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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A transparent to translucent glassy mineral, essentially aluminum beryllium silicate, Be3Al2Si6O18, occurring in hexagonal prisms and constituting the chief source of beryllium. Transparent varieties in white, green, blue, yellow, or pink are valued as gems.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A colorless, bluish, pinkish, yellow, or more commonly green mineral, occurring in hexagonal prisms. The precious emerald is a variety which owes its beauty of color to the presence of a small amount of chromium. See emerald. Aquamarine is a pale-green transparent variety, also used as a gem, though not highly prized. Beryl is a silicate of aluminium and beryllium (glucinum). The best beryls are found in Brazil and Ceylon, and in Transbaikalia and elsewhere in Siberia. Beryls occur also in many parts of the United States, especially in the New England States and North Carolina; the latter State has afforded some good emeralds.

Wiktionary

  1. n. uncountable, mineralogy A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone.
  2. n. countable An example of the mineral beryl.
  3. n. uncountable A dull blue colour.
  4. adj. Of a dull blue colour.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Min.) A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminum and beryllium. The aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems

Etymologies

  1. Ultimately from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (berullos, "beryl"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin bēryllus, from Greek bērullos, from bērullion, from Prakrit veruliya, from Pali veḷuriya; perhaps akin to Tamil veḷiru or viḷar, to whiten, become pale. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • bilby
    Long he watched the wonders, ringed with lovely perils,
    Watched the apples gleam
    In the sleepy thunders on the beryls,
    Then he breathed his dream:

    “Bloody lands and flaming seas and cloudy slaughter,
    Hateful fogs unfurled,
    Steely horror, shaming sky and water,
    These have wreathed the world.

    - Ridgely Torrence, 'The Apples'. Sep 23, 2009

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