pear encrinite

Palæont .: A popular name for any individual of the genus Apiocrinus or the family Apiocrinidae. pear-gauge, subst . A gauge for measuring the exhaustion of an air-pump receiver. It consists of a tube open at the bottom and held by a wire pa ing through the top of the receiver, so that after exhaustion it may be lowered into a cup of mercury, the degree of exhaustion being shown by the height to which the mercury rises when the air is re-admitted. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gõ, pot, IMG:content-0781.png:[blocks in formation] *peär-1-form, a. [Eng. pear ; i connective, and form.] Pear-shaped. pearl, *pearle, *perle, s . & a. [Fr. perle ; A.S. pærl; Sp. & Ital. perl a ; Port. perola , perl a ; O. H. Ger. perala , perl a , birl a , berla , all from Low Lat. perula, which is either for pirula , dim in. of Latin piru a pear, or from Lat pilula , dim in. of pila =a ball.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. In the same sense as II. 1. 2. Figuratively: IMG:content-0782.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To fish or dive for pearls. "I wouldn't go pearling with Queensland niggers on consideration." - Pall Mall Gazette. pearl-gray, sub. Pure gray, a little verging to any blue.