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noun
1.
a compact, opaque, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, usually colored red: often used in decorative carvings.
2.
Also called jasper ware, cameo ware. a fine, hard stoneware introduced c1775 by Wedgwood, stained various colors by metallic oxides, with raised designs in white.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English jaspe, jaspre < Middle French; Old French jaspe < Latin iaspis < Greek iáspis < Semitic; compare Arabic yashb
1300–50; Middle English jaspe, jaspre < Middle French; Old French jaspe < Latin iaspis < Greek iáspis < Semitic; compare Arabic yashb
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World English Dictionary
jasper (ˈdʒæspə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an opaque impure microcrystalline form of quartz, red, yellow, brown, or dark green in colour, used as a gemstone and for ornamental decoration |
| 2. | Also called: jasper ware a dense hard stoneware, invented in 1775 by Wedgwood, capable of being stained throughout its substance with metallic oxides and used as background for applied classical decoration |
| [C14: from Old French jaspe, from Latin jaspis, from Greek iaspis, of Semitic origin; related to Assyrian ashpū, Arabic yashb, Hebrew yāshpheh] | |
| Jaspers (German ˈjaspərs) | |
| —n | |
| Karl (karl). 1883--1969, German existentialist philosopher | |
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Word Origin & History
jasper
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. jaspre, from O.Fr. jaspe, from L. iaspidem (nom. iaspis), from Gk. iaspis "jasper," via an Oriental language (cf. Heb. yashpeh, Akkad. yashupu), ult. from Pers. yashp.
Jasper
masc. proper name, Eng. form of Caspar or of Gaspar, the traditional name of one of the Three Kings. Used from 1896 for "a rustic simpleton."
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Science Dictionary
jasper  (jās'pər) Pronunciation Key
A reddish, brown, or yellow variety of chert. jasper usually occurs in association with iron ores and contains iron impurities that give it its color. |
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Bible Dictionary
Jasper definition
(Heb. yashpheh, "glittering"), a gem of various colours, one of the twelve inserted in the high priest's breast-plate (Ex. 28:20). It is named in the building of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:18, 19). It was "most precious," "clear as crystal" (21:11). It was emblematic of the glory of God (4:3).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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