Jew·el n.
  1. An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
  Plate of rare device, and jewels
  Of rich and exquisite form.   --Shak.
  2. A precious stone; a gem.
  3. An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing. “Our prince (jewel of children).”
  4. A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
  Jewel block Naut., block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studding sail is rove.