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Mar`mo*ra"tion (?), n. [L.
marmoratio.] A covering or incrusting with marble; a
casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.
[R.]

||Mar`mo*ra`tum o"pus (?). [L. See Marmorate, and
Opus.] (Arch.) A kind of hard finish for
plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of
taking a high polish.

{ Mar*mo"re*al (?), Mar*mo"re*an (?), }
a. [L. marmoreus, fr. marmor marble:
cf. F. marmoréen. See Marble.] Pertaining
to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.

||Mar`mo*ro"sis (?), n. [NL.]
(Geol.) The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its
conversion into marble. Geikie.

Mar"mose` (?), n. [F.]
(Zoöl.) A species of small opossum (Didelphus
murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil.

Mar"mo*set` (?), n. [F.
marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly little boy, prob. fr.
LL. marmoretum, fr. L. marmor marble.


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