Definition of Amethysts

1. Noun. (plural of amethyst) ¹

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Definition of Amethysts

1. amethyst [n] - See also: amethyst

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amethysts

amesing
amesite
amess
amesses
ametabola
ametabolian
ametabolic
ametabolous
amethocaine
amethodist
amethodists
amethopterin
amethyst
amethystine
amethystine python
amethysts
ametrine
ametrines
ametriodinic acid
ametropia
ametropias
ametropic
amfebutamone
amfecloral
amfenac
amfepentorex
amfepramone
amfetamine
amfetamines

Literary usage of Amethysts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"... brightly burnished that the golden tracery and the edgings of rubies and pale amethysts shone and sparkled in the dusk with a variegated play of light. ..."

2. Light Visible and Invisible: A Series of Lectures Delivered at the Royal by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1897)
"... sapphires, and amethysts—Polarisation by double refraction—Curious coloured effects, in polarised light, produced by colourless slices of thin crystals ..."

3. A pilgrimage to Auvergne, from Picardy to Le Velay by Louisa Stuart ( Costello (1842)
"The Condemned Lady of Mauriac.—Nonette.— Usson.—Marguerite de Valois.—Marquis de Canillac.—The Ruse.—The Conquest.—The Castle.—Amethysts.—Ruined Castles. ..."

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