Sinople


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Sin´o`ple


n. 1. (Min.) Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.
1. (Her.) The tincture vert; green.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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