Word Study
bort
CIDE DICTIONARY
bort, n.
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.
1 an inferior or malformed diamond, used for cutting.
2 fragments of diamonds produced in cutting.
Etymology
Du. boort
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