AMETHYST
\ˈamɪθˌɪst], \ˈamɪθˌɪst], \ˈa_m_ɪ_θ_ˌɪ_s_t]\
Definitions of AMETHYST
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
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A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.
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A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
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A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A precious stone, to which the ancients attributed the property of preventing drunkenness. It was also used as an anti-diarrhoeic and absorbent.-Pliny, Albertus Magnus.
By Robley Dunglison
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