balasn.

/ˈbaləs/

Forms: Middle English– balas; also Middle English balace, balase, baless, balis, baleys, 1500s bales, balays, ballass, ballais, 1500s–1700s balasse, 1500s–1800s balass, ballas, 1600s ballase, balleys, balais, ( ballest, baleu).

Etymology: < Old French balais, balai, cognate with Provençal balays, balach, Italian balascio, Spanish balax, medieval Latin balascus (Marco Polo), balascius, -asius, < Arabic balakhsh, < Persian Badakhshān, the district near Samarcand where they are found.

a. A delicate rose-red variety of the spinel ruby.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > spinel > [noun]

balas1414

spinel1528

spinelle1555

espinel?1590

balas-ruby1596

rubicelle1653

spinel ruby1668

ruby spinel1796

spinelle ruby1802

sapphirine1883

taaffeite1951

1414 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 363 Unum annulum de auro, cum uno balase.

1423 Kingis Quair ii. xxvii Grete balas lemyng as the fyre.

1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 118 My Noych with my Baleys.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cliii^v Dyamantys, Rubyes, & Balessys.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 801/1 A great bauderike about his necke of great balasses.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. lvi. 245 Carbuncles, rubies, baleus.

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 247 Sapphires, balasses, diamonds.

b. Now usually balas-ruby.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > spinel > [noun]

balas1414

spinel1528

spinelle1555

espinel?1590

balas-ruby1596

rubicelle1653

spinel ruby1668

ruby spinel1796

spinelle ruby1802

sapphirine1883

taaffeite1951

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vii. xv. 306 Fowerteene Rubie ballais.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ballay, a balleys Rubie.

1623 King James VI & I in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 46 The collar of great ballest rubies.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. viii. 42 A perfect baleu [1737 (Ozell) baleau] rubie.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. v. 125 A carkanet of large balas rubies.

1874 H. M. Westropp Man. Precious Stones 18 The balas ruby is of a delicate rose-pink colour, showing a blue tint when looked through.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	balas
释义	balasn. /ˈbaləs/ Forms: Middle English– balas; also Middle English balace, balase, baless, balis, baleys, 1500s bales, balays, ballass, ballais, 1500s–1700s balasse, 1500s–1800s balass, ballas, 1600s ballase, balleys, balais, ( ballest, baleu). Etymology: < Old French balais, balai, cognate with Provençal balays, balach, Italian balascio, Spanish balax, medieval Latin balascus (Marco Polo), balascius, -asius, < Arabic balakhsh, < Persian Badakhshān, the district near Samarcand where they are found. a. A delicate rose-red variety of the spinel ruby. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > spinel > [noun] balas1414 spinel1528 spinelle1555 espinel?1590 balas-ruby1596 rubicelle1653 spinel ruby1668 ruby spinel1796 spinelle ruby1802 sapphirine1883 taaffeite1951 1414 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 363 Unum annulum de auro, cum uno balase. 1423 Kingis Quair ii. xxvii Grete balas lemyng as the fyre. 1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 118 My Noych with my Baleys. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cliii^v Dyamantys, Rubyes, & Balessys. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 801/1 A great bauderike about his necke of great balasses. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. lvi. 245 Carbuncles, rubies, baleus. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 247 Sapphires, balasses, diamonds. b. Now usually balas-ruby. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > spinel > [noun] balas1414 spinel1528 spinelle1555 espinel?1590 balas-ruby1596 rubicelle1653 spinel ruby1668 ruby spinel1796 spinelle ruby1802 sapphirine1883 taaffeite1951 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vii. xv. 306 Fowerteene Rubie ballais. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ballay, a balleys Rubie. 1623 King James VI & I in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 46 The collar of great ballest rubies. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. viii. 42 A perfect baleu [1737 (Ozell) baleau] rubie. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. v. 125 A carkanet of large balas rubies. 1874 H. M. Westropp Man. Precious Stones 18 The balas ruby is of a delicate rose-pink colour, showing a blue tint when looked through. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1414
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