ONYCHA

Etymology

Noun

onycha (uncountable)

(obsolete) the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine

(obsolete) The precious stone onyx.

Source: Wiktionary

On"y*cha, n. Etym: [NL., from L. onyx, -ychis, onyx, also, a kind of mussel, Gr. 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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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