Jewel
['dʒuːəl] or ['dʒuəl]
['dʒuəl]
Definition
(noun.) a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry.
(noun.) a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry.
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Definition
(n.) An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
(n.) A precious stone; a gem.
(n.) An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.
(n.) A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
(v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Gem, brilliant, precious stone.
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Definition
n. a precious stone: an ornament of precious stones worn as a decoration: anything or any one highly valued.—v.t. to dress or adorn with jewels: to fit with a jewel:—pr.p. jew′elling; pa.p. jew′elled in a watch having pivot-holes of garnets or any other jewels.—ns. Jew′el-case a casket for holding jewels; Jew′eller one who makes or deals in jewels; Jew′ellery Jew′elry jewels in general.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of jewels, denotes much pleasure and riches. To wear them, brings rank and satisfied ambitions. To see others wearing them, distinguished places will be held by you, or by some friend. To dream of jeweled garments, betokens rare good fortune to the dreamer. Inheritance or speculation will raise him to high positions. If you inherit jewelry, your prosperity will be unusual, but not entirely satisfactory. To dream of giving jewelry away, warns you that some vital estate is threatening you. For a young woman to dream that she receives jewelry, indicates much pleasure and a desirable marriage. To dream that she loses jewels, she will meet people who will flatter and deceive her. To find jewels, denotes rapid and brilliant advancement in affairs of interest. To give jewels away, you will unconsciously work detriment to yourself. To buy them, proves that you will be very successful in momentous affairs, especially those pertaining to the heart.
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Examples
- It was said he had got possession of his Indian jewel by means which, bold as he was, he didn't dare acknowledge. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He was the enemy, fine as a diamond, and as hard and jewel-like, the quintessence of all that was inimical. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When you left Miss Verinder's sitting-room, with the jewel in your hand, you went back in all probability to your own room---- Yes? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A plot organised among the Indians who originally owned the jewel, says Mr. Franklin-- a plot with some old Hindoo superstition at the bottom of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It said that Miss Rachel was mortally offended with you, for the part you had taken in trying to recover her jewel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My young friend, says Chadband, it is because you know nothing that you are to us a gem and jewel. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The ends of the balance staff are made very small so as to form very delicate pivots which turn in jewel bearings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Oh, his mother was frightened--she was afraid I should have all the family jewels reset. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He delivered the jewels to the Abbot, and then showed him the pictures. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The bosom moving in Society with the jewels displayed upon it, attracted general admiration. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Orloff diamond, belonging to the Emperor of Russia, weighs 195 carats; the Pitt diamond, among the French crown jewels, 136-1/2. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She would have smarter gowns than Judy Trenor, and far, far more jewels than Bertha Dorset. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Where are the jewels which you have stolen? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Not gold, not silver, not bank notes, not jewels, nothing that you could turn into money, Wegg; upon my soul! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had little jewelled buttons in the lawn shirt fronts. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And there is a jewelled short-sword which I took from the body of a northern Jeddak. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But how is it that you wear the golden hair and the jewelled circlet of a Holy Thern? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Then he gave a short laugh, and drew out a gold cigarette-case, in which, with plump jewelled fingers, he groped for a gold-tipped cigarette. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She consulted the little jewelled watch among her laces. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Here the horrid creature squatted, surrounded by a hundred slave maidens sparkling in jewelled trappings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Editor: Omar