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Definition of Jacinth
1. Noun. A red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone.
Definition of Jacinth
1. n. See Hyacinth.
Definition of Jacinth
1. Proper noun. ( female given name) ¹
2. Noun. (context: Gems) A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jacinth
1. a variety of zircon [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacinth
Literary usage of Jacinth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"The double blue Oriental jacinth. 10. HYACINTHUS Orlen tau i can- ... Ind.
The moft doublt Oriental jacinth, with a white Flower of an elegant Rofe-colour ..."
2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"jacinth — Not a bit of it ! You have not left me a moment's peace all this morning,
with your "jacinth, how late it's getting! jacinth, Eleanor must have ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"17, it being usually considered that colours or appearances rather than actual
substances are here referred to); while a jacinth constitutes the eleventh ..."
4. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories: With Two by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1880)
"... the supposed husband of jacinth». Thin jacinth» was at one time contracted to
don Henrique, but Violante 4 syl. ..."
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