Definition of Asteria

1. Noun. (plural of asterion) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Asteria

1. a gemstone cut to exhibit asterism [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asteria

asteatosis cutis
asteism
asteisms
asteismus
asteistic
astel
astelic
astelies
astels
astely
astemizole
aster
aster family
asteraceae
astereognosis
asteria (current term)
asterias
asteriated
asterid
asterid dicot family
asterid dicot genus
asteridea
asteridian
asterids
asterion
asteriosaponins
asteriotoxins
asterisc
asterisci
asteriscs

Literary usage of Asteria

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

1. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"... asteria (CAPUT MEDUSAE) MUller Material. This beautiful crinoid is found in the West Indies in depths over eighty fathoms. It is too expensive for class ..."

2. Gems; Notes and Extracts by Augusto Castellani (1871)
"asteria. WE read in Pliny: " After opals, amongst white jewels, the asteria naturally takes the pre-eminence, because it has enclosed in it a light, ..."

3. Handbook of Archæology: Egyptian--Greek--Etruscan--Roman by Hodder Michael Westropp (1867)
"The noble opal was too highly esteemed by the ancients as a precious stone, to find its way into the hands of the engraver. asteria—STAR ..."

4. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"Next among the white stones is " asteria,"4 a gem which holds its high rank on account of a certain peculiarity in its nature, it having a light enclosed ..."

5. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of ...by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"2*. Spine of an Ophiura ; 2, portion of the same more magnified. 3. Л pedicel'aria of the common starfish (asteria ..."

6. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"... Fall of Lucifer—asteria, Hecate, Lilith— The Dragon's triumph—A Gipsy legend—Caedmon's Poem of the Rebellious Angels—Milton's version—-The Puritans and ..."

7. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"... Disorder—Talmudic legends—The restless Spirit—The Fall of Lucifer—asteria, Hecate, Lilith— The Dragon's triumph—A Gipsy ..."

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