AMETHYST

n, A?m‘e?th-i?st. Gr.,dué@veros. Lat. amethyst us. Fr., amethyste. Ger., Amethyst. It., amedista, Sp., amatista. 1. A species of gla y quartz colored with oxide of manganese. It was regarded hy the ancients as a preventive of drunkenne , being bound over the navel or made into wine-cups. It is also used the ]Chineec in ophthalmia. (L, 75.] 2 A species of herb. [Pliny 4). C AMETIIYSTA (Lat.), n. n. pl. _A?m(a?m)-e*th-i?s(u8s)'tas. Remedies against drunkenne . [A, 301.]