Defn: The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.
6. (Print.)
Defn: The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
Note: * This line is printed in the type called Diamond. Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. — Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. — Diamond beetle (Zoöl.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. — Diamond bird (Zoöl.), a small Australian bird (Pardalotus punctatus, family Ampelidæ.). It is black, with white spots. — Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; — used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. — Diamond finch (Zoöl.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. — Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. — Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. — Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. — Diamond snake (Zoöl.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. — Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass.
DIAMOND
Di"a*mond, a.
Defn: Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.
DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY; DIAMOND JUBILEE
Diamond anniversary, jubilee, etc.
Defn: One celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the thing commemorated.
DIAMOND-BACK
Di"a*mond-back`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris).