'Sapphirine' definitions:
Definition of 'sapphirine'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Made of or resembling sapphire
noun
A rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
Definition of 'Sapphirine'
From: GCIDE
- Sapphirine \Sap"phir*ine\, n. Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire. "Sapphirine degree of hardness." --Boyle. [1913 Webster]