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Webster 1913 Edition


Sinoper

Sin′o-per

,
Noun.
(Min.)
Sinople.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sinoper

SIN'OPER

, SIN'OPLE,
Noun.
[L. sinopis.] Red ferruginous quartz, of a blood or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge or yellow. It occurs in small but very perfect crystals, and in masses that resemble some varieties of jasper.

Definition 2024


sinoper

sinoper

English

Noun

sinoper (countable and uncountable, plural sinopers)

  1. (mineralogy, obsolete) sinople