Definitions
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- noun A stone with spangles of gold color in it.
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- noun A
stone with spangles ofgold color in it.
Etymologies
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Latin, from Greek; sand + chryso`s gold.
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Examples
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Nearly everything was glass in the frontage of this fairy mart, and its contents glittered like the hammochrysos stone.
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Nearly everything was glass in the frontage of this fairy mart, and its contents glittered like the hammochrysos stone.
The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy 1884
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