Definition of diamond

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Diamond (n.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen..

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Culasse :: Culasse (n.) The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.
Hardness :: Hardness (n.) The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes..
Diamonded :: Diamonded (a.) Having figures like a diamond or lozenge.
Water Rattler :: Water rattler () The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
Diamond :: Diamond (n.) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles..
Dice :: Dice (v. i.) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes..
Facet :: Facet (n.) A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond..
East :: East (n.) The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East..
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..
Rose-cut :: Rose-cut (a.) Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n..
Diamond :: Diamond (n.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A glazier's diamond.
Infield :: Infield (n.) The diamond; -- opposed to outfield. See Diamond, n., 5..
Reset :: Reset (v. t.) To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone..
Diamond :: Diamond (n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond..
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..
Rose :: Rose (n.) A diamond. See Rose diamond, below..
Carbonado :: Carbonado (n.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous..
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