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n. [ NL., from L. onyx, -ychis, onyx, also, a kind of mussel, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. See Onyx. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus. Ex. xxx. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The precious stone called onyx. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Onyx. ] (Med.) (a) A whitlow. (b) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a finger nail + -mancy: cf. F. onychomancie. ] Divination by the nails. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a claw + &unr_;. ] (Zool.) Malacopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.
Syn. -- velvet worm, peripatus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. bearing a name; as, articles in magazines are usually onymous. Opposite of anonymous.
Syn. -- signed. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a claw, finger nail, a veined gem. See Nail, and cf. Onycha. ] 1. (Min.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Same as Mexican onyx. [ PJC ]

3. A deep jet-black color. [ PJC ]

Onyx marble,
Mexican onyx, a banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico in various colors ranging from white to deep black. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]