cornelian

Definitions

Examples

• July—Cornelian or Ruby—The forgetfulness or the cure of evils springing from friendship or love.

• Edleston, who some time previously had given Byron a Cornelian as a parting gift on leaving Cambridge for the vacation.

• The "white stone" is none other than the alba petra, the white cornelian, the chalcedony, or stone of Initiation.

• His round shield is made of burnished silver, and the head of his morning-star consists of a single cornelian.

• The cornelian appeased anger, and the hyacinth provoked sleep, and the amethyst drove away the fumes of wine.