单词 | bloodstone |
释义 | bloodstonen. Any of certain minerals or precious stones spotted or streaked with red, or red in colour, formerly used medicinally in the treatment of haemorrhage and as a charm against injury or bleeding; spec. (a) a form of green chalcedony with dark red markings (= heliotrope n. 2); (b) = haematite n. a (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] bloodstone1504 alternative therapy1974 the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > iron ore > others bloodstone1504 haematite1543 yellow share1590 keel1596 brush-ore1678 mush1686 brush-iron-ore1695 iron glance1792 specular iron (also iron ore)1796 steel-ore1796 oligistc1803 black band1811 old man1811 spathose iron-ore1823 pitticite1826 siderose1834 blink klip1835 pharmacosiderite1835 sphaerosiderite1837 fossil ore1846 jacutinga1846 vignite1846 siderite1848 junckerite1865 needle iron-ore1867 xanthosiderite1868 specularite1892 pitch ore1896 minette1902 taconite1905 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > corundum group A2 03 > haematite bloodstone1504 haematite1543 red iron1733 red iron ore1756 red haematite1789 red ironstone1792 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > jasper > blood-stone heliotropea1393 sawsykyllec1425 sanguinary1465 bloodstone1504 elutropia1567 stanch-blood1567 heliotropian1638 sanguine stone1728 1504 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 477 Ane blud stane and thre unce uthir stuf for the Quene for bleding of the nes. 1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. sig. D.ii This stone is somwhat palewhyt and hath somtyme in it small rede vaynes and is namyd of ye pelgrymes the blode stone but it is nat the stone Jaspis nor Ematites. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxxviv Take of the bloudestone, called Emathites, bole armenyacke: of eche halfe an ounce. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 173 Andreas Baluacensis writeth, that the Blood-stone, called the Hæmatite, is made of the dragons blood. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2040/4 Lost..a Necklace of Green Blood-stones. 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 31 Here is likewise the true Blood-Stone, and considerable Quantities of Fullers-Earth. 1747 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 505 The Blood-Stone, is green, veined or spotted with red and white. 1800 C. D. Rouso D'Eres Mem. 17 Large rocks of a reddish cast, which our Indians called blood-stone. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. iii. 41 'Tis a horrible testament, mind ye, which you say and seal with your blood-stone. 1955 J. C. Brown & A. K. Dey India's Min. Wealth (ed. 3) 623 The bloodstones are subtranslucent, dark green chalcedony speckled with red. 1967 Speculum 42 318 Gilders do sometimes call their hematite burnishers ‘bloodstone’, but the word hematite is preferable as being unambiguous. 1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 6 Aug. (Fashion Suppl.) 3/2 As for cuff links..flat, monogrammed gold links, quiet stones like onyx or bloodstone set in silver..make excellent choices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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