Definitions
1.NounA person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.
2.NounThe field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology.
3.NounAn expert in gems and precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.":"
4.NounAn expert in gems and precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.":"
5.NounGems and precious stones collectively; jewellery.
6.NounA treatise on (precious) stones.
7.AdjectiveOf or pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of working them.
8.AdjectiveSenses relating to inscriptions.
Of an inscription: engraved on stone.
Of a piece of writing or a writing style: characteristic of or suitable for an inscription; embodying the precision and refinement of inscriptions on monuments; concise and stately.
9.AdjectiveOf an inscription: engraved on stone.
10.AdjectiveOf a piece of writing or a writing style: characteristic of or suitable for an inscription; embodying the precision and refinement of inscriptions on monuments; concise and stately.
11.AdjectiveOf or pertaining to stones in general.
12.AdjectiveSuccinct, laconic.