Emerald

n. [O. Fr. esmeraulde, now émeraude, Pr. esmeralda, Sp. & Pg. esmeralda, It. smeraldo, O. Catal. esmeragda, O. Sp. esmeracde, Pr. maragde, maracde, meraude, maracda, from Lat. smaragdus, Gr. σμάραγδος, μάραγδος, Skr. marakata.]

1Sense 1. (Min.) A precious stone of a rich green color, and essentially identical with beryl. See BERYL.

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2Sense 2. (Print.) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpareil. It is used by English, but not by American, printers.

☞ This line is printed in the type called emerald.

a. Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.

That vast expanse of emerald meadow. Macaulay.