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Gem   /dʒɛm/   Listen
noun
Gem  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A bud. "From the joints of thy prolific stem A swelling knot is raised called a gem."
2.
A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.
3.
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying.
Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass colored with metallic oxide. Cf. Paste, and Strass.


verb
Gem  v. t.  (past & past part. gemmed; pres. part. gemming)  
1.
To put forth in the form of buds. "Gemmed their blossoms." (R.)
2.
To adorn with gems or precious stones.
3.
To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops. "England is... gemmed with castles and palaces."





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"Gem" Quotes from Famous Books



... but it is running finely now, and it will simplify the work of the next census amazingly, just as the machines you saw have made the old hand punching machines of former times seem very cumbersome. But this one," he added, "is a gem." ...
— The Boy With the U.S. Census • Francis Rolt-Wheeler
... child to pore over the Apocalypse, which I thought by far the most beautiful and absorbing of all the books of the Bible; it seemed full of rich and dim pictures, things which I could not interpret and did not wish to interpret, the shining of clear gem-like walls, lonely riders, amazing monsters, sealed books, all of which took perfectly definite shape in the childish imagination. The consequence is that I can no more criticise it than I could criticise ...
— Joyous Gard • Arthur Christopher Benson
... mists that may not be dispelled, I see an old farm homestead, as in dreams, Where, like a gem in costly setting held, The ...
— The Complete Works • James Whitcomb Riley
... amazingly successful in keeping her secret almost to the end. Yet the mystery attending a stolen diamond of great value is so skilfully handled that several perfectly innocent persons seem all but hopelessly identified with the disappearance of the gem. Cleverly, however, as this aspect of the story has been managed, it has ...
— Condemned as a Nihilist - A Story of Escape from Siberia • George Alfred Henty
... progressed far before the guide pointed out another crack in the rock fringed with gem-like crystals, and then another and another, but all out of reach without chipping steps in the stone—of course ...
— The Crystal Hunters - A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps • George Manville Fenn


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