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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: sard, sardine, sardius]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English sarde, from Anglo-French, from Latin sarda Date: 14th century a reddish-brown variety of chalcedony sometimes classified as a variety of carnelian

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a yellow or orange-red cornelian. Etymology: ME f. F sarde or L sarda = LL sardius f. Gk sardios prob. f. Sardo Sardinia

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chalcedony Chal*ced"o*ny (k[a^]l*s[e^]d"[-o]*n[y^] or k[a^]l"s[-e]*d[-o]*n[y^]; 277), n.; pl. Chalcedonies (-n[i^]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon, a town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calc['e]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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Carnelian, sardel, sardine, sardius, sardoin, red chalcedony.