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Skive :: Skive (n.) The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.

Cool :: Cool (superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount..

Facete :: Facete (a.) Facetious; witty; humorous.

Polymeniscous :: Polymeniscous (a.) Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

Crown :: Crown (n.) The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

Urbanity :: Urbanity (n.) Polite wit; facetiousness.

Rose-cut :: Rose-cut (a.) Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n..

Bizet :: Bizet (n.) The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. See Brilliant, n..

Facetious :: Facetious (a.) Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion..

Faceted :: Faceted (imp. & p. p.) of Face.

Facet :: Facet (n.) A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond..

Brilliant :: Brilliant (a.) A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with

Humorousness :: Humorousness (n.) Facetiousness; jocularity.

Humor :: Humor (n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness..

Culasse :: Culasse (n.) The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.

Stemmer :: Stemma (n.) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.

Facet :: Facet (n.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

Facetious :: Facetious (a.) Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply..

Facetiae :: Facetiae (n. pl.) Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.

Pane :: Pane (n.) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.

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