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)
1: gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Stitch \Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to
stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.]
1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of
the thread thus made.
2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a
link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a
stitch; to take up a stitch.
3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce.
Cf. Stock.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a
single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space
passed over; distance.
You have gone a good stitch. --Bunyan.
In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their
plow, and take no deep stitch in making their
furrows. --Holland.
4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a
needle; as, a stitch in the side.
He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which
was, indeed, a pleurisy. --Bp. Burnet.
5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.]
If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again,
I shall be angry. --Marston.
6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every
stitch of clothes. [Colloq.]
7. A furrow. --Chapman.
Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary.
Pearl, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pearl : \Pearl\, n.
A fringe or border. [Obs.] -- v. t. To fringe; to border.
[Obs.] See Purl.
Pearl stitch. See Purl stitch, under Purl.
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Pearl : \Pearl\, n. [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 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.
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Pearl : \Pearl\, a.
Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of
mother-of-pearl.
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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.
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Pearl : \Pearl\, v. i.
1. To resemble pearl or pearls.
2. To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
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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)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Pearl : Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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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
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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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.
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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