked1688

marbled1803

streaky1838

1803 J. Sinclair in A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) IV. xvii. 355 There is no better sign of good flesh, than when it is marbled.

1834 W. Youatt Cattle 270 The meat is finely marbled and well-flavoured.

1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 13/1 The beef..is finely marbled, and of excellent quality.

1989 Internat. Business Week 21 Aug. 32/1 These animals are stuffed with grain to produce marbled steaks that tempt Japanese palates.

Compounds

marbled beauty n. a small Eurasian noctuid moth, Cryphia domestica, with forewings that are mottled with a variable amount of grey.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Caradrinidae > bryophila perla (marbled beauty)

marbled beauty1867

1867 H. T. Stainton Brit. Butterflies & Moths vi. 66 The Marbled Beauty.

1961 H. M. Edelsten & D. S. Fletcher South's Moths Brit. Isles (new ed.) I. 260 The Marbled Beauty (Cryphia perla Schiff.). Typically the fore wings of this species are white, marbled with slaty grey, and with the stigmata dark grey.

1986 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & W. Europe 162 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica. Grey may be replaced by green.

marbled cat n. a medium-small Asian wild cat, Felis marmorata, which has a brownish coat richly marked with dark blotches and stripes, occurring in forests from Nepal to Borneo.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Felis > other types of

margay1775

pampas cat1827

marbled cat1840

golden cat1871

leopard cat1884

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 95 The..Marbled Cat (F[elis] marmorata).

1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 368/1 The Tibetan Fontanier's cat (F. tristis).., and the Indian marbled cat (F. marmorata).., appear to be the Asiatic representatives of the American ocelots.

1971 S. H. Prater Bk. Indian Animals (ed. 3) 71 As a sub-genus (Pardofelis), the Marbled Cat is distinguished from the leopard-cat and other Oriental relatives by structural peculiarities of the skull.

1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) II. 1199/2 The marbled cat is a forest dweller, apparently nocturnal and partly arboreal in habit.

marbled godwit n. the godwit Limosa fedoa of central Canada (migrating to the southern United States and Peru), which has tawny brown colouring mottled and barred with black.

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1787 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. Suppl. 68 Marbled Godwit... Inhabits Hudson's Bay.

1834 T. Nuttall Man. Ornithol. U.S. & Canada: Water Birds 174 The Marbled Godwit, in large flocks, appears in the salt marshes of Massachusetts, about the middle of August.

1944 L. A. Hausman Illustr. Encycl. Amer. Birds 105 The Marbled Godwits are birds of the seashore, where they follow the retreating surf, feeding as they go.

1996 Sci. Amer. Mar. 73/2 (caption) Supratidal residents of a mangrove swamp include a variety of plants, arthropods, snails and insects, and it is no surprise that the marbled godwit has little trouble finding food.

marbled green n. a small Eurasian noctuid moth, Cryphia muralis, with forewings that are mottled with varying shades of greyish-green or brown.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Caradrinidae > bryophila glandifera (marbled green)

marbled green1870

1870 Eng. Mech. 25 Feb. 571/2 The Marbled Green (Bryophila glandifera).

1967 E. B. Ford Moths (ed. 2) 162 It is doubtful how much light is to be thrown upon our relict moths by a study of the Marbled Green, Cryphia muralis Fors.

1984 B. Skinner Moths Brit. Isles 122/2 Marbled Green, Cryphia muralis muralis Forster... Ground colour of forewing ranges from almost white, through various shades of green to dark olive-green.

marbled murrelet n. a small North Pacific auk, Brachyramphus marmoratus, with mottled brown plumage in the breeding season.

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1886 L. M. Turner Contrib. Nat. Hist. Alaska 185 Brachyramphus marmoratus..Marbled Murrelet.

1953 S. G. Jewett et al. Birds Washington State 323 Marbled murrelets were found quite constantly near canneries, though not known to eat refuse.

1996 A. Outwater Water 49 The marbled murrelets, also endangered, nest in the moss beds high above ground.

marbled newt n. a large newt of south-western Europe, Triturus marmoratus, having green skin marked with black blotches.

