onycha means the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine“And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Take vnto thee ſpices, ſtactee, and onycha, galbanum of ſwete ſauour, and the cleareſt frankincenſe, al shal be of equal weight:”
- The precious stone onyx.