English-Thai Dictionary

Emerald Isle

N ประเทศ ไอร์แลนด์  pra-thed-ai-laen

 

emerald

N มรกต  mor-ra-kod

 

emerald

N สี เขียว มรกต  สี เขียว ใส สว่าง เหมือน มรกต  se-kiao-mor-kod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMERALD

n.[L. smaragdus.] A mineral and a precious stone, whose colors are a pure, lively green, varying to a pale, yellowish, bluish, or grass green. It is always crystallized, and almost always appears in regular, hexahedral prisms, more or less perfect, and sometimes slightly modified by truncations on the edges, or on the solid angles. It is a little harder than quartz, becomes electric by friction, is often transparent, sometimes only translucent, and before the blowpipe is fusible into a whitish enamel or glass. The finest emeralds have been found in Peru. The subspecies of emerald are the precious emerald and the beryl.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMERALD

Em "er *ald, n. Etym: [OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde, F.émeraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. marakata.]

 

1. (Min. )

 

Defn: A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.

 

2. (Print. )

 

Defn: A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare

 

Note: * This line is printed in the type called emerald.

 

EMERALD

EMERALD Em "er *ald, a.

 

Defn: Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. "Emerald meadows." Byron. Emerald fish (Zoöl.), 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.

 

EMERALDINE

EMERALDINE Em "er *ald *ine (; 1 4 ), n.

 

Defn: A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

emerald

em er ald |ˈem (ə )rəld ˈɛm (ə )rəld | ▶noun 1 a bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl. 2 a bright green color like that of an emerald: [ as modifier ] : the leaves are emerald green . 3 a small hummingbird with bright metallic green plumage and darker wings and tail, found mainly in the area of the Caribbean and Central America. [Three genera, in particular Chlorostilbon and Amazilia, family Trochilidae: numerous species. ] ▶adjective bright green in color: beyond the airport lay emerald hills. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French e (s )meraud, ultimately via Latin from Greek (s )maragdos, via Prakrit from Semitic (compare with Hebrew bāreqeṯ, from bāraq ‘flash, sparkle ’).

 

emerald-cut

em er ald-cut ▶adjective (of a gem ) cut in a rectangular shape with stepped facets.

 

Emerald Isle

Em er ald Isle |ˈɛm (ə )rəld aɪl | a name for Ireland.

 

Oxford Dictionary

emerald

em ¦er |ald |ˈɛm (ə )r (ə )ld | ▶noun 1 a bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl: [ as modifier ] : an emerald necklace. 2 [ mass noun ] (also emerald green ) a bright green colour: the sea glistened in shades of emerald and jade. 3 (also emerald moth ) a slender-bodied green moth, the colour of which tends to fade as the moth ages. ●Several genera in the family Geometridae. 4 a hawker dragonfly with a metallic green body. ●Cordulia and other genera, family Corduliidae. 5 a small hummingbird with bright metallic green plumage and darker wings and tail, found mainly in the area of the Caribbean and Central America. ●Three genera, in particular Chlorostilbon and Amazilia, family Trochilidae: numerous species. ▶adjective bright green in colour: beyond the airport lay emerald hills. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French e (s )meraud, ultimately via Latin from Greek ( s )maragdos, via Prakrit from Semitic (compare with Hebrew bāreqeṯ, from bāraq ‘flash, sparkle ’).

 

emerald-cut

emerald-cut ▶adjective (of a gem ) cut in a square shape with stepped facets.

 

Emerald Isle

Emerald Isle a name for Ireland.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

emerald

em er ald /ém (ə )r (ə )ld /名詞 1 C エメラルド 〘5月の誕生石; →birthstone 〙.2 U エメラルド色 (emerald green ).形容詞 エメラルド色の, 鮮緑色の .È - Í sle 〖the ～〗エメラルド島 〘Irelandの愛称 〙.