Definition of Amethist
Am"e*thyst (&?;), [F. ametiste, amatiste, F.
améthyste, L. amethystus, fr. Gr. &?; without
drunkenness; as a noun, a remedy for drunkenness, the amethyst, supposed to
have this power; 'a priv. + &?; to be drunken, &?; strong drink,
wine. See Mead.]
1. (Min.) A variety of crystallized quartz,
of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as
a jeweler's stone.
Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of
transparent crystallized corundum or sapphire.
2. (Her.) A purple color in a nobleman's
escutcheon, or coat of arms.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
- A purple colour.
amethyst colour:
- of a purple colour.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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