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Reddish-orange gem
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jacinth
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jacinth \Ja"cinth\, n. [F. jacinthe, L. hyacinthus. See Hyacinth .] See Hyacinth . --Tennyson.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Jacinth (1970–1992) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare . In a racing career which lasted from May 1972 until August 1973 she won five of her seven races and finished second in the other two. In 1972 she was rated the best two-year-old of ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, a blue gem (occasionally a red one), from Old French jacinte "hyacinth; jacinth" (see hyacinth ). In modern use, a reddish-orange gem.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone [syn: hyacinth ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth.
Usage examples of jacinth.
Midsummer, as I was fishing and watching the glimmer chafers in the great fishpool above our moat, with Rosamond and our loved Jacinth by my side, that a rider appeared before the drawbridge, charged with a message from King Edward, commanding me to attend him forthwith at Malvern Magna, whither he had journeyed accompanied by his Queen, his son the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Elizabeth.
The jeweler identified them with taps, as he reeled off the list: citrine, peridot, chrysoberyl, rubellite, almandine, jacinth.
Its light shone on ordinary boulders and rocks and pebbles, and transformed them into topaz or jacinths or the opals we called firefly stones.
The emeralds and jacinths and topazes and amethysts, he said, were even more valuable—above all, the emeralds—though he would have preferred them cut in facets instead of sculptured into miniature flowers and animals and such.
There were massive gold bracelets on his arms, bracelets set with jacinths and opals, carnelians and flashing emeralds.
Edward II gave to Piers Gaveston a suit of red-gold armour studded with jacinths, a collar of gold roses set with turquoise-stones, and a skull-cap parseme with pearls.
Because Solan and Arandite were both in for temporary repairs Jacinth had to take out a scratch team to search through the Gap and its approaches before a convoy slipped through in the darkest hour.