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marbling

verb as in streak

verb as in striate

verb as in variegate

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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.

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Much use of the square, but no more play with the marbling-hammer.

From the viscidity of the several masses, their incorporation is left incomplete, so as to produce the appearance of marbling.

The 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.

Some pleasant effects are sometimes obtained by marbling edges and then gilding over the marbling.

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On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to marbling, such as: besmirch, bespatter, blot, blotch, dapple, and dirty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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