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Definition of Topazes
1. topaz [n] - See also: topaz
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topazes
Literary usage of Topazes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1827)
"The veins of Capao consist of friable earth; talc, quartz, and large crystals of
specular iron ore ; but the topazes there ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"I had the good fortune to find two or three topazes, which, as they had only one
pyramid each, and appeared fractured, I judged to be out of there original ..."
3. Universal Geography: Or, A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"topazes of different colours are found in Brazil ; and it is probable that they
are often.confounded with other precious stones, a great many of them are ..."
4. Lotus and Jewel: Containing "In an Indian Temple," "A Casket of Gems," "A by Edwin Arnold (1887)
"... the swart Sonar names These golden-lighted topazes from Ind : If you should
heed his tale, their yellow flames Gleam in the dark so that a man may find ..."
5. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"It is a barren rock, and was inhabited only by serpents, when chance led to the
discovery of a quarry of beautiful stones, which the ancients called topazes ..."
6. Rural Sports by William Barker Daniel (1813)
"... each Piece, being of the Weight of four Ducats ; and Twenty Boxes filled with
topazes: among the KITCHEN Utensils, were Forty Thousand COPPER KETTLES. ..."
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