Definition of diamond

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Diamond (n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge..

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Ace :: Ace (n.) A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds..
Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
Reset :: Reset (v. t.) To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond..
Crown :: Crown (n.) The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
Dice :: Dice (v. i.) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes..
Diamond-shaped :: Diamond-shaped (a.) Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
Diamondize :: Diamondize (v. t.) To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich.
Doop :: Doop (n.) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
Return :: Return (v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club..
Corundum :: Corundum (n.) The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond..
Facet :: Facet (n.) A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond..
Mount :: Mount (v. t.) Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc..
Stylus :: Stylus (n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond..
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting..
King :: King (n.) A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds..
Field :: Field (n.) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant..
Suit :: Suit (n.) One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds..
Water Rattler :: Water rattler () The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
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