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Pearl :: Pearl (n.) Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious..

Sweepage :: Sweep (n.) The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc..

Alchemy :: Alchemy (n.) Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.

Sardel :: Sardel (n.) A precious stone. See Sardius.

Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod..

Calcedon :: Calcedon (n.) A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones..

Glyptics :: Glyptics (n.) The art of engraving on precious stones.

Table :: Table (n.) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles..

Preciousness :: Preciousness (n.) The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness.

Dear :: Dear (superl.) Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.

Derworth :: Derworth (a.) Precious.

Serpentine :: Serpentine (n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color..

Water :: Water (n.) The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash..

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals..

Choice :: Choice (superl.) Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.

Miner :: Miner (n.) One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners..

Valuable :: Valuable (n.) A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural..

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.

Stone :: Stone (n.) A precious stone; a gem.

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