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onychilus

onychilus, onychulus [ML], onychlius , onyx stone. b (sardus onychlius sardonyx. c (as adj.) made of onyx. de crisolito et onichilo [v. l. onchino] et berillo. in quarto ternario sunt crisolitus et onichillus et berillus quasi versus unus R. Niger Mil. II 10; 1215 j scrinium de argento cum oniculis et aliis lapidibus Pat 145a; 1267 unum onicleum in capsa argenti CalPat 138; hunc lapidem preciosum quibus [sic MS] constat ex sardonyce, chalcedonio, et oniclio Amund. II app. 332.  b quidam ampli lapides, quos ‘sardos oniclios’ appellamus, et vulgariter ‘cadmeos’ nuncupamus G. S. Alb. I 83.  c 1267 tria capita oniclea nuda sine capsa ‥ unus canis onicleus prec’ xl s. una phola oniclea et alia cristallina CalPat 139.

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