Calcedon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Calcedon is a noun meaning The bass lute, an instrument used by baroque composers (notably Telemann).
Meaning
The bass lute, an instrument used by baroque composers (notably Telemann).
More Meanings
- (dated) Any common mineral, such as chalcedony or calcite, that is found as an intrusion or vein in another stone, especially in a precious stone.
Example Sentences
No part besides must of they selfe be known. But by the topaz, Opal, Calcedon.
It consisted of small, rounded rock-boulders with calcedon and pieces of jasper.
A yellowish-red carnelian is a calcedon. Is found–among other places–in India. […] Like carnelian, agate is a calcedon.
At another private concert at Count Caldarinii's house in Bologna (1715), Caldarinii played alternately the lute and the calcedon.
Word Forms
- calcedons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include calcedony, chalcedonius, chalcedonyx, chalcedony, cassidony, cabochon.
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