Alabaster

Definitions

1. A city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States.
2. A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
   uncountable, usually
3. A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
   historical, uncountable, usually
4. An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Why ſhould a man whoſe bloud is warme within, Sit⟳ like⟳ his Grandſire, cut⟳ in Alabaſter?”

“Nor was the flame dissevered from its ribbon But like⟳ a radiant fillet ran along So that fire seemed it behind alabaster.”

“One of the striking relics found at the tomb, was a Canopic portrait head of Queen Tii, made entirely of alabaster except the eyes and eyebrows, which were inlaid lapis lazuli and osidian.”

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