Pearl

14 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pearl \Pearl\ (p[~e]rl), n.
     A fringe or border. [Obs.] -- v. t. To fringe; to border.
     [Obs.] See {Purl}.
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     {Pearl stitch}. See {Purl stitch}, under {Purl}.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pearl \Pearl\, n. [OE. perle, F. perle, LL. perla, perula,
     probably fr. (assumed) L. pirulo, dim. of L. pirum a pear.
     See {Pear}, and cf. {Purl} to mantle.]
     1. (Zool.) 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.
  
     Note: Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine
           luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and at one time
           compared in value with the precious stones. Since
           development of cultured pearls, the relative value has
           diminished somewhat, though the best pearls are still
           expensive, and natural pearls even more so. Artificial
           pearls may be made of various materials, including
           material similar to that of natural pearls; these are
           less expensive than natural or cultured pearls. See
           {cultured pearl}, below.
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     2. Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl;
        something very precious.
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              I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl.
                                                    --Shak.
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              And those pearls of dew she wears.    --Milton.
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     3. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
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     4. (Zool.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
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     5. (Zool.) A light-colored tern.
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     6. (Zool.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur
        on a deer's antler.
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     7. A whitish speck or film on the eye. [Obs.] --Milton.
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     8. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some
        liquid for medicinal application, as ether.
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     9. (Print.) A size of type, between agate and diamond.
        [1913 Webster] [hand] This line is printed in the type
        called pearl.
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     {Ground pearl}. (Zool.) See under {Ground}.
  
     {Pearl barley}, kernels of barley, ground so as to form
        small, round grains.
  
     {Pearl diver}, one who dives for pearl oysters.
  
     {Pearl edge}, an edge of small loops on the side of some
        kinds of ribbon; also, a narrow kind of thread edging to
        be sewed on lace.
  
     {Pearl eye}, cataract. [R.]
  
     {Pearl gray}, a very pale and delicate blue-gray color.
  
     {Pearl millet}, Egyptian millet ({Penicillaria spicata}).
  
     {Pearl moss}. See {Carrageen}.
  
     {Pearl moth} (Zool.), any moth of the genus {Margaritia}; --
        so called on account of its pearly color.
  
     {Pearl oyster} (Zool.), any one of several species of large
        tropical marine bivalve mollusks of the genus
        {Meleagrina}, or {Margaritifera}, found in the East Indies
        (especially at Ceylon), in the Persian Gulf, on the coast
        of Australia, and on the Pacific coast of America. Called
        also {pearl shell}, and {pearl mussel}.
  
     {Pearl powder}. See {Pearl white}, below.
  
     {Pearl sago}, sago in the form of small pearly grains.
  
     {Pearl sinter} (Min.), fiorite.
  
     {Pearl spar} (Min.), a crystallized variety of dolomite,
        having a pearly luster.
  
     {Pearl white}.
        (a) Basic bismuth nitrate, or bismuth subchloride; -- used
            chiefly as a cosmetic.
        (b) A variety of white lead blued with indigo or Berlin
            blue.
  
