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2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Di·a·mond
n.
1.
A
precious
stone
or
gem
excelling
in
brilliancy
and
beautiful
play
of
prismatic
colors
,
and
remarkable
for
extreme
hardness
.
Note:
☞
The
diamond
is
native
carbon
in
isometric
crystals
,
often
octahedrons
with
rounded
edges
.
It
is
usually
colorless
,
but
some
are
yellow
,
green
,
blue
,
and
even
black
.
It
is
the
hardest
substance
known
.
The
diamond
as
found
in
nature
(
called
a
rough
diamond
)
is
cut
,
for
use
in
jewelry
,
into
various
forms
with
many
reflecting
faces
,
or
facets
,
by
which
its
brilliancy
is
much
increased
.
See
Brilliant
,
Rose
.
Diamonds
are
said
to
be
of
the
first
water
when
very
transparent
,
and
of
the
second
or
third
water
as
the
transparency
decreases
.
2.
A
geometrical
figure
,
consisting
of
four
equal
straight
lines
,
and
having
two
of
the
interior
angles
acute
and
two
obtuse
;
a
rhombus
;
a
lozenge
.
3.
One
of
a
suit
of
playing
cards
,
stamped
with
the
figure
of
a
diamond
.
4.
Arch.
A
pointed
projection
,
like
a
four-sided
pyramid
,
used
for
ornament
in
lines
or
groups
.
5.
Baseball
The
infield
;
the
square
space
, 90
feet
on
a
side
,
having
the
bases
at
its
angles
.
6.
Print.
The
smallest
kind
of
type
in
English
printing
,
except
that
called
brilliant
,
which
is
seldom
seen
.
Note:
☞
This
line
is
printed
in
the
type
called
Diamond
.
Black diamond
,
coal
;
Min.
See
Carbonado
.
Bristol diamond
.
See
Bristol stone
,
under
Bristol
.
Diamond beetle
Zool.
,
a
large
South
American
weevil
(
Entimus imperialis
),
remarkable
for
its
splendid
luster
and
colors
,
due
to
minute
brilliant
scales
.
Diamond bird
Zool.
,
a
small
Australian
bird
(
Pardalotus punctatus
,
family
Ampelid
æ.).
It
is
black
,
with
white
spots
.
Diamond drill
Engin.
,
a
rod
or
tube
the
end
of
which
is
set
with
black
diamonds
; --
used
for
perforating
hard
substances
,
esp
.
for
boring
in
rock
.
Diamond finch
Zool.
,
a
small
Australian
sparrow
,
often
kept
in
a
cage
.
Its
sides
are
black
,
with
conspicuous
white
spots
,
and
the
rump
is
bright
carmine
.
Diamond groove
Iron Working
,
a
groove
of
V-section
in
a
roll
.
Diamond mortar
Chem.
,
a
small
steel
mortar
used
for
pulverizing
hard
substances
.
Diamond-point tool
,
a
cutting
tool
whose
point
is
diamond-shaped
.
Diamond snake
Zool.
,
a
harmless
snake
of
Australia
(
Morelia spilotes
);
the
carpet
snake
.
Glazier's diamond
,
a
small
diamond
set
in
a
glazier's
tool
,
for
cutting
glass
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gla·zier
n.
One
whose
business
is
to
set
glass
.
Glazier's diamond
.
See
under
Diamond
.
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