Obs. Also 5 iaconct. [a. OF. jacunce (Roland, 11th c.), jagonce (Rom. Rose):—pop. L. type iacunti-us for *hiacynti-us, in cl. L. hyacinthius (sc. lapis), adj. from hyacinthus. With jaconct cf. jacinct, jacynct under JACINTH.] The jacinth or hyacinth (precious stone).
a. 1366[?]. Chaucer, Rom. Rose, 1117. Rubyes there were, saphires, iagounces [Fr. Rubis i ot, saphirs, iagonces], And emeraudes, more than two ounces.
a. 1400[?]. Lydg., Chorle & Byrde (Roxb.), 12. Ther is a stone whiche callid is a Iagounce … Whiche of fyn gold peyseth an once. Ibid. (c. 1400[?]), Æsop’s Fab., i. 54. Hid in the dunghill he founde a Iaconct [editor Jaconet, v.r. iacynct] stone. Ibid., 99. The best Iaconct in Ethiope is founde.
a. 1529. Skelton, Sp. Parrot, 365. More precious then the ryche iacounce.
