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ˈpearlet rare.
Also 6 perllet, 9 pearl-let.
[dim. of pearl n.1: cf. F. perlette (a 1560 in Littré), It. perletta seed-pearl.]
A little pearl.
c1569in Nichols Progr. Q. Eliz. (1823) I. 271, 6l. for her half yeres wages for translating the Quenes perllets. 1841T. J. Ouseley Eng. Melodies 64 The infant dew..on every blade, Like pearl-lets shower'd. 1847J. Halliday Rustic Bard 38 Who circled his brow with pearlets white? |