Kyanite definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary KY'ANITE, n. [Gr. sky ... It is written also cyanite, but most improperly, if pronounced kyanite. Kyanite is doubtless the preferable orthography.] A mineral found both massive ... form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory [syn: kyanite, cyanite] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: German Zyanit, from Greek ... blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium. [Written also kyanite.]
... It is the sappare of Saussure, and the cyanite or kyanite of Werner. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Disthene Dis"thene, n ... twice + ? force: cf. F. disth[`e]ne.] (Min.) Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two ...
... form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory [syn: kyanite, cyanite] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cyanite Cy"a*nite (-n ... blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium. [Written also kyanite.]