Onyx
41ONYX — n. m. Sorte d’agate très fine, qui présente des couches parallèles de différentes couleurs. Il a une tête d’Auguste gravée sur un onyx. Par apposition, Agate onyx, marbre onyx …
42onyx — noun Etymology: Middle English oniche, onyx, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin onych , onyx, from Greek, literally, claw, nail more at nail Date: 14th century a translucent chalcedony in parallel layers of different colors …
43ONYX — s. m. Espèce d agate très fine, qui présente des couches parallèles de différentes couleurs. Il a une tête d Auguste gravée sur un onyx. On dit adjectivement, Une agate onyx …
44onyx — [13] Greek ónux meant ‘claw, fingernail’ (it is distantly related to English nail). Certain sorts of onyx are pink with white streaks, and a resemblance to pink fingernails with their paler crescent shaped mark at the base led the Greeks to name… …
45onyx — on•yx [[t]ˈɒn ɪks, ˈoʊ nɪks[/t]] n. 1) mir a variety of chalcedony having straight parallel bands of alternating colors 2) mir (not in technical use) an unbanded chalcedony dyed for ornamental purposes 3) black, esp. a pure or jet black 4) black …
46onyx — [13] Greek ónux meant ‘claw, fingernail’ (it is distantly related to English nail). Certain sorts of onyx are pink with white streaks, and a resemblance to pink fingernails with their paler crescent shaped mark at the base led the Greeks to name… …
47onyx — n. a semiprecious variety of agate with different colours in layers. Phrases and idioms: onyx marble banded calcite etc. used as a decorative material. Etymology: ME f. OF oniche, onix f. L f. Gk onux fingernail, onyx …
48onyx — 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.… …
49onyx — 1. noun /ˈɔnɪks/ A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. 2. adjective /ˈɔnɪks/ jet black And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone …
50Onyx — A hail; claw; hoof, (Heb. shoham), a precious stone adorning the breast plate of the high priest and the shoulders of the ephod (Ex. 28:9 12, 20; 35:27; Job 28:16; Ezek. 28:13). It was found in the land of Havilah (Gen. 2:12). The LXX.… …
