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jewelled, -eled, a.|ˈdʒ(j)uːəld|
[f. jewel n. or v. + -ed.]
1. Set or adorned with jewels; spec. of a watch (jewel v. 1 b); also of pottery (jewelling 3).
a1601? Marston Pasquil & Kath. ii. 129 More soft and cleere Then is the jewell'd tip of Venus eare. 1742Collins Ecl. iii. 65 On Persia's jewell'd throne. 1804Nicholson's Jrnl. VII. 204 So far from jewelled holes being advantageous in Clockwork, they are absolutely injurious. 1820Scott Abbot xiii, The gemmed ring and jewelled mitre had become secular spoils. 1899T. M. Ellis Three Cat's-Eye Rings ii. 43 The..corridors were glittering with jewelled women.
2. fig. Glistening like or as with jewels.
1818Keats Endym. iii. 312 Jewell'd sands Took silently their foot-prints. 1884B'ham Weekly Post 20 Sept. 1/4, I do not like the coloured, almost jewelled, effect of the oxides of different metals used in the construction of this screen. 1898Pall Mall Mag. May 22 The blue of her eyes was scintillant and jewelled. |