bloodstone

[ bluhd-stohn ]

noun

1. a greenish variety of chalcedony with small bloodlike spots of red jasper scattered through it.

bloodstone

/ ˈblʌdˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a dark-green variety of chalcedony with red spots: used as a gemstone Also calledheliotrope

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloodstone¹

First recorded in 1545–55; blood + stone

Example Sentences

I must show it to you; also another, a carved bloodstone set in very curiously wrought iron.

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"By the bloodstone on her finger" she must fail not in proving that undaunted courage was the jewel of her soul.

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The walls are of a reddish hue, burnt by centuries of sun into the colour of raw sienna or of bloodstone.

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A ring with a big bloodstone in the center, a bloodstone cunningly chiseled and marked, rested on the middle finger.

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By the bloodstone on my finger, I'll keep my oath until the going down of one more sun.

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