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Definition of Citrine
1. Noun. Semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz.
Definition of Citrine
1. a. Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow.
2. n. A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.
Definition of Citrine
1. Noun. A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon. ¹
2. Noun. A brownish-yellow quartz ¹
3. Adjective. Of a goldish-yellow colour ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Citrine
1. a variety of quartz [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Citrine
Literary usage of Citrine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chromatography; Or, A Treatise on Colours and Pigments: And of Their Powers by George Field (1841)
"OF citrine. " His nose was high, his eyen bright citrin." CHAUCER: Knight's Tale.
citrine, or the colour of the Citron, is the first of the tertiary class ..."
2. A Grammar of Colouring, Applied to Decorative Painting and the Arts by George Field (1903)
"CHAPTER XV. OF THE TERTIARY COLOURS. citrine. citrine is the first of the tertiary
class of colours, or ultimate compounds of the primary triad, ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1867)
"Dr. E. WILLIAMS (Cincinnati), in the Transactions of the American Medical
Association, speaks in the highest terms of a brown, citrine ointment in the ..."
4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1867)
"BROWN citrine OINTMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF TARSAL OPHTHALMIA AND ... The ointment
is the citrine ointment of the United States' Pharmacopoeia, but made with ..."
5. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1896)
"Powder some citrine and olive and tint space No. 4 to obtain a citrine olive.
... 2 to obtain a citrine russet. Powder some olive and russet for space No. ..."
6. The Domestic World: A Practical Guide in All the Daily Difficulties of the by Robert Kemp Philp (1872)
"... and two yellow ; and when these colours are opposed they show up to the greatest
advantage, as, for example, russet and olive and citrine and olive. ..."
7. The Domestic World: A Practical Guide in All the Daily Difficulties of the by Robert Kemp Philp (1889)
"... and two yellow ; and when these colours are opposed they show up to the greatest
advantage, as, for example, russet and olive and citrine and olive. ..."
8. A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral Information in the Arts by Arnold James Cooley (1845)
"Good citrine ointment may be procured from any of the above formulae by proper
management. The great art consists in employing pure ingredients, ..."
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