2. Noun. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ?. ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of diamond) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diamonds
1. diamond [v] - See also: diamond
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diamonds
Literary usage of Diamonds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"The exact date of the discovery of diamonds in Brazil is unknown. At the end of
the seventeenth century miners were taking out gold in Minas Geraes at Serro ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1861)
"It consists of diamonds, pearls, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds, set in silver
and gold ; it has a crimson velvet cap with ermine border, and is lined with ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"In this district some of the largest Indian diamonds were obtained, Golconda,
however, not being a mine, but a fortress where the diamonds were collected. ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"Two pendent pearls with ' half moon, seven diamonds, and eight rubies ' fixed to
every of ... One gold ring and diamonds set therein, of ' the value of 30/. ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"diamonds in the United States. GF Kunz Ар. '08. Genesis of the diamond. 3. ...
diamonds; a story of Nob Hill. HL King. Overland, ns 51: 165-72. F. 'OS. ..."
6. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"The presence of this peculiar rock and the occasional discovery of diamonds in
adjacent districts have led to the idea that the ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"1. March 7, 1922.) {Syllabus Ъу the Court.) Sales 0=41—Buyer held entitled to
return of money where stones sold as diamonds were not ..."
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