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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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