单词 | celidony |
释义 | † celidonyn.1 Obsolete. = celandine n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > greater celandine celidonyc1000 celandinea1350 tetterworta1400 saladinec1430 swallow herb1578 swallowwort1578 c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 41 Nim..celeþonian moran. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. xlvi. (Tollem. MS.) By þe iuce of celidony swalowes yȝen turneþ aȝen to þe firste state, yf þey ben hurte or put oute. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 65/2 Celydony, herbe, celidonia. a1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 36 Celidonia..gall. et angl. celidoyne. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 712 Hec celidonia, celydoun. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 786 Hec seladonia, a seladony. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 37 Celedonie..beareth a Saffron coloured flower. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 357 To bloudshotten eies it is good..to wash them with the iuice of Selidonye. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † Celidonyn.2 Obsolete. A stone fabled to be found in the belly of a swallow: see quots. Cf. French chélidoine ‘pierre precieuse: petits cailloux appartenant aux agates: on dit aussi pierres d'hirondelle’ (Littré). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > stones associated with animals > [noun] > Celidony selidonea1400 seladynec1420 saladinec1430 selondync1460 Chelidony1586 Celidony1661 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. i. iv. 442 In the belly of a swallow, there is a stone found called Celidonius, which if it be lapped in a faire cloath, and tied to the right arme, will cure lunaticks and mad men.] 1661 Sir H. Vane's Politicks 9 The Celedonie Stone, whose property it is to lose all its power and vertue, unless it be rub'd with gold. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1c1000n.21661 |
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