Lapidary

Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 27

(lap'e-da-re.) [From L. lapis, lapidis, a stone.] (Arts and Trades.) A worker in, and polisher and engraver of, gems and precious stones. The term is also extended to signify a virtuoso or connoi eur in such things; or a merchant who deals in them. [s. 527]