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Definition of Jasper

1. Noun. An opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone.

Definition of Jasper

1. n. An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.

Definition of Jasper

1. Proper noun. (given name male), an English variant of Caspar. ¹

2. Proper noun. One of the Magi, also known as Caspar. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian. ¹

4. Noun. (minerology) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface. ¹

5. Noun. Jasperware pottery. ¹

6. Noun. (UK colloquial) A wasp. (West Country dialects, Somerset County) ¹

7. Noun. (US slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jasper

1. a variety of quartz [n -S] : JASPERY [adj]

Medical Definition of Jasper

1. An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colours, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colours are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper. Jasper opal, a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper. Jasper ware, a delicate kind of earthenware invented by Josiah Wedgwood. It is usually white, but is capable of receiving colour. Origin: OE. Jaspre, jaspe, OF. Jaspre, jaspe, F. Jaspe, L. Iaspis, Gr.; cf. Per. Yashp, yashf, Ar.yashb, yasb, yasf, Heb. Yashpheh. Cf. Diaper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Jasper

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

1. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Zelia Nuttall (1904)
"45276 1 chipped piece of jasper. " 45277 1 rude, grooved axe-like weapon. ... 45280 1 large chipped jasper implement. " 45281 1 chipped jasper flake. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"For value received, the County of Jasper, in the State of Illinois, promises to pay the bearer one thousand dollars on the first day of May, AD 1897, ..."

3. The Connoisseur by Town, Bonnell Thornton, George Colman (1904)
"AMONGST the many jardinieres the most beautiful is a very lovely piece in a rare shade of pink jasper. It is oval in shape, ..."

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