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# carbuncle

«carbuncle» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **garnet; red gem** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

garnet; red gem

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A dark red precious stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/carbuncle/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today it is rare and usually means a painful boil. Here it means a red jewel.

### examples

- and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald; (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/carbuncle/#x1)
- As to the cargo, let it be diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and carbuncles.” (The Blue Fairy Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/carbuncle/#x2)
- And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald. (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/carbuncle/#x3)

### primary record

carbuncle

### tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 12 (Torah 2, tales 10, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.4 (Torah alone 4.7); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### In the corpora

- [and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.816/)
- [And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1194/)
- [And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1197/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carbuncle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/carbuncle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.