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A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
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A painted tin-glazed ceramic tile of a kind found in Spain and Portugal, often arranged to form geometric patterns.
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A gem cut in such a shape.
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A high-pressure high-temperature apparatus usually used for growing or processing minerals, especially diamond.
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The oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of a brilliant (diamond), which projects from its setting.
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The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table.
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bow compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil
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The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
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An instrument by which a gem is adjusted while being cut.
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Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).
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(metalwork, uncountable) A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in partitions (cloisons) between raised ridges of the metal.
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(jewelry) A layer of good jewellery-quality opal within a rough opal.
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A Belgian variety of whetstone, containing spessartine.
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The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.
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A small, flat face often cut at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone.
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A small central plane in the back of a cut gem.
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(flooring) A plate of such material.
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By extension, an engagement ring, usually one given by a man to a woman.
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An even-sided twill, in which the weave produces a diamond (rhomboid) pattern.
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In the manner of a cabochon.
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(British spelling) alternative form of enameled wire. [(American spelling) Wire insulated with a thin baked-on varnish enamel, used in electric coils to allow the maximum number of turns in a given space.]
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A decorative glazed and fired tile, having patterns of different coloured clays inlaid in it and burnt with it.
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(uncountable, printing, uncommon, obsolete) A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
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A person employed to mount gemstones in their settings.
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The art or trade of mounting gemstones in their settings.
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Alternative form of girandole [An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.]
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The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
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A stained-glass window in this style.
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The tool used to create such work.
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(jewelry) The setting of a stone directly into metal so that it does not protrude, using a burnishing tool to push the metal all around the stone.
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A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
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An individual whose profession involves making jewelry out of precious metals and stones.
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A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.
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An ornamental binding material with a variegated grain, made from scraps of coloured leather mixed in a resin, compressed, and dried.
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Of a gem setting, having the edge shaped into a fine beading.
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One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
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A kind of paper laminate treated with phenolic resin.
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The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
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To arrange gemstones in jewellery so that no metal is visible, especially when the stones are set very close together.
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(herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
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(gemology) A square multi-faceted cut of a gemstone.
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An artificial diamond, strass.
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A necklace of diamonds or other precious stones, especially one of several strings.
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(gemology) Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; said of diamonds and other precious stones.
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(transitive) To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.
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A relatively large uncut diamond, suitable for the diamond saw.
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In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.
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A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
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a pulp made by reacting wood with sodium hydroxide; used to prepare white paper
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The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
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The art of securely setting or attaching gemstones into jewellery.
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The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
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Alternative form of table diamond [A relatively flat diamond cut with a large rectangular face and four shallow slightly sloping sides.]
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The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
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