GARNET
\ɡˈɑːnɪt], \ɡˈɑːnɪt], \ɡ_ˈɑː_n_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of GARNET
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A precious stone resembling the grains or seeds of the pomegranate: (naut.) a sort of tackle fixed to the mainstay in ships.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A precious stone of various composition, colour, and quality, occurring most frequently in mica-slate, hornblende slate, and gneiss.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French] A mineral of a deep-red colour, occurring in symmetrical twelve sided crystals; it consists of silica, alumina, and lime, with more or less oxide of iron or manganese;—a sort of tackle fixed to the main-stay, and used to hoist the cargo.
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