Found 2 items, similar to onyx.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: onyx onyx n : a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
English → English (gcide) Definition: onyx onyx \o"nyx\, a. Deep, jet-black. [PJC] Onycha \On"y*cha\, n. [NL., from L. onyx, -ychis, onyx, also, a kind of mussel, Gr. ?, ?. See Onyx.] [1913 Webster] 1. An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus. --Ex. xxx. 34. [1913 Webster] 2. The precious stone called onyx. [R.] [1913 Webster] 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), n.; 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] ||