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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JEW'EL, n. [Low L. jocale.]
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, v.t. To dress or adorn with jewels.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry [syn: jewel, gem, precious stone]
2: a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry [syn: jewel, gem] v
1: adorn or decorate with precious stones; "jeweled dresses" [syn: bejewel, jewel]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English juel, from Anglo-French, diminutive of ju, jeu game, play, from Latin jocus game, joke — more at joke Date: 13th century 1. an ornament of precious metal often set with stones or decorated with enamel and worn as an accessory of dress 2. one that is highly esteemed <regarded the library as the jewel of the campus> 3. a precious stone ; gem 4. a bearing for a pivot (as in a watch) made of crystal, glass, or a gem • jewellike adjective II. transitive verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or -elling) Date: 1601 1. to adorn or equip with jewels 2. to give beauty to as if with jewels ; embellish

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a precious stone. b this as used for its hardness as a bearing in watchmaking. 2 a personal ornament containing a jewel or jewels. 3 a precious person or thing. --v.tr. (jewelled, jewelling; US jeweled, jeweling) 1 (esp. as jewelled adj.) adorn or set with jewels. 2 (in watchmaking) set with jewels. Phrases and idioms: jewel-fish a scarlet and green tropical cichlid fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus. Derivatives: jewelly adj. Etymology: ME f. AF juel, jeuel, OF joel, of uncert. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jewel Jew"el, n. [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 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jewel Jew"el, 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(jewels) 1. A jewel is a precious stone used to decorate valuable things that you wear, such as rings or necklaces. ...a golden box containing precious jewels. N-COUNT see also crown jewels 2. If you describe something or someone as a jewel, you mean that they are better, more beautiful, or more special than other similar things or than other people. Walk down Castle Street and admire our little jewel of a cathedral... = gem N-COUNT: oft N of n 3. If you refer to an achievement or thing as the jewel in someone's crown, you mean that it is considered to be their greatest achievement or the thing they can be most proud of. His achievement is astonishing and this book is the jewel in his crown. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ju'-el, joo'-el: An ornament of gold, silver or of precious stones in the form of armlet, bracelet, anklet, nose-ring, etc. Oriental dress yields itself freely to such adornment, to which there are many allusions in Scripture. a frequent term in Hebrew is keli ("utensil," "vessel"), coupled with mention of "gold" or "silver" or both (Ge 24:53; Ex 3:22; 11:2; 12:35; 35:22; 1Sa 6:8,15, etc.; the Revised Version (British and American) in 2Ch 32:27 translations "vessels"). In So 1:10, where the King James Version has "rows (of jewels)," the Revised Version (British and American) has "plaits (of hair)"; in So 7:1, the word is from a root chalah, meaning "to adorn." In 3 instances in the King James Version "jewel" represents the Hebrew nezem (Pr 11:22; Isa 3:21; Eze 16:12); the American Standard Revised Version changes Pr 11:22 to "ring" Septuagint here = "earring"), and both the English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version have "ring" in Eze 16:12. The familiar phrase in Mal 3:17, "in that day when I make up my jewels," becomes in the English Revised Version, "in the day that I do make, even a peculiar treasure" (margin "or, wherein I do make a peculiar treasure"), and in the American Standard Revised Version, "even mine own possession, in the day that I make" (margin "or, do this").

See, further, ORNAMENT; DRESS; STONES, PRECIOUS.

James Orr

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Gem, brilliant, precious stone.

Moby Thesaurus

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