seed pearl
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of seed pearl
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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The king of this country is an idolater; he uses another dress, which reaches from his head to his feet, full of gold rings and jewellery and seed pearl.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Duarte Barbosa
In this island there is much gold, which is found in the earth; and all round this island the Moors gather much seed pearl and fine pearls of perfect colour and not round.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Duarte Barbosa
Her eyes are two diamond sparks, melted into lustre; and her teeth, seed pearl, lying between rubies.
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter
The first seven oysters I examined, contained nothing but seed pearl, and not many of these.
From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper
Spangle kept in place by a stitch through a seed pearl.
From English Embroidered Bookbindings by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard
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