Meaning of onycha | Babel Free

Definitions

1. the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
   obsolete, uncountable
2. The precious stone onyx.
   obsolete, uncountable

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Examples

“And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Take vnto thee ſpices, ſtactee, and onycha, galbanum of ſwete ſauour, and the cleareſt frankincenſe, al shal be of equal weight:”

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