pearl

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a shape that is spherical and small
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster
gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
A fringe or border
To fringe
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
Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl
Nacre, or mother-of-pearl
A fish allied to the turbot
A light-colored tern
One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer´s antler
A whitish speck or film on the eye
A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether
A size of type, between agate and diamond
To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively
To cause to resemble pearls
To resemble pearl or pearls
To give or hunt for pearls
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