unjewel

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ jewel

Verb[edit]

unjewel (third-person singular simple present unjewels, present participle unjeweling or unjewelling, simple past and past participle unjeweled or unjewelled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the jewels from.
    • 1841, Blackwood's Lady's Magazine, volume X, page 306:
      "If I unplume and unjewel my cap," said the youth, tearing off, as he spoke, the feather and brooch that were its ornaments, and dashing them to the earth, […]
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