Emerald
['em(ə)r(ə)ld] or ['ɛmərəld]
Definition
(noun.) the green color of an emerald.
(noun.) a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.
(noun.) a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone.
Typed by Gladys--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.
(n.) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare/l. It is used by English printers.
(a.) Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.
Editor: Omar
Definition
n. a very highly esteemed mineral of the same species with the beryl from which it differs in scarcely anything but its colour a beautiful velvety green.—n. Em′erald-copp′er (see Dioptase).—Emerald Isle a name for Ireland owing to its greenness; Emerald type (print.) a small size of type.
Typed by Andy
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of an emerald, you will inherit property concerning which there will be some trouble with others. For a lover to see an emerald or emeralds on the person of his affianced, warns him that he is about to be discarded for some wealthier suitor. To dream that you buy an emerald, signifies unfortunate dealings.
Editor: Terence
Examples
- I think that emerald is more beautiful than any of them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Here and there polished surfaces of ruby, emerald, and diamond patched the golden walls and ceiling. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- An emerald looks green because it freely transmits green, but absorbs the other colors of which ordinary daylight is composed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I understand that the emerald necklace she wore at the Opera last Friday had been sent on approval from Ball and Black's in the afternoon. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This ring-- He slipped an emerald snake ring from his finger and held it out upon the palm of his hand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The foreground, to the footlights, was covered with emerald green cloth. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- To-day all this young verdure smiled clear in sunlight; transparent emerald and amber gleams played over it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She wore a dress of dark-blue silky stuff, with ruches of blue and green linen lace in the neck and sleeves; and she had emerald-green stockings. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hanging lights made emerald caverns in the depths of foliage, and whitened the spray of a fountain falling among lilies. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Jewels--historic pearls: the Sobieski emeralds--sables,--but she cares nothing for all these! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And before a statue of one of those dead Medicis reposes a crown that blazes with diamonds and emeralds enough to buy a ship-of-the-line, almost. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Miriam