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Webster 1913 Edition
Jewel
Jew′el
(jū′ĕl or jṳ′ĕl)
, Noun.
[OE.
juel
, jowel
, OF. jouel
, juel
, joiel
, F. joyau
, dim. of OF. joie
joy, jewel, F. joie joy. See Joy
.] 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
Of rich and exquisite form.
jewels
Of rich and exquisite form.
Shakespeare
2.
A precious stone; a gem.
Shak.
3.
An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.
“Our prince (jewel of children).” Shak.
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.
Jew′el
,Verb.
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.
The long gray tufts . . . are
jeweled
thick with dew. M. Arnold.
Webster 1828 Edition
Jewel
JEW'EL
,Noun.
1.
An ornament worn by ladies,usually consisting of a precious stone, or set with one or more; a pendant worn in the ear.2.
A precious stone.3.
A name expressive of fondness. A mother calls her child, her jewel.JEW'EL
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
Jewel
Jewel
See also: jewel
English
Proper noun
Jewel (plural Jewels)
- A female given name from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.
- 1900 Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, Chapter 28
- Jewel he called her; and he would say this as he might have said "Jane," don't you know--with a marital, homelike, peaceful effect. I heard the name for the first time ten minutes after I had landed in his courtyard, when, after nearly shaking my arm off, he darted up the steps and began to make a joyous, boyish disturbance at the door under the heavy eaves. "Jewel! O Jewel! Quick! Here's a friend come,"
- 1922 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
- "Of course Gladys and Eleanor, having graced the last generation of heroines and being at present in their social prime, will be passed on to the next generation of shopgirls -"
- "Displacing Ella and Stella," interrupted Dick.
- "And Pearl and Jewel,", Gloria added cordially, " and Earl and Elmer and Minnie."
- "And then I'll come along," remarked Dick, "and picking up the obsolete name, Jewel, I'll attach it to some quaint and attractive character and it'll start its career all over again."
- 1900 Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, Chapter 28
- A male given name, a variant of Jewell, or from "jewel" like the female name.
jewel
jewel
See also: Jewel
English
A jewel.
Noun
jewel (plural jewels)
- A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
- A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
- ante 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, act I, scene vi, lines 188–9:
- Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
- ante 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, act I, scene vi, lines 188–9:
- (figuratively) Anything considered precious or valuable.
- Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane.
- Shakespeare
- our prince (jewel of children)
- A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- 2008, Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas
- The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.
- 2008, Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:gemstone
Translations
gemstone
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valuable object for ornamentation
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anything considered precious or valuable
Derived terms
Verb
jewel (third-person singular simple present jewels, present participle jewelling or jeweling, simple past and past participle jewelled or jeweled)
Translations
decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems — see bejewel