Jeweling

Jeweling
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; to bejewel. [1913 Webster]

The long gray tufts . . . are jeweled thick with dew. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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