| 释义 |
† spleen-stone Obs.
[f. spleen n.]
A stone supposed to cure disorders of the spleen.
1595Raleigh Discov. Guiana (1596) 24 A kinde of greene stones, which the Spaniards call Piedras Hijadas, and we vse for spleene stones. 1613R. Harcourt Voy. Guiana 36 There are diuers kinds of Stone of great vse, and good price, as Jasper, Purphery, and the Spleene-stone. 1666in Myddelton Chirk Castle Acc. (1908) 131 Paid the man that came with the spleene stone from Dolgrog. 1691Lond. Gaz. No. 2680/4 Lost.., a Green Spleen Stone cut Triangular. 1775Motherby Med. Dict., Ophites, called also serpentinus, ophite, or spleen-stone. |