Sārd, n.

n. [Fr. sarde, sardoïne, Pr. sardoyne, Lat. sarda, Gr. σάρδιον, or σάρδιος (sc. λίθος), i. e., Sardian stone, from Σάρδιος, Sardian, from Σάρδεις, Sardes, the capital of Lydia.] (Min.) A variety of chalcedony, of a rich brownish-red color, but which, when held between the eye and the light, appears of a deep blood-red; carnelian.