emerald

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
    

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 aluminum and 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.
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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}.
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   2. (Print.) A kind of type, in size between minion and
      nonpare?l. It is used by English printers.
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   Note: [hand] This line is printed in the type called emerald.
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Emerald \Em"er*ald\, a.
   Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. "Emerald
   meadows." --Byron.
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   {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}.
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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 {signatures} and {prototypes} rather
   than {inheritance}.

   ["Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald", A. Black et al,
   IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(1):65-76 (Jan 1987)].

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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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  Zip code(s): 18080
Emerald, WI
  Zip code(s): 54012
    

84 Moby Thesaurus words for "emerald":
      adamant, aestival, agate, alexandrite, amethyst, aquamarine, beryl,
      beryl-green, berylline, bloodstone, blue-green, bluish-green,
      brilliant, carbuncle, carnelian, chalcedony, chartreuse,
      chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, chrysoberyl, chrysolite, citrine,
      citrinous, coral, demantoid, diamond, foliaged, garnet, girasol,
      glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous-green, grassy, green,
      green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue,
      greenish-yellow, greensick, harlequin opal, heliotrope, holly,
      hyacinth, ivy, ivy-green, jade, jadestone, jargoon, jasper,
      lapis lazuli, leafy, leaved, moonstone, morganite, olivaceous,
      olive, olive-green, onyx, opal, peridot, plasma, porraceous,
      rose quartz, ruby, sapphire, sard, sardonyx, smaragdine, spinel,
      spinel ruby, springlike, summerlike, summery, topaz, turquoise,
      verdant, verdurous, vernal, vernant, vert, virescent,
      yellowish-green