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Sardonyx definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

S'ARDONYX, n. [L. sardonyches, from Gr. from Sardis, a city of Asia Minor, and a nail; so named, according to Pliny, from the resemblance of its color to the flesh under the nail.]
A silicious stone or gem, nearly allied to carnelian. Its color is a reddish yellow, or nearly orange. We are informed that the yellow or orange colored agate, with an undulating surface, is now often called sardonyx.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English sardonix, from Latin sardonyx, from Greek Date: 14th century an onyx having parallel layers of sard

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. onyx in which white layers alternate with sard. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk sardonux (prob. as SARD, ONYX)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sardonyx Sar"do*nyx, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?. See Sard, and Onyx.] (Min.) A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Rev. 21:20), a species of the carnelian combining the sard and the onyx, having three layers of opaque spots or stripes on a transparent red basis. Like the sardine, it is a variety of the chalcedony.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sar'-do-niks.

See STONES, PRECIOUS.