Obs. [Fr., = OFr. aigue:—L. aqua water + marin, -e of the sea.] French name of the beryl; also called AQUAMARINE.
1765. Delaval, in Phil. Trans., LV. 21. The colour will be blueish, and bordering on the colour of the aigue marine.
1837–80. Dana, Mineral., 245. Beryl or ‘Aigue-marine.’
