bort

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BORT, or Boart, an inferior kind of diamond, unfit for cutting but useful as an abrasive agent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various