Middle English Dictionary Entry
pinkardīne n.
Entry Info
Forms | pinkardīne n. |
Etymology | ?Cp. F pintadine. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of precious stone.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1472 : Alle þe blomes of þe boȝes wer blyknande perles And alle þe fruyt in þo formes of flaumbeande gemmes..Casydoynes and crysolytes and clere rubies, Penitotes and pynkardines ay perles bitwene.