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ˈdiamond-cut, a. and n. A. adj. 1. Cut into the shape of a diamond or rhomb.
1637Bursar's Bk. Gonville & Caius Coll. in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 194 Paveing the chappell with stones diamond cut. c1710C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 238 Y⊇ windows..are all diamond Cut round the Edges. 2. Cut with facets like a diamond; cut in relief in the form of a low square-based pyramid, pointed or truncated. diamond-cut glass, thick glass cut into grooves or channels of V-shaped section crossing one another obliquely so as to leave pyramid-shaped projections; a common style of ornamentation in cut glass.
1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3973/4 A Diamond cut Steel-headed Cane. 1717Berkeley Jrnl. Tour Italy Wks. 1871 IV. 541 Well-built streets, all hewn stone, diamond-cut, rustic. †B. n. Obs.
1691tr. Emilianne's Frauds Romish Monks 27 A magnificent Structure, all of hewn Stone of a Diamond-Cut. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 214 If it be very fair and cut Diamond-Cut..The second sort of Ruby is White..which also is of good esteem, if cut of a Diamond-Cut. |