sardius

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sardius - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sardius \Sar"di*us\, n. [L. sardius, lapis sardinus, Gr. ?, ?,
     ?. See Sard.]
     A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set
     in Aaron's breastplate. --Ex. xxviii. 17.
     [1913 Webster]

sardius - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sardius
      n 1: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: sard,
           sardine, sardius]