Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gemmed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gem \Gem\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gemming}]
1. To put forth in the form of buds. ``Gemmed their
blossoms.'' [R.] --Milton.

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.
--W. Irving.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

gemmed
adj : covered with beads or jewels or sequins [syn: {beaded}, {beady},
{bejeweled}, {bejewelled}, {bespangled}, {jeweled}, {jewelled},
{sequined}, {spangled}, {spangly}]


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