- Island south of Turkey - Mediterranean island - Nicosia’s island - Nicosia’s republic - Pine, say, for Turkish-speaking country - A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding
to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common,
and used for mourning.
- A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided
prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black
tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also
other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green,
brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are
valued as jewels.