     {cultured pearl}, a pearl grown by a pearl oyster into which
        a round pellet has been placed, to serve as the seed for
        more predictable growth of the pearl. The pellet is
        usually made from mother-of-pearl, and additional layers
        of nacre are deposited onto the seed by the oyster. Such
        pearls, being more easily obtained than natural pearls
        from wild oysters, are less expensive.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pearl \Pearl\ (p[~e]rl), a.
     Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of
     mother-of-pearl.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pearl \Pearl\, v. t.
     1. To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used
        also figuratively.
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     2. To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round
        grains; as, to pearl barley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pearl \Pearl\, v. i.
     1. To resemble pearl or pearls.
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     2. To dive or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith
     streaked, speckled.] (Zool.)
     A fish allied to the turbot ({Rhombus levis}), much esteemed
     in England for food; -- called also {bret}, {pearl}, {prill}.
     See {Bret}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pearl
       n 1: a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam
            or oyster; much valued as a jewel
       2: a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: {bone}, {ivory},
           {off-white}]
       3: a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of
          low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
          [syn: {drop}, {bead}]
       v : gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  134 Moby Thesaurus words for "pearl":
     Quaker-colored, acceptable person, acier, alabaster, alabastrine,
     albescent, ashen, ashy, bead, boast, canescent, capital fellow,
     catch, chalk, cinereous, cinerous, cream, creamy, dapple,
     dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, dewdrop, diamond, dingy,
     dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary, driven snow, drop,
     droplet, dull, dun-white, dusty, eggshell, fair, find, fleece,
     flour, flower, foam, gem, gentleman, glaucescent, glaucous,
     godsend, good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort,
     good thing, good woman, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored,
     gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white,
     grayed, grayish, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, honest man,
     iron-gray, ivory, ivory-white, jewel, lady, lead-gray, leaden,
     light, lily, lint-white, livid, maggot, mensch, milk,
     mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, nonpareil, off-white, pale,
     paper, pearl-gray, pearly, pearly-white, perfect gentleman,
     perfect lady, persona grata, plum, pride, pride and joy, prince,
     prize, raindrop, real man, right sort, rough diamond, sad, sheet,
     silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, slate-colored, slaty,
     smoke-gray, smoky, snow, sober, somber, steel-gray, steely,
     stone-colored, swan, taupe, teardrop, treasure, trophy, trouvaille,
     whitish, whity, windfall, winner, wonder, worthy
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PEARL
       Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PEARL
       
          1.  A language for {constructive
          mathematics} developed by Constable at {Cornell University} in
          the 1980s.
       
          2.  {Process and Experiment Automation
          Real-Time Language}.
       
          3.  One of five pedagogical languages
          based on {Markov} {algorithms}, used in "Nonpareil, a Machine
          Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of
          Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London
          (1968).  Compare {Brilliant}, {Diamond}, {Nonpareil}, {Ruby}.
       
          4.  A multilevel language developed by Brian Randell
          ca 1970 and mentioned in "Machine Oriented Higher Level
          Languages", W. van der Poel, N-H 1974.
       
          5.  An obsolete term for {Larry
          Wall}'s {PERL} programming language, which never fell into
          common usage other than in typographical errors.  The missing
          'a' remains as an atrophied remnant in the expansion
          "Practical Extraction and Report Language".
       
          ["Programming Perl", Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz,
          O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.  Sebastopol, CA.  ISBN
          0-93715-64-1].
       
          (2000-08-16)
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Pearl
     (Heb. gabish, Job 28:18; Gr. margarites, Matt. 7:6; 13:46; Rev.
     21:21). The pearl oyster is found in the Persian Gulf and the
     Red Sea. Its shell is the "mother of pearl," which is of great
     value for ornamental purposes (1 Tim. 2:9; Rev. 17:4). Each
     shell contains eight or ten pearls of various sizes.
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Pearl, IL (village, FIPS 58343)
    Location: 39.45856 N, 90.62431 W
    Population (1990): 177 (118 housing units)
    Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 62361
  Pearl, MS (city, FIPS 55760)
    Location: 32.27183 N, 90.10518 W
    Population (1990): 19588 (7658 housing units)
    Area: 44.4 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 39208

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Pearl, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
     Population (2000):    187
     Housing Units (2000): 96
     Land area (2000):     1.506776 sq. miles (3.902531 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.086843 sq. miles (0.224922 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.593619 sq. miles (4.127453 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            58343
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             39.458611 N, 90.624433 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     62361
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Pearl, IL
      Pearl
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Pearl, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
     Population (2000):    21961
     Housing Units (2000): 9128
     Land area (2000):     21.832393 sq. miles (56.545635 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.216072 sq. miles (0.559625 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    22.048465 sq. miles (57.105260 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            55760
     Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
     Location:             32.271979 N, 90.105266 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     39208
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Pearl, MS
      Pearl