Carbuncle

//ˈkɑː.bʌŋ.kl̩//

"Carbuncle" in a Sentence (5 examples)

The sapphire, azure gem that emulates heaven's loftly arch, shall gleam, and softly there the verdant emerald shed its greenest light, and fiery carbuncle flash forth its rosy rays from the pure gold.

With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus […]

And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

His turban, or mandil [mandīl], was of finest white silk interwoven with gold, bestudded with pearl[s] and carbuncles; […]

A piece of marigold or bay leaf was imbedded in the metal, and over it a carbuncle or chrysolite was placed.

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