Cicely had set up for herself a fetish of onyx with eyes of jade, and doubtless hungered at times with an unreasonable but perfectly natural hunger for something of flesh and blood.
Her idol of onyx had not been swept from its pedestal, but the pedestal itself had an air of being packed up ready for transport to some other temple.
The news editor laughed and laid his hat on the onyx centre table beneath the electric lights.
An onyx lamp, suspended by a chain of silver, hung from that beam of the ceiling which is called the black beam, because more exposed than the others to the embrowning smoke.
When Moses speaks of bdellium and the onyx stone, I take these specimens of gems for gems in general.
The name of one is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
She threw back her little head with a confident air, and said very decidedly: "That onyx hung to the middle of the chain.
Described from an antient gem on a fine onyx in possession of the Duke of Marlborough, of which there is a beautiful print in Bryant's Mythol.
The onyx eyes were fixed upon her with a polished pressure that must signify some enriched benevolence.
The Shaykh opened the door and they two entered a vestibule vaulted with onyx stones and arabesqued with gold, and they stayed not walking till they came to a great hall and a wide, paved and walled with marble.
Then he took the key and, opening the door,[FN#50] saw therein no treasure but he espied a vaulted and winding staircase of Yamani onyx at the upper end of the chamber.
Boxes of horn were used for keeping the pigment by the poorer Hebrews,--of onyx or alabaster by the richer.
She leaned on her elbows across the table from him, smiling and twirling a great ring of black onyx round her small finger.
The walls were solid white onyx lined or banded with pink and golden stripes.
In the vicinity of Marble Cave there are several choice varieties of onyx and marble, among them a rare and beautiful onyx in black and yellow.
The first chamber entered is the Crystal Gallery, but it is so nearly filled with great masses of pure white onyx no standing room remains.
Although much of the cave was still not visited, the long drive to town demanded a return to the surface, but several stops were made on the way to admire masses of onyx and groups of curious forms in deposits of that fine stone.
The Lake is very small, but under its clear surface can be seen numerous growing deposits of calcite, while the roof of onyx gleams with a mass of small white stalactites.
It is surprising that in all these heavy beds there is no line or tint, or slightest trace of color anywhere, while the other Onyx Cave, so near as to suggest connection, has a gorgeous variety of rich coloring.
The coloring, tinting and banding of onyx seem generally to be regarded as one of the unexplainable mysteries of nature, but is in reality an extremely simple process that can be easily studied in any active cave.
Literature went on briskly here: Blackwood had from him, besides the Onyx Ring which soon came out with due honor, assiduous almost monthly contributions in prose and verse.
I should like to fling all those pebbles into the fire, the onyx and shells and jasper and what not, and smash all those wretched tools with these fists, which were certainly made for other work than this.
Far away, in front, Olvir Nikkolon was rising behind the gold and onyx bench, and from the speaker the call bell tolled slowly, and the buzz of over two thousand whispering voices diminished.
The gold and onyxbench was broken in a number of places; the Chiefs of Management in front of it, and the Presidium above, had vanished.
There was a bench of gold and onyx at the front, where, normally the seven-man Presidium sat, and in front of it were thronelike seats for the Chiefs of Managements, equivalent to the Imperial Council of Ministers.
Onyx articles are shipped from here in considerable quantities to London and Paris, where there are agencies for their sale.
In several shops collections of onyx ornaments are to be seen, besides handsome baskets and mats of colored straw, all of which are of native workmanship.
Its interior is very rich in ornamentation, among the most effective portions of which we remember its fine onyx columns supporting lofty arches of Moorish architecture.
The larger part of ouronyx marbles comes to-day from Mexico, though there are equally good materials of this type in Arizona and California.
The so-called onyx marbles are, as noted above, spring deposits, differing from ordinary lime deposits only in color and degree of compactness.
A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.
The directions given above will suffice to give the student the manner of producing any kind of marble or onyx desired.
This is no doubt due to the universal custom of public buildings in the Roman Empire being finished in stonework, marbles, jaspers, onyx and other variegated stones.
An onyx mantle from Montana was also greatly admired.
Onyx in both its native and finished state was shown in large quantities.
A castellated gateway, veneered with copper ores, gypsum, and slate was flanked by a balustrade of slate surmounted by onyx balls.
A pyramid of gray onyx and beautiful mantels and polished slabs from fields in northern Laramie County were a revelation to all who saw them.
In a circular chamber lighted only by lamps, for there were no windows, and daylight never penetrated there, before an onyx table covered with strange globes and philtres, sat Basil.
She paled slightly at sight of him, and turned the onyx ring so that the carving did not show, and by the time he had crossed the patio and walked to join them, her face was a serene mask.
An onyx engraved with the Aztec eagle--now the Mexican eagle.
Unconsciously, automatically, he turned and re-turned on his finger the onyx ring at which Angela had laughed.
She took from her right hand the little gold band and gave it to him, and in its place he slipped the onyx ring of the Aztec eagle and serpent.
Then he moved his hand, and the sun gleamed on the ring he wore, the Mexican onyx with the Aztec eagle.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "onyx" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: black; diamond; emerald; jade; pitchy; ruby; sapphire; stone
