bort

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

bortn. 
     Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bort, n. (also boart)
1 an inferior or malformed diamond, used for cutting.
2 fragments of diamonds produced in cutting.

Etymology
Du. boort

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