Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art of decorating with jewels.
  • noun In ceramics: Decoration by means of small drops or bosses of translucent glaze applied to the surface, as frequently in Sèvres porcelain.
  • noun Decoration by means of rounded projections of the substance of the body, these projections being covered with a glaze or enamel different from the rest of the piece, as in Doulton ware and some old grès de Flandres.

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  • verb Present participle of jewel.

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Examples

  • | Reply also said he specializes in jeweling I think and maybe they did google it, but didn’t actually read it, cause the expansion will have NPCs up to level 75 either way, the girl didn’t really play it, so at least they got that part right

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Stargate Atlantis and World of Warcraft 2006

  • The "ruby," probably made of glass, had been added to the movement in 1704 and presented to Parliament by the guild to fraudulently invalidate an imminent patent on watch jeweling.

    Big Time: The British Pocket Watch Jonathon Keats 2010

  • Then it looked crazy after all the buffing, jeweling, and making the action shine like new silver dollar.

    Return of the Model 70 2008

  • Together we stared out across Emerald Lake, one of those small mountain lakes jeweling western North America, framed by a vista of Douglas firs, longleaf pines, and granite peaks clawing their way into the echoing summer sky.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • Students learn advanced hairspring manipulation, friction jeweling, disassembly, cleaning, and repair, electrical theory as it applies to watches and timepieces, and repairing tuning fork electronic movements.

    You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999

  • Students learn advanced hairspring manipulation, friction jeweling, disassembly, cleaning, and repair, electrical theory as it applies to watches and timepieces, and repairing tuning fork electronic movements.

    You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999

  • The slowly revolving Milky Way was only a glory within me; the great woman-star jeweling the summit of a cliff, was only an ecstasy within me; the murmuring of the river out in the dark was only the singing of my heart; and the deep, deep blue of the heavens was only the splendid color of my soul.

    The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

  • Evidently the blossoms had just been gathered, for the raindrops of the previous night still sparkled among their petals, jeweling with brilliancy their kaleidoscopic riot of color.

    The Wall Between Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • For a half hour the torrents fell -- then the sun burst forth, jeweling the forest with a million scintillant gems; but today the ape-man, usually alert to the changing wonders of the jungle, saw them not.

    Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1919

  • At the lower end of this valley is the famous "Cataract of the Falling Springs," where a stream flowing down from the "Warm Spring" mountain falls over a rock two hundred feet high, jeweling with its many cascades the bright grasses and ferns below.

    The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland 1875

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