A pearl. Also margarite pearl, pearl margarite. Now archaic.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [noun] (30) margaritea1325 A pearl. Also margarite pearl, pearl margarite. Now archaic. graina1350 A bead, esp. one of the beads of a rosary (so French grain); also, a pearl. Obsolete. pearlc1375 A hard, smooth, usually round, iridescent mass, typically white or bluish grey, formed of layers of calcium carbonate deposited around a foreign… margerya1387 A pearl. Frequently in margery pearl, margery stone. pebble1600 A small, smooth, rounded stone, worn by the action of water, ice, or sand. onion1688 A pearl. Cf. union, n.1 Obsolete. mabe1940 In full mabe pearl. A type of large, usually hemispherical cultured pearl, grown on the inside shell of an oyster rather than within the body… Subcategories:— outermost layer of (1) — quality or colour (1) — varieties of (17) — mother-of-pearl (4) |
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