单词 | impearl |
释义 | impearlv. 1. transitive. To deck with pearls or pearl-like drops: said of dew, rain, tears. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > with pearls or pearl-like drops impearl1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Imperlare, to empearle or decke with pearles, to set with pearle. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 111 The flowerie Meades, Impearl'd with teares, that sweet Aurora sheads. 1709 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (ed. 2) ii. 268 Heavenly Dews Nightly descending shall impearl the Grass. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer ii. 173 Here Love inpearls each moment with a tear. 1824 T. Fenby On a Young Girl i Tears will soon her cheek impearl. 1876 J. Grant One of Six Hundred vii Groves and meadows all empearled with dew. 2. To make pearly or pearl-like. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)] whiteOE emblanch1393 blank1484 whiten1552 frost1596 albify1599 frostbite?1605 hoar1605 dealbate1623 impearl1640 marble1658 bewhite1678 whiten1699 rewhiten1725 bewhiten1810 ermine1825 powder1890 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [verb (transitive)] > make pearly impearl1640 1640 T. Carew Poems 115 Another shall Impearle thy teeth. 1794 Poetry in Ann. Reg. 421 Gems dissolv'd impearl her luscious drink. 3. To form into pearl-like drops. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > make into curved three-dimensional shape [verb (transitive)] > make spherical or globular > form into small spheres or pellets impearlc1595 pellet1609 pelletize1952 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxxiii. 11 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 226 The teares the morne doth shedd Which ly on ground Empearled round. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 747 Dew-drops, which the Sun Impearls on every leaf and every flouer. View more context for this quotation 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 23 The crystal dews, impearl'd upon the grass. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 11 The spheres themselves are but as shining noughts Upon the mantle of the night impearled. Derivatives imˈpearled adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [adjective] > made of or furnished with pearleda1393 impearled1597 pearly1605 baccated1731 bepearled1863 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 68 A rich imperled Coronet. 1881 D. G. Rossetti Ballads & Sonnets 162 Let Time see Its flowering crest impearled and orient. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1595 |
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