n. [ OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde, F. émeraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. &unr_;; cf. &unr_;kr. marakata. ]
☞ This line is printed in the type called emerald. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. “Emerald meadows.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
Emerald fish (Zoöl.),
Emerald green,
Emerald Isle,
Emerald spodumene,
Lithia emerald
Emerald nickel. (Min.)
n. A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Emerald, n. ] An emerald. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a day fly, fr. &unr_; daily, lasting but a day; &unr_; over + &unr_; day. ]
n. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy. Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ephemeral fly (Zoöl.),
n. (Zoöl.) One of the ephemeral flies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Arch.) See Femerell. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, the opposite of &unr_;; &unr_; day + &unr_; of &unr_;. See Nyctalopia. ] (Med.) A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense,
n. The state of being unpolluted; purity. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. temerarius. See Temerity. ] Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless. --
I spake against temerarious judgment. Latimer. [1913 Webster]
n. [ L. temerare to defile. ] Temerity. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]