cab·o·chon (kăb'ə-shŏn')
n.

1. A highly polished, convex-cut, unfaceted gem.
2. A convex style of cutting gems.

adv.
In a highly polished, convex-cut, unfaceted style: a sapphire that was cut cabochon.

[French, from Old North French, augmentative of caboche, head. See cabbage.]

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