perle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of perle
1885–90; < French: literally, pearl
Example Sentences
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Her long loose yellow locks lyke golden wyre, Sprinckled with perle, and perling flowres atweene, Doe lyke a golden mantle her attyre; And, being crowned with a girland greene, Seeme lyke some mayden Queene.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Much more complicated is the manufacture of the perle di luce, or beads of light, which so delight the natives of India and Africa.
From Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various
Ouer againest the ilande of Margarita there is a towne called Cumana, wherein is great store of perle.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Richard Hakluyt
Item, j owche broken silver and gilt, with iiij precious stones and a perle in the myddes.
From The Customs of Old England by F. J. (Frederick John) Snell
Her long loose yellow locks lyke golden wyre, Sprinckled with perle, and perling flowres atweene, Doe lyke a golden mantle her attyre, 156 And, being crowned with a girland greene, Seem lyke some mayden queene.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
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