onyx
(noun) a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
Source: WordNet® 3.1
onyx (countable and uncountable, plural onyxes)
(mineral) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga.
onyx (not comparable)
jet-black
Onyx
A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
O"nyx, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Nail, and cf. Onycha.] (Min.)
Definition: Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground. Onyx marble, a banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
