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marm-stone
† marm-stone Obs. [OE. marmstán, also marmanstán, f. marm marble + stán stone.] Marble; a block, slab, etc. of marble.971 Blickl. Hom. 203 Beforan ðære norðdura þære ciricean on þæm marmanstane. c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives xxxi. 1128 Þa afylde sum cnapa þæt fæt unwærlice uppon þone marm-stan. c 1205...
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marble-stone
ˈmarble-stone Obs. exc. dial. Forms: see marble n.; also marm-stone. [Cf. chalkstone, limestone.] = marble; a marble floor, monument, tomb, etc.c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 145 Hie [marie magdalene]..nam ane box ȝemaked of marbelstone. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1489 Þu schalt habben..of marbrestan a temple. 1297...
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Marmaduke (name)
According to the Oxford English Dictionary the Latin word was adopted early into the Germanic languages: Old English marma (in compounds also marm- : see marm-stone
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