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1947 Proc. Zool. Soc. 117 247 In 1862, de l'Isle described a species of newt from Brittany, Triton blasii, which in its chief characters was intermediate between the Crested Newt, T. cristatus..and the Marbled Newt, T. marmoratus.

1978 E. N. Arnold & J. A. Burton Field Guide Reptiles & Amphibians Brit. & Europe 42 Triturus marmoratus Marbled Newt... Confined to Iberia and S. and W. France.

1990 J. Gilbert tr. M. Capula Macdonald Encycl. Amphibians & Reptiles No. 33 The marbled newt is found in pools and ponds only during the breeding season, from February to April.

marbled polecat n. a Eurasian polecat, Vormela peregusna, which has a yellowish back with dark brown markings, occurring from south-eastern Europe to China.

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1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Marbled polecat, tiger weasel [Tiger weasel, any of several heavily built Old World weasels closely related to the polecats but usually held to comprise a separate genus (Vormela)].

1980 G. Corbet & D. Ovenden Mammals Brit. & Europe 183 The Marbled polecat closely resembles the Western and Steppe polecats in size and form but has a unique mottled coat.

1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) at Carnivore Being carnivorous, mustelids sometimes become pests, especially around poultry—particularly when the poultry farmer is lax in his sanitation. Weasels, marbled polecats, and striped skunks are the common offenders.

† marbled rose n. Obsolete a garden variety of Rosa gallica with variegated light red petals.

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1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole cix. 416 The Rose without thornes hath..divers pale coloured veines through every leafe of the flower, which hath caused some to call it The marbled Rose.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 477 The Marbled Rose,..its Leaves are larger, of a light red Colour marbled and veined.

1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 157/2 The spotted, striped, and marbled roses belong to this species [sc. Rosa gallica].

marbled seal n. rare the ringed seal, Phoca hispida.

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1871 Proc. Zool. Soc. June 506 Occurrence of the Ringed or Marbled Seal (Phoca hispida) on the Coast of Norfolk.

marbled white n. (more fully marbled white butterfly) a European satyrid butterfly, Melanargia galathea, which has whitish wings with black markings and is found in rough grassland; also (with distinguishing word), any of various other butterflies of the genus Melanargia.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Satyridae > arge galathea (marbled white)

marble butterfly1749

marbled white butterfly1766

1699 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani iv-v.33 The white marbled female Butterfly.]

1766 M. Harris Aurelian 24 (heading) The Marmoress, or Marbled White.

1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects ii. 16 The Marbled White or Marmoress.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 595/2 The Marbled White (Arge galathea) is the species often met with in Britain.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 539 The flavone pigment of the marbled white butterfly is found in the cocksfoot grass on which the caterpillar feeds.

1989 A. M. Emmet et al. Moths & Butterflies Great Brit. & Ireland VII. i. 260/1 Melanargia Meigen... A small Palaearctic genus... These butterflies, the ‘marbled whites’, are easily distinguished from other members of the family by their bold black and white pattern.

