diamond-wiseadv.
In the manner or form of a diamond or lozenge.
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diamond-wise1530
lozengewise1530
lozengeways1610
rhomboidally1798
rhomboidly1848
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 799 Dyamant wyse, lyke or in maner of a dyamant.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxxvi. 154 b Of sundrye coulours, the which was wrought Diamond wise.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 100/1 Diamond wise..is..anything set or hung having one corner of the square set upwards, the other downwards.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 158 His Effigies..upon it Escutcheon, or Diamond-wise.
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