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单词 carchedony
释义

carchedonyn.

Forms: Also carcedony.
Etymology: < Latin carchēdōnius (carbunculus ) a brilliant precious stone from Carthage (Pliny), < Greek Καρχηδών Carthage. Some manuscripts read καρχηδών instead of χαλκηδών chalcedony n. in Revelation xxi. 19: the two words were evidently confused.
Obsolete.
A kind of precious stone.
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1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Carcedony, see Calcedonie.
1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Carchedony, a kind of Carbuncle, a precious Stone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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