[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

diamond \di"amond\ ?; 277, n. oe. diamaund, diamaunt, f.
   diamant, corrupted, fr. l. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
   diamond, gr. ?. perh. the corruption is due to the influence
   of gr. ? transparent. see adamant, tame.
   1. a precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
      beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
      extreme hardness.
      1913 webster

   note: the diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
         often octahedrons with rounded edges. it is usually
         colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
         black. it is the hardest substance known. the diamond
         as found in nature called a rough diamond is cut, for
         use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
         faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
         increased. see brilliant, rose. diamonds are said
         to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
         the second or third water as the transparency
         decreases.
         1913 webster

   2. a geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
      lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
      obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
      1913 webster

   3. one of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
      a diamond.
      1913 webster

   4. arch. a pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
      used for ornament in lines or groups.
      1913 webster

   5. baseball the infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
      side, having the bases at its angles.
      1913 webster

   6. print. the smallest kind of type in english printing,
      except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
      1913 webster

   note: hand this line is printed in the type called
         diamond.
         1913 webster

   black diamond, coal; min. see carbonado.

   bristol diamond. see bristol stone, under bristol.

   diamond beetle zool., a large south american weevil
      entimus imperialis, remarkable for its splendid luster
      and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

   diamond bird zool., a small australian bird pardalotus
      punctatus, family ampelidae.. it is black, with
      white spots.

   diamond drill engin., a rod or tube the end of which is
      set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
      substances, esp. for boring in rock.

   diamond finch zool., a small australian sparrow, often
      kept in a cage. its sides are black, with conspicuous
      white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

   diamond groove iron working, a groove of v-section in a
      roll.

   diamond mortar chem., a small steel mortar used for
      pulverizing hard substances.

   diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
      diamond-shaped.

   diamond snake zool., a harmless snake of australia
      morelia spilotes; the carpet snake.

   glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
      for cutting glass.
      1913 webster
see also:
adamant tame brilliant rose diamond black diamond 
carbonado bristol diamond bristol stone bristol diamond beetle 
entimus imperialis diamond bird pardalotus punctatus ampelidae diamond drill 
diamond finch diamond groove diamond mortar diamond-point tool diamond snake 
morelia spilotes glazier's diamond 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

diamond \di"amond\ ?; 277, a.
   resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as,
   a diamond chain; a diamond field.
   1913 webster diamond anniversary

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

diamond
     n 1: a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and
          polished and is valued as a precious gem
     2: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem syn: adamant
     3: a playing card in the minor suit of diamonds
     4: the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and
        home plate syn: baseball diamond, infield ant: outfield
     5: the baseball playing field syn: ball field, baseball
        field
see also:
adamant baseball diamond infield outfield ball field baseball field 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

171 moby thesaurus words for "diamond":
   acceptable person, ace, adamant, agate, alexandrite, amethyst,
   aquamarine, archery ground, athletic field, badminton court,
   baseball field, basketball court, beryl, best bower,
   billiard parlor, bloodstone, boast, bone, bower, bowling alley,
   bowling green, brick, brilliant, capital fellow, carbuncle, cards,
   carnelian, catch, cement, chalcedony, chrysoberyl, chrysolite,
   citrine, clubs, concrete, coral, course, court, cricket ground,
   croquet ground, croquet lawn, deck, demantoid, deuce, diamonds,
   dummy, emerald, face cards, fairway, field, find, flint, flush,
   football field, full house, garnet, gem, gentleman, girasol,
   glaciarium, godsend, golf course, golf links, good fellow,
   good lot, good man, good person, good sort, good thing, good woman,
   granite, gridiron, gym, gymnasium, hand, harlequin opal,
   heart of oak, hearts, heliotrope, honest man, hyacinth, ice rink,
   infield, iron, jack, jade, jadestone, jargoon, jasper, jewel,
   joker, king, knave, lady, lapis lazuli, left bower, links, marble,
   mensch, moonstone, morganite, nails, oak, onyx, opal, outfield,
   oval, pack, pair, pearl, perfect gentleman, perfect lady, peridot,
   persona grata, picture cards, plasma, playground, playing cards,
   playing field, playroom, plum, polo ground, pool hall, poolroom,
   pride, pride and joy, prince, prize, putting green, queen,
   racecourse, racket court, real man, right sort, rink, rock,
   rose quartz, rough diamond, round, royal flush, rubber, ruby, ruff,
   sapphire, sard, sardonyx, singleton, skating rink, soccer field,
   spades, spinel, spinel ruby, squash court, steel, stone, straight,
   stretch, tennis court, topaz, track, treasure, trey, trick, trophy,
   trouvaille, trump, turf, turquoise, windfall, winner, worthy

[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

diamond
     development and integration of accurate mathematical operations in
     numerical data-processing esprit
     
     

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

diamond
     
        one of five pedagogical languages based on markov algorithms,
        used in "nonpareil, a machine level machine independent
        language for the study of semantics", b. higman, ulics intl
        report no icsi 170, u london 1968.  cf. brilliant,
        nonpareil, pearl3, ruby2.
     
     

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

diamond
   1. a precious gem heb. yahalom', in allusion to its
   hardness, otherwise unknown, the sixth, i.e., the third in the
   second row, in the breastplate of the high priest, with the name
   of naphtali engraven on it ex. 28:18; 39:11; r.v. marg.,
   "sardonyx."
   
     2. a precious stone heb. shamir', a sharp point mentioned
   in jer. 17:1. from its hardness it was used for cutting and
   perforating other minerals. it is rendered "adamant" q.v. in
   ezek. 3:9, zech. 7:12. it is the hardest and most valuable of
   precious stones.
   

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

diamond, il village, fips 19837
  location: 41.28867 n, 88.25520 w
  population 1990: 1077 414 housing units
  area: 1.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
diamond, mo town, fips 19432
  location: 36.99548 n, 94.31507 w
  population 1990: 775 309 housing units
  area: 1.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 64840
diamond, oh
  zip codes: 44412
diamond, wv
  zip codes: 25015

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

diamond, il -- u.s. village in illinois
   population 2000:    1393
   housing units 2000: 597
   land area 2000:     1.582375 sq. miles 4.098332 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.582375 sq. miles 4.098332 sq. km
   fips code:            19837
   located within:       illinois il, fips 17
   location:             41.287699 n, 88.253824 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    diamond, il
    diamond

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

diamond, mo -- u.s. town in missouri
   population 2000:    807
   housing units 2000: 350
   land area 2000:     0.664080 sq. miles 1.719958 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.664080 sq. miles 1.719958 sq. km
   fips code:            19432
   located within:       missouri mo, fips 29
   location:             36.994573 n, 94.313826 w
   zip codes 1990:     64840
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    diamond, mo
    diamond

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