pearlingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈpəːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpərlɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈpɛrlɪŋ/,

/ˈpɛrlɪn/

Forms: 1800s– pearling; Scottish pre-1700 pairleing, pre-1700 pairling, pre-1700 pearleine, pre-1700 peirlein, pre-1700 peirling, pre-1700 peirlling, pre-1700 perline, pre-1700 perling, pre-1700 perllin, pre-1700 perlling, pre-1700 1700s pearline, pre-1700 1700s– pearling, pre-1700 1700s– perlin, pre-1700 1800s purlin (rare), 1700s– pearlin, 1800s– pearlin'.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pearl n.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < pearl n.³ + -ing suffix¹.In form purlin probably influenced by purl n.¹, purling n.¹ It is unclear whether the following example from a Kentish inventory shows the same word:1489 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 467 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 In the withdraught to the Newe Chamber. Item a brokyn perlyng vd. Item iiij olde cusshyns of boorde Alisaunder with a banker viijd.

Originally and chiefly Scottish.

(a) = purl n.¹ 1. (b) A kind of lace of thread or silk, used for trimming the edges of garments; picot lace. Also more fully pearling-lace. Also in plural: edgings of this lace; clothes trimmed with this lace.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > lace > for edging

edging1558

pearling1566

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > lace > for edging > edgings of

pearling1566

1566 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1916) XI. 493 xlix elnis of fyne peirling the elne xij d.

1586 Edinb. Test. XVI. f. 126^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Perling Ane dossoun of quhyte perlingis price xij s.

1599 Accts. Treasurer Scotl. f. 27 Threttene eln of dantylling peirlling of gold to put about the said caming claith.

1621 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 625/2 That no persoun of whatsoeuir degrie salhave pearling or Ribbening vpoun þair Ruffes, Sarkis, Neipkines, and Sokkis, except þe persounes before priuiledged; and þe pearling and Ribbening..To be of those made within the kingdome of Scotland.

1644 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1819) VI. 76/2 On everie elne of imported pearline of threid or silke betuix three and six punds..00 12 00.

1724 in A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 89 Sae put on your pearlins, Marion, And kyrtle of the cramasie.

a1758 A. Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 312 I man hae pinners With pearling [1829 purlins] set round.

1801 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. II. 62 Ribbans, and perlins, and breast-knots enew.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 217 Let Jenny Dennison slip on her pearlings to walk before my niece and me.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 23 Pearlin-lace as fine as spider's webs.

1831 Frederick Town (Maryland) Herald 17 Dec. 1/2 Blond Laces and Pearling; Rich Muslin insertions and Edgings.

1874 ‘S. Gilpin’ Songs & Ballads Cumberland (ed. 2) 206 I'll hae some pearlings to make mysel' fine.

1906 Evening Times (Cumberland, Maryland) 4 Aug. 6/1 Embroideries of every kind from the tiniest widths for infants wear in edges and insertions,..Wide Bands and Insertions, Tiny Pearlings for Seams, Medallions, Beadings.

1934 Aberdeen Univ. Rev. Mar. 124 Your fabala's an' perlin's tak a hantle o' time by's mine 'at are sae easy to pit aff an' on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pearlingn.²

Brit.

/ˈpəːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpərlɪŋ/

Forms: see pearl n.¹ and adj. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pearl n.¹, -ing suffix¹, pearl v.¹

Etymology: < pearl n.¹ + -ing suffix¹; in later use probably also < pearl v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. In senses 2, 3a respectively after pearled adj.¹ 5, pearled adj.¹ 4; in sense 3b after pearl ash n.; in sense 5 probably after French perlé (see pearly adj.); in sense 6 probably after pearl diving (compare pearl-dive v. 2).

1. = pearl fishing n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > diving or dredging > [noun] > diving > for pearls

pearl fishing1613

pearling1639

pearl diving1669

1639 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1817) V. 259/1 The patent..to James Bannatyne for the peirling.

1639 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1817) V. 261/1 The article against Mr. Mellwillis patent of pearling.

1880 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 2 514 A vessel lately engaged in pearling in King Sound succeeded in getting 21 tons of shells in twenty-five days.

1895 Evening Times (Monroe, Wisconsin) 11 May The region and the life were full of interest to me, and I soon became familiar with mining on land and pearling at sea.

1914 T. C. Wollaston Spirit of Child 88 The far waters of our Nor-West—that enchanted land of pearling.

1985 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 105 706/1 Pearling was an important activity in the Arabian Gulf during the 6th century a.d.

2003 Northern Territory News (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Oct. 28 He knew pearling was what he wanted to do and so he bought his first pearling lugger, the Pam, from Captain Gregory.

