Word Meanings - ESPINEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kind of ruby. See Spinel.

SPINEL; SPINELLE
A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also
SPINEL
Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle. Knight.
SPINELESS
Having no spine.
ESPINEL
A kind of ruby. See Spinel.