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slovo definícia diamond (mass) diamond - diamant diamond (encz) diamond,démant n: Zdeněk Brož diamond (encz) diamond,diamant n: Pavel Machek diamond (encz) diamond,káro v kartách Nijel Diamond (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster] Diamond (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), a. Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field. [1913 Webster] Diamond anniversary diamond (wn) diamond n 1: a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem 2: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [syn: diamond, adamant] 3: a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb, diamond] 4: a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it; "he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were trumps" 5: the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate [syn: baseball diamond, diamond, infield] [ant: outfield] 6: the baseball playing field [syn: ball field, {baseball field}, diamond] diamond (foldoc) Diamond One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms, used in "Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968). (cf. Brilliant, Nonpareil, Pearl[3], Ruby[2]). diamond (vera) DIAMOND Development and Integration of Accurate Mathematical Operations in Numerical Data-processing (ESPRIT)

podobné slovo definícia diamond (mass) diamond - diamant diamond (encz) diamond,démant n: Zdeněk Broždiamond,diamant n: Pavel Machekdiamond,káro v kartách Nijel diamond dust (encz) diamond dust, n: diamond jubilee (encz) diamond jubilee, n: diamond pin (encz) diamond pin,diamantová jehla n: šperk MPEG diamond point (encz) diamond point, n: diamond wedding (encz) diamond wedding, n: diamond wedding anniversary (encz) diamond wedding anniversary, n: diamondback (encz) diamondback,chřestýš diamantový Zdeněk Brož diamondback rattlesnake (encz) diamondback rattlesnake, n: diamondback terrapin (encz) diamondback terrapin, n: diamonds (encz) diamonds,diamanty n: pl. Zdeněk Broždiamonds,káry n: (karty) webdiamonds,kule n: Zdeněk Brož of diamonds (encz) of diamonds,kárový adj: o hrací kartě, např. Three of Diamonds - kárová trojka Pino polycrystalline diamond (czen) Polycrystalline Diamond,PCD[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad Black diamond (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster]Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.] 1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. [1913 Webster] O night, with hue so black! --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. [1913 Webster] I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black day." "Black despair." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks. [1913 Webster] Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words; as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired, black-visaged. [1913 Webster] Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been called black acts. Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida (Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow, and the middle of the body black. Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony, Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc. Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus Americanus}). Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}. Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta orientalis}). Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe. Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar. Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher. Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.] Black cherry. See under Cherry. Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo. Black copper. Same as Melaconite. Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant. Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado. Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of senna and magnesia. Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar. Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward. Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance. Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum) injurious to turnips. Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter. --Brande & C. Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest. Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock, Grouse, and Heath grouse. Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay. Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or pepperidge. See Tupelo. Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of dark purple or "black" grape. Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley (Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the Missouri sucker. Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the acoumbo of the natives. Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See Blacklist, v. t. Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese, MnO2. Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried to or from jail. Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift. Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the southern United States. See Tillandsia. Black oak. See under Oak. Black ocher. See Wad. Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance, or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar. Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight. Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox. Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus rattus}), commonly infesting houses. Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3. Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain. Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the rest, and makes trouble. Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver. Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of dogs. Black tea. See under Tea. Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight. Black walnut. See under Walnut. Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani). [1913 Webster] Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart; Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious. [1913 Webster] Bristol diamond (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster]Bristol \Bris"tol\, n. A seaport city in the west of England. [1913 Webster] Bristol board, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface. Bristol brick, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol. Bristol stone, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called Bristol diamond. [1913 Webster] Diamond anniversary (gcide) Diamond anniversary \Diamond anniversary\, Diamond jubilee \Diamond jubilee\, etc. an anniversary celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the event commemorated. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Diamond beetle (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster] Diamond bird (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster] Diamond drill (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster]Drill \Drill\, n. 1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill. [1913 Webster] 3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is {Urosalpinx cinerea}. [1913 Webster] Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast. Cotter drill, or Traverse drill, a machine tool for drilling slots. Diamond drill. See under Diamond. Drill jig. See under Jig. Drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key. Drill sergeant (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions. Vertical drill, a drill press. [1913 Webster] Diamond finch (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster]Finch \Finch\ (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. Finches (f[i^]nch"[e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zool.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillid[ae]. [1913 Webster] Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. [1913 Webster] Bramble finch. See Brambling. Canary finch, the canary bird. Copper finch. See Chaffinch. Diamond finch. See under Diamond. Finch falcon (Zool.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus Hierax. To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. [Obs.] "Privily a finch eke could he pull." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Diamond groove (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster] Diamond jubilee (gcide) Diamond anniversary \Diamond anniversary\, Diamond jubilee \Diamond jubilee\, etc. an anniversary celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the event commemorated. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Diamond mortar (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster] Diamond snake (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster] Diamond State (gcide) Diamond State \Diamond State\ Delaware; -- a nickname alluding to its small size. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] diamondback (gcide) Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang. [1913 Webster +PJC] Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head. Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern (Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond. Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass (Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass. Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain. Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce. Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the Southern United States. (b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves. (c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris squarrosa}). Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot. [1913 Webster]Diamond-back \Di"a*mond-back`\, n. (Zool.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast ({Malacoclemmys palustris}). [1913 Webster] Diamond-back (gcide) Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang. [1913 Webster +PJC] Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head. Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern (Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond. Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass (Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass. Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain. Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce. Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the Southern United States. (b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves. (c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris squarrosa}). Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot. [1913 Webster]Diamond-back \Di"a*mond-back`\, n. (Zool.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast ({Malacoclemmys palustris}). [1913 Webster] diamondback rattler (gcide) Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang. [1913 Webster +PJC] Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head. Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern (Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond. Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass (Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass. Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain. Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce. Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the Southern United States. (b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves. (c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris squarrosa}). Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot. [1913 Webster] diamondback rattlesnake (gcide) Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang. [1913 Webster +PJC] Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head. Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern (Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond. Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass (Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass. Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain. Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce. Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the Southern United States. (b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves. (c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris squarrosa}). Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot. [1913 Webster] Diamonded (gcide) Diamonded \Di"a*mond*ed\, a. 1. Having figures like a diamond or lozenge. [1913 Webster] 2. Adorned with diamonds; diamondized. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] Diamondize (gcide) Diamondize \Di"a*mond*ize\, v. t. To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich. [R.] [1913 Webster] Diamondizing of your subject. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Diamond-point tool (gcide) Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [1913 Webster] Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [1913 Webster] 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [1913 Webster] Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [1913 Webster] Diamond-shaped (gcide) Diamond-shaped \Di"a*mond-shaped`\, a. Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. [1913 Webster]