From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Onyx \O"nyx\, noun [L., fr. Gr. ? a claw, finger nail, a veined gem. See {Nail}, and cf. {Onycha}.]
1. (Min.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
2. Same as {Mexican onyx}. [PJC]
3. A deep jet-black color. [PJC]
{Onyx marble}, {Mexican onyx}, a banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico in various colors ranging from white to deep black. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
onyx \o"nyx\, adjective Deep, jet-black. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Onycha \On"y*cha\, noun [NL., from L. onyx, -ychis, onyx, also, a kind of mussel, Gr. ?, ?. See {Onyx}.]
1. An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus. --Ex. xxx. 34.
2. The precious stone called {onyx}. [R.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chalcedony \Chal*ced"o*ny\ (k[a^]l*s[e^]d"[-o]*n[y^] or k[a^]l"s[-e]*d[-o]*n[y^]; 277), noun; pl. {Chalcedonies} (-n[i^]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw'n Chalcedon, a town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calc['e]doine, OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. {Cassidony}.] (Min.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also {calcedony}.]
Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it is called {agate}; and if by reason of the thickness, color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for being carved into cameos, it is called {onyx}. {Chrysoprase} is green chalcedony; {carnelian}, a flesh red, and {sard}, a brownish red variety. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Onyx, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 476 Housing Units (2000): 281 Land area (2000): 11.564076 sq. miles (29.950819 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.564076 sq. miles (29.950819 sq. km) FIPS code: 53910 Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06 Location: 35.687683 N, 118.217511 W ZIP Codes (1990): 93255 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Onyx, CA Onyx
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Onyx a hail; claw; hoof, (Heb. shoham), a precious stone adorning the breast-plate of the high priest and the shoulders of the ephod (Ex. 28:9-12, 20; 35:27; Job 28:16; Ezek. 28:13). It was found in the land of Havilah (Gen. 2:12). The LXX. translates the Hebrew word by smaragdos, an emerald. Some think that the sardonyx is meant. But the onyx differs from the sardonyx in this, that while the latter has two layers (black and white) the former has three (black, white, and red).
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