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prasine, n. and a.|ˈpreɪzɪn|
Also 5 prasym, 6 prasne.
[ad. late L. prasina green chalk, fem. of L. prasinus adj. (Plin.), a. Gr. πράσινος leek-green, λίθος πρ. leek-green stone, an emerald or other green stone: cf. F. prasine, adj. (pierre prasine leek-green stone), and in later F. n. fem. a green earth used as a pigment.]
A. n. A green-coloured mineral: † (a) an earth, green chalk, or verdigris; † (b) a precious stone, sometimes app. the emerald; (c) now a synonym of pseudo-malachite (Chester Dict. Min. 1896).[c625Isidore Orig. xix. xvii. §9 Prasina, creta viridis, etsi in aliquibus terris promiscue generetur, optima tamen in Libya Cyrenensi.] [c1305Land Cokayne 91 in E.E.P. (1862) 158 Smaragde, lugre, and prassiune.] 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. xxviii. (Bodl. MS.), Prasyn creta is grene [Prasina creta est viridis] & þerof is colore made grene as leke. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. i. xlviii. (1495) 92 b/2 The partye (of the sayde chyrche) wythout forthe on the syde of the South was of the colour semblable or lyke to a precyous stone namyd Prasym. 1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions i. iv. 43 Precious stones called the Jacinthe, and the Prasne.
B. adj. Leek-like; leek-green in colour. rare. prasine stone = A. (b).
1528Paynel Salerne's Regim. b iv b, One is called coler prassine, lyke the colour of y⊇ herbe called prassion. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 351 All sorts of Stones and Mines of Gold e're-while Are found there, with the choicest Prasine-stone. 1882Gard. Chron. XVIII. 40 The curious prasine peduncle is covered with numerous flowers. |