astrionn.
Obsolete.
A kind of precious stone; ‘no description can better suit the asteriated crystals of sapphire, which exhibit a brilliant six-sided star in its centre’ (Westropp). Cf. asteria n., astroite n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > other gems or precious stones > [noun]
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peacock stone1753
turquoise1796
odontolite1819
pagoda stone1860
tangiwai1863
fish-eye1882
c1300 Land Cokaygne in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 158 Carbuncle and astiune.]
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. xv. 558 Astrion is a precyous stone of Ynde nyghe lyke to crystall.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 3 Astrion is a gem..in whose centre..a certaine light is seene shining.
1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 101 Enidros, Iris, Dracontites, and Astrion.
1874 H. M. Westropp Man. Precious Stones 65 Astrion—star sapphire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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