carbuncle

• deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
• an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
• A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax
• A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax
• A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle

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