Pearl \Pearl\ (p[~e]rl), n.
   A fringe or border. [Obs.] -- v. t. To fringe; to border.
   [Obs.] See Purl.
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   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. (Zool.) 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.

   Note: Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine
         luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and at one time
         compared in value with the precious stones. Since
         development of cultured pearls, the relative value has
         diminished somewhat, though the best pearls are still
         expensive, and natural pearls even more so. Artificial
         pearls may be made of various materials, including
         material similar to that of natural pearls; these are
         less expensive than natural or cultured pearls. See
         cultured pearl, below.
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   2. Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl;
      something very precious.
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            I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl.
                                                  --Shak.
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            And those pearls of dew she wears.    --Milton.
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   3. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
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   4. (Zool.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
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   5. (Zool.) A light-colored tern.
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   6. (Zool.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur
      on a deer's antler.
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   7. A whitish speck or film on the eye. [Obs.] --Milton.
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   8. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some
      liquid for medicinal application, as ether.
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   9. (Print.) A size of type, between agate and diamond.
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      called pearl.
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   Ground pearl. (Zool.) 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 (Zool.), any moth of the genus Margaritia; --
      so called on account of its pearly color.

   Pearl oyster (Zool.), 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.

   cultured pearl, a pearl grown by a pearl oyster into which
      a round pellet has been placed, to serve as the seed for
      more predictable growth of the pearl. The pellet is
      usually made from mother-of-pearl, and additional layers
      of nacre are deposited onto the seed by the oyster. Such
      pearls, being more easily obtained than natural pearls
      from wild oysters, are less expensive.
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	Pearl \Pearl\ (p[~e]rl), 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.
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   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.
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   2. To dive or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
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	Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith
   streaked, speckled.] (Zool.)
   A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed
   in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill.
   See Bret.
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	pearl
     n 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]
     v : gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

	

	134 Moby Thesaurus words for "pearl":
   Quaker-colored, acceptable person, acier, alabaster, alabastrine,
   albescent, ashen, ashy, bead, boast, canescent, capital fellow,
   catch, chalk, cinereous, cinerous, cream, creamy, dapple,
   dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, dewdrop, diamond, dingy,
   dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary, driven snow, drop,
   droplet, dull, dun-white, dusty, eggshell, fair, find, fleece,
   flour, flower, foam, gem, gentleman, glaucescent, glaucous,
   godsend, good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort,
   good thing, good woman, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored,
   gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white,
   grayed, grayish, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, honest man,
   iron-gray, ivory, ivory-white, jewel, lady, lead-gray, leaden,
   light, lily, lint-white, livid, maggot, mensch, milk,
   mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, nonpareil, off-white, pale,
   paper, pearl-gray, pearly, pearly-white, perfect gentleman,
   perfect lady, persona grata, plum, pride, pride and joy, prince,
   prize, raindrop, real man, right sort, rough diamond, sad, sheet,
   silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, slate-colored, slaty,
   smoke-gray, smoky, snow, sober, somber, steel-gray, steely,
   stone-colored, swan, taupe, teardrop, treasure, trophy, trouvaille,
   whitish, whity, windfall, winner, wonder, worthy

	

	PEARL
     Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language

	

	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)

	

	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.

	

	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

	

	Pearl, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    187
   Housing Units (2000): 96
   Land area (2000):     1.506776 sq. miles (3.902531 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.086843 sq. miles (0.224922 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.593619 sq. miles (4.127453 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            58343
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             39.458611 N, 90.624433 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     62361
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Pearl, IL
    Pearl

	

	Pearl, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
   Population (2000):    21961
   Housing Units (2000): 9128
   Land area (2000):     21.832393 sq. miles (56.545635 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.216072 sq. miles (0.559625 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    22.048465 sq. miles (57.105260 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            55760
   Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
   Location:             32.271979 N, 90.105266 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     39208
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Pearl, MS
    Pearl