fish pearl (fish perl)

An artificial pearl of an inferior grade. See the extract. In Germany, or rather Saxony, a cheap but inferior quality [of artificial pearls) is manufactured. The globe of gla forming the pearl in inferior ones being very thin, and coated with wax, they break on the slightest pre ure. They are known by the name of German fish - pearls . Ure, Dict., III. 518. fish-pie (fish'pi'), n. 1. A pie containing fish. -2. A compost-heap of fish-scrap mixed with earth.