† onychinusn.

Forms: Old English honychinus, Old English honynchinus (probably transmission error), Old English–1500s onichinus, Middle English honochinus, Middle English honichilus (transmission error), 1700s onicinus.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin onychinus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin onychinus onyx stone (Vetus Latina), use as noun (short for lapis onychinus ) of masculine singular of classical Latin onychinus made of or like onyx < Hellenistic Greek ὀνύχινος made of or like onyx < ancient Greek ὄνυξ onyx n. + -ινος -ine suffix².

Obsolete.

= onyx n. 1. Cf. onychine n.In quot. 1750 the sense is confused with notions of onycha n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > chalcedony > onyx

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OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) ii. 12 Ðær beoð eac gemette ða gimstanas dellium & honynchinus [OE Laud honychinus].

OE Lapidary 13 Syxta onichinus is haten, se is ge brun & hæwen.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 425 A maner vessel i-made of a stoon þat hatte onichinus þat was cleer and briȝt.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1377 (MED) Sterre Ala Corvi upon heihte Hath take his place..His Ston is Honochinus hote.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 203 Onichinus is a stone of ynde and of arabia and haþ in it self medled colour liche þe nayle onyx.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 197/1 A certayne vessell..made of the pretious stone Onichinus.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 214 Onicinus, tho' it is a Gum from a Tree of its own Name, is yet number'd among Stones... If put upon a live Coal, in the Manner of Incense, it gives a sweet and fragrant Smell.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	onychinus
释义	† onychinusn. Forms: Old English honychinus, Old English honynchinus (probably transmission error), Old English–1500s onichinus, Middle English honochinus, Middle English honichilus (transmission error), 1700s onicinus. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin onychinus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin onychinus onyx stone (Vetus Latina), use as noun (short for lapis onychinus ) of masculine singular of classical Latin onychinus made of or like onyx < Hellenistic Greek ὀνύχινος made of or like onyx < ancient Greek ὄνυξ onyx n. + -ινος -ine suffix². Obsolete. = onyx n. 1. Cf. onychine n.In quot. 1750 the sense is confused with notions of onycha n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > chalcedony > onyx onychinusOE onyclec1300 onyxc1330 onychinea1382 nychometc1450 OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) ii. 12 Ðær beoð eac gemette ða gimstanas dellium & honynchinus [OE Laud honychinus]. OE Lapidary 13 Syxta onichinus is haten, se is ge brun & hæwen. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 425 A maner vessel i-made of a stoon þat hatte onichinus þat was cleer and briȝt. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1377 (MED) Sterre Ala Corvi upon heihte Hath take his place..His Ston is Honochinus hote. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 203 Onichinus is a stone of ynde and of arabia and haþ in it self medled colour liche þe nayle onyx. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 197/1 A certayne vessell..made of the pretious stone Onichinus. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 214 Onicinus, tho' it is a Gum from a Tree of its own Name, is yet number'd among Stones... If put upon a live Coal, in the Manner of Incense, it gives a sweet and fragrant Smell. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.OE
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