pearler.html - adj.
1 adorned with pearls.
2 formed into pearl-like drops or grains.
3 pearl-coloured.

pearler.html - adj.
having or producing the appearance of mother-of-pearl.

pearler.html - See: CAST PEARLS BEFORE SWINE or CAST ONE'S PEARLS BEFORE SWINE.

pearler.html - (People and Society) see -gate

pearler.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a (often attrib.) a usu. white or bluish-grey hard mass formed within the shell of a pearl-oyster or other bivalve mollusc, highly prized as a gem for its lustre (pearl necklace). b an imitation of this. c (in pl.) a necklace of pearls. d = mother-of-pearl (cf. seed-pearl).
2 a precious thing; the finest example.
3 anything resembling a pearl, e.g. a dewdrop, tear, etc.

--v.

1 tr. poet. a sprinkle with pearly drops. b make pearly in colour etc.
2 tr. reduce (barley etc.) to small rounded grains.
3 intr. fish for pearl-oysters.
4 intr. poet. form pearl-like drops.

cast pearls before swine offer a treasure to a person unable to appreciate it. pearl ash commercial potassium carbonate. pearl barley barley reduced to small round grains by grinding. pearl bulb a translucent electric light bulb. pearl button a button made of mother-of-pearl or an imitation of it. pearl-diver a person who dives for pearl-oysters. pearl millet a tall cereal, Pennisetum typhoides. pearl onion a very small onion used in pickles. pearl-oyster any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Pinctada, bearing pearls.

pearler n. [ME f. OF perle prob. f. L perna leg (applied to leg-of-mutton-shaped bivalve)]

pearler.html - n.
Brit. = PICOT. [var. of PURL(1)]