sapphire
/ˈsæf.aɪ̯əɹ/ nom B1En français : saphir, colibri à menton bleu
- A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
- A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
- A deep blue colour.
- Azure, when blazoning by precious stones.
- Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.
- Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus or the African lycaenid genus Iolaus.
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Lawrence Gulf seemed to rim in the splendor like a huge bowl of pearl and sapphire brimmed with wine and fire.
“Do no such thing, I beg of you; he would only send you another, formed of a magnificent sapphire, or hollowed out of a gigantic ruby.
This box contained an unctuous substance partly solid, of which it was impossible to discover the color, owing to the reflection of the polished gold, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, which ornamented the box.
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