Obs. Also 4 topasiune, 4–5 -ion, 5 topazyon, 6 topatioun, -ason. [a. late L. topazion, a. Gr. τοπάζιον, dim. of τόπαζος TOPAZ.] An early name for a topaz.
c. 1305. Land Cokayne, 92. Þer is saphir and uniune … Beril, onix, topasiune.
c. 1430. Lydg., Min. Poems (Percy Soc.), 188. Lyke topasion of colours sonnyssh bright.
c. 1460. Play Sacram., 168. I haue … topazyons smaragdis of grete degre.
1560. Rolland, Crt. Venus, I. 109. With Iacinth fine, and Topazion sa fair.
1622. Peacham, Compl. Gent. (1661), 169. The first colour is Or, i.e. Yellow, and signifieth in Plannets the Sun, in Pretious Stones, Topazion and Chrysolith.
