† ˈonychin, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. L. onychin-us, a. Gr. ὀνύχινος made of or like onyx.]
A. adj. in onychin stone = Onyx stone.
| 1382 Wyclif Gen. ii. 12 Ther is foundun bdelyum, and the stoon onychynus [1388 the stoon onychyn, v.r. of onychyn; Vulg. lapis onychinus]. 1477 Norton Ordin. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 56 Like in Colour to Onychyne stone. |
B. n. (= onychin stone). = onyx 1.
(In quot. 1750 mixed up with notions of onycha.)
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 425 A maner vessel i-made of a stoon þat hatte onichinus, þat was cleer and briȝt. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxiii. 107 Þe ȝalow er made of topazes or crisolytez;..þe blak of onichyns or geraudes. 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 134/2 A certeine uessell..made of the pretious stone onychinus. 1750 tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 214 Onicinus, tho' it is a Gum from a Tree of its own Name, is yet number'd among Stones... If put upon a live Coal, in the Manner of Incense, it gives a sweet and fragrant Smell. |