Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A steel cutter for pressing a watch-jewel into place and forming a flange in the metal to hold it.
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He leaned above the treasure-chests of time, choosing from one and then another, as a wise old jewel-setter chooses gems.
The Dragon Painter Mary McNeil Fenollosa
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