a precious stone, consisting of a mixture of the calcedony and carnelian, sometimes in strata, but at other times blended together. See Mineralogy.

SARMENTOS.E (from sarmentum, a long shoot like that of a vine): the name of the 11th class in Linnaeus's Fragments of a Natural Method, consisting of plants which have climbing stems and branches, that, like the vine, attach themselves to the bodies in their neighbourhood for the purpose of support. See Botany.