onycha

noun 2

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noun

1

the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine

And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Take vnto thee ſpices, ſtactee, and onycha, galbanum of ſwete ſauour, and the cleareſt frankincenſe, al shal be of equal weight:

2

The precious stone onyx.

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