seed pearl
a pearl weighing less than ¼ grain.
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How to use seed pearl in a sentence
The first seven oysters I examined, contained nothing but seed pearl, and not many of these.
Afloat And Ashore | James Fenimore CooperIn a few minutes I had seventy-three just such pearls, besides a quantity of seed pearl.
Afloat And Ashore | James Fenimore CooperIn addition to these, I got in all, one hundred and eighty-seven of the size of peas, besides a large handful of the seed pearl.
Afloat And Ashore | James Fenimore CooperOver her head was a little shawl of old lace; it was caught by a seed-pearl brooch with an amethyst centre.
Mary Gray | Katharine TynanVery often, also, small silver spangles were employed, either stitched down with a piece of purl or a seed-pearl.
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework | Emily Leigh Lowes
British Dictionary definitions for seed pearl
a tiny pearl weighing less than a quarter of a grain
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