Fauset, Obs. [Corruption of FACET.] = FACET. Also applied to a faceted stone. Comb. faucet-cut, cut like a facetted stone.
1684. R. Walker, Nat. Exper., 131. The fausets (i.e.) those [diamonds] that are ground of their own Octoedral Figure, seldom or never failed.
1685. Lond. Gaz., No. 2028/4. Lost … a little Drap containing one large Stone … and three little Faucets weighing about two Grains and half each. Ibid. (1712), 5055/3. The 2 Side-drops faucet-cut.
