Diamond
['daɪəmənd]
Definition
(noun.) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it; 'he led a small diamond'; 'diamonds were trumps'.
(noun.) a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.
(noun.) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem.
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Definition
(n.) A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.
(n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
(n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.
(n.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
(n.) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.
(n.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
(a.) Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Adamant, BRILLIANT, crystallized carbon.[2]. Rhombus, lozenge.
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Definition
n. the most valuable of all gems and the hardest of all substances: a four-sided figure with two obtuse and two acute angles: one of the four suits of cards: one of the smallest kinds of English printing type.—adj. resembling diamonds: made of diamonds: marked with diamonds: lozenge-shaped rhombic.—ns. Dī′amond-bee′tle a beautiful sparkling South American weevil; Dī′amond-cut′ting diamond-setting; Dī′amond-drill an annular borer whose bit is set with borts; Dī′amond-dust Dī′amond-pow′der the powder made by the friction of diamonds on one another in the course of polishing.—adjs. Dī′amonded furnished with diamonds; Diamondif′erous yielding diamonds.—n. Dī′amond-wheel a wheel covered with diamond-dust and oil for polishing diamonds and other precious stones.—Diamond cut diamond the case of an encounter between two very sharp persons.—Rough diamond an uncut diamond: a person of great worth though of rude exterior and unpolished manners.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of owning diamonds is a very propitious dream, signifying great honor and recognition from high places. For a young woman to dream of her lover presenting her with diamonds, foreshows that she will make a great and honorable marriage, which will fill her people with honest pride; but to lose diamonds, and not find them again, is the most unlucky of dreams, foretelling disgrace, want and death. For a sporting woman to dream of diamonds, foretells for her many prosperous days and magnificent presents. For a speculator, it denotes prosperous transactions. To dream of owning diamonds, portends the same for sporting men or women. Diamonds are omens of good luck, unless stolen from the bodies of dead persons, when they foretell that your own unfaithfulness will be discovered by your friends.
Editor: Val
Unserious Contents or Definition
A bright gem the sparkle of which sometimes renders a woman stone-blind to the defects of the man proffering it.
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Examples
- He was the enemy, fine as a diamond, and as hard and jewel-like, the quintessence of all that was inimical. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- My next inquiry related to the subject of the Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The above is sufficient for two pads, which should be made into an oblong or diamond shape, with linen or muslin, and worn over the pit of the stomach. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Throughout the whole period of Mr. Candy's illness, from first to last, not one word about the Diamond escaped his lips. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I have been a little hard on her, perhaps, in my own thoughts--I have almost hoped that the loss of the Diamond might be traced to _her_. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I also think a rose much better worth looking at than a diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And 'this,' Betteredge, means my uncle Herncastle's famous Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I myself saw Miss Rachel put the Diamond into that drawer last night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He held steadily to the subject of the Diamond; but he ceased to complete his sentences. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In those terms I was informed of what my personal concern was with the matter of the Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The devil's dance of the Indian Diamond has threaded its way to London; and to London you must go after it, leaving me at the country-house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Diamond is missing out of the drawer in the cabinet. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If robbery for the purpose of gain was at the bottom of the conspiracy, the Colonel's instructions absolutely made the Diamond better worth stealing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Let nobody suppose that I have any last words to say here concerning the Indian Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I suspected her at once of being privy to the suppression of the Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Knife-edge girdle diamonds are impractical owing to the liability of chipping the thin edge in setting or by blows while being worn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Yellow diamonds are more flashingly brilliant than white stones that cost much more. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Kimberly diamonds are much the same as those from the De Beers mine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I would not sell you my horses, no, not for the two largest diamonds that your Ladyship wore at the ball. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- All the jewellers consulted, at once confirmed the Colonel's assertion that he possessed one of the largest diamonds in the world. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There are diamonds glittering on the hand that holds the screen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- One of the largest diamonds known (weight 367 carats) was found in Borneo about a century ago, and belongs to the Rajah of Mattan. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A Swiss machine for this purpose consists of two disks carrying diamonds in their peripheries, which, being put in rapid revolution, cut parallel grooves in the face of the stone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The diamonds were sewed into her habit, and secreted in my Lord's padding and boots. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- By placing certain mixtures of carbon and sand, or of carbon and clay, between the terminals of a powerful current, a material resembling diamonds, but harder, has been produced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Sophia looked very splendid in her Opera-box since her marriage, particularly when she wore all the late Lady Berwick's diamonds and her own to boot. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The young man felt a touch on his arm and saw Mrs. van der Luyden looking down on him from the pure eminence of black velvet and the family diamonds. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Procrastination is not agreeable, observed Amy, taking a last look at the diamonds. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You villain, you mean, mean, mean villain, I would have lost fifty diamonds, rather than see your face lying to me, as I see it lying now! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Some of the South African diamonds are also very large, one being found in 1893 weighing 971 carats, or nearly half a pound. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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