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adjective

Emerald adj. Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. "Emerald meadows."

Emerald fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico (Gobionellus oceanicus), remarkable for the brilliant green and blue color of the base of the tongue; whence the name; called also esmeralda.

Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals.

Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure.

Emerald spodumene, or Lithia emerald. (Min.) See Hiddenite.

Emerald nickel. (Min.) See Zaratite.

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Etymology of 'Emerald Isle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Emerald isle" Quotes from Famous Books

... after the order of Socrates. He was an emigrant from the Emerald Isle, where he suffered much tribulation in the disturbances, as they are mildly called, of his much-enduring country. But the old gentleman has weathered the storm without losing a jot of that broad, healthy benevolence with which Nature has enveloped his heart, and whose ...

— McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey

... kept up on all sides. From Scotch to Irish is but a handsbreadth. The Tweed, several fathoms wide, digs a deeper trench between Scotland and England than the twenty leagues of Irish Channel, which separates Old Caledonia from the Emerald Isle. Paddy O'Moore related his history. It was that of all emigrants driven by misfortune from their own country. Many come to seek fortunes who only find trouble and sorrow, and then they throw the blame on chance, and forget the true cause ...

— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne

... that the Celtic skull must be thicker than the Saxon. The brains in the former are certainly more capable than those in the latter of producing brilliant and amusing, if incorrect, ideas and expressions. The history of the Emerald Isle swarms with Boyle-Rocheisms as the country itself has long been said to swarm ...

— Broad-Sword and Single-Stick • R. G. Allanson-Winn

... up north and beach us on the British Isles? No. Much to my surprise, he went back down south and returned to European seas. As we swung around the Emerald Isle, I spotted Cape Clear for an instant, plus the lighthouse on Fastnet Rock that guides all those thousands of ships setting out ...

— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne