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escarbuncles

escarbuncles is the plural of escarbuncle.

Meaning of escarbuncle

Noun

escarbuncle (plural escarbuncles)

  1. (archaic) A carbuncle (gemstone).
    • To give light to the presence chamber were seven escarbuncles, great as pumpkins, hung in order down the length of it, and nine fair moonstones standing in order on silver pedestals between the pillars on the dais.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3
  2. A carbuncle (heraldic charge).

Questions about escarbuncles

What is escarbuncles the plural of?
Escarbuncles is the plural of escarbuncle.

Words near escarbuncles in the dictionary

  1. escapology
  2. escapée
  3. escapées
  4. escar
  5. escarbuncle
  6. escarbuncles
  7. Escarcega
  8. Escarcegas
  9. Escareno
  10. Escarenos
  11. escargatoire

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