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单词 sea-bean
释义

sea-beann.

Forms: see sea n. and bean n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., bean n.
Etymology: < sea n. + bean n.Compare Middle French, French fève marine (1558 or earlier in sense 2; 1610 or earlier in sense 3), post-classical Latin faba marina (1553 or earlier in sense 3; 1705 or earlier in sense 2), German Meerbohne (1604 or earlier in sense 3). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-bean.
1. A small stone or pebble (see quot. 1607).
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > stone or gem
adder-stone1587
sea-bean1607
mole-stone1699
scarabaeus1775
hag stone1787
gamahec1796
holy-stone1825
scarab1878
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 143 There is a little blacke stone in Nylus about the bignesse of a Beane... Such as these I saw at Lyons in France, which they called Sea-beanes, and they prescribed them to be hanged about a Nurses necke to encrease her milke.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Sea-beans, small black pebbles. Devon.
2. A name given to the seeds of the tropical leguminous plant Entada scandens, carried by sea to the British coasts, and often made into trinkets.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants, nuts, seeds, or fruits used as beads or vessels > [noun] > cacoon plant or bean
sea-bean1696
cacoon1854
segra1864
sequa1866
scimitar pod1871
Queensland bean1889
1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 70 Phaseolus maritimus rotundifolius, flore purpureo [etc.]... The Sea bean.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sea-beans, Pods of the acacia tribe shed into the rivers about the Gulf of Mexico.
3. A small univalve shell of the family Triviidæ; also the operculum of any shell of the family Turbinidæ. Both are often used for charms, trinkets, etc.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > member of family Triviidae
sea-bean1885
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Turbinidae > operculum of shell of
sea-bean1885
cat's-eye1898
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 335 Dealers..were constantly..bringing all sorts of shells,..sea-beans or bay-beans, and other marine curiosities.
1891 Cent. Dict.
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