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单词 crapaud-stone
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crapaud-stone
2. (More fully crapaud-stone.) A precious stone formerly believed to be produced in the head of the toad: cf. Shakespeare As You Like It ii. i. 13; a toadstone n.1 (The stones so named were of many kinds.) Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > stones associated with animals > [noun] > toad-stone
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 101 Crepawnde, or crapawnde, precyous stone [ Pynson crepaud], smaragdus.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 3 No man whyhs [= wys] The verteuous crepaude despyse lest, Thow [= though] a todys crowne wer' hys fyrst nest.
1465 Will of Kateryn Peke (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/5) f. 94v My crepaude stone.
1557 Will of George Amyas (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/39) f. 382v A stone called a Cropolte.
1558 Gifts to Q. Eliz. in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth II. 539 A jewell, contayning a crapon or toade-stone set in golde.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C4v Her haire like Crapal-stone.
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