*jewel*

n. [ OE. juel, jowel, OF. jouel, juel, joiel, F. joyau, dim. of OF. joie joy, jewel, F. joie joy. See Joy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plate of rare device, and jewels
Of rich and exquisite form. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A precious stone; a gem. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing. “Our prince (jewel of children).” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jewel block (Naut.), block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studding sail is rove. [ 1913 Webster ]

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; to bejewel. [ 1913 Webster ]

The long gray tufts . . . are jeweled thick with dew. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. joaillier. ] One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments. [ Written also jeweller. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Jeweler's gold. See under Gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
Syn. -- beaded, beady, bejewelled, bejeweled, bespangled, gemmed, sequined, spangled, spangly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Jewelry. [ Chiefly Brit. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. joaillerie. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The art or trade of a jeweler. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An erect plant (Talinum paniculatum) with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers, grwing from Southwestern North America to Central America; it has been widely introduced elsewhere.
Syn. -- Talinum paniculatum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]