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has gloss	(noun) a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones lapidary, lapidist
has gloss	eng: A lapidary (the word means "concerned with stones") is an artist or artisan who forms stone, mineral, gemstones, and other suitably durable materials (amber, shell, jet, pearl, copal, coral, horn and bone, glass and other synthetics) into decorative items such as engraved gems, including cameos, or cabochons, and faceted designs. Hardstone carving is the term in art history for the objects produced and the craft. An overview of the art history of the subject is given there. Diamond cutters are generally not referred to as lapidaries, due to the specialized techniques which are required to work diamond. Gemcutter typically refers to diamond cutters or producers of faceted jewels in modern contexts, but artists' producing engraved gems, jade carvings and the like in older historical contexts.
lexicalization	eng: lapidary
lexicalization	eng: lapidist
subclass of	(noun) a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching engraver

Meaning
Finnish
lexicalization	fin: jalokivihioja
French
has gloss	fra: Un lapidaire (du latin lapis) est le nom dune technique et dun métier qui consiste à façonner et à tailler des pierres, précieuses ou non, de façon à obtenir des bijoux ou des objets dart. Le lapidaire ne sapplique pas à la taille du diamant, qui est elle réservée au diamantaire, car cette taille est spécifique de par la dureté du diamant.
lexicalization	fra: lapidaire
Korean
lexicalization	kor: 보석공
lexicalization	kor: 보석통
Dutch
has gloss	nld: Een edelsteenslijperij is een bedrijf dat zich bezig houdt met het slijpen van rotsstukken, mineralen, edelstenen en andere duurzame materialen (barnsteen, zeeschelpen, git, parels, copal, bloedkoraal, hoornen, been, glas en andere synthetische materialen) om deze zo te kunnen verwerken tot decoratieve en/of functionele gebruiksvoorwerpen als gemmen, cabochons en meer complexe facetontwerpen. Diamantslijpers worden vanwege hun zeer gespecialiseerde technieken die benodigd zijn voor het slijpen van diamanten over het algemeen niet tot de edelsteenslijpers gerekend.
lexicalization	nld: Edelsteenslijperij
Moldavian
lexicalization	ron: Lapidarium
Slovak
lexicalization	slk: lapidárium

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Media
media:img	Cammeo autunno med 001.jpg
media:img	Cutting and grinding turquoise in Meshed, Iran. 1973.jpg
media:img	Moonstone.cabochons.arp.jpg
media:img	Thai Gem Cutting.jpg
media:img	Tumbled gemstone pebbles arp.jpg