spinels

noun

  1. 1

    Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.

  2. 2

    Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral.

  3. 3

    Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

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