| 单词 | seeing-stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseeing-stone seeing-stone n. now archaic a stone or crystal used for seeing things that are hidden, at a distance, in the past or future, etc.; a crystal ball; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > [noun] > object used in crystal stonea1387 crystala1400 crystal ball?a1513 prospective glassa1584 prospective stonea1584 show-stone1583 prospective1604 seeing-stone1680 ink-mirror1905 1680 W. Lawrence Marriage by Morall Law of God i. v. 45 Dr. Dee had two pretious Stones, or Crystals, which he called the seeing Stones. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. 295 A globe of crystal was employed by the Druids in their divinations as a seeing-stone. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. 295 They must look into that true seeing-stone, the teaching of Christ's Church. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iv. vi. 302 Until that time, or some other time beyond the vision of the Seeing-stones of Númenor, farewell! 2005 C. Brennan Song of Unmaking xix. 157 He uncovered the seeing-stone hastily,..and ordered it to show him Gothard. < as lemmas |
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