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Webster 1913 Edition


Sinople

Sin′o-ple

,
Noun.
(Min.)
Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.

Sin′o-ple

,
Noun.
[F., fr. LL.
sinopis
. See
Sinople
a mineral.]
(Her.)
The tincture vert; green.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sinople

SIN'OPER

, SIN'OPLE,
Noun.
[L. sinopis.] Red ferruginous quartz, of a blood or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge or yellow. It occurs in small but very perfect crystals, and in masses that resemble some varieties of jasper.