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marquise

mar.quise \ma:r-'ke-z\ \-'ke-z(-*z)\ n or mar.quises [F, fem. of marquis] 
   pl  1: MARCHIONESS  2: MARQUEE  3: a gem or a ring setting or bezel usu. 
   elliptical in shape but with point ed ends