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marbles
mar·ble M0099900 (mär′bəl)n.1. a. A metamorphic rock formed by alteration of limestone or dolomite, often irregularly colored by impurities, and used especially in architecture and sculpture.b. A piece of this rock.c. A sculpture made from this rock.2. Something resembling or suggesting metamorphic rock, as in being very hard, smooth, or cold: a heart of marble; a brow of marble.3. Games a. A small hard ball, usually of glass, used in children's games.b. marbles(used with a sing. verb) Any of various games played with marbles.4. marbles Slang Common sense; sanity: completely lost his marbles after the stock market crash.5. Marbling.tr.v. mar·bled, mar·bling, mar·bles To mottle and streak (paper, for example) with colors and veins in imitation of marble.adj.1. Composed of metamorphic rock: a marble hearth.2. Resembling metamorphic rock in consistency, texture, venation, color, or coldness.
[Middle English marbre, marble, from Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros, of unknown origin.]
mar′bly adj.marbles (ˈmɑːbəlz) n1. (Games, other than specified) (functioning as singular) a game in which marbles are rolled at one another, similar to bowls2. (functioning as plural) informal wits: to lose one's marbles. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  marbles - a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)child's game - a game enjoyed by children | | 2. | marbles - the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception; "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind"witsintelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience |
Translationsmarble (ˈmaːbl) noun1. a kind of hard, usually highly polished stone, cold to the touch. This table is made of marble; (also adjective) a marble statue. 大理石 大理石2. a small hard ball of glass used in children's games. The little boy rolled a marble along the ground. 彈珠 弹子ˈmarbled adjective having irregular streaks of different colours, like some types of marble. marbled stonework. 有大理石花紋的 有大理石花纹的ˈmarbles noun singular any of several games played with marbles. The boys were playing marbles. 彈珠遊戲 打弹子游戏IdiomsSeemarblemarbles
marbles a game in which marbles are rolled at one another, similar to bowls MarblesIn past times Ash Wednesday kicked off the English marbles season. Throughout Lent men and boys played competitive marble games with one another. The marbles season ended on Good Friday, which was known as Marble Day in Surrey and Sussex, regions where the game was particularly popular. After that time anyone caught playing marbles might be forced to forfeit them. Some researchers believe that the practice of playing marbles on Good Friday may have come from Holland or Belgium. At least one writer suspects that the game of dice that the Roman soldiers played at the foot of the cross (Mark 15:24, Luke 23:35, John 19:24) inspired the association between marbles and Good Friday.
The village of Tinsley Green, near Crawley in Sussex, hosts a marbles championship every year on Good Friday. The competition dates back to the year 1600, when, according to legend, a local girl convinced her suitors to compete for her favor by playing a game of marbles. Today the tournament winner is declared the "Champion of Great Britain" and receives a silver cup.
Further Reading
Harrowven, Jean. Origins of Festivals and Feasts. London, England: Kaye and Ward, 1980. Hole, Christina. British Folk Customs. London, England: Hutchinson and Company, 1976. Howard, Alexander. Endless Cavalcade. London, England: Arthur Barker, 1964. marbles (jargon)(From the mainstream "lost his marbles") The minimumneeded to build your way further up some hierarchy of tools orabstractions. After a bad system crash, you need todetermine if the machine has enough marbles to come up on itsown, or enough marbles to allow a rebuild from backups, orif you need to rebuild from scratch. "This compiler doesn'teven have enough marbles to compile hello, world."marbles
Synonyms for marblesnoun a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)Related Wordsnoun the basic human power of intelligent thought and perceptionSynonymsRelated Words |