Emerald

8 definitions found

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

  Beryl \Ber"yl\ (b[e^]r"[i^]l), n. [F. b['e]ryl, OF. beril, L.
     beryllus, Gr. bh`ryllos, prob. fr. Skr. vai[dsdot][=u]rya.
     Cf. {Brilliant}.] (Min.)
     A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much
     beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or
     bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a


     silicate of aluminum and beryllium. The {aquamarine} is a
     transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The {emerald}
     is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and
     distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the
     presence of a little oxide of chromium.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emerald \Em"er*ald\, n. [OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde,
     F. ['e]meraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. ?; cf. ?kr. marakata.]
     1. (Min.) A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety
        of beryl. See {Beryl}.
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     2. (Print.) A kind of type, in size between minion and
        nonpare?l. It is used by English printers.
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     Note: [hand] This line is printed in the type called emerald.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emerald \Em"er*ald\, a.
     Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. "Emerald
     meadows." --Byron.
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     {Emerald fish} (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico
        ({Gobionellus oceanicus}), remarkable for the brilliant
        green and blue color of the base of the tongue; -- whence
        the name; -- called also {esmeralda}.
  
     {Emerald green}, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light
        green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green
        bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as,
        emerald green crystals.
  
     {Emerald Isle}, a name given to Ireland on account of the
        brightness of its verdure.
  
     {Emerald spodumene}, or {Lithia emerald}. (Min.) See
        {Hiddenite}.
  
     {Emerald nickel}. (Min.) See {Zaratite}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emerald
       n 1: a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a
            gemstone
       2: a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and
          polished and is valued as a precious gem
       3: the green color of an emerald

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "emerald":
     adamant, aestival, agate, alexandrite, amethyst, aquamarine, beryl,
     beryl-green, berylline, bloodstone, blue-green, bluish-green,
     brilliant, carbuncle, carnelian, chalcedony, chartreuse,
     chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, chrysoberyl, chrysolite, citrine,
     citrinous, coral, demantoid, diamond, foliaged, garnet, girasol,
     glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous-green, grassy, green,
     green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue,
     greenish-yellow, greensick, harlequin opal, heliotrope, holly,
     hyacinth, ivy, ivy-green, jade, jadestone, jargoon, jasper,
     lapis lazuli, leafy, leaved, moonstone, morganite, olivaceous,
     olive, olive-green, onyx, opal, peridot, plasma, porraceous,
     rose quartz, ruby, sapphire, sard, sardonyx, smaragdine, spinel,
     spinel ruby, springlike, summerlike, summery, topaz, turquoise,
     verdant, verdurous, vernal, vernant, vert, virescent,
     yellowish-green
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Emerald
       
          An {object-oriented} distributed programming language and
          environment developed at the {University of Washington} in the
          early 1980s.  Emeral was the successor to {EPL}.  It is
          {strongly typed} and uses {signature}s and {prototype}s rather
          than {inheritance}.
       
          ["Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald", A. Black et al,
          IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(1):65-76 (Jan 1987)].
       
          (1994-11-09)
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Emerald
     Heb. nophek (Ex. 28:18; 39:11); i.e., the "glowing stone",
     probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of
     the high priest. It is mentioned (Rev. 21:19) as one of the
     foundations of the New Jerusalem. The name given to this stone
     in the New Testament Greek is smaragdos, which means "live
     coal."
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Emerald, PA
    Zip code(s): 18080
  Emerald, WI
    Zip code(s): 54012