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amethystine, a.|æmɪˈθɪstɪn|
Also 7 -istine, 8 -estyne.
[ad. L. amethystinus, a. Gr. ἀµεθύστιν-ος, f. ἀµέθυστ-ος: see prec. and -ine.]
1. Containing, or composed of, amethyst.
1670E. Brown in Phil. Trans. V. 1197 Amethysts or Amethystine mixtures in the clefts of the Rocks. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iv. (1723) 244 Gold grains, Amethistine Pebles, Amber. 1877Jewitt Half-hrs. Eng. Antiq. 206 Beads of amethystine quartz.
2. Amethyst-coloured; violet-purple.
1671J. Webster Metallogr. xv. 211 Most elegant Amethystine flowers. 1772Pennant Tours in Scotl. (1774) 218 Crystalline kernels, of an amethestyne color. 1834Disraeli Rev. Epick i. i. 8 Bright beings like the morn, With amethystine wings. 1870H. Macmillan Bible Teach. i. 2 The Pleiades..quivering with radiance in the amethystine ether. |