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单词 jewelling
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jewellingjewelingn.

Brit. /ˈdʒuː(ə)lɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒu(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see jewel n. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jewel n., -ing suffix1; jewel v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < jewel n. + -ing suffix1, and partly < jewel v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action, or (occasionally) an act, of adorning a person or thing with jewels. Also: (figurative) the action or fact of embellishing anything as if with jewels. Now rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun]
jewelling1600
1600 C. G. Minte of Deformities sig. Biiv If iewellings obscure such fowle disgrace, and will eclipse the lawes due punishment, Who will not leade this iolly swaggering race.
1897 Pratt Inst. Monthly June 333/1 The following article gives in outline the ideas which underlie the embroidering and jewelling of the work.
1939 Irish Monthly 67 342 The battlefield of controversy, where time cannot be wasted on the jewelling of sentences.
2. The action or practice of working with gemstones, precious metals, etc., to produce ornamental artefacts or jewellery; the art or profession of a jeweller.
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1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. vii. 31 He taught to make womens ornaments, and how to looke faire, and Iewelling.
1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 43 These times abound with counterfeits in every thing, but especially in the jewelling art in regard to their value.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1283 Engraving, chasing in relief, jewelling, and enamel painting.
2014 Battalion (Texas A&M Univ.) (Nexis) 18 Sept. (Life & Arts section) 1 Opportunities for gemologists extend beyond jeweling. ‘Most gemologists are not jewelers,’ Gardner said.
3.
a. Decorative embroidery or needlework incorporating real or imitation jewels, used to embellish a garment, etc.; decoration of this sort.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > other
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1718 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 218 For ½ piece jueling for childs day vests.
1891 Truth 10 Dec. 1240/2 A most lovely tea-gown..in white satin set into a yoke of turquoise jewelling.
1896 Daily News 21 Nov. 6/3 If the jewelling were garnet and jet commingled, the effect would be very good.
1928 Times 11 May 21/4 An exquisite pochette hand-embroidered in fine beads and jewelling, showing a bird motif.
2015 Women's Wear Daily (Nexis) 20 Feb. 4 Exquisite jeweling giving sparkle and graphic weight to a georgette skirt.
b. Any decoration or ornament consisting of, or incorporating, gemstones; work of the type produced by a jeweller. Now rare.
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1783 Brit. Mag. & Rev. Jan. 78/2 A scymetar is finished here as a present from the King to Hyder Ally. The jewelling represents both European and Asiatic trophies of war in rubies and diamonds, with wreaths of laurel.
1806 Belfast Commerc. Chron. 31 Mar. Manufacturers of Gold and Gilt Jewelling.
1957 College Art Jrnl. 16 271/2 Among the finds should be mentioned specimens of Hellenistic jewelling of very high quality.
4. The action or practice of using or fitting gemstones to act as bearings or pivot-holes in the mechanism of a watch or similar instrument. Also: the result of this; work utilizing jewels for this purpose; that part of a mechanism which incorporates gems used in this way. Cf. jewel n. 4.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > making watches > using particular materials
jewelling1767
1767 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 3 June Artificial teeth and watch jewelling,..curious stop and plain motions most accurately performed.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 May 6/2 A watch selling at £3 has no extra jewelling..there are grades from ‘plain jewelled’ up to 5½ pairs of extra jewels.
1963 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. London 18 152 Although Harrison was not the inventor of watch jewelling nevertheless he was a pioneer, and it is doubtful if an earlier example of the general use of jewels in a watch can be found.
2017 J. Betts Marine Chronometers at Greenwich 328/1 The upper jewelling of the balance pivot consists of a clear jewelled hole in a brass setting in the cock, with a rose-cut diamond endstone in a steel coquerette.
5. Ceramics. An overglaze technique for decorating ceramics (esp. porcelain) producing raised, coloured, bosses or globules reminiscent of gemstones, typically on a gold or silver foil ground; the action of applying such decoration. Also: decoration of this sort.The technique, which is particularly associated with porcelain produced at Sèvres in the late 18th cent., consists of the application of small translucent droplets of enamel to the surface of an object which has already been glazed, gilded, and fired. These are then fused to the existing surface by refiring.Attested earliest as a modifier; see quot. 1851.
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1851 Morning Post 9 Oct. 3/2 We particularly noticed two [vases] of colossal size, with gilt and oxidised silver handles,..the jewelling ornaments of which are chaste and effective, and in admirable keeping.
1874 Art-Jrnl. New ser. 13 210/2 Another speciality in which the royal factory excels is the jewelling of porcelain.
1993 Burlington Mag. June 184/3 A striking déjeuner dated 1844 and painted with a red and gold ground and Russian scenes, embellished with ‘jewelling’, a technique developed at Sèvres in the early 1780s.
2015 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 9 Mar. It [sc. the bone china dessert plate] is about 9 inches in diameter with sprays of flowers, a lot of raised gold and exquisite jewelling.

Compounds

As a modifier, designating tools, devices, etc., used for jewelling (chiefly in sense 4 in later use), as in jewelling press, jewelling tool, etc.
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1668 Excellency of Pen & Pencil iv. ii. 93 There are several sorts [of Pencils], thus called:..Hairing, or Jewelling-Pencils [etc.].
1768 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 10 Feb. Sundry jewelling tools and utensils, with brass and lead casts, &c.
1819 Morning Chron. 9 Dec. Loose pearls, seed coral, rough topazes, jewelling rubies, Egyptian pebbles, &c. &c.
1853 G. S. Measom Official Illustr. Guide North-western Railway 167 Two principal upper workshops, in which is carried on that part of the business called ‘finishing’, being the pivoting and polishing the wheels and small parts of the watch-movements. Under these rooms are the case-making and polishing shops; also the jewelling-room.
1949 Seymour (Indiana) Daily Tribune 31 Mar. 1/4 Mr Parker, one of six award of merit winners..received a Seitz jeweling tool given by the Watchmakers of Switzerland.
2011 G. Daniels Watchmaking (rev. ed.) x. 316 The settings will be pressed into the holes with the jewelling press.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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