单词 | sea-bean |
释义 | sea-beann.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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