Pearl

perl, n. a well-known shining gem. found in several shellfish, but most m the mother-of pearl oyster anything louml and clear: anything very piecioiis a jewel a white speck or film on the txc: print the smallest type ex- — cept diamond ad) made of or lndonging to p«*'o --v t to or adorn with pearls. [Fr. pole, aie. to I>ic n Pebble Pebble, pel/1, n. a small roundish ball or stone transparent and colourle rock-crystal. [A.S. papoli-stan), a pebble(-stdne) akin to L. papula.) a pustule. Pebbled, pebld. Pebbly, peb% adj. full of pebbles. Peccable, pek'a-bl, adj liable to sin. •—n. POOOabil'lty. [L peccabihs—pecco, alum to sin.]