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▪ I. † ˈcarneol1 Obs. [ad. med.L. carneol-us cornelian; dim. of L. carneus fleshy, with the sense of ‘slightly flesh-coloured’; but perh. an alteration of the forms in corn- under the influence of this supposed derivation.] = cornelian.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. xxxiii. (1495) 563 Carneolus is a red stoon and dymme..yf it is hanged aboute a mannys necke..in stryfes it alayth wrathes. 1708Kersey, Carneol, a precious Stone. 1731in Bailey, vol. II. ▪ II. † ˈcarneol2 Obs. Some (? fleshy-leaved) plant.
1678Littleton Lat. Dict., Carneol, an herb, acesi. 1708Kersey, Carneol, a kind of Herb. [Hence in Bailey, 1731.] |