echitesn.

Forms: Also 1600s echite.

Etymology: < Greek ἐχίτης, < ἔχις viper.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: eˈchites.

†1. A precious stone, dark-green, red, or violet, with fabulous properties, found in India and Persia (modern Iran); cf. aetites n. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > stones associated with animals > [noun] > eagle-stone

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xxxviii. 845 Echites is a stoon of Ynde and of Pers... And it is double, as Isider seiþ, male and female.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 6 Echites is a stone..without the which the Eagle can not bring forth her yong.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 40/1 The Echite is a stone..of a violet colour.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Echites, a precious stone, of a darkish-green colour, somewhat resembling a viper.

2. Botany. A genus of climbing plants (family Apocynaceæ), ‘so called from its twisting habits’.

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1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Echites, an herb, a kind of Clivers.

1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 138/1 Echites are beautiful climbers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	echites
释义	echitesn. Forms: Also 1600s echite. Etymology: < Greek ἐχίτης, < ἔχις viper.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: eˈchites. †1. A precious stone, dark-green, red, or violet, with fabulous properties, found in India and Persia (modern Iran); cf. aetites n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > stones associated with animals > [noun] > eagle-stone achatea1398 echitesa1398 perdicle1440 aetitesa1500 eagle-stone1601 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xxxviii. 845 Echites is a stoon of Ynde and of Pers... And it is double, as Isider seiþ, male and female. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 6 Echites is a stone..without the which the Eagle can not bring forth her yong. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 40/1 The Echite is a stone..of a violet colour. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Echites, a precious stone, of a darkish-green colour, somewhat resembling a viper. 2. Botany. A genus of climbing plants (family Apocynaceæ), ‘so called from its twisting habits’. ΚΠ 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Echites, an herb, a kind of Clivers. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 138/1 Echites are beautiful climbers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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