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   Onycha (?), n. [NL., from L. onyx, -ychis, onyx, also, a kind of mussel, Gr. , . See Onyx.]
   
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   1. An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.  Ex. xxx. 34.
   
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   2. The precious stone called onyx. [R.]
   
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   Onyx (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.  a claw, finger nail, a veined gem. See Nail, and cf. Onycha.]
   1. (Min.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color.  It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
   
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   2. Same as Mexican onyx.
   
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   3. A deep jet-black color.
   
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   Onyx marble, Mexican onyx, a banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx.  It is obtained from Mexico in various colors ranging from white to deep black.
   
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   onyx (?), a. Deep, jet-black.
   
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