Jacinth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jacinth \Ja"cinth\, n. [F. jacinthe, L. hyacinthus. See
     {Hyacinth}.]
     See {Hyacinth}. --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  jacinth
       n : a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone [syn:
            {hyacinth}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jacinth
     properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth),
     and hence a precious stone of that colour (Rev. 21:20). It has
     been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb.
     leshem) mentioned in Ex. 28:19 as the first stone of the third
     row in the high priest's breast-plate. In Rev. 9:17 the word is
     simply descriptive of colour.