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Webster 1913 Edition

Chatoyant

Cha-toy′ant

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Adj.
[F., p. pr. of
chatoyer
to be chatoyant, fr.
chat
cat.]
(Min.)
Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat’s eye in the dark.

Cha-toy′ant

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Noun.
(Min.)
A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chatoyant

CHATOYANT

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Adj.
A hard stone, a little transparent, which being cut smooth presents on its surface and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light. It is of a yellowish gray color or verging to an olive green. It rarely exceeds the size of a filbert.

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