Meaning of cornelian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The cornelian cherry (fruit).
2. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Deudorix.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“This proceedeth from the variety of air (commonly found in islands) which sometimes being moist, sullies and renders the cornelian pale or albescent, after the manner of glass, which when breath'd upon, is clouded with a pale whitish colour, but upon change to a drier air, which will often happen in a moment, the cornelian recovers its former brisk red colour.”

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