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jacinth|ˈdʒæsɪnθ, ˈdʒeɪsɪnθ|
Forms: 3–7 iacinct(e, 4 iacynkt(e, -synkt, -cintt, 4–6 iacynct, iacynt(e, 4–7 iacynth, 6 iassink, 6–7 iacinth(e, iacint, (7–8 jacent, -int), 7– jacinth. See also hyacinth, and jacounce.
[ME. iacynt, iacinct, a. OF. iacinte or late L. iacint(h)us, -inctus, an alteration of hiacint(h)us, L. hyacinthus, a. Gr. ὑάκινθος hyacinth; the h being lost and the initial i made consonantal; cf. mod.F. jacinthe, Pr. jiacint, Sp. jacinto, It. giacinto and iacinto.]
1. a. Among the ancients, a gem of a blue colour, prob. sapphire. b. In mod. use, a reddish-orange gem, a variety of zircon; also applied to varieties of topaz and garnet. (= hyacinth 1.)
c1230Hali Meid. 43, & tah is betere a briht iacinct þen a charbucle won. 1382Wyclif Song Sol. v. 14 Goldene, and ful of iacynctis. 1535Coverdale Ezek. xxviii. 13 Deckte with all maner of precious stones, with Ruby, Topas, Christall, Iacynte. 1555Eden Decades 236 Iacinthes growe in the Iland of Zerlam. They are tender stones and yelowe. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 11 The Iacinct is blew, and of nigh neighborhoode with the Saphire. 1630Drayton Muses' Elys. x. (R.), The yellow jacinth,..Of which who hath the keeping, No thunder hurts nor pestilence. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) I. 154 The dagger, in her grace's collection, is set with jacynths. 1861C. W. King Ant. Gems (1866) 22 The greater part..of what are now termed Jacinths are only Cinnamon Stones of a reddish kind of Garnet.
†c. (In Wyclif's Bible, rendering L. hyacinthus): A dyed fabric of a blue or purple colour. Obs.
1382Wyclif Exod. xxv. 4 Iasynkt that is silk of violet blew. Ibid. xxviii. 15 The breest broche..thou shalt make with werk of dyuerse colours, after the weuyng of the coope, of gold, iacynkt [1388 iacynt], and purpur.
d. The colour of the gem (see b above); in Her. name for the colour tenné, in blazoning by precious stones (= hyacinth 1 c).
1572J. Jones Bathes Buckstone 11 b, If it [the urine] be higher, then ambre or betwene it and iacincte, yellowish or chollerique red. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 66 The fielde is of the Iacinthe. 1688R. Holme Armoury i. ii. 12/2.
e. = hyacinth 3 b.
1854L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 288 Jacinth,..slaty-blue, and pied on back and wings with white.
†2. A plant; = hyacinth 2 (a and b). Obs.
[1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. liii, An herbe of þe same name is liche þerto [the stone Iacinctus] in coloure. ]1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 47 Iacinct is an Herbe hauing a purple flowre. 1597Gerarde Herbal i. lxxvii. (1633) 106 The white-floured starry Iacinth. 1629Parkinson Paradisi xi. 122 Our English Iacinth or Hares-bels is so common everywhere. 1727Philip Quarll 244 Junquils, Tuberoses, Jacents, and other delightful Flowers. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 315 Jacinth, Hyacinthus.
3. attrib. and Comb. (in senses 1 and 2).
1526Tindale Rev. ix. 17 Havynge fyry habbergions of a Iacynct coloure. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. Wks. 1725 I. 20 Her forehead Jacinth-like, her cheeks of Opal hue. Ibid. 107 The excellently fair queen Helen, whose jacinth-hair curled by nature..had a rope of fair pearl. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Iacinto, a iacint stone, a iacint flower. 1811Pinkerton Petral. II. 129 Consisting of quartz and of jacint, so that it may be called jacint rock. 1842Tennyson Morte d'Arthur 57 Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work. |