Usually means: Decorative, solid element in jewelry.
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  1. jewel block: Merriam-Webster
  2. jewel-block, jewel block: Wordnik
  3. jewel block: Wiktionary
  4. jewel block: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Jewel block, jewel block: Dictionary.com
  6. Jewel block: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. jewel block: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Jewel block: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (jewel block)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studding sail is rove.

Similar:
span block, tail block, sister block, block, brace, top-block, shoe block, gin block, tack, jibsheet, more...

Opposite:
fool's mate, scholar's mate, early checkmate

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Similar:
span block, tail block, sister block, block, brace, top-block, shoe block, gin block, tack, jibsheet, more...

Opposite:
fool's mate, scholar's mate, early checkmate



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