chatoyant
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Shot, shot, adj. having a changeable colour, chatoyant, as silk, alpaca, &c.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Cymophane, or chatoyant chrysoberyl, may also be asteriated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
She invariably wore gloves out of doors and a veil to conceal the chatoyant eyes.
From The Green Eyes of Bâst by Sax Rohmer
While Nekhludoff was thus exchanging the customary kisses with the peasant and taking from him a dark-brown egg, he noticed the chatoyant dress of Matriena Pavlovna and the lovely head with the red bow.
From The Awakening The Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, Count
But one of the prettiest though commonest gems in the island is the "Moon-stone," a variety of pearly adularia presenting chatoyant rays when simply polished.
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent
