Definitions
a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
Word origin
From Middle English crystal, cristal, criȝstall, representing a merger of Old English cristalla (from Latin crystallus) and Anglo-Norman cristall, Old French cristal (from Latin crystallum). The Latin is derived from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “clear ice”), from κρύος (krúos, “frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *krews- (“hard, hard outer surface, crust”).
Used in a sentence
“He tells me he's been shooting crystal, which I already pretty much know because he does not bother to keep his sleeves rolled down over the needle tracks.”
“Come, let's away. My loue, giue me thy Lippes: Looke to my Chattels, and my Moueables: [...] Goe, cleare they Chryſtalls. Yokefellowes in Armes, let vs to France”
Come, let's away. My love, kiss me. Look after my goods and property … Go, dry your eyes. Comrades in arms, let us to France“The walls were crystal, and they seemed to have hundreds of different-colored lights shifting behind them.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Glassy mineral”7 letters
02“Clear mineral”7 letters
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