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jewellery

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Inherited fromMiddle Englishjuelrye, fromOld Frenchjuelerye, equivalent tojewel +‎-ery.

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jewellery (usuallyuncountable,pluraljewelleries)

  1. Collectively,personalornamentation such asrings,necklaces,brooches andbracelets, made ofpreciousmetals and sometimesset withgemstones.
    Synonyms:bling,bling-bling,(Cockney rhyming slang)tom,(Cockney rhyming slang)tomfoolery
    She had morejewellery ornamented about her than any three ladies needed.
    • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e.,Emma Orczy], “The Fate of theArtemis”, inThe Case of Miss Elliott, London:T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published1905,→OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909,OCLC11192831, quoted inThe Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia:Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
      “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuablejewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”
  2. (oil industry, informal) Any tools, instruments, devices, etc., placed within adrill pipe.
    • 2005, Paul Carter,Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page44:
      The rig simply retrieves the old pipe and runs a new pipe back in the hole (the completion string). Any special items on the string other than the pipe itself are referred to as "jewellery". These can be any number of things, from down-hole motors to mandrels and radioactive sources for survey purposes.
  3. The shop from which a jeweller trades or makes jewelry

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personal ornamentation

References

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  1. ^https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jewelry
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