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diamantine, a. and n.|daɪəˈmæntɪn|
[a. F. diamantin (16th c. in Littré), f. diamant diamond: see -ine.]
A. adj.
1. Consisting of, or of the nature of, diamond; containing or producing diamonds.
1605Timme Quersit. i. xii. 49 That he might reduce the more pure and ethereall mercury..into a christalline and dyamantine substance. 1676Phil. Trans. XI. 755 Iron-hooks, with which they fetch out the Diamantin-oar. 1827Montgomery Pelican Isl. ix. 149 Day after day he pierced the dark abyss..Till he had reach'd its diamantine floor.
†2. Hard as diamond, adamantine. Obs.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. iv. (1641) 35/2 Destinies hard Diamantine Rock. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 29 Doors of eternity, With diamantine barrs.
B. n.
1. A preparation of adamantine or crystallized boron, used as a polishing powder for steel work.
1884F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 86 A name may be removed from an enamel dial by gently rubbing it with a little fine diamantine on the point of the finger. 1889Ibid., Diamantine, a preparation of crystallized boron much esteemed as a polishing powder for steel work.
2. ? A fabric with diamond-shaped pattern.
1832East Anglian 21 Feb. (in Queen 19 May 1883), Corderetts, diamantines, chiveretts. |