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opalinemore about opaline

opaline

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Opaline  \O"pal*ine\,  n. 
  1.  An  opaline  variety  of  yellow  chalcedony. 
 
  2.  Opal  glass. 
 
  3.  An  opaline  color  or  expanse. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Opaline  \O"pal*ine\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  opalin.] 
  Of  pertaining  to  or  like  opal  in  appearance;  having 
  changeable  colors  like  those  of  the  opal. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  opaline 
  adj  :  having  a  play  of  lustrous  rainbow-like  colors;  "an 
  iridescent  oil  slick";  "nacreous  (or  pearlescent) 
  clouds  looking  like  mother-of-pearl";  "a  milky 
  opalescent  (or  opaline)  luster"  [syn:  {iridescent},  {nacreous}, 
  {opalescent},  {pearlescent}]




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