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balanite|ˈbælənaɪt|
[ad. L. balanītes, a. Gr. βαλανίτης acorn-shaped, f. βάλανος acorn.]
†1. A kind of precious stone. Obs.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas (1608) 462 Beset with Bal'nites, rubies, chrysolites. [1601Holland Pliny xxxvii. x. II. 625 As for the stone Balanites, there be two kinds..of a greenish colour, and resembling Corinth brasse. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Some think the balanites to have been the lapis judaicus.]
2. A fossil balanid.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. xiii, The second Order of Cirripedes consists of the Balanites or Acorn-barnacles. |