Obs. [a. OF. (jagounce) ewage, (? jacinth) of the color of water:—L. aquāticus in same sense, f. aqua water]. A precious stone having the color of sea-water.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. II. 14. Hir fyngres were fretted with golde wyre, And þere-on red rubyes … Orientales and ewages enuenymes to destroye.
c. 1430. Lydg., Ballad of our Lady, xiv. Blewe ewage Stable as the loupe ewage of pitie.
