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A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme
hardness. |
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A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a
rhombus; a lozenge. |
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One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond. |
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A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for
ornament in lines or groups. |
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The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having
the bases at its angles. |
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The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that
called brilliant, which is seldom seen. |
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Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds;
as, a diamond chain; a diamond field. |