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Pearl
Pearl
n.
A
fringe
or
border
.
Pearl
v. t.
To
fringe
; to
border
.
Pearl
n.
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
.
Pearl
n.
Hence
,
figuratively
,
something
resembling
a
pearl
;
something
very
precious
.
Pearl
n.
Nacre
, or
mother
-of-
pearl
.
Pearl
n.
A
fish
allied
to
the
turbot
;
the
brill
.
Pearl
n.
A
light
-
colored
tern
.
Pearl
n.
One
of
the
circle
of
tubercles
which
form
the
bur
on a
deer
's
antler
.
Pearl
n.
A
whitish
speck
or
film
on
the
eye
.
Pearl
n.
A
capsule
of
gelatin
or
similar
substance
containing
some
liquid
for
medicinal
application
, as
ether
.
Pearl
n.
A
size
of
type
,
between
agate
and
diamond
.
Pearl
a.
Of or
pertaining
to
pearl
or
pearls
;
made
of
pearls
, or of
mother
-of-
pearl
.
Pearl
v. t.
To
set
or
adorn
with
pearls
, or
with
mother
-of-
pearl
.
Used
also
figuratively
.
Pearl
v. t.
To
cause
to
resemble
pearls
; to
make
into
small
round
grains
; as, to
pearl
barley
.
Pearl
v. i.
To
resemble
pearl
or
pearls
.
Pearl
v. i.
To
give
or
hunt
for
pearls
; as, to go
pearling
.
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