Section M, N, and O

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-- Shell marble contains fossil shells. --
Statuary marble is a pure, white, fine-grained
kind, including Parian (from Paros) and Carrara marble.
If coarsely granular it is called saccharoidal.

2. A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as
a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection
of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the
Elgin marbles.

3. A little ball of marble, or of some other
hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a
child's game played with marbles.

&fist; Marble is also much used in self-explaining
compounds; when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means,
hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as, marble-
breasted, marble-faced, marble-hearted.

Mar"ble, a. 1.
Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel;
marble paper.

2. Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble
breast or heart.

Mar"ble, v.

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