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An inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing
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carbonado
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Population (2000): 621 Housing Units (2000): 210 Land area (2000): 0.406435 sq. miles (1.052663 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.406435 sq. miles (1.052663 sq. km) FIPS code: 09970 Located within: Washington ...
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Carbonado is an open source relational database mapping framework, written in Java . Rather than following a typical O/R mapping approach, the relational model is preserved, while still being object-oriented . Not being tied to specific features of SQL ...
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Carbonado \Car`bo*na"do\, n.; pl. Carbonadoes . [Pg., carbonated.] (Min.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from ...
Usage examples of carbonado.
I tried bort, and ballas, but carbonado was the best, especially with graphite added.
Cullen Avenue was one of the nicer parts of Carbonado, lots of well-fortified shops.
I will make thee slice the brawns of thy arms into carbonadoes and eat them.
Our giants again found their way to the larder, and broke their fast with collops, rashers, carbonados, a shield of brawn and mustard, and a noble sirloin of beef, making sad havoc with the latter, and washing down the viands with copious draughts of humming ale.