1991 Choice Jan. 13/3 In the Yorkshire Wolds the Marbled White has sprung back to life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	marbled
释义	marbledadj. Brit. /ˈmɑːbld/, U.S. /ˈmɑrbəld/ Forms: 1500s– marbled, 1600s marbel'd; Scottish pre-1700 marbillit. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: marble v., -ed suffix¹; marble n., -ed suffix². Etymology: Partly < marble v. + -ed suffix¹, and partly < marble n. + -ed suffix².The apparently misspelt adjective in the following quot. is conceivably an earlier example of marbled (in sense 2a, though the application to a horse is not paralleled):1581 in F. G. Emmison Elizabethan Life (1978) (modernized text) IV. 160 Old [mar?]bette gelding. 1. Made of marble; turned to marble; portrayed in marble; characterized by marble buildings or sculptures, decorated with marble. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > spangled marmoratec1537 sparked1552 spangled1584 marbled1598 clinquanta1618 bespangled1634 spankled1777 spangly1818 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [adjective] > made of marble > covered with marble marmoratec1537 marbled1598 marmorated1731 1598 S. Brandon Tragicomoedi of Vertuous Octauia i. sig. B^v Like Medusaes marbled creatures, they Amazed stood. 1628–9 Accts. Masters of Wks. in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1843) III. ii. 375 With the chimnay marbillit. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 226 Marbled effigies and monumental deposits of the renowned. 1821 Ld. Byron Isles of Greece in Don Juan: Canto III 51 Place me on Sunium's marbled steep. 1844 Ld. Houghton Scott at Tomb in Mem. Many Scenes 132 His marbled form will meet the attentive eye. 1851 G. Meredith Sleeping City 109 A marbled City planted there With all its pageants and despair. 1885 H. O. Forbes Naturalist's Wanderings Eastern Archipel. 6 Fine residences..conspicuous by the blaze of light that lit up their pillared and marbled fronts. 1908 S. E. White Riverman xi After freshening up in the marbled and boarded washroom, he hunted up Newmark. 1988 M. Chabon Myst. Pittsburgh i. 10 I came around the concrete corner that gave way to the marbled steps of the library. 2. a. Frequently Botany and Pathology. Veined, mottled, dappled, or pied. Also with with. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted spotteda1325 flecked1377 dappledc1400 maculous?a1425 mailedc1425 variant1502 garled1506 sparked1552 menil1611 marbled1629 ticked1688 varied1715 maculose1727 the world > plants > appearance of plant > plant defined by colour or marking > [adjective] > having particular type marking or colouring streaked1600 marbled1629 muscadine1646 agated1665 silver-cupped1688 red-top1705 tessellated1723 lineate1777 fancy1793 red-tipped1800 areolated1802 white-lipped1813 variegated1818 pennaceous1819 streak-flowered1822 limbate1826 unbroken1829 sanguine-heart1840 rivulose1843 pencilled1846 areolate1847 notate1857 sigillate1858 discolor1859 discolorous1860 fumose1866 fumous1866 tricolour1866 unnetted1869 the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > marbled marblea1450 marblya1450 marbled1629 marly1721 marbleized1851 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole viii. 21 Gilloflouers..white, red, blush,..marbled, speckled, striped, flaked. 1665 J. Rea Flora 47 Leaves which, warmed by the sun..change into divers glorious colours, variously mixed, edged, striped, agoted, marbled. 1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 357 At the break of morning light, When the marbled Sky looks gay. 1818 Art of preserving Feet 154 If the chilblain is merely neglected, the skin..becomes livid and of a marbled appearance. 1883 Hardwich's Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 331 The Print Marbled and Streaky.—These defects are often seen before the print is toned. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 462 It [sc. an eruption on the skin] may be uniform, or figured, or marbled. 1937 W. Lewis Revenge for Love ii. i. 75 Her head of a small wistful seabird, delicately drafted..to skate upon the marbled surface of the waves. 1977 A. Thwaite Portion for Foxes 22 The black and marbled innards Torn from a rat. 1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Mar. 123/3 Three Trillium sessile display maroon bracts attached to..marbled leaves. b. [Frequently corresponding to scientific Latin marmoratus, marmorata (as a specific epithet).] In the names of animals and plants which have mottled or dappled markings. See also Compounds. ΚΠ 1665 J. Rea Flora iv. 27 The marbled Rose in the growing doth much resemble the Velvet Rose. 1699 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani iv-v. 33 The white marbled female Butterfly. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 164 The Marbled Rose,..its Leaves are larger, of a light red Colour marbled and veined. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 762 The common long red or marbled mangel-würzel. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 741/2 Among other species of the family Felidæ found in India may be mentioned..the marbled tiger cat (F. marmorata), [etc.]. 