crab's-eyecrab's-eyesn.

Etymology: < crab n.¹

1. (Usually in plural) A round concretion, found in the stomach of the crayfish and some other crustacea, consisting mainly of carbonate of lime; it has been used, finely powdered, as an absorbent and antacid. Now also applied to finely powdered carbonate of lime from other sources.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > biological product > [noun] > from crustaceans

eye1561

crab's-eye1605

crab's claw1710

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > member of > concretion in stomach

eye1561

crevishe eyes1599

crab's-eye1605

crab-stone1861

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 181 Take..of the stones which are commonly called crabbes eyes halfe an ounce.

1693 A. van Leeuwenhoek in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 958 I put some Crabs-Eyes into the Vinegar.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 364 A chalky substance, found in the lower part of the stomach of all lobsters, improperly called crab's eyes.

1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 604 The use of carbonate of lime as a manure, a paint, and a medicine, under the names of lime, whiting, crab's eyes, &c. is equally well known.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. iii. 97 When the Crabs are about to cast their shell, two calcareous masses are found in the lateral compartments of the stomach. These have received the name of ‘Crab's eyes’.

1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish 223 A minute crab's-eye or gastrolith.

2. plural. The scarlet seeds or peas of Abrus precatorius, the Coral-bead plant; also the plant.

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1866 in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot.

1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 166 The seeds of Abrus precatorius, called ‘Crabs' -eyes’, are strung together for necklaces.

3. crab's eye lichen (see quot.).

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1849 in J. Lindley Med. & Œcon. Bot. (1856) 20.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Crab's eye lichen, Lecanora pallescens, which was formerly gathered under this name in the north of England for the dyers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	crabs-eye
释义	crab's-eyecrab's-eyesn. Etymology: < crab n.¹ 1. (Usually in plural) A round concretion, found in the stomach of the crayfish and some other crustacea, consisting mainly of carbonate of lime; it has been used, finely powdered, as an absorbent and antacid. Now also applied to finely powdered carbonate of lime from other sources. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > biological product > [noun] > from crustaceans eye1561 crab's-eye1605 crab's claw1710 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > member of > concretion in stomach eye1561 crevishe eyes1599 crab's-eye1605 crab-stone1861 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 181 Take..of the stones which are commonly called crabbes eyes halfe an ounce. 1693 A. van Leeuwenhoek in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 958 I put some Crabs-Eyes into the Vinegar. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 364 A chalky substance, found in the lower part of the stomach of all lobsters, improperly called crab's eyes. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 604 The use of carbonate of lime as a manure, a paint, and a medicine, under the names of lime, whiting, crab's eyes, &c. is equally well known. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. iii. 97 When the Crabs are about to cast their shell, two calcareous masses are found in the lateral compartments of the stomach. These have received the name of ‘Crab's eyes’. 1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish 223 A minute crab's-eye or gastrolith. 2. plural. The scarlet seeds or peas of Abrus precatorius, the Coral-bead plant; also the plant. ΚΠ 1866 in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 166 The seeds of Abrus precatorius, called ‘Crabs' -eyes’, are strung together for necklaces. 3. crab's eye lichen (see quot.). ΚΠ 1849 in J. Lindley Med. & Œcon. Bot. (1856) 20. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Crab's eye lichen, Lecanora pallescens, which was formerly gathered under this name in the north of England for the dyers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1605
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