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cabochon

cabochon


cab·o·chon    Audio Help   (kāb'ə-shŏn')   

n.  

  1. A highly polished, convex-cut, unfaceted gem.

  2. A convex style of cutting gems.

adv.   In a highly polished, convex-cut, unfaceted style: a sapphire that was cut cabochon.

[French, from Old North French, augmentative of caboche, head; see cabbage.]
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