1884 G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 173 Marbled Angler, Pterophryne histrio. 1901 E. Step Shell Life xvi. 290 The Marbled Slug (Lomanotus marmoratus) has the head hidden by a slight veil. 1953 H. S. Zim & H. M. Smith Reptiles & Amphibians vi. 144 Marbled salamander..is smaller than others in this group, but like most is a stout, thick-set creature. 1977 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 33/1 The small, mottled Marbled Scorpion grows to between 1 in. and 2 in. in length. 1992 Independent 31 Jan. 5 (caption) One of 14 marbled electric rays born at the Sea-Life Centre in Portsmouth. 3. a. Coloured or stained with a variegated pattern so as to resemble marble. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > marbled > artificially marbled1667 marble1703 1667 W. Petty in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 286 Colouring of Paper, viz. Marbled Paper, by distempering the colours with Ox-gall. 1671 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) iv. 14 Those fine Covers of Books that, for their resemblance to speckld Marble, are wont to be call'd Marbled. 1699 H. Wanley Let. 25 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 276 Common marbled Paper. 1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 267 The second makes them of an Ash Colour and Marbled or Iaspered. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxvi. 168 You will no more be able to penetrate the moral of the next marbled page (motly emblem of my work!). 1863 Bookseller's Catal. Fine copy, calf extra, full gilt backs, marbled edges. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 242/1 The edge of marbled books should correspond with their marbled ends. 1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 4/3 Sterne..gives us sly obscenities, anecdotes that lead nowhere, blank pages, marbled pages, all the affectations of a mocking self-conscious eccentricity. 1977 Sci. Amer. Aug. 101/2 Several unfamiliar materials were used inside the car:..tubular-steel, chromium-plated seat frames and marbled rubber floor mats. 1990 Ideal Home Apr. 38 (caption) Trompe l'oeil columns and marbled dado give palatial splendour to walls. b. spec. Of meat: having the lean streaked with thin layers of fat (an indication of high quality). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > [adjective] > relating to meat > streaked with fat streaked1688 marbled1803 streaky1838 1803 J. Sinclair in A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) IV. xvii. 355 There is no better sign of good flesh, than when it is marbled. 1834 W. Youatt Cattle 270 The meat is finely marbled and well-flavoured. 1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 13/1 The beef..is finely marbled, and of excellent quality. 1989 Internat. Business Week 21 Aug. 32/1 These animals are stuffed with grain to produce marbled steaks that tempt Japanese palates. Compounds marbled beauty n. a small Eurasian noctuid moth, Cryphia domestica, with forewings that are mottled with a variable amount of grey. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Caradrinidae > bryophila perla (marbled beauty) marbled beauty1867 1867 H. T. Stainton Brit. Butterflies & Moths vi. 66 The Marbled Beauty. 1961 H. M. Edelsten & D. S. Fletcher South's Moths Brit. Isles (new ed.) I. 260 The Marbled Beauty (Cryphia perla Schiff.). Typically the fore wings of this species are white, marbled with slaty grey, and with the stigmata dark grey. 1986 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & W. Europe 162 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica. Grey may be replaced by green. marbled cat n. a medium-small Asian wild cat, Felis marmorata, which has a brownish coat richly marked with dark blotches and stripes, occurring in forests from Nepal to Borneo. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Felis > other types of margay1775 pampas cat1827 marbled cat1840 golden cat1871 leopard cat1884 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 95 The..Marbled Cat (F[elis] marmorata). 1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 368/1 The Tibetan Fontanier's cat (F. tristis).., and the Indian marbled cat (F. marmorata).., appear to be the Asiatic representatives of the American ocelots. 1971 S. H. Prater Bk. Indian Animals (ed. 3) 71 As a sub-genus (Pardofelis), the Marbled Cat is distinguished from the leopard-cat and other Oriental relatives by structural peculiarities of the skull. 1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) II. 1199/2 The marbled cat is a forest dweller, apparently nocturnal and partly arboreal in habit. marbled godwit n. the godwit Limosa fedoa of central Canada (migrating to the southern United States and Peru), which has tawny brown colouring mottled and barred with black. ΚΠ 1787 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. Suppl. 68 Marbled Godwit... Inhabits Hudson's Bay. 1834 T. Nuttall Man. Ornithol. U.S. & Canada: Water Birds 174 The Marbled Godwit, in large flocks, appears in the salt marshes of Massachusetts, about the middle of August. 