Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
carbuncle .
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Examples
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Regis dormitorio, constat vnus pillarius, seu columna de auro solido et carbunculus conclusus in illo longitudinis pedis vnius, totum habitaculum de nocte perfundens lumine claro.
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Regis dormitorio, constat vnus pillarius, seu columna de auro solido et carbunculus conclusus in illo longitudinis pedis vnius, totum habitaculum de nocte perfundens lumine claro.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And he would find her an Indian adamas stone harder than any other substance known and as big as a hazelnut, and a wonderful green smaragdus stone with blue flickers in its heart, all the way from northern Scythia … and a carbunculus stone, as bright and glistening as a blister full of new blood
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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Garnets, more than other stones, have been used in the cabochon cut, and when in that form are usually known as _carbuncles_ (from carbunculus, a glowing coal).
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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To this latter species belong also _ignis Persicus_, _carbunculus_ and _antrax_.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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It very probably corresponds to the anthrax of Theophrastus (De lap., 18), the carbunculus of Pliny
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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It is rendered "anthrax" in the LXX., and "carbunculus" in the Vulgate.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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The same causes are considered to be operative in carbunculus as in furuncle; general debility and depression, from whatever cause, predisposing to its formation, and the introduction of a microbe, probably the same as in furunculus, being at present looked upon as the exciting factor.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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In cubiculo autem Regis dormitorio, constat vnus pillarius, seu columna de auro solido et carbunculus conclusus in illo longitudinis pedis vnius, totum habitaculum de nocte perfundens lumine claro.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Five days later the Muluchath citadel belonged to Gaius Marius, together with a fabulous hoard of silver coins, silver bars, and a thousand talents in gold; there were also two small chests, one stuffed with the finest, reddest carbunculus stones anyone had ever seen, and the other stuffed with stones no one had ever seen, long naturally faceted crystals carefully polished to reveal that they were deep pink at one end, shading through to dark green at the other.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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