precious stone which is usually red in color
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Jasper Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Jasper Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.
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\jas"per\ (?), n. [oe. jaspre, jaspe, of. jaspre, jaspe, f. jaspe, l. iaspis, gr. &?;; cf. per. yashp, yashf, ar. yashb, yasb, yasf, heb. yāshpheh. cf. diaper.] (min.) an opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. it admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. when the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or banded jasper. the egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.
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opal, a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper.
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ware, a delicate kind of earthenware invented by josiah wedgwood. it is usually white, but is capable of receiving color.
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porcelain jasper
jasper ware
riband jasper
jasper opal
Noun
1. an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
(hypernym) opaque gem
Jasper Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Jasper Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream of seeing jasper, is a happy omen, bringing success and love. For a young woman to lose a jasper, is a sign of disagreement with her lover.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectJasper Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
JasPer, a project to create a reference implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard (i.e. ISO/IEC 15444-1), started in 1997 at Image Power Inc. and at the University of British Columbia. It consists of a C library and some sample applications useful for testing the codec.
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Jasper, a form of chalcedony, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. This mineral breaks with a smooth surface, and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It can be highly polished and is used for vases, seals, and at one time for snuff boxes. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or banded jasper. Jaspilite is a banded iron formation rock that often has distinctive bands of jasper. Jasper is basically chert which owes its red color to iron(III) inclusions. The specific gravity of jasper is typically 2.5 to 2.9. The jasper is, along with Heliotrope (bloodstone), one of the traditional birthstones for March. It is also a stone in the Jewish High Priest's breastplate, described in Exodus 28.
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Jasper Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
(Heb. yashpheh, "glittering"), a gem of various colours, one of the twelve inserted in the high priest's breast-plate (Ex. 28:20). It is named in the building of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:18, 19). It was "most precious," "clear as crystal" (21:11). It was emblematic of the glory of God (4:3).
a precious stone frequently noticed in Scripture. It was the last of the twelve inserted in the high priest's breastplate, (Exodus 28:20; 39:13) and the first of the twelve used in the foundations of the new Jerusalem. (Revelation 21:19) The characteristics of the stone as far as they are specified in Scripture, (Revelation 21:11) are that it "was most precious," and "like crystal;" we may also infer from (Revelation 4:3) that it was a stone of brilliant and transparent light. The stone which we name "jasper" does not accord with this description. There can be no doubt that the diamond would more adequately answer to the description in the book of Revelation.
