单词 | rose diamond |
释义 | rose diamondn. A nearly hemispherical flat-bottomed diamond, having the upper surface cut into many equal-sized triangular facets or planes; a rose-cut diamond. Cf. rose-cut adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [noun] > of specific type of cut table diamond1470 tablet1519 tablet diamond1530 facet diamond1623 rose diamond1638 rose stone1659 rose1678 table stone1678 spread brilliant1727 rosette1861 briolette1865 trap-brilliant1875 1638 Inventory Viscountess Dorchester in Notes & Queries (1953) 156 19 rose diamonds. 1645 W. Prynne Hidden Workes Darkenes 52 A paire of Diamond bracelets made of the eighteen peeces of Rose Diamonds heretofore in the Dukes Hatband. 1668 Feign'd Astrologer iv. i. f. 60v The Rose-diamond you gave me. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4154/3 A large pair of Rose Earings, with a large Diamond in each, set round with 12 small Rose Diamonds. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxvi. 222 Six dozen of buttons and six dozen of button-holes of rose diamonds. 1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1322 Diamonds that have defects are split by cleavage, and the pieces are cut into rose diamonds. 1898 T. B. Wigley Art Goldsm. & Jeweller 132 Rose diamonds are frequently cut from rough chips. 1958 M. Kelly Christmas Egg ii. 63 Late eighteenth century floral spray, pavé rose diamond. 1998 A. L. Luthi Sentimental Jewellery 6 (caption) An eighteenth-century ring set with a garnet and rose diamonds and with an inscription on the outside of the shank. Compounds General attributive, as rose diamond ring, rose diamond brooch, etc. ΚΠ 1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. iii. xxii. 197 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. Rose Diamond Rings, some consisting of seven, some of nine, and some of eleven Stones. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4300/3 A Pair of Rose Diamond Ear-Rings. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 156 A Ring of Silver with false Stones in it, like a Rose Diamond Ring. 1874 Belgravia Oct. 461 The exact ratio in which rose diamond earrings stand to their equivalent in crystal. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 41/1 Then came Claire and Leila, the latter no longer wearing her rose diamond engagement ring. 1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 261/1 (caption) A carved and calibré amethyst and rose diamond brooch by Cartier, New York. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638 |
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