AMETHYST

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone. Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparent crystallized corundum or sapphire.

2.
n.

A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.