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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Amethyst | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Amethyst | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Amethyst \Am"e*thyst\, [F. ametiste, amatiste, F. am[82]thyste, L. amethystus, fr. Gr. [?] without drunkenness; as a noun, a remedy for drunkenness, the amethyst, supposed to have this power; 'a priv. + [?] to be drunken, [?] strong drink, wine. See {Mead}.] 1. (Min.) A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone. {Oriental amethyst}, the violet-blue variety of transparent crystallized corundum or sapphire. 2. (Her.) A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Amethyst one of the precious stones in the breastplate of the high priest (Ex. 28:19; 39:12), and in the foundation of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:20). The ancients thought that this stone had the power of dispelling drunkenness in all who wore or touched it, and hence its Greek name formed from _a_, "privative," and _methuo_, "to get drunk." Its Jewish name, _ahlamah'_, was derived by the rabbins from the Hebrew word _halam_, "to dream," from its supposed power of causing the wearer to dream. It is a pale-blue crystallized quartz, varying to a dark purple blue. It is found in Persia and India, also in different parts of Europe. | |
