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Definition of: jasper
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(jas′pər) noun
1. An impure, opaque, usually red, brown, or yellow variety of quartz, admitting of a high polish and used for vases and other articles: also jas′per·ite.
2. A stone in the breastplate of the high priest. Exod. xxviii 20. [<MF jaspre, var. of jaspe <L jaspis <Gk. <Semitic. Cf. Hebrew yashpeh.]
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