(urth) Sard

[David Stockhoff]

On 11/6/2011 4:06 PM, Andrew Mason wrote:
> David Stockhoff wrote:
>
>> Sard: "A clear or translucent, deep orange-red to brownish-red variety
>> of chalcedony. Also called sardius. [Middle English sarde, from Old
>> French, from Latin sarda...."
>>
>> Also apparently another name for carnelian.
> That is indeed the principal meaning of 'sard'; but I think people
> before now, wanting the pawnbroker Sard to be human, have interpreted
> it as a fish.

But that's Latin or Greek. Not allowed.