[em-er-uh
ld, em-ruhld] 
| 1. | a rare variety of beryl that is colored green by chromium and valued as a gem. |
| 2. | emerald green. |
| 3. | Printing. (in Britain) a 6 1/2 -point type of a size between nonpareil and minion. |
| 4. | Ornithology. any of numerous small bright green hummingbirds of the genus Chlorostilbon. |
| 5. | having a clear, deep-green color. |
| em·er·ald (ěm'ər-əld, ěm'rəld) n.
[Middle English emeraude, from Old French, from Medieval Latin esmeralda, esmeraldus, from Latin smaragdus, from Greek smaragdos.] |
"In early examples the word, like most other names of precious stones, is of vague meaning; the mediæval references to the stone are often based upon the descriptions given by classical writers of the smaragdus, the identity of which with our emerald is doubtful." [OED]
Emerald
An object-oriented distributed programming language and environment developed at the University of Washington in the early 1980s. Emeral was the successor to EPL. It is strongly typed and uses signatures and prototypes rather than inheritance.
["Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald", A. Black et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(1):65-76 (Jan 1987)].
(1994-11-09)
Emerald
Heb. nophek (Ex. 28:18; 39:11); i.e., the "glowing stone", probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of the high priest. It is mentioned (Rev. 21:19) as one of the foundations of the New Jerusalem. The name given to this stone in the New Testament Greek is smaragdos, which means "live coal."
