pearled (perld)

[ And many a pearled garnement Embrouded was aye in the daie. attributed to Janin or Jalquin, who lived in Paris about 1680, and who was the first to line hollow gla balls with this mixture, which he prepared with the scales of a small fish, the bleak, common in France and Germany, and mu- cilage. The mixture was first suggested by his observing the pearly luster of the scales that were detached from the fish when they rubbed against one another in a trough. The scales of 18,000 fish are required to make one pound of oriental-pearl e ence. - Inner pearl, in lace - making , ornamental loops worked around the edge of an opening 2. Resembling pearls. in lace, as distinguished from pearl , which is a loop on the outer edge. Large pearl, in confectionery , the condition Thomas of Er eldoune (Child's Ballads, I. 99). of clarified sugar-syrup when it has been boiled to such a Infancy, pellucid as a pearl . I see thee compa 'd with thy kingdom's pearl , That speak my salutation in their minds. Ah, benedicite! how he will mourn over the fall of such a pearl of knighthood! Scott, Old Mortality, xxxv. 3. Something round and clear, as a drop of water or dew; any small granule or globule resembling a pearl; specifically, in phar., a small pill or pellet containing or consisting of some medicinal substance. Drinking super nagulum, a devise of drinking which is, after a man hath turned up the bottom of the cup, to drop it on his nail and make a pearl with that is left; which if it slide and he cannot make stand on, by reason theres too much, he must drink again for his penance. Nashe , Pierce Penile e. But the fair blo om hangs the head, And those pearls of dew she wears Prove to be presaging tears. Milton , Epitaph on Marchione of Winchester, 1. 43. I have patients who carry pearls of the nitrite of amyl constantly with them, which they use to ward off impend. ing attacks. Medical News , L. 286. 4. A white speck or film growing on the eye; cataract. A pearl in mine eye! I thank you for that; do you wish me blind? Middle ton, Spanish Gypsy, ii. 1. 5. Mother-of-pearl; nacre: as, a pearl button. -6. A size of printing-type, about 15 lines to the inch, intermediate between the larger size agate and the smaller size diamond: it is equal consistency that, when a drop is taken between the finger and thumb, these may be separated to the greatest extent without breaking the connecting thread of syrup. In this condition the sugar forms a large drop, or "pearl," if suspended from a rod. - Lemaire pearl, an imitation pearl composed of a solid gla ball externally coated with a varnish composed of oriental-pearl e ence, white wax, alabaster, and parchment glue. A. Castellan i, Gems. - Little pearl, in confectionery, the condition of clarified sugar syrup when it has been boiled to such a consistency that, when a drop is taken between the finger and thumb, the finger and thumb may be separated to nearly the full extent without breaking the thread of syrup. Also called small pearl.-Oriental-pearl e ence. See e ence. Pearl millet. Same as cattail millet (which see, under millet ). - Pearl onion. See onion.-Roman pearl, an imitation pearl made of a ball of alabaster or sibearhan eral substance, upon which is spread pure white wax, which in its turn is coated with oriental-pearl e ence. - Seed pearls, very small pearls or slightly imperfect pearls which are usually drilled and secured by means of a horse-hair to mother-of-pearl or other light-colored material to be worn as ornaments. Large quantities are used in the East for medicinal purposes, in the composition of electuaries supposed to po e stimulating and restorative qualities.-Small pearl. Same little pearl. - Smoked pearl, mother-of-pearl having black or very dark veins or cloudings.-Virgin pearls, unpierced pearls of fine quality.