Also 7 laske, 8 lask. [? a. Pers. lashk, bit, piece.] (See quots.) Also lasque diamond.
1678. Lond. Gaz., No. 1330/4. A Laske, Indian-cut,… weighing 6. carrets 1/4 full.
1751. D. Jeffries, Diamonds, 115. Lasks … are in general ill shaped, or irregular in their form at the girdle.
1813. Mawe, Diamonds (1823), 81. Lasques are formed from flat or veiny diamonds.
1874. Westropp, Precious Stones, 4. Lasque diamonds are the flat thin stones used much in native Indian work, in neck and head-bands, bangles, rings, &c.
