单词 | rose cut |
释义 | rose cutn. A style of cut used for diamonds and other precious stones, having many equal-sized triangular facets or planes rising from a flat base. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun] > cut in specific style table1530 cardiace1601 star-cut1815 rose cut1820 tallow-top1881 navette1908 baguette1926 marquise1945 1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. III. ix. v. 493 The brilliant cut is not esteemed, and the rose cut still less. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 165/2 The rose cut..is given to stones which have too little depth to be cut as brilliants; it has the whole upper curved surface covered with equilateral triangles. 1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. vii. 312 The rose cut differs from the brilliant cut in that the crown consists of triangular or star facets. 1998 B. Zucker in G. E. Harlow Nature of Diamonds v. 138 The rose cut has considerable brilliance but little fire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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