Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Cat's-eye

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Cat's-eye

Subjects in this Topic:

Casualty
Casuarina
Casuist
Casuistic
Casuistieal
Casuistry
Casus
Cat
Cat o' nine tails
Cat's-eye
Cat's-foot
Cat's-paw
Cat's-tail
Cat-eyed
Cat-harpin
Cat-harping
Cat-hole
Cat-rigged
Cat-salt

(n.) A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl.