Definition of facet

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

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Witty :: Witty (n.) Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like..
Pane :: Pane (n.) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.
Pane :: Pane (n.) One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides..
Urbanity :: Urbanity (n.) Polite wit; facetiousness.
Crown :: Crown (n.) The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
Faceting :: Faceting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Face.
Polymeniscous :: Polymeniscous (a.) Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
Humorousness :: Humorousness (n.) Facetiousness; jocularity.
Facet :: Facet (n.) A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond..
Stemmer :: Stemma (n.) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
Facetious :: Facetious (a.) Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion..
Faceted :: Faceted (imp. & p. p.) of Face.
Culasse :: Culasse (n.) The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.
Skive :: Skive (n.) The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
Facet :: Facet (n.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
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..
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
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..
Facet :: Facet (n.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone..
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..
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