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Definition of Smaragds
1. smaragd [n] - See also: smaragd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smaragds
Literary usage of Smaragds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1900)
"... and displayed several caskets of jewels containing such a treasure of rubies,
smaragds, diamonds, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"... and displayed several caskets of jewels containing such a treasure of rubies,
smaragds, diamonds, ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Herodotus, Pliny, and Theophrastus speak of smaragds of colossal size in certain
sanctuaries; they also comprised under that name less valuable green stones ..."
4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... and displayed several caskets of jewels containing such a treasure of rubies,
smaragds, diamonds, ..."
5. History of the Christian Church by George Herbert Dryer (1897)
"... with silver pillars, ornamented with gilded lilies, weighed 1600 pounds.
A cross of massive gold, glittering with pearls, smaragds and ..."
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