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car⋅bun⋅cle
[kahr-buhng-kuh
l]
–noun
| 1. | Pathology. a painful circumscribed inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, resulting in suppuration and sloughing, and having a tendency to spread somewhat like a boil, but more serious in its effects. |
| 2. | a gemstone, esp. a garnet, cut with a convex back and a cabochon surface. |
| 3. | Also called London brown. a dark grayish, red-brown color. |
| 4. | Obsolete. any rounded red gem. |
–adjective
| 5. | having the color carbuncle. |
Origin:
1150–1200; ME < AF < L carbunculus kind of precious stone, tumor, lit., live coal, equiv. to carbōn- (s. of carbō) burning charcoal + -culus -cule 1 , appar. assimilated to derivates from short-vowel stems; cf. homunculus
1150–1200; ME < AF < L carbunculus kind of precious stone, tumor, lit., live coal, equiv. to carbōn- (s. of carbō) burning charcoal + -culus -cule 1 , appar. assimilated to derivates from short-vowel stems; cf. homunculus

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Carbuncle
Car"bun*cle\, 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.]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. 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. 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.
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carbuncle
c.1230, from O.Fr. charboucle, from L. carbunculus "red gem," also "red, inflamed spot," lit. "a little coal," from carbo (gen. carbonis) "coal" (see carbon). Originally of rubies, garnets, and other red jewels; the word was applied to tumors 1398.
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Main Entry: car·bun·cle
Pronunciation: 'kär-"b&[ng]-k&l
Function: noun
: a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin anddeeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue —car·bun·cu·lar /kär-'b&[ng]-ky&-l&r/ adjective
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carbuncle car·bun·cle (kär'bŭng'kəl)
n.
- A deep-seated pyogenic infection of several contiguous hair follicles, with formation of connecting sinuses, often preceded or accompanied by fever, malaise, and prostration.
- See anthrax.
car·bun'cu·lar (-kyə-lər) adj.
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Carbuncle
(Ex. 28:17; 39:10; Ezek. 28:13). Heb. barkath; LXX. smaragdos; Vulgate, smaragdus; Revised Version, marg., "emerald." The Hebrew word is from a root meaning "to glitter," "lighten," "flash." When held up to the sun, this gem shines like a burning coal, a dark-red glowing coal, and hence is called "carbunculus", i.e., a little coal. It was one of the jewels in the first row of the high priest's breastplate. It has been conjectured by some that the garnet is meant. In Isa. 54:12 the Hebrew word is _'ekdah_, used in the prophetic description of the glory and beauty of the mansions above. Next to the diamond it is the hardest and most costly of all precious stones.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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