star stonen.

Brit.

/ˈstɑː stəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈstɑr ˌstoʊn/

Forms: see star n.¹ and stone n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: star n.¹, stone n.

Etymology: < star n.¹ + stone n.; in early use frequently after post-classical Latin astroites astroite n. Compare German Sternstein astroite (16th cent., in various senses, chiefly denoting the fossils of corals).

1. Any of the pentagonal or star-shaped stem ossicles of fossil pentacrinites; = astroite n. 2.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > division Pelmatozoa > class Crinoidea > fossil or encrinite > family Pentacrinidae > vertebral joint

star stone1652

1652 T. Nicols Lapidary xxxv. 156 In English it is called the Starre-stone... The last [kind] is composed of divers starres united together in longitude which may easily be separated either with the hand or by the help of some instrument, and in their separation they shiver into the form of starres.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 116 Those they call Star-Stones (because they run out into five Angles like so many Rays as they use to picture Stars with).

1697 E. Lhuyd Let. 22 Sept. in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) (1712) 27 501 An Asteria, or Column Star-Stone, beset with Sprigs the whole length of it, issuing from the Commissures of the Plates.

a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 107 Hereabout [Shuckborough, Warwickshire] are found Star-Stones.

1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) II. 284 Certain Stones about the Breadth of a Silver Peny, and Thickness of an Half-crown, called Astroites or Star-stones, being fine-pointed like a Star, and flat.

1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 653 Nearly allied to the Entrochi and Volvulæ, are the Asteriæ or Star-stones, well known in most of the Northern counties of England.

1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xvii. 435 All the joints of the [vertebral] column [of Pentacrinites], when seen transversely, present various modifications of pentagonal star-like forms; hence their name of Asteriæ, or star-stones.

1859 Geologist 2 218 Why do those portions of Pentacrinites, commonly called ‘star-stones’, move with a sensible rotary motion in a vessel of vinegar?

1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 36 We used to gather ‘star stones’, pentracrinites.

1932 Sci. News-let. 2 Jan. 7 (caption) Two sections of a modern crinoid stem, similar to the ‘star-stones’ of the soil of England.

2002 M. Mulvihill Ingenious Ireland iii. 179/1 Larne also has raised beaches..and beautiful star stones. The star stones are small starfish-like fossils, called crinoid ossicles; the size of a fingernail, they can be found on Bank Quays beach.

†2. Any of various stony corals (order Scleractinia) or the fossils of similar corals having many starlike apertures. Cf. astroite n. 3, starry stone n. at starry adj. Compounds 2. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > order Campanulariae > member of family Sertulariidae > having star-like forms

star stone1652

starry stone1677

starry coral1681

1652 T. Nicols Lapidary xxxv. 156 In English it is called the Starre-stone... The other [kind] is full of starres and round as the former.

1705 W. Nicolson Diary 5 Jan. in London Diaries (1985) 269 I noted..A sort of Star-stone..with its Asteriae impressed in the Exact Order of the Quincunx.

1750 C. Smith Antient & Present State Cork II. iv. viii. 381 A beautiful star stone, so called from the representations of stars on the surface, but is no more than a petrified coral.

1755 J. Ellis Ess. Nat. Hist. Corallines 102 The Polypes inhabiting the Corallines, Corals, Star-Stones,..and the like.

1822 G. Young Geol. Surv. Yorks. Coast 194 Madreporites, or star-stones, distinguished by their stellular conformation, are a beautiful class of corals, frequently met with in this district.

1893 Putnam's Monthly Hist. Mag. Oct. 69 Tablets of madreporite usually heart-shaped, called ‘star stone’..are also largely used against evil eye and fascination.

3. A gemstone which exhibits asterism; esp. a star sapphire.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun] > exhibiting asterism

star stone1652

star sapphire1798

1652 T. Nicols Lapidary xxxv. 156 Of the Astroites or Starre-stone... Andreas Baccius saith of the Astroites or Asteria that it cometh near to the form of Crystall, and sheweth by repercussion a certain light in a pale colour, in which internally some certain rayes after the manner of starres to appear.

1798 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 448 When the reflection is compounded of rays which intersect each other, and appear to diverge from a common centre, I call them star-stones.

1859 E. W. Payne Earth's Riches x. 186 The asterias, or star stone, is a very beautiful variety of sapphire, exhibiting a rayed opalescent lustre.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 123/2 Star-stones... These gems are essentially crystallised alumina, and are known as star or asterias rubies or sapphires, according to their colour.

1900 Leeds Mercury 5 May 1/7 There are also star stones, amethysts, Alexandrites, moonstones, aquamarines,..,topazes, &c.

1968 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 20 Dec. a6 (advt.) Genuine star stone rings 14k.