†2. Cookery. The action of bringing sugar or confectionery to the degree called ‘pearl’. See pearl n.¹ 15. Obsolete.Recorded chiefly in compounds.

ΚΠ

1702 J. K. tr. F. Massialot Court & Country Cook 25 If you have at hand a Pearling-pot proper for Sugar-plums, or any other Vessel of the like nature, some boil'd sugar, that is Pearled, may also be pour'd into it.

1791 Mrs. Frazer Pract. of Cookery 134 Add to it the juice of four lemons, and clarified sugar, boiled to a pearling height.

1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 161/1 A ladle..and a ‘pearling cot’... This last somewhat resembles a funnel without the tube.

a. The action of converting or reducing barley, sago, rice, etc., to small rounded grains.

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1080 [Sago] The starchy matter..is..pressed through a metal sieve to corn it (which is called pearling), and then dried.

1918 A. W. McCann This Famishing World xliii. 139 It is not the phosphorus lost in the milling of wheat, the polishing of rice, the pearling of barley, or the degerminating of corn which explains the inadequacy of such refined and denatured foods.

1954 Q. Rev. Biol. 29 264/2 The [rice] milling process, including cleaning, hulling, pearling, polishing, and grading.

1997 Prepared Foods (Nexis) 166 87 Regular pearled barley may take as long as 30 minutes to hydrate in soups... A greater degree of pearling removes more of the bran layer and decreases hydration time.

†b. The action of refining potassium carbonate in the preparation of pearl ash. Obsolete.See also pearling oven n. at Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1849 Sci. Amer. 8 Sept. 406/4 They are..calcined till the whiteness of the product indicates the entire dissipation of all carbonaceous and volatile matters. The salts are, of course, stirred or raked frequently, during the process, which is called pearling.

4. Carved or moulded decoration resembling pearls; (occasionally) an instance or portion of such decoration.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration specifically in relief > [noun] > mouldings and grooves

swage1374

ogee1591

mouldure1628

moulding1679

swaging1688

cock bead1778

cock beading1788

bead1799

cable-moulding1859

pearling1883

1883 Cornhill Mag. May 566 The Giottesque frescoes, with..their geometrical borders and pearlings and dog-tooths, cover the walls.

1899 R. Glazier Man. Hist. Ornament 43 Later Norman work is very rich,..the lozenge and the beading or pearling.

1914 H. D. Eberlein & A. McClure Pract. Bk. Period Furnit. 222 Besides these we find reeding, fluting, beading, pearling, spandrel fans, rosettes, and ribbons.

1991 Hesperia 60 13/1 Corinthian moldmade relief kantharos... Egg and dart framed top and bottom by pearling (fainter above).

†5. Music. Piano playing characterized by clarity and roundness of tone. Cf. pearly adj. 5. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun]

voicea1382

sonizance1589

speech1862

pearling1885

tum1911

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Jan. 4/1 The perfect pearling of her runs equalled the perfection of a musical box.

6. Surfing slang. The action of ploughing sharply under the surface of the water. See pearl v.¹ 6b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > actions of board

nosing1488

pearling1961

spin-out1961

1961 Surfer Fall 23/2 An Australian would describe the below shot as ‘going down the mine shaft’. In California and Hawaii it's ‘pearl diving’ or just ‘pearling’.

1968 Surfer Jan. 56/1 The nose was curved to avoid pearling.

2002 Sports Illustr. Women (Nexis) 1 Nov. 84 Sarah explains to Julie how to position her body to avoid the common beginner problem of ‘pearling’—the surfing equivalent of a nosedive.

Compounds

C1. In sense 1, as pearling craft, pearling lugger, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > pearl-fishing vessel

trankeh1727

pearling lugger1887

1887 Standard 30 Apr. 5/2 The most important of the Australian pearling grounds.

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. xv. 232 Starlight and Jim were having a pitch about the best way to get aboard one of these pearling craft, and how jolly it would be.

1924 G. H. P. Muhlhauser Cruise of Amaryllis v. 233 A fair number of Australian ‘black fellows’ are to be found among the crews of the pearling ‘luggers’, as they are called, though really ketches.

1954 T. Ronan Vision Splendid 131 He'd gone over west to the pearling grounds and taken a temporary job as shell-opener.

1999 Amer. Hist. Rev. 104 1423/2 The coastal economy offered few opportunities beyond scattered date cultivation and a small but lucrative pearling industry.

C2. (Sense 2).

† pearling cot n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1883Pearling cot [see sense 2].

† pearling-pot n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1702Pearling-pot [see sense 2].

