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

In the city, Yoren had loaded up the wagons with salt fish, hard bread, lard, turnips, sards of beans and barley, and wheels of yellow cheese, but every bite of it had been eaten.

From Literature

We shall have no plate except of gold and an ivory couch inlaid with jasper, or perhaps with sard.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

The Hebrew odem was probably a red stone, either carnelian, sard or jasper.

From Project Gutenberg

For example, large quantities of somewhat porous chalcedony from Brazil are stained and sold in imitation of natural agate or sard or other stones.

From Project Gutenberg