marbling

A mottling or streaking that resembles marble.

The process or operation of giving something the surface appearance of marble.

The decorative imitation of marble patterns printed on page edges and endpapers of books.

Flecks or thin strips of fat, especially when evenly distributed in a cut of meat.

The art or process of variegating in color, in imitation of marble, or with veins and cloudings of any sort.

Any marking resembling that of veined or variegated marble; hence, any mottling, veining, or clouding of a surface: as, the marbling of flesh-meat caused by alternations of fat and lean.

The art or practice of staining paper or the cut edges of a book with variegated colors, usually in some conventional imitation of marble.

The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble.

An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance.

Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.