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noun Jewelry.

a simple form of brilliant cut, having eight facets above and eight facets below the girdle, as well as the table, and usually a culet.

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What does "dignity" mean?

Also called eight cut, Old English cut.

Origin of single cut

First recorded in 1825–35

single-cut

[ sing-guhl-kuht ]

/ ˈsɪŋ gəlˈkʌt /

adjective

noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.

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