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Webster 1913 Edition


Spinel

Spin′el

,
Noun.
Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition


Spinel

SPI'NEL

, SPINELLE,
Noun.
The spinelle ruby, says Hauy; is the true ruby, a gem of a red color, blended with tints of blue or yellow. It is in grains more or less crystalized. A subspecies of octahedral corundum.