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jew⋅el

  [joo-uhl] noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
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–noun
1. a cut and polished precious stone; gem.
2. a fashioned ornament for personal adornment, esp. of a precious metal set with gems.
3. a precious possession.
4. a person or thing that is treasured, esteemed, or indispensable.
5. a durable bearing used in fine timepieces and other delicate instruments, made of natural or synthetic precious stone or other very hard material.
6. an ornamental boss of glass, sometimes cut with facets, in stained-glass work.
7. something resembling a jewel in appearance, ornamental effect, or the like, as a star.
–verb (used with object)
8. to set or adorn with jewels.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME jouel juel < AF jeul, OF jouel, joel < VL *jocāle plaything, n. use of neut. of *jocālis (adj.) of play, equiv. to L joc(us) joke + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
jew⋅el⋅like, adjective

Jew⋅el

  [joo-uhl]
–noun
a female given name.
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jew·el   (jōō'əl)   
n.  
    1. A precious stone; a gem.
    2. 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 *iocāle, from neuter of *iocālis, of play, from Latin iocus, joke; see yek- in Indo-European roots.]
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Jewel

Jew"el\, n. [OE. juel, jowel, OF. jouel, juel, joiel, F. joyau, dim. of OF. joie joy, jewel, F. joie joy. See Joy.]

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

Plate of rare device, and jewels Of rich and exquisite form. --Shak.

2. A precious stone; a gem. --Shak.

3. An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing. "Our prince (jewel of children)." --Shak.

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

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

Jewel

Jew"el\, 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.

The long gray tufts . . . are jeweled thick with dew. --M. Arnold.
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Language Translation for : jewel
Spanish: piedra preciosa, joya, alhaja,
German: das Juwel,
Japanese: 宝石
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jewel 
c.1290, "article of value used for adornment," Anglo-Fr. juel, O.Fr. juel, jouel "ornament, jewel" (12c.), perhaps from M.L. jocale, from L. jocus "pastime, sport," in V.L. "that which causes joy" (see joke). Another theory traces it to L. gaudium, also with a notion of "rejoice." Sense of "precious stone" developed early 14c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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