Lexicographical Neighbors of Onychite
Literary usage of Onychite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Can Grande's Castle by Amy Lowell (1918)
"Beyond the white and rose-coloured walls of Saint Sophia, the city rounds for
fourteen great miles; fourteen miles of onychite, and porphyry, and marble; ..."
2. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1839)
"ONYX, or onychite, found in Cappadocia, in the time of Mark Antony, appears to
have been a species of oriental alabaster, nearly resembling phengite. ..."
3. The Great Palace of Constantinople by A. G. Paspatēs (1893)
"Eight were of green Thessalian marble, six of onychite, which the sculptor had
ornamented with vines and animals ; the other two were decorated with ..."
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