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  • verb Present participle of gem.

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Examples

  • Singhalese, and the season selected by them for "gemming" is between

    Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836

  • And again I marveled at the marble smoothness and fineness of her skin on which the caressing water left tiny silvery globules, gemming it.

    The Metal Monster 2004

  • In a land of enchantment, a garden most gorgeous, a plain sprinkled with coloured meteors, a forest with sparks of purple and ruby and golden fire gemming the foliage; a region, not of trees and shadow, but of strangest architectural wealth — of altar and of temple, of pyramid, obelisk, and sphinx: incredible to say, the wonders and the symbols of Egypt teemed throughout the park of

    Villette 2003

  • That door was flung back, and in the square of dripping darkness stood Creed Bonbright, his face death white, his eyes wide and fixed, the rain gemming his uncovered yellow hair.

    Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

  • _CORNFLOWERS, _ you say, just cornflowers, gemming the golden grain;

    Rhymes of a Red Cross Man 1916

  • In the green stillness of the deep woods, birds singing and shy delicate blossoms gemming the moss, the fierce and savage past was like a dream.

    Masters of the Guild L. Lamprey 1910

  • Over a yielding brown carpet they went among maple and chestnut and oak, with their bewildering changes through crimson, russet, and amber to pale yellow; under the deep-stained leaves of the sweet-gum they went, and past the dogwood with scarlet berries gemming the clusters of its dim red leaves.

    The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Harry Leon Wilson 1903

  • When I woke I saw Mulvaney, the night-dew gemming his moustache, leaning on his rifle at picket, lonely as Prometheus on his rock, with I know not what vultures tearing his liver.

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • When I woke I saw Mulvaney, the night-dew gemming his moustache, leaning on his rifle at picket, lonely as Prometheus on his rock, with

    Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • When I woke I saw Mulvaney, the night-dew gemming his moustache, leaning on his rifle at picket, lonely as Prometheus on his rock, with I know not what vultures tearing his liver.

    Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900

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