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n.
A large antelope of North Africa (Oryx leucoryx), allied to the gemsbok.
n.
The gemsbok.
n.
The oryx or gemsbok.
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The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.
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A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.
n.
The art of cutting and engraving gems.
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A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia.
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A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
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A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.
n.
A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl.
v. t.
To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems.
n.
An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.
a.
Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
n.
A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc.
n.
The gemsbok.
v. t.
To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.
a.
Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.
a.
Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.
v. t.
To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems.
n.
A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass.
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