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crapaudina

crapaudina, ~us [cf. OF crapaudine] , toadstone. noset, idem †orapondina, lapis est preciosus subalbidus aut †narius [l. varius] qui, ut dicitur, [? add: nascitur] in buffonis capite a quo extrahitur Bart. Angl. XVI 69; 1261 r.c. de ‥ j parva cruce auri cum ~o ponderis iiij den. LTR AcWardr 1 r. 1; 1265 de j cruce auri cum crapodina Pipe 113 r. 2d.; 1272 de j anulo argenteo cum crapodina Pipe 116 r. 1; 1298 j crapodina pro xviij d. Rec. Leic. I 363; 1315 crapodinus j in auro Invent. Ch. Ch. 72; qui lapis crapodinus vocatur in capite bufonis generatus colorem habet plumbeum, virtutem habet contra venenum ‥, invidiam inimicorum tollit ‥, portantem audacem reddit et a mortali vulnere eum conservat Upton 118.

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