marbled

• POS: Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

marbled, a. 

•  Made of, or faced with, marble.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.  Boyle.  [1913 Webster]
•  Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.  [1913 Webster]
•  Having small flecks of fat interspered with the muscle; -- of cuts of meat, especially beef; as, a well-marbled steak. Such marbling improves the flavor of beef for most people.  [PJC]

THESAURUS

marbled

banded, barred, brinded, brindle, brindled, calico, clouded, dapple, dappled, listed, marbleized, motley, mottled, pepper-and-salt, piebald, pied, pinto, skewbald, streaked, streaky, striatal, striate, striated, strigate, strigose, striolate, striped, stripy, tabby, veined, watered

ROGET THESAURUS

marbled

Variegation

N variegation, colors, dichroism, trichroism, iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae, spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell, mackerel, mackerel sky, zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble, check, plaid, tartan, patchwork, marquetry-, parquetry, mosaic, tesserae, strigae, chessboard, checkers, chequers, harlequin, Joseph's coat, tricolor, variegated, many-colored, many-hued, divers-colored, party- colored, dichromatic, polychromatic, bicolor, tricolor, versicolor, of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors, kaleidoscopic, iridescent, opaline, opalescent, prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant, irisated, pavonine, pied, piebald, motley, mottled, marbled, pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous, mosaic, tesselated, plaid, tortoise shell, spotted, spotty, punctated, powdered, speckled, freckled, flea-bitten, studded, flecked, fleckered, striated, barred, veined, brinded, brindled, tabby, watered, grizzled, listed, embroidered, daedal, naevose, stipiform, strigose, striolate, (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT.