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Jewel   /dʒˈuəl/  /dʒul/   Listen
noun
Jewel  n.  
1.
An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design. "Plate of rare device, and jewels Of rich and exquisite form."
2.
A precious stone; a gem.
3.
An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing. "Our prince (jewel of children)."
4.
A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
Jewel block (Naut.), block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studding sail is rove.



verb
Jewel  v. t.  (past & past part. jeweled or jewelled; pres. part. jeweling or jewelling)  To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels; to bejewel. "The long gray tufts... are jeweled thick with dew."






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"Jewel" Quotes from Famous Books



... he the temporal head. Mutually dependent upon each other, the election of the pope would not be valid without his consent. Nor would the emperor be emperor until crowned by the pope. The Church might use him as a sword, but he would wear the Church as a precious jewel in his crown. ...
— A Short History of France • Mary Platt Parmele

... wouldn't, if you had been in the place of the person that took them. You'd have put the Bingham jewellery in one pocket, and balanced it with the Folliard in the other. But," he added, after a slight pause, "the villain stole from me a jewel more valuable and dearer to her father's heart than all the jewellery of the universal world put together. He stole my child, my only child," and as he spoke the tears ran slowly down his cheeks. The court and spectators were ...
— Willy Reilly - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton

... my own life's shore, Proud purpose of my future's store, My hope, my comfort from annoy, My jewel and my glowing joy, My nest of shade from out the sun, My lark, my soaring, singing one, My golden shaft of faithful love Shot at the radiant round above, My intercessor with Heaven's King, My boyhood's second blossoming, My little, laughing, ...
— A Celtic Psaltery • Alfred Perceval Graves

... surface by his companions, whom, later on, you place beside him in the bottom of the canoe. And even to look at them is a joy, for they are graceful in shape, lovely in colour, and each scale is a jewel. ...
— A Memory Of The Southern Seas - 1904 • Louis Becke

... up your games by all means. But moderation is a jewel. A little football goes a good way, while business training ...
— Paul and the Printing Press • Sara Ware Bassett


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