diamond | noun (n.) A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. |
| noun (n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. |
| noun (n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. |
| noun (n.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. |
| noun (n.) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. |
| noun (n.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. |
| adjective (a.) Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field. |
bond | noun (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle. |
| noun (n.) The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint. |
| noun (n.) A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship. |
| noun (n.) Moral or political duty or obligation. |
| noun (n.) A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum. |
| noun (n.) An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond. |
| noun (n.) The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond. |
| noun (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other. |
| noun (n.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence. |
| noun (n.) A vassal or serf; a slave. |
| noun (n.) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit. |
| noun (n.) League; association; confederacy. |
| adjective (a.) In a state of servitude or slavery; captive. |
| verb (v. t.) To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond. |
| verb (v. t.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity. |
fond | noun (n.) Foundation; bottom; groundwork; |
| noun (n.) The ground. |
| noun (n.) The broth or juice from braised flesh or fish, usually served as a sauce. |
| noun (n.) Fund, stock, or store. |
| superlative (superl.) Foolish; silly; simple; weak. |
| superlative (superl.) Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate. |
| superlative (superl.) Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife. |
| superlative (superl.) Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; -- followed by of (formerly also by on). |
| superlative (superl.) Doted on; regarded with affection. |
| superlative (superl.) Trifling; valued by folly; trivial. |
| verb (v. t.) To caress; to fondle. |
| verb (v. i.) To be fond; to dote. |
| () imp. of Find. Found. |
respond | noun (n.) An answer; a response. |
| noun (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter. |
| noun (n.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch. |
| verb (v. i.) To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument. |
| verb (v. i.) To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit. |
| verb (v. i.) To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. |
| verb (v. t.) To answer; to reply. |
| verb (v. t.) To suit or accord with; to correspond to. |
second | noun (n.) One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power. |
| noun (n.) One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel. |
| noun (n.) Aid; assistance; help. |
| noun (n.) An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour. |
| noun (n.) The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it. |
| noun (n.) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto. |
| adjective (a.) Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. |
| adjective (a.) Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior. |
| adjective (a.) Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge. |
| adjective (a.) The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place. |
| adjective (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8. |
| adjective (a.) To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate. |
| adjective (a.) To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage. |
| adjective (a.) Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer. |