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Definition of Emeralds

1. emerald [n] - See also: emerald

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emeralds

Literary usage of Emeralds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The specific gravity of crystallized emeralds after fusion was found by Greville ... The emeralds of Colombia, according to Boussingault, are divided into ..."

2. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Of emeralds, Pearles, Indian Bread, Trees, Fruites, Flowers naturall, ... The Italian seeing so great a number of emeralds, said unto him, Sir, ..."

3. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"flT shall not be from the purpose, to speake something of emeralds, both for that ... The Italian seeing so great a number of emeralds, said unto him, Sir, ..."

4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"¡]T shall not be from the purpose, to speake something of emeralds, both for that ... The Italian seeing so great a number of emeralds, said unto him, Sir, ..."

5. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Like that, it U formed in two pieces with a hinge, to adapt it to the head of the wearer. The hoop is set with fifty-four gems, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"From it depends a cross, also set with emeralds and pearls. (For these crowns consult ... The hoop is set with fifty-four gems, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, ..."

7. The Mineral Resources of New South Wales by Geological Survey of New South Wales, Edward Fisher Pittman (1901)
"In 1890 emeralds were recognised by Mr. DA Porter, of Tamworth, at a locality about nine miles north by east of the township of Emmaville, in the County of ..."

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