Amethyst
['æməθɪst]
Definition
(noun.) a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone.
(adj.) of a moderate purple color .
Typist: Susan--From WordNet
Definition
(-) A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
(-) A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.
Typist: Sonia
Definition
n. a bluish-violet variety of quartz of which drinking cups used to be made which the ancients supposed prevented drunkenness.—adj. Amethyst′ine
Typed by Benjamin
Unserious Contents or Definition
Amethyst seen in a dream, represents contentment with fair business. For a young woman to lose an amethyst, fortells broken engagements and slights in love.
Editor: Zeke
Examples
- He had on a silk wrap of a beautiful bluish colour, with an amethyst hem. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- With anxiety I watched his eye rove over the gay stores: he fixed on a rich silk of the most brilliant amethyst dye, and a superb pink satin. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Colored of a delicate purple, these crystals are what we call amethysts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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