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Jeweling :: Jeweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jewe.

Duffer :: Duffer (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat..

Ouch :: Ouch (n.) A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person..

Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry..

Caracoly :: Caracoly (n.) An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made..

Jewel :: "Jewel (n.) An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design..

Gemmary :: Gemmary (n.) A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively..

Gold :: Gold (v. t.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7..

Bejeweled :: Bejeweled (imp. & p. p.) of Bejewe.

Bezel :: Bezel (n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set..

Over :: Over (adv.) From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels..

Carcanet :: Carcanet (n.) A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar..

Flash :: Flash (a.) Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry..

Minargent :: Minargent (n.) An alloy consisting of copper, nickel, tungsten, and aluminium; -- used by jewelers..

Bejewelling :: Bejewelling () of Bejewe.

Factitious :: Factitious (a.) Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste..

Celluloid :: Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite..

Tourmaline :: Tourmaline (n.) A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels..

Siliqua :: Siliqua (n.) A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold..

Jeweler :: "Jeweler (n.) One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments..

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