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DIAMONDS |
Precious stones |
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GEMS |
Precious stones |
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EMERALDS |
Precious stones |
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JADES |
Green precious stones |
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PERRIE |
Precious stones; jewels. |
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AMETHYSTS |
Precious stones of purple quartz |
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GEM |
To adorn with gems or precious stones. |
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GLYPTICS |
The art of engraving on precious stones. |
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LITHOGLYPHER |
One who curs or engraves precious stones. |
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SEMIPRECIOUS |
Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals. |
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DODGEMS |
Do first diamonds, then precious stones make fairground rides? |
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CALCEDON |
A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones. |
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GLYPTOGRAPHY |
The art or process of engraving on precious stones. |
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CARAT |
The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed. |
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GLYPTOGRAPHIC |
Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on
precious stones. |
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JEWELER |
One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and
similar ornaments. |
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LITHOGLYPHIC |
Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving
precious stones. |
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LAPIDARY |
A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a
connoisseur of lapidary work. |
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PASTE |
A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored,
used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass. |
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MINE |
Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by
digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine. |
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JEWEL |
An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and
having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design. |
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OCCIDENTAL |
Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; --
used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the
Orient are generally superior. |
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GARLAND |
A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or
feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like
a crown; a coronal; a wreath. |
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EL DORADO |
A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an
imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound
in gold and precious stones. |
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ROSE-CUT |
Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of
triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious
stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n. |