Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tyrian"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tyrian \Tyr"i*an\, a. [L. Tyrius, from Tyrus Tyre, Gr. ?.]
1. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people.

2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple.

The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye.
--Pope.

{Tyrian purple}, or {Tyrian dye}, a celebrated purple dye
prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially
Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under {Purple},
n., 1, and {Purple of mollusca}, under {Purple}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tyrian \Tyr"i*an\, n. [L. Tyrius.]
A native of Tyre.


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