Meaning of pendeloque | Babel Free

Definitions

A drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; also, a piece of jewellery in pendant form.

also, attributive

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Examples

“[M]y eye was caught by the flashing of the emerald in my sister's ear, for she wore that day the suit of emeralds which had belonged to Jeanne de Consteil, who had married Raval de Pont de Vaux, which were of the brightest colour, and without flaw. A happy thought struck me; perhaps the urchin would exchange his draught for the pendeloque belonging to the ear-ring.”

“"For payment of 3,000 thalers by me due, I have sold to M. de Voltaire, at the price costing by estimation and tax, with 2 per cent for my commission" […] "the following Diamonds, taxed […] as here adjoined; viz."—seven pieces of jewelry, pendeloques, &c., with price affixed, […]”

“The other forms given to faceted stones are not of sufficient importance to need description; the star-cut and the pendeloque may just be named as patterns sometimes followed in the cutting of diamonds.”

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