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14 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pearl \Pearl\, noun A fringe or border. [Obs.] -- verb (used with an object) To fringe; to border. [Obs.] See {Purl}.
{Pearl stitch}. See {Purl stitch}, under {Purl}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pearl \Pearl\, noun [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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
2. Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious.
I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl. --Shak.
And those pearls of dew she wears. --Milton.
3. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A light-colored tern.
6. (Zo["o]l.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
7. A whitish speck or film on the eye. [Obs.] --Milton.
8. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether.
9. (Print.) A size of type, between agate and diamond. [hand] This line is printed in the type called pearl.
{Ground pearl}. (Zo["o]l.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus {Margaritia}; -- so called on account of its pearly color.
{Pearl oyster} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pearl \Pearl\, adjective Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pearl \Pearl\, verb (used with an object)
1. To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively.
2. To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pearl \Pearl\, verb (used without an object)
1. To resemble pearl or pearls.
2. To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brill \Brill\, noun [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith streaked, speckled.] (Zo["o]l.) A fish allied to the turbot ({Rhombus levis}), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also {bret}, {pearl}, {prill}. See {Bret}. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pearl
noun
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}]
verb: 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 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 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
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 Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
PEARL Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language
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