The sard is the carnelian, while the sardonyx is a species of onyx. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
The sard, which is probably the stone denoted by odem, is a superior variety of agate, sometimes called camelian, and has long been a favorite stone for the engraver's art. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Zoroastrianism or the concepts of sard and garm, cold and hot foods?. From Wordnik.com. [Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran: Questions] Reference
Foods, like people, are believed to have natures, hot or cold, garm or sard. From Wordnik.com. [Marsha Mehran talks about Pomegranate Soup] Reference
Orange or reddish form of chalcedony, related to sard, bloodstone, and moss agate. From Wordnik.com. [How to make a magic wand 101.] Reference
Cut and polished jasper looks like coral, bloodstone, onyx, petrified wood, or sard. From Wordnik.com. [The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II] Reference
One can mistake cut and polished red coral for almandine, bloodstone, cornelian, or sard. From Wordnik.com. [The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II] Reference
One can mistake cut and polished cornelian for almandine, bloodstone, coral, ruby, or sard. From Wordnik.com. [The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II] Reference
One can mistake cut and polished bloodstone for almandine, coral, cornelian, jasper, or sard. From Wordnik.com. [The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II] Reference
Agates of the finest types, such as carnelian and sard, come principally from Brazil and from India. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
One can mistake a cut piece for a poor-quality hawk's eye or tiger's eye, sard, or a root grow stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II] Reference
Marjan cooks in accordance to the Zoroastrian system of gastronomic balancing, known as sard and garm. From Wordnik.com. [Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran: Questions] Reference
Having just read the Hand=sard link that your alter ego pointed me to I acn safely say that you are wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Poor Old Cyril Smith: Roll Out the Rochdale Barrel] Reference
Much of the jewelry was Egyptian in make, rich with faience, beryl, carnelian, sard, onyx, lapis lazuli and turquoise. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
“I think so,” said Francis, who was the pink of perfection this morning in a brown suit, garnet tie, and sard sleeve-links. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
In addition, we found four handle-less cups, sherds of various types, cooking pots, and pithoi, as well as beads made of sard and agate. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 136 « Field Notes 2008 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
One of them is a fine sard, engraved with a subject from Homer. From Wordnik.com. [Romola] Reference
Cyprus, Egypt, and Media; the sard in Babylonia; the agate in Carmania. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
He could see her profile set against the deep-red glow like an intaglio on sard. From Wordnik.com. [The Street Called Straight] Reference
Such talisman were usually made of black Egyptian basalt, sometimes of sard or other hard stones. From Wordnik.com. [Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.] Reference
It is, like the sard, merely a variety of agate, and is frequently employed by engravers for signet-rings. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
If there be any portrait of Lucretius, it is a profile on a sard, published by Mr. Munro in his famous edition of the poet. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on Literature] Reference
(Revelation 21: 20) The sardonyx consists of "a white opaque layer, superimposed upon a red transparent stratum of the true red sard.". From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
A name compounded of sard and onyx, two precious stones, varieties of chalcedony or agate. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
And made me a optimus prime fan for life sard why did megatron turn out to be a flunky for the fallen?. From Wordnik.com. [Transformers 2 Earns $201.2 Million in First 5 Days | /Film] Reference
Beads made of sard and agate (room 19). From Wordnik.com. [Picture 143 « Field Notes 2008 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
"The ring I possess," he said, "is a fine sard, engraved with a subject from Homer. From Wordnik.com. [Romola] Reference
An 'sard the maïdens pretty rough. From Wordnik.com. [Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect] Reference
Beryl, and sard, and royal porphyry. From Wordnik.com. [Songs out of Doors] Reference
By some lost secret, while he shaped the sard. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook for Latin Clubs] Reference
Libya (tripoli), Sardis, Asia Minor (sard), Badhakhshan, Iran. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4] Reference
One can mistake Ruby for almandine, amber, arkatite (by firelight), cornelian, sard, or zircon. From Wordnik.com. [The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II] Reference
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