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单词 jeweller
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jewellerjewelern.

Brit. /ˈdʒuː(ə)lə/, U.S. /ˈdʒu(ə)lər/
Forms: Middle English iovelere, Middle English iowayllier, Middle English ioweler, Middle English iueler, Middle English jualer, Middle English jueler, Middle English juelere, Middle English juellere, Middle English juelour, Middle English 1600s jueller, Middle English 1600s juler, Middle English 1600s juweler, Middle English–1600s ieweller, Middle English– jeweler (now chiefly U.S.), 1500s iewellar, 1500s iuellere, 1500s juellar, 1500s–1600s iueller, 1500s 1700s juellor, 1500s– jeweller, 1600s judgler, 1700s jouallier. N.E.D. (1901) also records the forms Middle English iewellere, Middle English ioweller.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French jueler.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman jeweler, jualer, jueler, juellour, joeler and Middle French jeuelier, juelier (1292 in Old French as joelier ; French joaillier ) < jewel , juel jewel n. + -er -er suffix2. Compare jewellery n.The French noun was also borrowed into other European languages. Compare Italian gioielliere (14th cent.), Dutch juwelier (1520), German Juwelier (16th cent.). Attested earlier as a surname (Alice la Jueler, 1340), although it is unclear whether this should be taken as showing the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word.
1. A person who works with precious metals, gemstones, etc.; a maker of or dealer in jewels or jewellery; (now chiefly) a person who makes, repairs, or sells jewellery, watches, and other related goods.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in other specific articles
ironmonger1164
ointer1263
bowyer1297
jewellera1382
fletcher1457
stapler1532
India merchant1618
tobacconist1657
colourman1663
tobacconer1701
lamp-man1704
drysalter1707
snuffman1723
wet-salter1725
potman1732
material man1778
tobacco-trader1840
dogman1860
stamp-dealer1863
waste-dealer1876
pearler1881
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun] > jeweller
jewellera1382
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxiv. 1 Jeconye, the sone of Joachym,..and the smyth, and his iueler [a1425 L.V. goldsmith; L. inclusorem].
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 264 If þou were a gentyl jueler.
a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 37 (MED) He turned... Þe wandes to gold..And þe grauell to precius stones; He..bad þam vnto goldsmithes go And vnto Jewelers, þat knew To luke if þai war gude & trew.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 298 The Ieweller that owes the Ring is sent for. View more context for this quotation
1750 Universal Mag. Oct. 150/2 He, not understanding the worth of the stones, sold it [sc. a coronet] to a jeweller in London for two-hundred and fifty pounds; but the jeweller made fifteen-hundred pounds of it.
1845 Milwaukie (Wisconsin Territory) Daily Sentinel 26 May (advt.) Wm. C. Disbrow, jeweler. Watches, Clocks, &c. repaired on short notice... Silver ware of all kinds made to order.
2018 Star of Mysore (India) (Nexis) 6 July Puttamma's sister..examined the jewels..and took them to a jeweller who tested them and told them that all the jewels were fake.
2. Originally and chiefly in the genitive. A shop or workshop where jewellery is made, repaired, or sold; the place of business of a jeweller.The genitive use is elliptical for jeweller's shop.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling other specific goods
jeweller's shop1632
ironmongery1648
ironmonger1673
jeweller1675
news shop1688
print shop1689
Indian house1692
coal shed1718
pamphlet shop1721
lormery1725
drugstore1771
hardware store1777
junk store1777
chandler-shop1782
junk shop1790
music store1794
pot shop1794
finding store1822
marine store1837
picture house1838
paint shop1847
news agency1852
chemist1856
Army and Navy1878
cyclery1886
jumble-shop1893
pig shop1896
Manchester department1905
lot1909
craft shop1911
garden centre1912
pet shop1927
sex shop1949
video store1949
quincaillerie1951
home centre1955
Army-Navy1965
cookshop1967
sound shop1972
bucket-shop1973
1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit iii. 41 Shall he call at the Jewelers as he goes by, for the Locket you had a mind to.
1717 W. Taverner Artful Husband iv. 50 Hark'e, Fellow, call at the Jeweller's to Morrow, and bid him make me a Necklace of twice the value of that your Master bespoke.
1763 St. James's Mag. Dec. 110 To the little jeweller's round by the chapel, to measure your finger, that I may buy you a ring.
1978 Illustr. London News 30 Dec. (advt.) To find a ring like this you might have to look further than the jeweller round the corner.
2016 Ilkley Gaz. (Nexis) 30 Apr. Two suspects wearing balaclavas smashed the window of a jewellers with a lump hammer before making off with a number of rings from the display.

Compounds

Typically with the first element in the genitive or genitive plural (jeweller's or jewellers').
C1. As a modifier, designating a tool, device, etc., of the sort used by a jeweller, typically one designed for very fine, close work, as in jeweller's file, jeweller's forceps, jeweller's loupe, etc.
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1857 Hereford Times 16 May 5/5 The jeweller's file would have plenty of employment soon after.
1940 M. G. Swenson Compl. Dentures xxxiii. 576 The sprues..are removed by cutting with a carborundum disc or a jeweler's saw.
1970 J. Blish Spock must Die! xiii. 102 He screwed a jeweler's loupe into his left eye.
1994 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 7 July f2 The surgeon..carefully removes any built-up fat deposits with a tiny pair of jeweller's forceps.
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jeweller's gold n. (also jewellers' gold) any of various alloys of gold, used for making jewellery and ornaments.
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1773 Prudential Lovers II. xxiii. 41 After examining the Box, which he called Jewellers Gold, and making several hums and ha's, he said, the utmost he could lend was two guineas.
1844 T. Webster Encycl. Domest. Econ. vi. xvii. 313 With respect to many ornaments made..by jewellers without the proper stamp, and called gold, they contain only a portion of that precious metal, having as much alloy as the jewellers can possibly add without losing the appearance of gold; and jewellers' gold, as this is called, looks very well when new, but frequently soon tarnishes.
2009 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 26 Apr. The scrap gold is sent to a refinery to be melted back into fine gold bars or jewellers' gold to be reincarnated.
jeweller's putty n. (also jewellers' putty) an abrasive powder typically composed of tin( iv) oxide, used for polishing metal and other hard substances; cf. jeweller's rouge.
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1840 T. Graham Elements Chem.: Pt. 4th v. 604 The ignited and finely levigated oxide forms jeweller's putty, which is used in polishing hard objects.
1983 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 22 Mar. 9/1 The material to ask for..is tin oxide powder, also known as putty powder or jeweler's putty.
jeweller's rouge (also jewellers' rouge) a red powder, bar, or paste of iron( iii) oxide, used for polishing metal, glass, and other hard substances; cf. rouge n.1 5.
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1822 Techn. Repository 1 435 This [sc. polishing gold, silver, steel, and brass] is done upon the flat face of a wheel or lap..by applying the jeweller's rouge.
2013 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 15 Sept. (Features section) 13 Minor scratches can even be removed by hand, using traditional jewellers' rouge and a soft cloth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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