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Definition of Gemmed
1. Adjective. Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
Similar to: Adorned, Decorated
Derivative terms: Bead, Spangle
Definition of Gemmed
1. Verb. (past of gem) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gemmed
1. gem [v] - See also: gem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemmed
Literary usage of Gemmed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1905)
"He thinks of the vast continent, now teeming with the energy of millions, girded
from sea to sea by many lines of railway, and gemmed with cities rivaling ..."
2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1905)
"He thinks of the vast continent, now teeming with the energy of millions, girded
from sea to sea by many lines of railway, and gemmed with cities rivaling ..."
3. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"When over Africa Some future cycle Shall sweep the lake-gemmed uplands with its
surge; When, as with trumpet, Of Archangel Michael, Culture shall ..."
4. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"True : but what ho sought he won ; While the stars that gemmed my skies, Quenched
iu darkness, all are gone. Yet, perchance, that star-like prize Is not ..."
5. The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc (1829)
"The stars that gemmed her ebon hair At you or I could we. ' Away, Ring Cole,'
mine hostess said, Were only two or three : King Cole saw twice as many there ..."
6. Pictures and Portraits of Foreign Travel by Annie S. Wolf (1881)
"All the shores of these mirrored waters are gemmed with the places of titled and
untitled millionaires, and these are so beautiful and so finished, ..."
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