单词 | jacinth |
释义 | jacinthn. 1. Thesaurus » a. Among the ancients, a gem of a blue colour, probably sapphire. b. In modern use, a reddish-orange gem, a variety of zircon; also applied to varieties of topaz and garnet. (= hyacinth n. 1.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > less identifiable gems > [noun] > red or orange stone carbuncleeOE jacounce?a1366 pyropec1400 anthracites1535 jacinth1555 vermilion-stone1703 pigeon's blood1865 c1230 Hali Meid. 43 & tah is betere a briht iacinct þen a charbucle won. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. v. 14 Goldene, and ful of iacynctis. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxviii. 13 Deckte with all maner of precious stones, with Ruby, Topas, Christall, Iacynte. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 236 Iacinthes growe in the Iland of Zerlam. They are tender stones and yelowe. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 11 The Iacinct is blew, and of nigh neighborhoode with the Saphire. 1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium ix. 78 The yellow Iacynth,..Of which who hath the keeping, No Thunder hurts nor Pestilence. 1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) I. iv. 97 The dagger, in her grace's collection, is set with jacynths. 1861 C. W. King Antique Gems (1866) 22 The greater part..of what are now termed Jacinths are only Cinnamon Stones of a reddish kind of Garnet. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > purple or blue purpureeOE violet1380 jacinth1382 bluec1390 watchetc1405 celestinec1430 celestrine1435 turkin1483 hyacinth1610 London blue1633 mazarine1694 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxv. 4 Iasynkt that is silk of violet blew. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxviii. 15 The breest broche..thou shalt make with werk of dyuerse colours, after the weuyng of the coope, of gold, iacynkt [a1425 L.V. iacynt], and purpur. d. The colour of the gem (see 1b above); in Heraldry name for the colour tenné, in blazoning by precious stones (= hyacinth n. 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [noun] > reddish orange jacinth1572 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > colour > tawny tenné1562 jacinth1572 hyacinth1704 dragon's head1706 1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 11b If it [the urine] be higher, then ambre or betwene it and iacincte, yellowish or chollerique red. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 66 The fielde is of the Iacinthe. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. ii. 12/2. e. = hyacinth n. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of rumpkin1676 bantam1749 Jersey blue1758 Dorking1779 Plymouth Rock1806 Java1813 shack-bag1816 Negro fowl1835 creeper1847 Minorca1848 cuckoo fowl1850 Leghorn1850 Brahmapootra1851 Ancona1853 shanghai1853 Andalusian1854 Bolton bay1854 Corsican cock1854 jacinth1854 Minorca1854 spangle1854 yellow leg1854 Crèvecœur1855 sultan1855 Hamburg1857 Leghorn1857 Yokohama1865 Houdan1871 Langshan1871 Wyandot1881 sultan hen1882 silkie1885 Orpington1887 rock1889 silver-grey1889 Campine1892 Rhode Island Red1893 Faverolles1902 Rhode Island White1905 Malines1906 Rhode Island1914 Australorp1922 maranc1934 1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 288 Jacinth,..slaty-blue, and pied on back and wings with white. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > hyacinth and allied flowers jacinthine1513 jacinth1567 hyacinth1578 field-star of Bethlehem1812 Roman hyacinth?1877 Roman1881 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. liii An herbe of þe same name is liche þerto [the stone Iacinctus] in coloure.] 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 47 Iacinct is an Herbe hauing a purple flowre. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 100 The white English Iacint. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xi. 122 Our English Iacinth or Hares-bels is so common everywhere. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 244 Junquils, Tuberoses, Jacents, and other delightful Flowers. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 315 Jacinth, Hyacinthus. Compounds attributive and in other combinations (in senses 1, 2). ΚΠ 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. ix. 17 Havynge fyry habbergions of a Iacynct coloure. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C4v Her forhead iacinth like, her cheekes of opall hue. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xvi. sig. K6 The excellently-faire Queene Helen, whose Iacinth haire curled by nature..had a rope of faire pearles. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Iacinto A iacint stone, a iacint flower. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 129 Consisting of quartz and of jacint, so that it may be called jacint rock. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 6 Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1230 |
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