Thesaurus: jewel

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1. n. An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
2. n. A precious stone; a gem.
3. n. An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.
4. n. A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
5. v. t. To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.
6. n. a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
7. n. a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
8. v. adorn or decorate with precious stones
9. 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. Shak. 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. To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels. The long gray tufts . . . are jeweled thick with dew. M. Arnold.
10. To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, asword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.The long gray tufts . . . are jeweled thick with dew. M. Arnold.
11. n:100 n. a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry n. a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry