单词 | table-cut |
释义 | ˈtable-cut, a. (n.) [f. table n., used adverbially + cut ppl. a. or n.2] Of a diamond or other precious stone: Cut in the form of a ‘table’: see table n. 18 and table diamond.
1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2320/4 Lost.., a Diamond Ring, Table Cut. 1704Ibid. No. 4046/4, 8 Rings, one a Diamond with 7 Stones, Table-cut. 1905A. Lang in Longm. Mag. Apr. 566, I could not tell what stones the table-cut stones were. b. n. The style of cutting a precious stone as described above.
1891in Cent. Dict. So ˈtable-cutter, a lapidary who cuts precious stones in ‘tables’; ˈtable-cutting = b.
1877E. W. Streeter Precious Stones iv. 23 A little later [than 1373] the so-called ‘table-cutters’ at Nürnberg, and all other stone-engravers, formed themselves into a guild. 1877Knight Dict. Mech. 2478/1 Table-cutting is adopted with flat thin gems, which have not sufficient protuberance to be cut as rose diamonds or brilliants. |

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