gemmedadj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [adjective] > budding or having buds
gemmedc1420
embudded1523
budded1552
pullulant1558
budding1561
buddy1598
knotted1626
pullulating1666
in (the) knota1670
proliferous1674
prolified1866
proligerous1890
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 10 With graffes sadde ygemmed thicke and rounde.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 101 The lowkyt buttonis on the gemmyt treis.
2. Adorned with or as with gems.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [adjective] > of articles: set with jewels
gemmeda1240
jewelled1742
bejewelled1848
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [adjective] > studded with or abounding in
gemmeda1240
pightc1400
gemmyc1420
jewelled1563
inset1588
enjewelled1648
bejewelled1848
jewelly1861
begemmed1927
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [adjective] > of persons: adorned with jewels
jewelled1563
gemmed1814
bejewelled1848
a1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 273 Þu..leddes ham wið þe self to þi ȝimmede bur.
1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. xii. 51 And auburn waves of gemm'd and braided hair.
1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xiii. 285 The gemmed ring and jewelled mitre had become secular spoils.
a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus ii. v, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 187 O beautiful, o'ervaulted with gemmed blue, This spacious court.
1875 R. A. Proctor Expanse of Heaven 124 A cloud of light around the gemmed feet of Andromeda in the northern skies.
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