English
wikipedia|carbuncle (disambiguation)
Noun
en-noun
- archaic A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
#*1602. s:Hamlet|Hamlet by w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2 line 401:
#*: With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus...
#*1611. Old Testament, King James Version, Isaiah 54:12:
#*:And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
- An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by bacterial infection.
Translations
;precious stone
Spanish: carbunclo m, carbúnculo m
;abscess
Spanish: acumulación de forúnculos
See also
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