See Also: Emerald(medicine)
emerald(dictionary)
emerald(encyclopedia)
emerald(dictionary)
Emerald Isle, the(dictionary)
Emerald Airways(tourism)
Emerald City Coffee(tourism)
Emerald Airways flights(tourism)
Emerald Airways code(tourism)
Emerald Garden Resort(tourism)

publish (oh) and emerald (iou)


publish (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: publier, from Latin publicare 'to make public, publish', from publicus; PUBLIC1]
[T] to arrange for a book, magazine etc to be written, printed, and sold
-see also publication publication
::The first edition was published in 1765.
::They are publishing the dictionary on CD-ROM.
[T] if a newspaper or magazine publishes a letter, article etc, it prints it for people to read
-see also publication publication
::We love reading your letters and we try to publish as many as possible.
[T usually passive] to make official information such as a report available for everyone to read
-see also publication publication
::The latest unemployment figures will be published tomorrow.
[I and T] if a writer, musician etc publishes their work, they arrange for it to be printed and sold
::University teachers must publish regularly to gain Promotion.
publish and be damned
BrE used to say that you should take a risk in saying what you think is true, although the result may be harmful to you

emerald (iou)



emerald noun & adjective. Also emeraude. ME.
[Old French e(s)meraude (mod. emeraude), from Proto-Romance alt. of Latin SMARAGDUS.]
A. noun.
1. A bright green precious stone; now spec. one consisting of a particular variety of beryl. ME.
2. Heraldry. The tincture gules in the fanciful blazon of arms of peers. Now Hist. L16.
3. The colour of an emerald, emerald green. E18.
4. Type of a size (6 1 / 2 points) larger than nonpareil and smaller than minion. L19.
B. adjective.
1. Bright green, like an emerald. E16.
2. Made of or containing an emerald. L19.
W. Jones An emerald ring was thought to ensure purity.
Special collocations & comb.: emerald cuckoo an African cuckoo, Chrysococcyx cupreus, with green and gold plumage. emerald-cut (of a gem) cut in a square shape with stepped facets. emerald green (a) a bright green like that of an emerald; also, the pigment Paris green; the pigment viridian; (b) = EMERALD adjective 1. emerald moth any of various green geometrid moths of the family Geometridae. the Emerald Isle literary Ireland.
emeraldine adjective & noun (a) adjective = EMERALD adjective 1; (b) noun a green aniline dye: M19.