Onyx : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Onyx	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Onyx
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
onyx n a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
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 \Chalced"ony\ (k[acr]ls[ecr]d"[osl]n[ycr] or k[acr]l"s[esl]d[osl]n[ycr]; 277), n.; pl. {Chalcedonies} (-n[icr]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon, a town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calc[82]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 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).