rose ˈdiamond
[f. rose n.]
A nearly hemispherical flat-bottomed diamond, having the upper surface cut into many triangular facets or planes; a rose-cut diamond.
| 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 214 A Rose Diamond that is very thick, it's good to set it close. 1705 Lond. Gaz. No. 4154/3 A large pair of Rose Earings, with a large Diamond in each, set round with 12 small Rose Diamonds. 1753 Hanway Trav. (1762) I. vii. xcv. 437 Six dozen of buttons and six dozen of button-holes of rose diamonds. 1850 Holtzapffel Turning III. 1322 Diamonds that have defects are split by cleavage, and the pieces are cut into rose diamonds. 1898 Wigley & Stansbie Art Goldsm. 132 Rose diamonds are frequently cut from rough chips. |
| attrib. 1707 Lond. Gaz. No. 4300/3 A Pair of Rose Diamond Ear-Rings. 1725 De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 142 A ring of silver, with false stones in it, like a rose-diamond ring. |