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diamond point
noun
- Furniture. a faceted, low-relief ornamental motif giving the effect of a cut gem.
- an acute, pyramidal point on a nail or spike.
diamond point
noun
- a diamond-tipped engraving tool
Word History and Origins
Origin of diamond point1
Example Sentences
Here’s just a fragment from one of hers: “a meridienne, banquette, pouf, ottoman, ear, stile, cross rail, stretcher, cross stretcher, crinoline stretcher, cornice, top rail, diamond point.”
“Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is scratched onto a plate with a needle made of sharp metal or with a diamond point,” Iancu said.
There are, however, furnished with each holder a right and left-hand diamond point and a right and left-hand side tool, each being hardened for half its full length.
He first earned his living by engraving a large number of elegant and original designs on steel with a diamond point, for patent medicine labels.
The tools employed by the Renaissance engraver were the drill and the wheel, while the ancient artist also employed the diamond point.
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