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1.nounA 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. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
2.nounSomething precious.
3.nounA capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
4.nounNacre, or mother-of-pearl.
5.nounA whitish speck or film on the eye.
6.nounA fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
7.nounA light-colored tern.
8.nounOne of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
9.nounThe size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.
10.nounA fringe or border.
11.nounA jewel or gem.
12.nounThe clitoris.
13.verb(sometimes figurative) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
14.verbTo cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains."to pearl barley"
15.verbTo cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
16.verbTo resemble pearl or pearls.
17.verbTo hunt for pearls"to go pearling"
18.verbTo dig the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.