1710 ‘W. M.’ Queen's Closet Opened (ed. 11) I. 203 Take a Pearling-Pot, or else a Tin-Mould in form of a Funnel, with a very small Hole; pour the Caramel-Sugar into this Mould.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Caramel The Fruits being thus dispos'd on the Bottom and Sides of the China-Dish, a Pearling-Pot is to be used.

pearling cone n.

ΚΠ

1917 W. W. Robbins Bot. Crop Plants xvi. 205 After a separation of the powdery bran from the cleaned rice, the grains are led into the ‘pearling cone’ where they are scoured.

1941 Louisiana: Guide to State (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 405 The rice goes to the pearling cones, which further clean the grain.

1948 Rice & Rice Diets (U.N. Food & Agric. Organization) 59 (table) [Different fractions of rice] From milling or bleaching process: Whole brown..First-break huller..Second-break huller..Pearling cone..Brush.

pearling mill n.

ΚΠ

1868 Sci. Amer. 19 Aug. 125/2 [U.S. Patent] 80,713.—Hominy and Pearling Mill.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1644/2 Pearling-mill, a mill for preparing hominy, pearling barley, etc.

2002 Time Out (Nexis) 26 June 38 The spiked rollers of a pearling mill removes [sic] some of the tough outer husk [of types of wheat], thus shortening the cooking time.

† pearling oven n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. 176 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 1) VI The process of first roasting or heating the ashes..and then pearling in the pearling oven.

1875 A. W. Young Hist. Chautauqua County, N.Y. 501 R. S. & O. Morrison, merchants, established an ashery at Brocton, in 1843, to which a pearling oven was attached.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pearlingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpəːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpərlɪŋ/

Forms: see pearl v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pearl v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < pearl v.¹ + -ing suffix².

Chiefly poetic. Now rare.

1. That forms pearls or pearl-like drops. Frequently in pearling stream.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [adjective] > forming pearl-like drops

pearling1595

1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion ix. sig. G8 Her long loose yellow locks lyke golden wyre, Sprinckled with perle, and perling flowres a tweene.

1598 F. Rous Thule ii. sig. S 4 Downe his cheekes doth raine a pearling streame.

1640 W. Lithgow Gushing Teares of Godly Sorrow sig. B Rain-rill my plaints, then bath them in Christs blood Let pearling drops, my pale remorse disclose.

1872 Overland Monthly Feb. 122/2 The pearling tears in her uplifted eyes fell upon the heart of Father Gregory as burning naphtha drops.

a1887 E. R. Sill Poet. Wks. (1906) 154 Crests that touch and tilt each other, Jostling as they comb; Delicate crash of tinkling water, Broken in pearling foam.

1916 in R. Palmer Gray & B. Rogers Songs & Ballads of Maine Lumberjacks (1924) 26 Gently [they] laid him on the ground Beneath a shady tree that grew Near by the pearling stream.

1999 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 26 Jan. d.10 As always he made every pearling stream a grand, rolling Volga River.

2. Becoming suffused with a pearly light or hue.

ΚΠ

1838 J. Kenyon Poems 23 One peak with pearling top confess'd thy Coming.

1882 Harper's Mag. Apr. 653/2 A church lifting its tall square campanario above the humble roofs against the pearling sky.

1922 Woman's World (Chicago) Nov. 10/2 The girl looked out along the lonely coast, where the pearling dawn hung over the headlands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1566

