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† jasp Now rare or Obs.|dʒɑːsp, -æ-|
Also 4–7 iaspe, 5–6 Sc. iesp.
[a. F. jaspe (Ph. de Thaun, 12th c.), = Sp., Pg. jaspe, ad. L. iaspis: see jasper.]
= jasper n.1 1.
a1310in Wright Lyric P. v. 25 Ase saphyr in selver semly on syht, Ase jaspe the gentil that lemeth with lyht. 1382Wyclif Isa. liv. 12, I shal sette iasp [1388 iaspis] thy pynacles. c1440Promp. Parv. 257/2 Iaspe, stone, iaspis. 1517R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 70 A box with grene Iaspys. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 569 As iesp, iasink, and margaretis mony one. 1591Spenser Vis. Bellay ii, The floore of Iasp and Emeraude was dight. 1648Gage West. Ind. xii. (1655) 44 Wrought of Marble, Iaspe, and other black stone, with veines of red. 1900Daily News 15 Apr. 5/5, I have seen the most expensive map in the world... The 86 departments of France are represented by as many varieties of Siberian jasp.
b. jasp-opal = jasper-opal (see jasper n.1 3 b).
1868Dana Min. (ed. 5) 199 Jasp-opal..Opal containing some yellow oxyd of iron and other impurities, and having the color of yellow jasper with the lustre of common opal. |