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v. i.
To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
n.
A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
a.
Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
v. t.
To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively.
v. t.
To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.
v. i.
To resemble pearl or pearls.
n.
A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.
v. t.
To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls.
a.
Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
n.
Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.
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Alt. of Pearlstone
v. t.
To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling pearls.
n.
An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls.
a.
Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, the perlitic structure of certain rocks. See Pearlite.
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A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
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Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells.
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Producing pearls.
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One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver.
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A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones.
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A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
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