Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See jeweled, etc.

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  • adjective set with jewels

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  • adjective covered with beads or jewels or sequins

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Examples

  • a fairy pile; the sun, flung backward from innumerable facets, clothed it in jewelled splendor.

    CHAPTER 25 2010

  • She was crowned with a little silver diadem sparking with stones, and her shining fair hair was pulled back and rolled into some kind of jewelled net behind her head.

    Royal Flash Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1970

  • She bids her worshipper travel down each red and yellow ray, bathe in its hues, and return to her "jewelled," but not smirched; and each time he returns, not jewelled, but smirched; always to appear monstrous in her sight; always to be dismissed with the same sad smile: so pitying that it promises love, so fixed that it bars its possibility.

    A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Sutherland Orr 1865

  • While Lagerfeld's design aesthetic was woven into the whole show, there were also wry motifs that reflected his own dress sense, such as jewelled silver gloves.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • While Lagerfeld's design aesthetic was woven into the whole show, there were also wry motifs which reflected his own dress sense, such as jewelled silver gloves and a silk evening dress incorporating a high white shirt collar and wide black tie.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • A new Premium Pack for the four-door Flying Spur is available as a cost option and includes beautiful veneered picnic tables with vanity mirrors, a Mulliner 'jewelled' alloy fuel filler cap and chrome inlay strips to the door waistrails.

    Autoblog Damon Lavrinc 2010

  • As well as "jewelled" headlamps with LED daytime-running lights, a more upright radiator grille and the new "double horseshoe" rear profile first shown on the flagship Bentley

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Then followed cleanly tailored shift dresses with a '60s feel in pistachio, baby pink, acid yellow and pale peach, while details such as jewelled collars added glamour.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • As well as "jewelled" headlamps with LED daytime-running lights, a more upright radiator grille and the new "double horseshoe" rear profile first shown on the flagship Bentley

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • While Lagerfeld's design aesthetic was woven into the whole show, there were also wry motifs which reflected his own dress sense, such as jewelled silver gloves and a silk evening dress incorporating a high white shirt collar and wide black tie.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

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