Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cipollino .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.
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- noun mineralogy A
whitish marble fromRome , containiing palegreenish zones . It consists ofcalcium carbonate , with zones and cloudings oftalc .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Here, a covering of Paros marble; here, a ceiling painted by Eugene Delacroix; here, a mosaic flooring formed of rare wood from the isles; here, a chimney-piece in cipolin marble.”
Balzac 2003
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"Here is a veneering of Parian marble"; "Here is a mantelpiece in cipolin marble"; "Here is a ceiling painted by Eugene Delacroix."
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"Here, a covering of Paros marble; here, a ceiling painted by Eugene Delacroix; here, a mosaic flooring formed of rare wood from the isles; here, a chimney-piece in cipolin marble."
Balzac Lawton, Frederick 1910
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The fine _ambones_; the very peculiar and beautiful galleries, with delicate columns, like a triforium on either side of choir for women; the choir with splendid episcopal seat and pale cipolin benches -- Tadema like -- for priests all round.
The Spirit of Rome Vernon Lee 1895
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Delacroix; here, a mosaic flooring formed of rare wood from the isles; here, a chimney-piece in cipolin marble. "
Balzac Frederick Lawton
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