Of stones the precious stone called carbuncle is least amenable to fire. From Wordnik.com. [Meteorology] Reference
The common employment of the designation carbuncle for a precious stone and also for a boil was usual from ancient times. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from] Reference
The dictionary says a carbuncle is a kind of jewel. From Wordnik.com. [Following the Equator] Reference
A carbuncle is a large boil or abscess – i guess what he called a boil would be what we would call a small boil. From Wordnik.com. [Banting’s Letter on Corpulence | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
You see, "carbuncle" has collected a pair of the most mismatched definitions ever. From Wordnik.com. [What’s a carbuncle] Reference
Jenkins missed out Prince Charles' 'carbuncle' speech in May 1984. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Prince of Wales to follow up 'carbuncle' architecture speech after 25 years. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph] Reference
His comments came 25 years after he famously attacked a proposed National Gallery extension as a "carbuncle". From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
Use of the word "carbuncle" to describe a building was first made in the 19th Century to describe Buckingham Palace. From Wordnik.com. [livingbrands] Reference
In the second a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
In the second, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
The P (rince) of W (ales) is said to have a kind of carbuncle. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
For that carbuncle alone would have darkened the pantarbe of Iarchus. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
A concert of music in a banquet of wine is as a carbuncle set in gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
And when mornin 'came, every bone in my body was as sore as a carbuncle. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
Mrs. Gore sent a huge carbuncle which Arabella strongly suspected to be glass. From Wordnik.com. [The American Senator] Reference
A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
The elder was somewhat consoled by a huge carbuncle brooch given to her by Kaiser. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference
Also Radish roots sliced when fresh, and applied to a carbuncle will promote its healing. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Next to a valuable uncut sapphire or a ruby one would find a carbuncle or some valueless stone. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
Any other fiery red stone might equally well be styled a carbuncle, especially if cabochon cut. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
Her thumb pressed a dark red carbuncle between the arms, and a thin blade sprang out of the shaft. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The doctor can lance the carbuncle, but Nature's outdoor medicine will prevent your having a carbuncle. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
Later, however, the carbuncle became a favourite, which was supposed to suggest fiery zeal for the faith. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
One of his ships has, like the ships in the Chansons de Geste, a carbuncle for a lantern at the masthead. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
The first approach of a carbuncle on the nose, about the age of thirty, has stopped many a man from drinking. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
They had shot an unarmed man for doing nothing more than ridding the London landscape of a monstrous carbuncle. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
The skin over the whole top of the carbuncle dies and sloughs away, leaving an angry-looking excavation or crater-like ulcer. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
The tumor continues to discharge, turns purple; gangrene beginning in the carbuncle extends to other parts and death follows. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time] Reference
At least, we might gather from this passage that the poet was aware of the distinction between ruby and carbuncle (pyrope garnet). From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from] Reference
I was attracted by a very handsome red stone, a ruby or carbuncle or something of the sort, to notice his left hand, the other day. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
A hundred ringlets, bright purple, of red-gold, gold-flaming, round his neck; a hundred threads with mixed carbuncle round his head. From Wordnik.com. [Táin Bó Cúalnge. English] Reference
His wife, by attending on him, caught the infection, having a carbuncle, and also buboes, and was confined two months before she recovered. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
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