jacinth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jacinth	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for jacinth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jacinth n a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone Synonym(s): hyacinth, jacinth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacinth \Ja"cinth\, n. [F. jacinthe, L. hyacinthus. See {Hyacinth}.] See {Hyacinth}. --Tennyson.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Jacinth properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour (Rev. 21:20). It has been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb. leshem) mentioned in Ex. 28:19 as the first stone of the third row in the high priest's breast-plate. In Rev. 9:17 the word is simply descriptive of colour.