OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2152

amethyst

/ˈæm.ə.θɪst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
amatista
A purple colour.
amatista
The tincture purpure, when blazoning by precious stones.
Purple, on the arms of princes Mercury, of peers amethyst, and of commoners purpure, [is represented] by diagonal lines from the sinister chief to the dexter base.
The Field is Topaz, a Lion rampant Amethyst [...]
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