| jewel | (n) a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry, Syn. gem, precious stone | | jewel | (n) a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry, Syn. gem | | jeweler | (n) someone in the business of selling jewelry, Syn. jeweller | | jeweler's glass | (n) an optical instrument used by jewelers; has one or more lenses and is used to view features not readily seen | | jewelled headdress | (n) a headdress adorned with jewels, Syn. jeweled headdress | | jewel orchid | (n) any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining | | jewelry | (n) an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems), Syn. jewellery | | jewelry dealer | (n) a firm that sells and buys jewelry, Syn. jewelry store | | jewelry maker | (n) someone who makes jewelry, Syn. jeweler, jeweller | | jewels-of-opar | (n) erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere, Syn. Talinum paniculatum |
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| Jewel | n. [ OE. juel, jowel, OF. jouel, juel, joiel, F. joyau, dim. of OF. joie joy, jewel, F. joie joy. See Joy. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design. [ 1913 Webster ] Plate of rare device, and jewels
Of rich and exquisite form. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A precious stone; a gem. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing. “Our prince (jewel of children).” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby. [ 1913 Webster ]
Jewel block (Naut.), block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studding sail is rove. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Jewel | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jeweled or Jewelled; p. pr. & vb. n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] The long gray tufts . . . are jeweled thick with dew. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Jeweler | n. [ Cf. F. joaillier. ] One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments. [ Written also jeweller. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Jeweler's gold. See under Gold. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | jewelled | adj. covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
Syn. -- beaded, beady, bejewelled, bejeweled, bespangled, gemmed, sequined, spangled, spangly. [ WordNet 1.5 ] Variants: jeweled | | Jewellery | n. See Jewelry. [ Chiefly Brit. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Jewelry | n. [ Cf. F. joaillerie. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. The art or trade of a jeweler. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry. [ 1913 Webster ] | | jewels-of-opar | n. An erect plant (Talinum paniculatum) with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers, grwing from Southwestern North America to Central America; it has been widely introduced elsewhere.
Syn. -- Talinum paniculatum. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Jewelweed | n. (Bot.) See Impatiens. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Jewess | n., fem. of Jew. A female Jew; a Hebrew woman; a female adherent of Judaism. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] |
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