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Definition of Brilliants
1. brilliant [n] - See also: brilliant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brilliants
Literary usage of Brilliants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition, Robert Ellis (1851)
"Suite of fine sapphires, pearls, and brilliants, viz., necklace, brooch, and
bracelet. [The sapphire ranks after the diamond in hardness and value. ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"Above the arch stands the mound, containing in the lower hemisphere 304 brilliants,
and in the upper 224 brilliants, the zone and arc being composed of 33 ..."
3. A Catalogue of the Books, Autographs, Engravings, and Miscellaneous Articles by Joseph Sabin, John Allan, Henry A. Whitney (1864)
"PAIR OF^ LADY'S SILVER SHOE-BUCKLES, small, set with brilliants. ... PAIR OF
GENTLEMAN'S SILVER SHOE-BUCKLES, set with brilliants and Coloured Stones. ..."
4. Building Newspaper Advertising: Selling the By-product of the Newspaper by Jason Rogers (1919)
"... LXIII Advertising brilliants MY only excuse for drawing so copiously on the
work of others in this section is to put into the permanent records of ..."
5. A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls: In which Their Importance is Considered by David Jeffries (1751)
"... brilliants; for fuch only are they capable of being manufactured into. Of the
impropriety of transforming well wrought ROSE DIAMONDS, Into brilliants. ..."
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