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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emerald \Em"er*ald\, n. [OE. emeraude, OF esmeraude esmeralde, F. ['e]meraude, L. smaragdus fr Gr ?; cf ?kr. marakata.] 1. (Min.) A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See {Beryl}. 2. (Print.) A kind of type in size between minion and nonpare?l. It is used by English printers. Note: [hand] This line is printed in the type called emerald. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emerald \Em"er*ald\, a. Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. ``Emerald meadows.'' --Byron. {Emerald fish} (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico ({Gobionellus oceanicus}), remarkable for the brilliant green and blue color of the base of the tongue; -- whence the name -- called also {esmeralda}. {Emerald green}, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as emerald green crystals. {Emerald Isle}, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure. {Emerald spodumene}, or {Lithia emerald}. (Min.) See {Hiddenite}. {Emerald nickel}. (Min.) See {Zaratite}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beryl \Ber"yl\ (b[e^]r"[i^]l), n. [F. b['e]ryl, OF beril, L. beryllus Gr bh`ryllos, prob. fr Skr. vai[dsdot][=u]rya. Cf {Brilliant}.] (Min.) A mineral of great hardness, and when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The {aquamarine} is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The {emerald} is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: emerald n 1: a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone 2: a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem 3: the green color of an emerald From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Emerald, PA Zip code(s): 18080 Emerald, WI Zip code(s): 54012 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Emerald An {object-oriented} distributed programming language and environment developed at the {University of Washington} in the early 1980s. Emeral was the successor to {EPL}. It is {strongly typed} and uses {signature}s and {prototype}s rather than {inheritance}. ["Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald", A. Black et al IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(1):65-76 (Jan 1987)]. (1994-11-09) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Emerald Heb. nophek (Ex. 28:18; 39:11); i.e., the "glowing stone", probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of the high priest. It is mentioned (Rev. 21:19) as one of the foundations of the New Jerusalem. The name given to this stone in the New Testament Greek is smaragdos which means "live coal."
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