▪ I. † ˈcarneol1 Obs.
[ad. med.L. carneol-us cornelian; dim. of L. carneus fleshy, with the sense of ‘slightly flesh-coloured’; but perh. an alteration of the forms in corn- under the influence of this supposed derivation.]
= cornelian.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. xxxiii. (1495) 563 Carneolus is a red stoon and dymme..yf it is hanged aboute a mannys necke..in stryfes it alayth wrathes. 1708 Kersey, Carneol, a precious Stone. 1731 in Bailey, vol. II. |
▪ II. † ˈcarneol2 Obs.
Some (? fleshy-leaved) plant.
| 1678 Littleton Lat. Dict., Carneol, an herb, acesi. 1708 Kersey, Carneol, a kind of Herb. [Hence in Bailey, 1731.] |