jewel

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A precious or semi-precious stone

   A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.

2. 2

   A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals…

   A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.

   • Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
3. 3

   Anything precious or valuable.

   • Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane.
   • Wel, wel (Meander) thou art deepely read: And hauing thee, I haue a iewell ſure: Go on my Lord, and giue your charge I ſay, Thy wit wil make vs Conquerors to day.
   • Had our prince,— Jewel of children,—seen this hour, he had pair'd Well with this lord: there was not full a month Between their births.
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   1. 4

      A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.

   2. 5

      Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.

   3. 6

      The clitoris.

      • The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.
   4. 7

      A jewel box (optical disc container).

      • As a collector, I prefer jewels to digipaks.
   5. 8

      To bejewel

      To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

   6. 9

      A female given name from English from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th…

      A female given name from English from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.

   7. 10

      A male given name from English, a variant of Jewell, or from "jewel" like the female name.

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