| carbuncle | (คาร์'บังเคิล) n. โรคฝีฝักบัว, สิวหัวใหญ่, พลอยแดง, โกเมน, See also: carbuncled adj. ดู carbuncle, carbuncular adj. ดู carbuncle |
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| | carbuncle | (n) ฝีฝักบัว, ตุ่มตามผิวหนัง, โกเมน, พลอยสีแดง |
| | | | | ฝักบัว | (n) carbuncle, Syn. ฝีฝักบัว, Example: เขาเป็นฝีฝักบัวที่ต้นคอ, Count Unit: หัว, Thai Definition: ชื่อฝีชนิดหนึ่งที่ขึ้นตามหลังและต้นคอ มีลักษณะเหมือนฝักบัว มีหัวหลายหัว |
| | | | carbuncle | (n) deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets | | carbuncle | (n) an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus | | carbuncled | (adj) afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle, Syn. carbuncular | | carbuncled | (adj) set with carbuncles |
| | Carbuncle | n. [ L. carbunculus a little coal, a bright kind of precious stone, a kind of tumor, dim. of carbo coal: cf. F. carboncle. See Carbon. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Min.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Med.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Her.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Carbuncled | a. 1. Set with carbuncles. [ 1913 Webster ] He has deserves it [ armor ], were it carbuncled
Like holy Phabus' car. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched. “A carbuncled face.” Brome. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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