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impearl, v.|ɪmˈpɜːl|
Also 6–9 em-, (7–8 in-).
[ad. F. emperle-r (16th c. in Littré) or It. imperlare (Florio): see im-1 and pearl.]
1. trans. To deck with pearls or pearl-like drops: said of dew, rain, tears.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. iii. 1117 The flowry Meads, Impearl'd with tears, the sweet Aurora sheads. 1598Florio, Imperlare, to empearle or decke with pearles, to set with pearle. 1706Watts Horæ Lyr., To Mitio ii. 34 Heavenly dews, Nightly descending, shall impearl the grass. 1729Savage Wanderer ii. 173 Here Love inpearls each moment with a tear. 1824T. Fenby On a Young Girl i, Tears will soon her cheek impearl. 1876J. Grant One of the 600, vii, Groves and meadows all empearled with dew.
fig.1818Keats Endym. iii. 102 On gold sand impearl'd With lily shells.
2. To make pearly or pearl-like.
a1639T. Carew Obseq. Lady Anne Hay 52 Another shall Impearle thy teeth. 1794Poetry in Ann. Reg. 421 Gems dissolv'd impearl her luscious drink.
3. To form into pearl-like drops.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. cxxxiii. (R.), The teares the morne doth shedd, Which ly on ground Empearled round. 1667Milton P.L. v. 747 Dew-drops, which the Sun Impearls on every leaf and every flouer. 1757Dyer Fleece i. 361 The crystal dews impearl'd upon the grass. 1839Bailey Festus i. (1852) 11 The spheres themselves are but as shining noughts Upon the mantle of the night impearled.
Hence imˈpearled ppl. a.
1598Drayton Heroic. Ep. xx. 126 A rich impearled Coronet. 1881Rossetti Ball. & Sonn. 162 Let Time see Its flowering crest impearled and orient. |