单词 | table diamond |
释义 | table diamondn. A diamond cut with a large flat upper surface surrounded by small facets; esp. a thin diamond cut in this way and having a flat underside. Cf. table n. 26. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [noun] > of specific type of cut table diamond1470 tablet1519 tablet diamond1530 facet diamond1623 rose diamond1638 rose stone1659 rose1678 table stone1678 spread brilliant1727 rosette1861 briolette1865 trap-brilliant1875 1470 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) i. 56 A ringe of gold with table dyamond. 1519 Inventory in State Papers Henry VIII (P.R.O.: SP 1/19) f. 42v A black carkeyn wt a Syphre..garnysshed wt three table diamauntes, oon losenge diamaund, oon great poynted diamaunt. 1542 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 66 Twa ringis with twa greit tabill dyamonttis..ane uther ring with ane meyn tabill dyamont..twa ringis with tabill dyamonttis, ane of thame nukit. 1607 in Mem. G. Heriot (1822) App. vii. 212 A ringe, with a table diamond on the head. 1652 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 319 Gold buttons, with a table deamond on the top of each of them. 1750 D. Jeffries Treat. Diamonds & Pearls 58 The manufacture of Table and Rose Diamonds. 1782 H. Walpole Let. 11 Mar. (1971) XXV. ix. 257 Some precious fleurons in the Crown, which..have a finer water than some of the old table diamonds. 1820 Times 10 Feb. 2/4 The mound and cross were totally covered with rose diamonds, only the fillet or band of the mound was covered with table diamonds. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 379 A ring with seventy-five table-diamonds, set in gold. 1981 V. Powell Flora Annie Steel v. 41 The inner ring was of table diamonds. 1994 Past & Present Feb. 54 A ‘diademe’ adorned with twelve pointed diamonds, three triangular diamonds, one table diamond and twenty-eight pearls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1470 |
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