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jewelled

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jew·el  (jl)
n.
1.
a. A precious stone; a gem.
b. A small natural or artificial gem used as a bearing in a watch.
2. A costly ornament of precious metal or gems.
3. One that is treasured or esteemed.
tr.v. jew·eled or jew·elled, jew·el·ing or jew·el·ling, jew·els
1. To adorn with jewels.
2. To fit with jewels.

[Middle English juel, from Anglo-Norman, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *iocle, from neuter of *ioclis, of play, from Latin iocus, joke; see yek- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adj.1.jewelled - covered with beads or jewels or sequins
adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
Translations
jewelled jeweled (US) [ˈdʒuːəld] ADJadornado con piedras preciosas; [watch] → con rubíes
jewelled [ˈdʒuːəld] jeweled (US) adjorné(e) de pierreries
jewelled, (US) jeweled
adjmit Juwelen (geh)or Edelsteinen besetzt; watchmit Steinen; fingersmit Juwelen geschmückt
jewelled jeweled (Am) [ˈdʒuːəld] adjornato/a di pietre preziose
jewelled jeweled (Am) [ˈdʒuːəld] adjornato/a di pietre preziose


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Were they made of gold they would look like trinkets, like ornamental toys, no bigger in proportion than a jewelled drop in a woman's ear.
Raffles had made friends with the magnificent brute, while I took timid stock of his diamond studs, his jewelled watch-chain, his eighteen-carat bangle, and his six-inch lower jaw.
Must it not be to that famous elephant, with jewelled tusks, and redolent with myrrh, which was led out of an Indian town to do honor to Alexander the Great?
 
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