1944 L. A. Hausman Illustr. Encycl. Amer. Birds 105 The Marbled Godwits are birds of the seashore, where they follow the retreating surf, feeding as they go. 1996 Sci. Amer. Mar. 73/2 (caption) Supratidal residents of a mangrove swamp include a variety of plants, arthropods, snails and insects, and it is no surprise that the marbled godwit has little trouble finding food. marbled green n. a small Eurasian noctuid moth, Cryphia muralis, with forewings that are mottled with varying shades of greyish-green or brown. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Caradrinidae > bryophila glandifera (marbled green) marbled green1870 1870 Eng. Mech. 25 Feb. 571/2 The Marbled Green (Bryophila glandifera). 1967 E. B. Ford Moths (ed. 2) 162 It is doubtful how much light is to be thrown upon our relict moths by a study of the Marbled Green, Cryphia muralis Fors. 1984 B. Skinner Moths Brit. Isles 122/2 Marbled Green, Cryphia muralis muralis Forster... Ground colour of forewing ranges from almost white, through various shades of green to dark olive-green. marbled murrelet n. a small North Pacific auk, Brachyramphus marmoratus, with mottled brown plumage in the breeding season. ΚΠ 1886 L. M. Turner Contrib. Nat. Hist. Alaska 185 Brachyramphus marmoratus..Marbled Murrelet. 1953 S. G. Jewett et al. Birds Washington State 323 Marbled murrelets were found quite constantly near canneries, though not known to eat refuse. 1996 A. Outwater Water 49 The marbled murrelets, also endangered, nest in the moss beds high above ground. marbled newt n. a large newt of south-western Europe, Triturus marmoratus, having green skin marked with black blotches. ΚΠ 1947 Proc. Zool. Soc. 117 247 In 1862, de l'Isle described a species of newt from Brittany, Triton blasii, which in its chief characters was intermediate between the Crested Newt, T. cristatus..and the Marbled Newt, T. marmoratus. 1978 E. N. Arnold & J. A. Burton Field Guide Reptiles & Amphibians Brit. & Europe 42 Triturus marmoratus Marbled Newt... Confined to Iberia and S. and W. France. 1990 J. Gilbert tr. M. Capula Macdonald Encycl. Amphibians & Reptiles No. 33 The marbled newt is found in pools and ponds only during the breeding season, from February to April. marbled polecat n. a Eurasian polecat, Vormela peregusna, which has a yellowish back with dark brown markings, occurring from south-eastern Europe to China. ΚΠ 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Marbled polecat, tiger weasel [Tiger weasel, any of several heavily built Old World weasels closely related to the polecats but usually held to comprise a separate genus (Vormela)]. 1980 G. Corbet & D. Ovenden Mammals Brit. & Europe 183 The Marbled polecat closely resembles the Western and Steppe polecats in size and form but has a unique mottled coat. 1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) at Carnivore Being carnivorous, mustelids sometimes become pests, especially around poultry—particularly when the poultry farmer is lax in his sanitation. Weasels, marbled polecats, and striped skunks are the common offenders. † marbled rose n. Obsolete a garden variety of Rosa gallica with variegated light red petals. ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole cix. 416 The Rose without thornes hath..divers pale coloured veines through every leafe of the flower, which hath caused some to call it The marbled Rose. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 477 The Marbled Rose,..its Leaves are larger, of a light red Colour marbled and veined. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 157/2 The spotted, striped, and marbled roses belong to this species [sc. Rosa gallica]. marbled seal n. rare the ringed seal, Phoca hispida. ΚΠ 1871 Proc. Zool. Soc. June 506 Occurrence of the Ringed or Marbled Seal (Phoca hispida) on the Coast of Norfolk. marbled white n. (more fully marbled white butterfly) a European satyrid butterfly, Melanargia galathea, which has whitish wings with black markings and is found in rough grassland; also (with distinguishing word), any of various other butterflies of the genus Melanargia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Satyridae > arge galathea (marbled white) marble butterfly1749 marbled white butterfly1766 1699 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani iv-v.33 The white marbled female Butterfly.] 1766 M. Harris Aurelian 24 (heading) The Marmoress, or Marbled White. 1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects ii. 16 The Marbled White or Marmoress. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 595/2 The Marbled White (Arge galathea) is the species often met with in Britain. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 539 The flavone pigment of the marbled white butterfly is found in the cocksfoot grass on which the caterpillar feeds. 1989 A. M. Emmet et al. Moths & Butterflies Great Brit. & Ireland VII. i. 260/1 Melanargia Meigen... A small Palaearctic genus... These butterflies, the ‘marbled whites’, are easily distinguished from other members of the family by their bold black and white pattern. 1991 Choice Jan. 13/3 In the Yorkshire Wolds the Marbled White has sprung back to life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1598
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