Petworth marble

·- A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England;

— called also Sussex marble.

Marble
·adj Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart. II. Marble ·adj Made of, or resembling, m...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Marble
As a mineral, consists of carbonate of lime, its texture varying from the highly crystalline to the ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
to marble
To move off; as, 'If you do that again, you must marble,' i. e. be off immediately. Used in Pennsylv...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Marble
The Hebrew shesh, the generic term for marble, may probably be taken to mean almost any shining ston...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Marble-edged
·adj Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
marble-fish
n. name given to the Tupong (q.v.) in Geelong. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
marble(-)wood
n. name applied to awhitish-coloured mottled timber, Olea paniculata,R. Br., N.O. Jasmineae; called...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris