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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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Also called eight cut, Old English cut.
Origin of single cut
First recorded in 1825–35
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Other definitions for single cut (2 of 2)
single-cut
[ sing-guhl-kuht ]
/ ˈsɪŋ gəlˈkʌt /
adjective
noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.
Compare double-cut.
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