Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Marbling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marble \Mar"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Marbling}.] [Cf. F. marbrer. See {Marble}, n.]
To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to
marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marbling \Mar"bling\, n.
1. The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation
of marble.
2. An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a
marbled appearance.
3. pl. (Zo["o]l.) Distinct markings resembling the
variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marbling
n : the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat
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