garnet : Idioms & Phrases

• (Naut.), one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards.

Webster 1913

Cross"-gar`net noun

Definitions

1. A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.

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• (Bot.), the red currant; so called from its transparent red color.

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• (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff, produced as an explosive brown crystalline substance with a green or golden luster. It consists of the potassium salt of a complex cyanogen derivative of picric acid.

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• noun lac refined by treating with solvent; garnet-colored
  

WordNet

• adjective satellite having the color of garnet
  garnet-colored.
  

WordNet

• adjective satellite having the color of garnet
  garnet-colored.
  

WordNet

• (Min.), leucite.

Webster 1913