The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phrygian stone
Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. ?, fr. ? Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor.] Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.
Phrygian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very
bold and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to
have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas.
--Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
Phrygian stone, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent.