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bort

(bôrt)

1. Poorly crystallized diamonds used for industrial cutting and abrasion.

2. A carbonado.

[Probably from Dutch boort, tiny waste diamond pieces produced in the gem cutting process, bort , probably from Old French bourt, bastard, from Late Latin burdus, hinny, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Burdō and Burdōnus, ancient Celtic masculine personal names derived from a word for a donkey or mule, animals admired for their robustness.]

bort′y adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bort

(bɔːt) or

boart

;

bortz

(bɔːts)

(Elements & Compounds) an inferior grade of diamond used for cutting and drilling or, in powdered form, as an industrial abrasive

[Old English gebrot fragment; related to Old Norse brot piece, Old High German broz bud]

ˈborty adj

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bort

(bɔrt)

n.

low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form as an abrasive.

[1615–25; appar. metathetic variant of *brot (Old English gebrot fragment)]

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