Pearlins

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

  Pearlins \Pearl"ins\, Pearlings \Pearl"ings\, n. pl. [Prob. a
     corruption of purflings. See {Purfle}.]
     A kind of lace of silk or thread. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster] Pearlite