n.²1639

adj.1595

单词	pearling
释义	pearlingn.¹ Brit. /ˈpəːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərlɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈpɛrlɪŋ/, /ˈpɛrlɪn/ Forms: 1800s– pearling; Scottish pre-1700 pairleing, pre-1700 pairling, pre-1700 pearleine, pre-1700 peirlein, pre-1700 peirling, pre-1700 peirlling, pre-1700 perline, pre-1700 perling, pre-1700 perllin, pre-1700 perlling, pre-1700 1700s pearline, pre-1700 1700s– pearling, pre-1700 1700s– perlin, pre-1700 1800s purlin (rare), 1700s– pearlin, 1800s– pearlin'. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pearl n.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < pearl n.³ + -ing suffix¹.In form purlin probably influenced by purl n.¹, purling n.¹ It is unclear whether the following example from a Kentish inventory shows the same word:1489 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 467 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 In the withdraught to the Newe Chamber. Item a brokyn perlyng vd. Item iiij olde cusshyns of boorde Alisaunder with a banker viijd. Originally and chiefly Scottish. (a) = purl n.¹ 1. (b) A kind of lace of thread or silk, used for trimming the edges of garments; picot lace. Also more fully pearling-lace. Also in plural: edgings of this lace; clothes trimmed with this lace. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > lace > for edging edging1558 pearling1566 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > lace > for edging > edgings of pearling1566 1566 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1916) XI. 493 xlix elnis of fyne peirling the elne xij d. 1586 Edinb. Test. XVI. f. 126^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Perling Ane dossoun of quhyte perlingis price xij s. 1599 Accts. Treasurer Scotl. f. 27 Threttene eln of dantylling peirlling of gold to put about the said caming claith. 1621 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 625/2 That no persoun of whatsoeuir degrie salhave pearling or Ribbening vpoun þair Ruffes, Sarkis, Neipkines, and Sokkis, except þe persounes before priuiledged; and þe pearling and Ribbening..To be of those made within the kingdome of Scotland. 1644 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1819) VI. 76/2 On everie elne of imported pearline of threid or silke betuix three and six punds..00 12 00. 1724 in A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 89 Sae put on your pearlins, Marion, And kyrtle of the cramasie. a1758 A. Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 312 I man hae pinners With pearling [1829 purlins] set round. 1801 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. II. 62 Ribbans, and perlins, and breast-knots enew. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 217 Let Jenny Dennison slip on her pearlings to walk before my niece and me. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 23 Pearlin-lace as fine as spider's webs. 1831 Frederick Town (Maryland) Herald 17 Dec. 1/2 Blond Laces and Pearling; Rich Muslin insertions and Edgings. 1874 ‘S. Gilpin’ Songs & Ballads Cumberland (ed. 2) 206 I'll hae some pearlings to make mysel' fine. 1906 Evening Times (Cumberland, Maryland) 4 Aug. 6/1 Embroideries of every kind from the tiniest widths for infants wear in edges and insertions,..Wide Bands and Insertions, Tiny Pearlings for Seams, Medallions, Beadings. 1934 Aberdeen Univ. Rev. Mar. 124 Your fabala's an' perlin's tak a hantle o' time by's mine 'at are sae easy to pit aff an' on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pearlingn.² Brit. /ˈpəːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərlɪŋ/ Forms: see pearl n.¹ and adj. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pearl n.¹, -ing suffix¹, pearl v.¹ Etymology: < pearl n.¹ + -ing suffix¹; in later use probably also < pearl v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. In senses 2, 3a respectively after pearled adj.¹ 5, pearled adj.¹ 4; in sense 3b after pearl ash n.; in sense 5 probably after French perlé (see pearly adj.); in sense 6 probably after pearl diving (compare pearl-dive v. 2). 1. = pearl fishing n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > diving or dredging > [noun] > diving > for pearls pearl fishing1613 pearling1639 pearl diving1669 1639 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1817) V. 259/1 The patent..to James Bannatyne for the peirling. 1639 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1817) V. 261/1 The article against Mr. Mellwillis patent of pearling. 1880 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 2 514 A vessel lately engaged in pearling in King Sound succeeded in getting 21 tons of shells in twenty-five days. 1895 Evening Times (Monroe, Wisconsin) 11 May The region and the life were full of interest to me, and I soon became familiar with mining on land and pearling at sea. 1914 T. C. Wollaston Spirit of Child 88 The far waters of our Nor-West—that enchanted land of pearling. 1985 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 105 706/1 Pearling was an important activity in the Arabian Gulf during the 6th century a.d. 2003 Northern Territory News (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Oct. 28 He knew pearling was what he wanted to do and so he bought his first pearling lugger, the Pam, from Captain Gregory. †2. Cookery. The action of bringing sugar or confectionery to the degree called ‘pearl’. See pearl n.¹ 15. Obsolete.Recorded chiefly in compounds. ΚΠ 1702 J. K. tr. F. Massialot Court & Country Cook 25 If you have at hand a Pearling-pot proper for Sugar-plums, or any other Vessel of the like nature, some boil'd sugar, that is Pearled, may also be pour'd into it. 1791 Mrs. Frazer Pract. of Cookery 134 Add to it the juice of four lemons, and clarified sugar, boiled to a pearling height. