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onyx

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Onyx  \O"nyx\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?  a  claw,  finger  nail,  a  veined 
  gem.  See  {Nail},  and  cf  {Onycha}.]  (Min.) 
  Chalcedony  in  parallel  layers  of  different  shades  of  color. 
  It  is  used  for  making  cameos,  the  figure  being  cut  in  one 
  layer  with  the  next  as  a  ground. 
 
  {Onyx  marble},  a  banded  variety  of  marble  or  calcium 
  carbonate  resembling  onyx.  It  is  obtained  from  Mexico. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chalcedony  \Chal*ced"o*ny\  (k[a^]l*s[e^]d"[-o]*n[y^]  or 
  k[a^]l"s[-e]*d[-o]*n[y^];  277),  n.;  pl  {Chalcedonies} 
  (-n[i^]z).  [  L.  chalcedonius  fr  Gr  CHalkhdw`n  Chalcedon,  a 
  town  in  Asia  Minor,  opposite  to  Byzantium:  cf  calc['e]doine, 
  OE  calcidoine  casidoyne  Cf  {Cassidony}.]  (Min.) 
  A  cryptocrystalline,  translucent  variety  of  quartz,  having 
  usually  a  whitish  color,  and  a  luster  nearly  like  wax. 
  [Written  also  {calcedony}.] 
 
  Note:  When  chalcedony  is  variegated  with  with  spots  or 
  figures,  or  arranged  in  differently  colored  layers,  it 
  is  called  {agate};  and  if  by  reason  of  the  thickness, 
  color,  and  arrangement  of  the  layers  it  is  suitable  for 
  being  carved  into  cameos,  it  is  called  {onyx}. 
  {Chrysoprase}  is  green  chalcedony;  {carnelian},  a  flesh 
  red,  and  {sard},  a  brownish  red  variety. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  onyx 
  n  :  a  chalcedony  with  alternating  black  and  white  bands;  used  in 
  making  cameos 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Onyx,  CA 
  Zip  code(s):  93255 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Onyx 
  a  hail;  claw;  hoof,  (Heb.  shoham),  a  precious  stone  adorning  the 
  breast-plate  of  the  high  priest  and  the  shoulders  of  the  ephod 
  (Ex.  28:9-12,  20;  35:27;  Job  28:16;  Ezek.  28:13).  It  was  found 
  in  the  land  of  Havilah  (Gen.  2:12).  The  LXX.  translates  the 
  Hebrew  word  by  smaragdos  an  emerald.  Some  think  that  the 
  sardonyx  is  meant  But  the  onyx  differs  from  the  sardonyx  in 
  this  that  while  the  latter  has  two  layers  (black  and  white)  the 
  former  has  three  (black,  white,  and  red).




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