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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
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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.
A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A violet purple variety of quartz or rock-crystal; a precious stone.
Amethystine.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Amethystine.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Amethystine.
Quartz of a clear purple or violet color; also, the color.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A precious stone of a purple color.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A violet-blue variety of crystalline quartz, supposed by the ancients to prevent inebriation when worn about the person; a purple colour.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A precious stone of various colours-generally of a purple or violet-blue colour, like wine mixed with water.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

n. [German] A species of quartz, of a bluish violet colour; a precious stone.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A precious stone of a violet colour, bordering on purple.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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