[L. iaspis jasper, a. Gr. ἴασπις JASPER.] = JASPER sb. 1 a; rarely 1 b.
1382. Wyclif, Rev. iv. 3. Lijk the siȝt of a stoone iaspis, and to sardyn.
1390. Gower, Conf., III. 112. Ther sitten fyve Stones mo … Iaspis and Elitropius And Dendides and Iacinctus.
1569. Vis. Bellay, ii. in Spenser’s Wks. (Globe), 700/1. The floor was Jaspis, and of Emeraude.
1640. Wilkins, New Planet, II. (1684), 119. A Loadstone, rather than a Jaspis, Adamant, Marble, or any other.
1745. A. Butler, Lives Saints (1836), I. 20. The shrine is … supported by four high pillars, two of marble and two of jaspis.
