JEWEL

Definitions

1. 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. 2. A precious stone; a gem. Shak.
3. 3. An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing. "Our prince (jewel of children)." Shak.
4. 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.