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Byssus – Byzantine
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Byssus
BYS'SUS, noun [Gr. infra.] A silk or linen hood. [Not in use.]
Byzant
BYZ'ANT,
BYZAN'TIAN, adjective Pertaining to Byzantium, an ancient city of Thrace situated on the Bosporus. In the year 330, Constantine the Great took possession of Byzantium, enlarged and embellished it, and changed its name to Constantinople.
Byzantine
BYZ'ANTINE, noun [from Byzantium.] A gold coin of the value of fifteen pounds sterling, so called from being coined at Byzantium. Also, a piece of gold offered by the king on certain festivals.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828); edition by akaitsurugi (github.com/akaitsurugi/webster1828). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from the CrossWire Bible Society.