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A glazier's diamond. Crabb.

to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great. Thine eye would emulate the diamond. Shak.

ore the thing received. Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a sparking pebble or a diamond. Locke.

A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond. [Written also facette.]

That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.

me. -- First water, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.

The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus).

The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. Knight.

One whose business is to set glass. Glazier's diamond. See under Diamond.

A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass.

y to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.

The diamond; -- opposed to outfield. See Diamond, n., 5.

A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions where the diamond is found.

A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds.

A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindoo legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindoo and Persian rulers.

A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.

Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter. The right mark and very true luster of the diamond. Sir T. More. The scorching sun was mounted high, In all its luster, to the noonday sky. Addison.

ge, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.

r set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond.

The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders.