This line is printed in the type called pearl.
Ground pearl. (Zoˆl.) 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
(Zoˆl.), any moth of the genus Margaritia; -- so called on account of
its pearly color. -- Pearl oyster (Zoˆl.), 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.
Pearl (?), a. Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or
of mother-of-pearl.
Pearl, v. t. 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.
Pearl, v. i. 1. To resemble pearl or pearls.