jacinth

3 definitions found

jacinth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jacinth \Ja"cinth\, n. [F. jacinthe, L. hyacinthus. See
     Hyacinth.]
     See Hyacinth. --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

jacinth - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  jacinth
      n 1: a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone
           [syn: hyacinth, jacinth]

jacinth - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Jacinth
  properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth),
  and hence a precious stone of that colour (Rev. 21:20). It has
  been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb.
  leshem) mentioned in Ex. 28:19 as the first stone of the third
  row in the high priest's breast-plate. In Rev. 9:17 the word is
  simply descriptive of colour.