marbling
the intermixture of fat with lean in a cut of meat, which contributes to flavor and tenderness.
Bookbinding. marblelike decoration on the paper edges, lining, or binding boards of a book.
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How to use marbling in a sentence
The investment in time and effort has led some to compare hoshigaki to Kobe beef, which requires ranchers to massage their cattle daily to achieve rich marbling.
Much use of the square, but no more play with the marbling-hammer.
Peccavi | E. W. HornungFrom the viscidity of the several masses, their incorporation is left incomplete, so as to produce the appearance of marbling.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe style of painting floors called "marbling," hardly yet extinct, was a survival of this custom.
More common methods of decorating edges are by marbling and sprinkling, but they are both inferior to plain colouring.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books | Douglas Cockerell
Some pleasant effects are sometimes obtained by marbling edges and then gilding over the marbling.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books | Douglas Cockerell
British Dictionary definitions for marbling
/ (ˈmɑːblɪŋ) /
a mottled effect or pattern resembling marble
such an effect obtained by transferring floating colours from a bath of gum solution
the streaks of fat in lean meat
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