单词 | spark of diamond |
释义 | > as lemmasspark of diamond a. A small diamond (†or other precious stone). Originally diamond (or ruby) spark and spark of diamond, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun] > small sparkle1480 spark1508 (a) (b)1551 J. Williams Acct. Monastic Treasures (1836) 50 Balaces, small sparkes of emeraldes, and small course perles.1577 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1788) II. 14 Item,..xvi small rubyes being but sparcks, and v sparcks of dyamonds.1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. F Good Madam what shall he doe with a hoop ring, And a sparke of diamond in it.a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1744) XI. ccxiii. 4785 The little and short sayings of wise and excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least sparks of diamond.1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 158 The Florentine work..consists of sparks of gems and small pieces of the finest marble.a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. 379 As for those things that cannot be thus weighed, such as quicksilver, small sparks of diamond, and such like.(c)1599 George a Greene sig. B2 A chaplet..Set with choice rubies, sparkes, and diamonds.1614 in Archaeol. XLII. 350 A hoope ringe with 9 sparkes.1675 London Gaz. No. 987/4 A Diamond Ring with three very large stones, and some sparks.1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 Another [ring] set round with small Rubies and Sparks.1771 Hist. Sir W. Harrington (1797) II. 239 The lockets are..one,..with the cyphers of her name put on it, set with very small sparks.1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 303 Sparks, diamonds. Term much in use among the lower orders, and generally applied to stones in rings and pins.figurative.1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. xvi. 470 The sparks of this crown are perfect holiness and a conformity to God.1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 184 Hevinly beriall droppis..birnyng as ruby sperkis. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 3 With Rubie sparkis ane greit number to se. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 85 Being the goodliest plot, the Diamond sparke, and the Honny spot of all Candy. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3718/4 A Gold Twisted Tooth Pick Case set with Diamond Sparks. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lix. 248 A ring set with a ruby..surrounded by diamond sparks. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 33 Ingot of gold and diamond spark. 1869 Ld. Tennyson Passing of Arthur 224 For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks. < as lemmas |
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