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单词 onyx stone
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onyx stone
1. A form of chalcedony consisting of plane layers of different colours, much used in jewellery. Also onyx stone.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > cryptocrystalline quartz > chalcedony > onyx
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c1330 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Auch.) (1966) 297 Of preciouse stone..Of oneches.
?c1335 (a1300) Land of Cokaygne 92 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 147 Beril, onix, topasiune.
a1425 (c1384) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xxviii. 13 Crisolitus and onix and berillus.
c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 280 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 137 Iape, crissolit, & onix fyne is, saphir of assay, & berial clere.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xxx. A Onix stones..& stones of dyuerse coloures.
1583 R. Greene Mamillia 15 The Onix is hottest when it lookes white.
1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Iob xxviii. 35 in Paraphr. Divine Poems The blew-ey'd Saphir, or rich Onix stone.
1679 B. Keach Glorious Lover i. i. 11 Pearl mixt with Onyx, and the Jasper Stone.
1739 T. Gray Let. 12 Apr. in Corr. (1971) I. 102 The glory of their collection, was a vase of an entire onyx, measuring at least five inches over, three deep, and of great thickness.
1785 A. Yearsley To Her Grace Duchess Dowager of Portland in Poems Several Occasions 98 Here the pale pearl; the lovely vivid green Of brilliant onyx, and the sapphire's blue.
1833 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 13 Jan. (1838) II. 116 Little pools, all curdled with ice, and locked up in deep, gravelly basins, looked like onyx stones set in gold.
1878 G. Barlow Genius of Solomon in Marriage Before Death 200 Endless wealth of radiant sapphire stones, Ruby and onyx, emerald.
1929 W. F. Foshag in G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iii. 187 The names of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were engraved on stones, chiefly amethyst, onyx, and bloodstone.
1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks 152 Onyx is likewise banded, the layers being straight.
2001 Art Room Catal. Autumn 12/2 This elegant brooch..consists of silver set with marcasite and black onyx.
extracted from onyxn.adj.
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