cock stonen.

Brit.

/ˈkɒk stəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈkɑk ˌstoʊn/

Forms:

α. 1500s cockes stone.

β. 1600s cocke stone, 1600s– cock stone.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, stone n.

Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < the genitive of cock n.¹ + stone n. Partly (in β. forms) < cock n.¹ + stone n. Compare earlier alectory n.

1. A precious stone supposedly found in the gizzards of cockerels or roosters, and thought to have magical or medicinal properties; = alectory n. Now historical.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > parts of

cock stone1586

beam1614

1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxxix. 264 The Alectorian or Cockes stone..wherewith (as it is reported) the famous Milo Crotonien alway stoode inuincible.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Alectoire, the cocke stone; a Christall coloured stone (as big as a beane) found in the gyzerne, or maw of some Cockes.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 438/2 Alectryomantia, Divination by the Crowing of a Cock, or from a Cock Stone, or a Stone found in the Maw or Gizard of a Cock, of the bigness of a Bean, and in colour like Christal.

1915 G. F. Kunz Magic Jewels & Charms iii. 179 The alectorius or ‘cock-stone’ is one of the most famous of those real or supposed animal concretions.

2012 Folklore 123 179 Alectorius (the Cock Stone), Aetites (the Eagle Stone) and Vulturis (the Vulture Stone) shared a multiplicity of medicinal applications.

2. Any of several varieties of the common cultivated bean, Phaseolus vulgaris; a kidney bean. Occasionally as a modifier in cock stone pea. Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > kidney beans or kidney bean plants

French bean1542

kidney bean1548

fasels1562

frijoles1568

Welsh bean1585

longbean1587

cock stone1631

haricot1653

string-bean1759

snap-bean1770

bunch-bean1787

butter bean1820

bush-bean1821

snaps1845

navy bean1851

cannellini1862

flageolet1877

wax bean1905

pinto bean1913

wax-pod bean1921

borlotti1932

1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. i. in Wks. II. 96 A Wench that shall feede thee, with cock-stones and gelly.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 291 The Kidney-Bean, or Cock-stone. This plant is cultivated in most parts of the world.

1871 Cultivator & Country Gentleman 4 May 276/3 The best and most productive, however, is the Cockstone—one of the smallest white dwarf beans, and kidney-shaped, except that instead of the ends being rounded they are angulated.

1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom xxvii. 256 Gifts of yam-heads and yampies, cockstone peas and Congo peas.

2012 B. W. Higman in R. R. Wilk & L. Barbosa Rice & Beans iv. 65 The ‘common bean’ (Phaseolus vulgaris), known variously in Jamaica as red pea, kidney bean, and cockstone, belongs to a tribe of perhaps fifty-five species, all of them of New World origin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cock stone
释义	cock stonen. Brit. /ˈkɒk stəʊn/, U.S. /ˈkɑk ˌstoʊn/ Forms: α. 1500s cockes stone. β. 1600s cocke stone, 1600s– cock stone. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, stone n. Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < the genitive of cock n.¹ + stone n. Partly (in β. forms) < cock n.¹ + stone n. Compare earlier alectory n. 1. A precious stone supposedly found in the gizzards of cockerels or roosters, and thought to have magical or medicinal properties; = alectory n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > parts of cock stone1586 beam1614 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxxix. 264 The Alectorian or Cockes stone..wherewith (as it is reported) the famous Milo Crotonien alway stoode inuincible. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Alectoire, the cocke stone; a Christall coloured stone (as big as a beane) found in the gyzerne, or maw of some Cockes. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 438/2 Alectryomantia, Divination by the Crowing of a Cock, or from a Cock Stone, or a Stone found in the Maw or Gizard of a Cock, of the bigness of a Bean, and in colour like Christal. 1915 G. F. Kunz Magic Jewels & Charms iii. 179 The alectorius or ‘cock-stone’ is one of the most famous of those real or supposed animal concretions. 2012 Folklore 123 179 Alectorius (the Cock Stone), Aetites (the Eagle Stone) and Vulturis (the Vulture Stone) shared a multiplicity of medicinal applications. 2. Any of several varieties of the common cultivated bean, Phaseolus vulgaris; a kidney bean. Occasionally as a modifier in cock stone pea. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > kidney beans or kidney bean plants French bean1542 kidney bean1548 fasels1562 frijoles1568 Welsh bean1585 longbean1587 cock stone1631 haricot1653 string-bean1759 snap-bean1770 bunch-bean1787 butter bean1820 bush-bean1821 snaps1845 navy bean1851 cannellini1862 flageolet1877 wax bean1905 pinto bean1913 wax-pod bean1921 borlotti1932 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. i. in Wks. II. 96 A Wench that shall feede thee, with cock-stones and gelly. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 291 The Kidney-Bean, or Cock-stone. This plant is cultivated in most parts of the world. 1871 Cultivator & Country Gentleman 4 May 276/3 The best and most productive, however, is the Cockstone—one of the smallest white dwarf beans, and kidney-shaped, except that instead of the ends being rounded they are angulated. 1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom xxvii. 256 Gifts of yam-heads and yampies, cockstone peas and Congo peas. 2012 B. W. Higman in R. R. Wilk & L. Barbosa Rice & Beans iv. 65 The ‘common bean’ (Phaseolus vulgaris), known variously in Jamaica as red pea, kidney bean, and cockstone, belongs to a tribe of perhaps fifty-five species, all of them of New World origin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1586
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