sard

American  

[sahrd] / sɑrd /

noun

1. a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.

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sard British  

/ ˈsɑːdɪəs, sɑːd /

noun

1. Also called: sardine.  an orange, red, or brown variety of chalcedony, used as a gemstone. Formula: SiO 2

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Etymology

Origin of sard

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin sarda < Greek sárdios sardius

Example Sentences

Coast Guard: shore-patrol horses are sprayed with Skat to repel sard flies.

From Time Magazine Archive

She sard she did not believe in class consciousness and knew enough of human nature to know that there was greed, jealousy, immorality and selfishness among all.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are men whose lives are intaglios, cut by the chisel of destiny deep into the sard of their generations; every line and curve and faintest tracing pregnant with interest, suggestion, and emotion.

From Princess by McClelland, M. G. (Mary Greenway)

The finer specimens of the Aegean gems are engraved with the wheel and the point in hard stones, such as chalcedony, amethyst, sard, rock-crystal and haematite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

I made Most fair for thee this lustrous blood-red sard, And deftly traced its gleaming surface hard With carvings thick of bright acacias slim, Pomegranates lush and river-reeds.

From Lilith The Legend of the First Woman by Collier, Ada Langworthy