PEARLING - significado y definición. Qué es PEARLING
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Pearling (disambiguation)

pearling         
noun dive or fish for pearl oysters.
cultured pearl         
  • Cultured ''akoya'' pearls
PEARL CREATED BY MOLLUSCA UNDER HUMAN-CONTROLLED CONDITIONS
Cultured pearls; Pearling industry; Cultivated pearl
(cultured pearls)
A cultured pearl is a pearl that is created by putting sand or grit into an oyster.
N-COUNT
pearl         
HARD OBJECT PRODUCED WITHIN THE SOFT TISSUE OF A LIVING SHELLED MOLLUSC
Pearls; Coloured pearls; Natural pearl; Pearl farming; Oyster pearl; Pearl farm; Pearl farmer
pearl1
¦ noun
1. a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of an oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem.
an artificial imitation of a pearl.
a very pale bluish-grey or white colour.
2. a highly valued person or thing: pearls of wisdom.
¦ verb
1. literary form pearl-like drops.
2. [usu. as noun pearling] dive or fish for pearl oysters.
Phrases
cast pearls before swine offer valuable things to people who do not appreciate them. [with biblical allusion to Matt. 7:6.]
Derivatives
pearler noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. perle, perh. based on L. perna 'leg', extended to denote a leg-of-mutton-shaped bivalve.
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pearl2
¦ noun Brit. another term for picot.
Origin
var. of purl1.

Wikipedia

Pearling
Ejemplos de uso de PEARLING
1. Raid Qusti, Arab News RIYADH, 20 October 2005 — Riyadh and Jubail Industrial City have been shortlisted as two of the world’s top three leadership cities by the World Leadership Forum (WLF). The capital was nominated in the health category for its specialist hospitals while Jubail was selected in the economy and employment category as a result of its having grown to an already award–wining industrial giant from a small fishing and pearling village.
2. It was a pearling record, full of brio, swagger and the addictive little elements that kicked off with its first line "I‘ll tell you what I want/ what I really, really want" – and peaked with the mysterious claim that what its authors were after was a "zig–a–zig–ah". Within six months, the inescapable Spice Girls were the subject of features in titles as diverse as NME and the Spectator, where they expounded the new theory of "girl power", summed up thus: "It‘s about equality and fun and trying to rule your life." When more academic voices weighed in, however, the Girls were found wanting.