English Dictionary: sard | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sard \Sard\, n. [L. sarda, Gr. [?], or [?] (sc. [?]), i.e., Sardian stone, fr. [?] Sardian, [?] Sardes, the capital of Lydia: cf. F. sarde. Cf. {Sardius}.] (Min.) A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. See the Note under Chalcedony. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Chalcedony \Chal*ced"o*ny\ (k[acr]l*s[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. |