sard

[ sahrd ]

noun

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

sard

/ ˈsɑːdɪəs; sɑːd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sard¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sard¹

C14: from Latin sarda, from Greek sardios stone from Sardis

Example Sentences

Sard Verbinnen has also managed the troubled public image of Martha Stewart and former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld.

From The Daily Beast

SAC is represented by Jonathan Gasthalter, a partner of PR heavy-hitter Sard Verbinnen & Co.

From The Daily Beast

Such talisman were usually made of black Egyptian basalt, sometimes of sard or other hard stones.

From Project Gutenberg

The material of the Etruscan is also always semi-transparent, except those burned which has made the sard opaque.

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"You have seen that he is a gentleman," returned Sard steadily.

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But the lovely thing about Sard was that she took no such ways.

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Sard switched away from his hand; her eyes hotly repudiated him.

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