Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellow-brown, semiprecious chatoyant gemstone consisting of quartz with parallel veins of silicified altered crocidolite.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
tiger's-eye .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See
crocidolite .
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Examples
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The tiger-eye beads around her neck would wink at me like a nervous uncle sharing a secret with a child.
Tiger-eyed Halsted M. Bernard 2011
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It was belted over the hips with a belt made of plaques of tiger-eye stone carved with more owls, no two of which were alike.
Elephant in the City 2010
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Her exaggerated rings of scultured metal atop huge stones of turquoise, tiger-eye, red-quartz and jasper gold were a captivating accent to her collection.
Kitten Fashion Week Takes the Stage at the Standard Hotel Downtown 2007
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I open my gift to find a tiger-eye necklace with matching earrings and bracelet.
Divine Secrets Jacquelin Thomas 2007
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I open my gift to find a tiger-eye necklace with matching earrings and bracelet.
Divine Secrets Jacquelin Thomas 2007
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Over her black swimsuit with its swirling tiger-eye pattern, she wore a white lace beach jacket, belted at the waist.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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Over her black swimsuit with its swirling tiger-eye pattern, she wore a white lace beach jacket, belted at the waist.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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Over her black swimsuit with its swirling tiger-eye pattern, she wore a white lace beach jacket, belted at the waist.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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Over her black swimsuit with its swirling tiger-eye pattern, she wore a white lace beach jacket, belted at the waist.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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The tiger-eye cameo pinned at her throat bore the image of the Gorgon Medusa.
Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998
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