| 单词 | regard ring |
| 释义 | > as lemmasregard ring regard ring n. a ring set with a row of different stones whose initial letters spell the word ‘regard’ (namely, ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst, ruby, diamond) or occasionally another word signifying affection.Rings of this type were popular during the Victorian era. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > other types of ring kine-ringc1225 pontificala1500 hoop-ring1545 death's head1577 ring of remembrance1659 serjeant's ring1690 garter-ring1709 bath-ring1771 solitaire1832 regard ring1853 key ring1856 bodylet1870 portrait ring1877 tower-ring1877 whistle-ring1877 marquise1885 princess-ring1886 dinner ring1890 cluster ring1897 eternity ring1939 1838 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. v. 7/2 A diamond set round with ‘regard’ stones.] 1853 Pen & Pencil 7 May 585/2 A ‘regard’ ring has the following stones arranged in a hoop: ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst or aqua-marine, and diamond. The initials form the word ‘regard’. 1890 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore (ed. 2) viii. 414 ‘Regard rings’, of French origin, were common even to a late period, and were thus named from the initials with which they were set forming the acrostic of these words: Ruby Emerald Garnet Amethyst Ruby Diamond Lapis lazuli Opal Verd antique Emerald. 1912 O. M. Dalton Franks Bequest Catal. Finger Rings 302 A ‘regard ring’, so called from the fact that the initial letters of the gems composing the bezel form that word. 1978 Illustr. London News Nov. 129/2 (caption) Early Victorian ‘regard’ ring, £140. 2005 Kent & Sussex Courier (Nexis) 21 Jan. 13 Recently a customer was desperate to find a Victorian ‘Regard’ ring - the letters of which signify its stones: a ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst and a ruby diamond. < as lemmas |
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