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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beryl \Ber"yl\ (b[e^]r"[i^]l), noun [F. b['e]ryl, OF. beril, L. beryllus, Gr. bh'ryllos, prob. fr. Skr. vai[dsdot][=u]rya. Cf. {Brilliant}.] (Min.) A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminum and beryllium. The {aquamarine} is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The {emerald} is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Emerald \Em"er*ald\, noun [OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde, F. ['e]meraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. ?; cf. ?kr. marakata.]
1. (Min.) A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See {Beryl}.
2. (Print.) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare?l. It is used by English printers.
Note: [hand] This line is printed in the type called emerald.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Emerald \Em"er*ald\, adjective Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. ''Emerald meadows.'' --Byron.
{Emerald fish} (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico ({Gobionellus oceanicus}), remarkable for the brilliant green and blue color of the base of the tongue; -- whence the name; -- called also {esmeralda}.
{Emerald green}, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals.
{Emerald Isle}, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure.
{Emerald spodumene}, or {Lithia emerald}. (Min.) See {Hiddenite}.
{Emerald nickel}. (Min.) See {Zaratite}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
emerald
noun
1: a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
2: a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
3: the green color of an emerald
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "emerald": adamant, aestival, agate, alexandrite, amethyst, aquamarine, beryl, beryl-green, berylline, bloodstone, blue-green, bluish-green, brilliant, carbuncle, carnelian, chalcedony, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, chrysoberyl, chrysolite, citrine, citrinous, coral, demantoid, diamond, foliaged, garnet, girasol, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous-green, grassy, green, green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue, greenish-yellow, greensick, harlequin opal, heliotrope, holly, hyacinth, ivy, ivy-green, jade, jadestone, jargoon, jasper, lapis lazuli, leafy, leaved, moonstone, morganite, olivaceous, olive, olive-green, onyx, opal, peridot, plasma, porraceous, rose quartz, ruby, sapphire, sard, sardonyx, smaragdine, spinel, spinel ruby, springlike, summerlike, summery, topaz, turquoise, verdant, verdurous, vernal, vernant, vert, virescent, yellowish-green
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Emerald An {object-oriented} distributed programming language and environment developed at the {University of Washington} in the early 1980s. Emeral was the successor to {EPL}. It is {strongly typed} and uses {signature}s and {prototype}s rather than {inheritance}. ["Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald", A. Black et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(1):65-76 (Jan 1987)]. (1994-11-09)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Emerald, PA Zip code(s): 18080 Emerald, WI Zip code(s): 54012
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Emerald Heb. nophek (Ex. 28:18; 39:11); i.e., the "glowing stone", probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of the high priest. It is mentioned (Rev. 21:19) as one of the foundations of the New Jerusalem. The name given to this stone in the New Testament Greek is smaragdos, which means "live coal."
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