2006 V. Finlay Jewels (2007) 254 In many cultures star-stones were thought to be love charms. Helen of Troy was said to have owned one.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	star stone
释义	star stonen. Brit. /ˈstɑː stəʊn/, U.S. /ˈstɑr ˌstoʊn/ Forms: see star n.¹ and stone n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: star n.¹, stone n. Etymology: < star n.¹ + stone n.; in early use frequently after post-classical Latin astroites astroite n. Compare German Sternstein astroite (16th cent., in various senses, chiefly denoting the fossils of corals). 1. Any of the pentagonal or star-shaped stem ossicles of fossil pentacrinites; = astroite n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > division Pelmatozoa > class Crinoidea > fossil or encrinite > family Pentacrinidae > vertebral joint star stone1652 1652 T. Nicols Lapidary xxxv. 156 In English it is called the Starre-stone... The last [kind] is composed of divers starres united together in longitude which may easily be separated either with the hand or by the help of some instrument, and in their separation they shiver into the form of starres. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 116 Those they call Star-Stones (because they run out into five Angles like so many Rays as they use to picture Stars with). 1697 E. Lhuyd Let. 22 Sept. in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) (1712) 27 501 An Asteria, or Column Star-Stone, beset with Sprigs the whole length of it, issuing from the Commissures of the Plates. a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 107 Hereabout [Shuckborough, Warwickshire] are found Star-Stones. 1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) II. 284 Certain Stones about the Breadth of a Silver Peny, and Thickness of an Half-crown, called Astroites or Star-stones, being fine-pointed like a Star, and flat. 1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 653 Nearly allied to the Entrochi and Volvulæ, are the Asteriæ or Star-stones, well known in most of the Northern counties of England. 1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xvii. 435 All the joints of the [vertebral] column [of Pentacrinites], when seen transversely, present various modifications of pentagonal star-like forms; hence their name of Asteriæ, or star-stones. 1859 Geologist 2 218 Why do those portions of Pentacrinites, commonly called ‘star-stones’, move with a sensible rotary motion in a vessel of vinegar? 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 36 We used to gather ‘star stones’, pentracrinites. 1932 Sci. News-let. 2 Jan. 7 (caption) Two sections of a modern crinoid stem, similar to the ‘star-stones’ of the soil of England. 2002 M. Mulvihill Ingenious Ireland iii. 179/1 Larne also has raised beaches..and beautiful star stones. The star stones are small starfish-like fossils, called crinoid ossicles; the size of a fingernail, they can be found on Bank Quays beach. †2. Any of various stony corals (order Scleractinia) or the fossils of similar corals having many starlike apertures. Cf. astroite n. 3, starry stone n. at starry adj. Compounds 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > order Campanulariae > member of family Sertulariidae > having star-like forms star stone1652 starry stone1677 starry coral1681 1652 T. Nicols Lapidary xxxv. 156 In English it is called the Starre-stone... The other [kind] is full of starres and round as the former. 1705 W. Nicolson Diary 5 Jan. in London Diaries (1985) 269 I noted..A sort of Star-stone..with its Asteriae impressed in the Exact Order of the Quincunx. 1750 C. Smith Antient & Present State Cork II. iv. viii. 381 A beautiful star stone, so called from the representations of stars on the surface, but is no more than a petrified coral. 1755 J. Ellis Ess. Nat. Hist. Corallines 102 The Polypes inhabiting the Corallines, Corals, Star-Stones,..and the like. 1822 G. Young Geol. Surv. Yorks. Coast 194 Madreporites, or star-stones, distinguished by their stellular conformation, are a beautiful class of corals, frequently met with in this district. 1893 Putnam's Monthly Hist. Mag. Oct. 69 Tablets of madreporite usually heart-shaped, called ‘star stone’..are also largely used against evil eye and fascination. 3. A gemstone which exhibits asterism; esp. a star sapphire. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun] > exhibiting asterism star stone1652 star sapphire1798 1652 T. Nicols Lapidary xxxv. 156 Of the Astroites or Starre-stone... Andreas Baccius saith of the Astroites or Asteria that it cometh near to the form of Crystall, and sheweth by repercussion a certain light in a pale colour, in which internally some certain rayes after the manner of starres to appear. 1798 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 448 When the reflection is compounded of rays which intersect each other, and appear to diverge from a common centre, I call them star-stones. 1859 E. W. Payne Earth's Riches x. 186 The asterias, or star stone, is a very beautiful variety of sapphire, exhibiting a rayed opalescent lustre. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 123/2 Star-stones... These gems are essentially crystallised alumina, and are known as star or asterias rubies or sapphires, according to their colour. 1900 Leeds Mercury 5 May 1/7 There are also star stones, amethysts, Alexandrites, moonstones, aquamarines,..,topazes, &c. 1968 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 20 Dec. a6 (advt.) Genuine star stone rings 14k. 2006 V. Finlay Jewels (2007) 254 In many cultures star-stones were thought to be love charms. Helen of Troy was said to have owned one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652
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