carbonado

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: car=bo=na=do

CIDE DICTIONARY

carbonado, n. [Cf. F. carbonnade, It. carbonata, Sp. carbonada, from L. carbo coal.].

 Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop.  [1913 Webster]

carbonado, v. t. 

•  To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil.  [1913 Webster]

  "A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed."  [1913 Webster]
•  To cut or hack, as in fighting.  [1913 Webster]

  "I'll so carbonado your shanks."  [1913 Webster]

carbonado, n. [Pg., carbonated.].

 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 compact to porous.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carbonado, n. (pl. -os) a dark opaque or impure kind of diamond used as an abrasive, for drills etc.

Etymology

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