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Definition of Asteria
1. a gemstone cut to exhibit asterism [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asteria
Literary usage of Asteria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"... asteria (CAPUT MEDUSAE) MUller Material. This beautiful crinoid is found in
the West Indies in depths over eighty fathoms. It is too expensive for class ..."
2. Gems; Notes and Extracts by Augusto Castellani (1871)
"asteria. WE read in Pliny: " After opals, amongst white jewels, the asteria
naturally takes the pre-eminence, because it has enclosed in it a light, ..."
3. Handbook of Archæology: Egyptian--Greek--Etruscan--Roman by Hodder Michael Westropp (1867)
"The noble opal was too highly esteemed by the ancients as a precious stone, to
find its way into the hands of the engraver. asteria—STAR ..."
4. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"Next among the white stones is " asteria,"4 a gem which holds its high rank on
account of a certain peculiarity in its nature, it having a light enclosed ..."
5. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of ...by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"2*. Spine of an Ophiura ; 2, portion of the same more magnified. 3. Л pedicel'aria
of the common starfish (asteria ..."
6. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"... Fall of Lucifer—asteria, Hecate, Lilith— The Dragon's triumph—A Gipsy
legend—Caedmon's Poem of the Rebellious Angels—Milton's version—-The Puritans and ..."
7. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"... Disorder—Talmudic legends—The restless Spirit—The Fall of Lucifer—asteria,
Hecate, Lilith— The Dragon's triumph—A Gipsy ..."
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