Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Roughing out or shaping gems by chipping or grinding.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Browsing.
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- verb Present participle of
brute .
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Examples
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Stones of fancy shape, such as square, or cushion shape, have to be formed in part by hand rubbing or "bruting" as it is called.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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Then, after sawing, a diamond goes through bruting—which is rounding—faceting, and finally polishing.
Crystal Death Charles Kipps 2010
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Then, after sawing, a diamond goes through bruting—which is rounding—faceting, and finally polishing.
Crystal Death Charles Kipps 2010
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Then, after sawing, a diamond goes through bruting—which is rounding—faceting, and finally polishing.
Crystal Death Charles Kipps 2010
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I have never gone this far in my “bruting” with anybody.
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I am trying so hard to stay positive through all this but sitting home all day bruting over things all by myself is only making me feel worse.
goldenboy Diary Entry goldenboy 2006
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Constantia Posthumia the empresse, wife to the emperour Gratian, bruting abroad there withall, that the said empresse was comming forwards on hir waie to Lions, there to méet with hir husband, for that vpon occasion she was verie desirous to commune with him about certeine earnest businesse.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (4 of 8) The Fovrth Booke Of The Historie Of England Raphael Holinshed
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This rumor rose so fast, that at length (by bruting abroad, that certeine miracles should be wrought by a chaine, [Sidenote: An old whormonger, and a new saint.] wherein he was bound in time of his imprisonment) he was taken for a saint.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First Raphael Holinshed
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While your PC is bruting away a CPU monitor shows you the load on the system.
The Code Project Latest Articles Lionoxxis 2009
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While your PC is bruting away a CPU monitor shows you the load on the system.
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