marble vs stipple

marble

verb
  • To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants. 

  • To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat. 

  • To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly. 

  • To lace or be laced throughout. 

  • To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble. 

noun
  • A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. 

  • Statues made from marble. 

  • A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone. 

adj
  • Cold; hard; unfeeling. 

  • Made of, or resembling, marble. 

stipple

verb
  • To use small dots to give the appearance of shading to. 

noun
  • The use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used. 

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