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gemstone|ˈdʒɛmstəʊn|
[f. gem n. + stone; in OE. ᵹimstán.]
†a. In OE. and ME. = gem 1. Also fig.
b. A stone capable of being worked up into a gem.
a.c1000ælfric Hom. I. 62 Þas ᵹymstanas synd tocwysede. c1175Lamb. Hom. 135 Ne sculen ȝe nawiht ȝimstones leggen swinen to mete. a1240Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 193 Mid brihte ȝimstones hore krune is al biset. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 370/109 And with riche ȝimstones al-so.
fig.a1175Cott. Hom. 217 Heo is hefone liht..and all hiscefte ȝimston. c1200Vices & Virtues 95 Ðat faire scrud of charite all besett mid ȝimstanes of gode werkes.
b.1883A. H. Church Precious Stones ii. 9 With an instrument so constructed the pleiochroism of the vast majority of gem-stones may be determined at a glance. |