Lĭg'ŭre or Lĭg'ūre, n.

n. [Gr. λυγόριον, λυγγούριον, λυγκούριον, λυγγούριον, a hard, transparent gem, from λυγκός οὖρον, as, according to the opinion of the ancients, it was formed of lynxes’ urine; Lat. lyncurion, lyncurium, Vulg. ligurius, equivalent to Heb. leshem.] A kind of precious stone. “The third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.” Exod. xxviii. 19.