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Jasper
Jasper Jas"per, n. [OE. jaspre, jaspe, OF. jaspre, jaspe, F. jaspe, L. iaspis, Gr. ?; cf. Per. yashp, yashf, Ar. yashb, yasb, yasf, Heb. y[=a]shpheh. Cf. Diaper.] (Min.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper. Jasper opal, a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper. Jasper ware, a delicate kind of earthenware invented by Josiah Wedgwood. It is usually white, but is capable of receiving color.
jasper
Wedgwood ware Wedg"wood` ware` [From the name of the inventor, Josiah Wedgwood, of England.] A kind of fine pottery, the most remarkable being what is called jasper, either white, or colored throughout the body, and capable of being molded into the most delicate forms, so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even for being set as jewels.
Jasper opal
Jasper Jas"per, n. [OE. jaspre, jaspe, OF. jaspre, jaspe, F. jaspe, L. iaspis, Gr. ?; cf. Per. yashp, yashf, Ar. yashb, yasb, yasf, Heb. y[=a]shpheh. Cf. Diaper.] (Min.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper. Jasper opal, a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper. Jasper ware, a delicate kind of earthenware invented by Josiah Wedgwood. It is usually white, but is capable of receiving color.
Jasper ware
Jasper Jas"per, n. [OE. jaspre, jaspe, OF. jaspre, jaspe, F. jaspe, L. iaspis, Gr. ?; cf. Per. yashp, yashf, Ar. yashb, yasb, yasf, Heb. y[=a]shpheh. Cf. Diaper.] (Min.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper. Jasper opal, a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper. Jasper ware, a delicate kind of earthenware invented by Josiah Wedgwood. It is usually white, but is capable of receiving color.
Jasperated
Jasperated Jas"per*a`ted, a. mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate.
Jasperize
Jasperize Jas"per*ize, v. t. [Usually p. p. Jasperized (?).] To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper. Polished specimens of jasperized and agatized woods. --Pop. Sci. Monthly.
Jaspery
Jaspery Jas"per*y, a. Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper.
porcelain jasper
Porcelanite Por"ce*la*nite, n. [Cf. F. porcelanite.] (Min.) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper.
Riband jasper
Riband Rib"and, n. See Ribbon. Riband jasper (Min.), a variety of jasper having stripes of different colors, as red and green.
striped or banded jasper
Jasper Jas"per, n. [OE. jaspre, jaspe, OF. jaspre, jaspe, F. jaspe, L. iaspis, Gr. ?; cf. Per. yashp, yashf, Ar. yashb, yasb, yasf, Heb. y[=a]shpheh. Cf. Diaper.] (Min.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper. Jasper opal, a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper. Jasper ware, a delicate kind of earthenware invented by Josiah Wedgwood. It is usually white, but is capable of receiving color.

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- José Jaspe (Galician: Xosé Jaspe Rivas) (10 August 1906 – 5 June 1974) was a Spanish film actor. He pla**** Konev the conductor in Horror Express (1972)...
- Luis Felipe Jaspe del Real Franco (April 3, 1846 – 1918) was a Colombian architect and portrait painter. Jaspe was born in Cartagena. During his formative...
- linoleum during the manufacturing stage, coming up with granite, marbled, and jaspé (striped) linoleum. For the granite variety, granules of various colors...
- sur la substance minérale appelée par les Chinois Pierre de Iu, et sur le Jaspe des anciens. Abel Rémusat. Paris. L'imprimerie de doublet. 1820. 239 pp...
- Junior José Paredes Jaspe (born 1 January 2001) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a forward for Academia Puerto Cabello. As of 30 January 2019....
- 1911, inspired by the Teatro Tacón of Havana, was designed by Jose Enrique Jaspe. After years of abandonment, it was rebuilt in the 1990s and continues to...
- of a series of realistic novels and tales, among which are La Canne de jaspe (2nd ed., 1897), La Double maîtresse (5th ed., 1900), Les Vacances d’un...
- Jasper Cr**** (Spanish: Quebrada de Jaspe; in the local Pemon language Kako Parú) is the name of a river and a series of cascades and waterfalls in Venezuela...
- speckled stone," and is derived via Old French jaspre (variant of Anglo-Norman jaspe) and Latin iaspidem (nom. iaspis) from Gr**** ἴασπις iaspis (feminine noun)...
- as Miss Jones (dubbed by Olive Gregg) Ángel del Pozo as Yevtushenko José Jaspe as Conductor Konev Víctor Israel as Baggage Man Faith Clift as Miss Bennett...