cabochon

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Noun
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cab=o=chon

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cabochon has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

cabochonn. [F.].
     A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted; also, the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be cut en cabochon.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
cabochona. [see cabochon, n..].
     Of, pertaining to, containing, or in the style of, a cabochon.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cabochon, n. a gem polished but not faceted.

Idiom
en cabochon (of a gem) treated in this way.
Etymology
F dimin. of caboche: see CABBAGE

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