Definition of "sardius" [sar•di•us]

• See sard. (noun)

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• "This little childe was cut of the white vayne of Achates [A] or Onix, and the Eagle of the other vaine of the same stone called sardius which is of black couler of some called Cordeoll, ioyning both in one selfe same stone."
• "It was called "sardius" because obtained from Sardis in Lydia."
• "The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst."