a. [ad. med.L. alabastrinus: see ALABASTER and -INE.] Of or resembling alabaster.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. iv. I. (1641), 202/1. Her Alabastrine well-shapt Limbs.
1757. Milles, in Phil. Trans., L. 28. They seem to be an alabastrine spar.
1829. Sir T. Lauder, Moray Floods (ed. 2), 234. Perpendicular streaks of a beautiful alabastrine whiteness.
