| 单词 |
sardoin |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † sardoin, n. Obs. Forms: 3–5 sardone, 3 sardoine, 5 -oyne, 7 sardoin. [a. OF. sardoine, ad. L. sardonyx sardonyx.] = sardonyx.
a1272Luue Ron 173 in O.E. Misc. 98 Hwat spekstu of eny stone þat beoþ in vertu..Of iaspe of saphir of sardone [etc.]. a1300Floriz & Bl. 285 Þe smale stones..beoþ þer funden..Boþe saphirs and sardoines. c1400Mandeville (1839) xxvii. 275 The principalle Ȝates of his Palays ben of precious Ston, that men clepen Sardoyne [Roxb. xxx. 136 sardones]. 1601Holland Pliny II. 615 The ground of these Sardoins is found in the Indian stones to resemble wax or horne. ▪ II. † sardoin, a. Obs. rare—1. [ad. L. sardonius (? influenced in form by prec.).] Epithet of the herb fabled to produce ‘sardonic’ laughter.
1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. viii. 48 The Sardoin herb with many branches filling His [Flattery's] shield, was his device: the word, I please in killing. |

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