单词 | moonstone |
释义 | moonstonen. Any of various milky, pearly, or opalescent varieties of albite and other minerals; a piece of such a mineral cut as a gemstone. Also: a lustrous variety of orthoclase or plagioclase. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > other gems or precious stones > [noun] hepatitec1305 ligurec1305 bdellium1382 chodchod1382 nevyn1393 asteritea1398 medusa1398 myrrhitea1398 astrion1398 emastycec14.. pinkardinec1400 iralc1420 oriel?a1425 serpentine1426 nakettec1450 pentestc1450 sun's gemc1475 sepulchre-stone1489 moonstonea1500 piantea1500 efestide1567 astroite1569 polyp stone1583 bedle1591 balanite1601 eshime1613 lyncury1638 asteria1646 pangony1658 palasin1678 palatine1678 rhombite1688 tree-stone1698 toad's eye1747 peacock stone1753 turquoise1796 odontolite1819 pagoda stone1860 tangiwai1863 fish-eye1882 a1500 MS Peterhouse Cambr. 210 f. 66v Silentes [read selenites] & pt ance [i.e. et potest anglice] dici moonstone. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A moone-stone, pierre de la lune. 1653 T. Nicols Arcula Gemmea 193 Of the Selenites, or the Moon-stone. The Selenites saith Andreas Baccius, is a kind of a gemm which doth contain in it the image of the Moon. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 893 A moon-stone; Selenites. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Hanborough Hanborough, near Woodstock, is noted only for the selenites, or moon-stone, which has been dug..out of its wells. 1802 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 289 Moonstone of Ceylon. 1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. 291 Felspar..: moonstone, napoleonite, necronite. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 224 The moonstone's changing light. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 5 May 3/2 The coat was of Parma violet velvet and the skirt moonstone-grey. 1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned iv. 462 She had..a Sybil Dunlop moonstone on a long silver chain. 1959 C. S. Hurlbut Dana's Man. Mineral. (ed. 17) 492 Some adularia shows an opalescent play of colours and is called moonstone. a1983 ‘R. West’ This Real Night (1984) i. v. 144 Myrtle's mother shifted from foot to foot..fingering her moonstone necklace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500 |
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