DIAMOND

n. a.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

2.
n.

A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.

3.
n.

One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.

4.
n.

A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.

5.
n.

The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.

6.
n.

The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.

7.
a.

Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.