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1,174 words match “EARL”

IMPEARL v. 2 definitions

To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls. [Poetic] Dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower. Milton.

In a linear manner; with lines.

MOTHER-OF-PEARL n.

The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.

In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.

PEARL n. 16 definitions

To fringe; to border. [Obs.] See Purl. Pearl stitch. See Purl stitch, under Purl.

Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.

Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.

A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.

Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.

PEARLINS; PEARLINGS n.

A kind of lace of silk or thread. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

PEARLITE; PEARLSTONE n.

A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.

A name given to several species of Sagina, low and inconspicuous herbs of the Chickweed family.

PEARLY a. 2 definitions

Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells. Milton.

Early. [Obs.] Beau. & Ft.

A sheep but once sheared.

Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling. -- Tear"less*ly, adv. -- Tear"less*ness, n.

YEARLING a. 2 definitions

Being a year old. "A yearling bullock to thy name small smoke." Pope.

YEARLY a. 4 definitions

Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.

e, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a sound of the quality of ä (as in far).

rding to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.