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diamond point

noun

  1. Furniture. a faceted, low-relief ornamental motif giving the effect of a cut gem.
  2. an acute, pyramidal point on a nail or spike.


diamond point

noun

  1. a diamond-tipped engraving tool
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diamond point1

First recorded in 1870–75
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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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