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Pearl   /pərl/   Listen
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.  Synonyms: bone, ivory, off-white.
3.
A shape that is spherical and small.  Synonyms: bead, drop.  "Beads of sweat on his forehead"
verb
1.
Gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean.



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"Pearl" Quotes from Famous Books



... few hours they spent together, that twenty-fourth of June, 1862, has never been divulged. Did they have any eyes, that day, for the wonderful prospect from the high terrace of the parade ground; for the river so far below, flooring the valley with silver; for the mountains pearl and blue? Did they talk of Stanton, of his waywardness, his furies? Of the terrible Committee? Of the way Lincoln had tied his own hands, brought his will to stalemate, through his recognition of the unofficial ...
— Lincoln • Nathaniel Wright Stephenson

... affection. Parentalia. Parents' answers. lies. minds. Parsley. Parties. Partition of land. Partula. Parvus. Pater. cense. familias. patratus. patriae. Patres. Patria. Patria potestas. Patriarch. Patrician. Patrimony. Patriotism. [Greek: patris]. Patrius sermo. Patron. Peacock. "Pearl grass." Pearls. Pebbles. Pedagogy (Primitive). of play. Peevish. Pelican. Pennalism. Peunou. Pennyroyal. Peragenor. Perambulation. Percival. Personal names. Pet, pettish. Phallus. Pharaoh. Phatite. Philemon. Philology (see Linguistics). Philosophy. [Greek: phusi]. Phyllis. Physical efficiency. ...
— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain

... sago, ground rice, pearl barley, and Nelson's Gelatine—previously soaked in cold water—into a saucepan, with two quarts of water; boil gently till the liquid is reduced one-half. Strain and set aside till wanted. A few spoonfuls of this jelly may be dissolved in broth, tea, or milk. It ...
— Nelson's Home Comforts - Thirteenth Edition • Mary Hooper

... her fellow-traders—the reflections of her heathen neighbours—when balanced against the approbation of God and her own conscience? She had "bought the truth," and would not sell it—she had found "the pearl of great price," and went and sacrificed every temporal consideration for it—she had "found the Messiah," and was resolved to follow his foot-steps whithersoever they conducted her. She did not dispute or hesitate, but ...
— Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II • Francis Augustus Cox

... of the Chameleon was an old journalist, whose face was a sealed book of Confucius, and who talked to me, patronizingly, now and then, like the Delphic Oracle. His name was Watch, and he wore a prodigious pearl in his shirt-bosom. He crept up to the editorial room at nine o'clock every night, and dashed off an hour's worth of glittering generalities, at the end of which time two or three gentlemen, blooming at the nose, and with cheeks resembling a map drawn in red ink, sounded ...
— Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, - and His Romaunt Abroad During the War • George Alfred Townsend


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