¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marblers
1. marbler [n] - See also: marbler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marblers
Literary usage of Marblers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work. By Virginia Penny by Virginia Penny (1863)
"Paper marblers. I saw the process of marbling— something very suitable for women,
if they would properly qualify themselves for it. ..."
2. Art in Great Britain and Ireland by Walter Armstrong (1909)
"The marblers seem to have brought about their own super- cession by the common error
... The eclipse of the Purbeck marblers, then, was brought about by the ..."
3. The Art of Bookbinding: A Practical Treatise by Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (1890)
"... these, in turn, ink the edge on being passed over it. The books are naturally
held in the press whilst this is being done. Leo's Mechanical marblers. ..."
4. Westminster Abbey & the King's Craftsmen: A Study of Mediaeval Building by William Richard Lethaby (1906)
"The marblers of Corfe, the alabaster men of Nottingham, the masons of Barnack,
and the bronze-founders of London and Gloucester, did large distributing ..."
5. British Manufacturing Industries by George Phillips Bevan, Bevan, George Phillips, 1829?-1889 (1876)
"marblers. Pillbox makers. Valentine makers. Publishers and printers. Book and
card-edge gilders and marblers. Machine rulers. ..."
Other Resources:
