Diamonds
['daɪəmənds]
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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.
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Examples
- 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.
- The Voorspoed and the Koffyfontein produce fair white and some colored diamonds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This greatly increased the price of diamonds, but enhanced their brilliancy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The famous diamonds had undergone a famous seizure, it appears, about which Becky, of course, knew nothing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Kimberlite of the Jagersfontein mine is free from pyrites, and to that is attributed the remarkable brilliancy and purity of color for which the diamonds of this mine are celebrated. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Shouldn't wonder if she drove six white horses, ate off gold plate, and wore diamonds and point lace every day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I like the diamonds best, but there is no necklace among them, and I'm fond of necklaces, they are so becoming. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- My sisters say she has diamonds as big as pigeons' eggs, George said, laughing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Morse, of Boston, developed the cutting of diamonds to its present perfection by fearlessly sacrificing weight to get proportion. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Make half a dozen diamonds of it, instead of one. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- What I want is a woman who'll hold her head higher the more diamonds I put on it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Their color includes the blue, and they command the highest prices of any diamonds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The harness of the commanding officer was a solid mass of diamonds. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- All diamonds are infusible and unaffected by acids or alkali. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You are not a dandy, thank Heaven, so I'm glad to see there are no diamonds or big seal rings on it, only the little old one Jo gave you so long ago. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They were diamonds for exhibition purposes --probably glass. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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