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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..

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..

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..

Faceting :: Faceting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Face.

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

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

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

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

Facet :: Facet (n.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone..

Facet :: Facet (n.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

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..

Witty :: Witty (n.) Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like..

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

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

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

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

Humorist :: Humorist (n.) One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.

Pane :: Pane (n.) One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides..

Facet :: Facet (v. t.) To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond..

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

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