onyx 音标拼音: ['ɑnɪks]
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onyx n 1 :
a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands ;
used in making cameos Onycha \
On "
y *
cha \,
n . [
NL .,
from L .
onyx , -
ychis ,
onyx ,
also ,
a kind of mussel ,
Gr . ?, ?.
See {
Onyx }.]
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1 .
An ingredient of the Mosaic incense ,
probably the operculum of some kind of strombus . --
Ex .
xxx .
34 .
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2 .
The precious stone called {
onyx }. [
R .]
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Onyx \
O "
nyx \,
n . [
L .,
fr .
Gr . ?
a claw ,
finger nail ,
a veined gem .
See {
Nail },
and cf . {
Onycha }.]
1 . (
Min .)
Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color .
It is used for making cameos ,
the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground .
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2 .
Same as {
Mexican onyx }.
[
PJC ]
3 .
A deep jet -
black color .
[
PJC ]
{
Onyx marble }, {
Mexican onyx },
a banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx .
It is obtained from Mexico in various colors ranging from white to deep black .
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onyx \
o "
nyx \,
a .
Deep ,
jet -
black .
[
PJC ]
Chalcedony \
Chal *
ced "
o *
ny \ (
k [
a ^]
l *
s [
e ^]
d "[-
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n [
y ^]
or k [
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n [
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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 }.]
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
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