Middle English Dictionary Entry
escarbuncle n.
Entry Info
Forms | escarbuncle n. |
Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. carbu(n)cle.
1.
A precious stone.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)85 : Draconitidis is a stone, & it is in a dragones hed. Some men clepen him escarbuncle.