carbuncle
n . 粉刺,红玉,红水晶
粉刺,红玉,红水晶
carbuncle n 1 :
deep -
red cabochon garnet cut without facets 2 :
an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus Carbuncle \
Car "
bun *
cle \,
n . [
L .
carbunculus a little coal ,
a bright kind of precious stone ,
a kind of tumor ,
dim .
of carbo coal :
cf .
F .
carboncle .
See {
Carbon }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 . (
Min .)
A beautiful gem of a deep red color (
with a mixture of scarlet )
called by the Greeks anthrax ;
found in the East Indies .
When held up to the sun ,
it loses its deep tinge ,
and becomes of the color of burning coal .
The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire ,
though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Med .)
A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue ,
esp .
of the trunk or back of the neck ,
characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts ,
sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues ,
and marked constitutional depression .
It differs from a boil in size ,
tendency to spread ,
and the absence of a central core ,
and is frequently fatal .
It is also called {
anthrax }.
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Her .)
A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone .
It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center .
Called also {
escarbuncle }.
[
1913 Webster ]
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "
carbuncle ":
abscess ,
aposteme ,
bed sore ,
blain ,
bleb ,
blister ,
boil ,
bubo ,
bulla ,
bump ,
bunion ,
canker ,
canker sore ,
chancre ,
chancroid ,
chilblain ,
cold sore ,
corn ,
cyst ,
dilatation ,
dilation ,
distension ,
edema ,
eschar ,
felon ,
fester ,
festering ,
fever blister ,
fistula ,
furuncle ,
furunculus ,
gathering ,
gumboil ,
hemorrhoids ,
intumescence ,
kibe ,
lesion ,
lump ,
papula ,
papule ,
paronychia ,
parulis ,
petechia ,
piles ,
pimple ,
pock ,
polyp ,
pustule ,
rising ,
scab ,
sebaceous cyst ,
soft chancre ,
sore ,
stigma ,
sty ,
suppuration ,
swell ,
swelling ,
swollenness ,
tubercle ,
tumefaction ,
tumescence ,
tumidity ,
tumor ,
turgescence ,
turgescency ,
turgidity ,
ulcer ,
ulceration ,
wale ,
welt ,
wen ,
wheal ,
whelk ,
whitlow ,
wound Carbuncle (
Ex .
28 :
17 ;
39 :
10 ;
Ezek .
28 :
13 ).
Heb .
barkath ;
LXX .
smaragdos ;
Vulgate ,
smaragdus ;
Revised Version ,
marg ., "
emerald ."
The Hebrew word is from a root meaning "
to glitter ," "
lighten ,"
"
flash ."
When held up to the sun ,
this gem shines like a burning coal ,
a dark -
red glowing coal ,
and hence is called "
carbunculus ",
i .
e .,
a little coal .
It was one of the jewels in the first row of the high priest '
s breastplate .
It has been conjectured by some that the garnet is meant .
In Isa .
54 :
12 the Hebrew word is _ '
ekdah_ ,
used in the prophetic description of the glory and beauty of the mansions above .
Next to the diamond it is the hardest and most costly of all precious stones .
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