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 161/1 A ladle..and a ‘pearling cot’... This last somewhat resembles a funnel without the tube. 3. a. The action of converting or reducing barley, sago, rice, etc., to small rounded grains. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1080 [Sago] The starchy matter..is..pressed through a metal sieve to corn it (which is called pearling), and then dried. 1918 A. W. McCann This Famishing World xliii. 139 It is not the phosphorus lost in the milling of wheat, the polishing of rice, the pearling of barley, or the degerminating of corn which explains the inadequacy of such refined and denatured foods. 1954 Q. Rev. Biol. 29 264/2 The [rice] milling process, including cleaning, hulling, pearling, polishing, and grading. 1997 Prepared Foods (Nexis) 166 87 Regular pearled barley may take as long as 30 minutes to hydrate in soups... A greater degree of pearling removes more of the bran layer and decreases hydration time. †b. The action of refining potassium carbonate in the preparation of pearl ash. Obsolete.See also pearling oven n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1849 Sci. Amer. 8 Sept. 406/4 They are..calcined till the whiteness of the product indicates the entire dissipation of all carbonaceous and volatile matters. The salts are, of course, stirred or raked frequently, during the process, which is called pearling. 4. Carved or moulded decoration resembling pearls; (occasionally) an instance or portion of such decoration. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration specifically in relief > [noun] > mouldings and grooves swage1374 ogee1591 mouldure1628 moulding1679 swaging1688 cock bead1778 cock beading1788 bead1799 cable-moulding1859 pearling1883 1883 Cornhill Mag. May 566 The Giottesque frescoes, with..their geometrical borders and pearlings and dog-tooths, cover the walls. 1899 R. Glazier Man. Hist. Ornament 43 Later Norman work is very rich,..the lozenge and the beading or pearling. 1914 H. D. Eberlein & A. McClure Pract. Bk. Period Furnit. 222 Besides these we find reeding, fluting, beading, pearling, spandrel fans, rosettes, and ribbons. 1991 Hesperia 60 13/1 Corinthian moldmade relief kantharos... Egg and dart framed top and bottom by pearling (fainter above). †5. Music. Piano playing characterized by clarity and roundness of tone. Cf. pearly adj. 5. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] voicea1382 sonizance1589 speech1862 pearling1885 tum1911 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Jan. 4/1 The perfect pearling of her runs equalled the perfection of a musical box. 6. Surfing slang. The action of ploughing sharply under the surface of the water. See pearl v.¹ 6b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > actions of board nosing1488 pearling1961 spin-out1961 1961 Surfer Fall 23/2 An Australian would describe the below shot as ‘going down the mine shaft’. In California and Hawaii it's ‘pearl diving’ or just ‘pearling’. 1968 Surfer Jan. 56/1 The nose was curved to avoid pearling. 2002 Sports Illustr. Women (Nexis) 1 Nov. 84 Sarah explains to Julie how to position her body to avoid the common beginner problem of ‘pearling’—the surfing equivalent of a nosedive. Compounds C1. In sense 1, as pearling craft, pearling lugger, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > pearl-fishing vessel trankeh1727 pearling lugger1887 1887 Standard 30 Apr. 5/2 The most important of the Australian pearling grounds. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. xv. 232 Starlight and Jim were having a pitch about the best way to get aboard one of these pearling craft, and how jolly it would be. 1924 G. H. P. Muhlhauser Cruise of Amaryllis v. 233 A fair number of Australian ‘black fellows’ are to be found among the crews of the pearling ‘luggers’, as they are called, though really ketches. 1954 T. Ronan Vision Splendid 131 He'd gone over west to the pearling grounds and taken a temporary job as shell-opener. 1999 Amer. Hist. Rev. 104 1423/2 The coastal economy offered few opportunities beyond scattered date cultivation and a small but lucrative pearling industry. C2. (Sense 2). † pearling cot n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1883Pearling cot [see sense 2]. † pearling-pot n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1702Pearling-pot [see sense 2]. 1710 ‘W. M.’ Queen's Closet Opened (ed. 11) I. 203 Take a Pearling-Pot, or else a Tin-Mould in form of a Funnel, with a very small Hole; pour the Caramel-Sugar into this Mould. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Caramel The Fruits being thus dispos'd on the Bottom and Sides of the China-Dish, a Pearling-Pot is to be used. pearling cone n. ΚΠ 1917 W. W. Robbins Bot. Crop Plants xvi. 205 After a separation of the powdery bran from the cleaned rice, the grains are led into the ‘pearling cone’ where they are scoured. 1941 Louisiana: Guide to State (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 405 The rice goes to the pearling cones, which further clean the grain. 1948 Rice & Rice Diets (U.N. Food & Agric. Organization) 59 (table) [Different fractions of rice] From milling or bleaching process: Whole brown..First-break huller..Second-break huller..Pearling cone..Brush. pearling mill n. ΚΠ 1868 Sci. Amer. 19 Aug. 125/2 [U.S. Patent] 80,713.—Hominy and Pearling Mill. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1644/2 Pearling-mill, a mill for preparing hominy, pearling barley, etc. 2002 Time Out (Nexis) 26 June 38 The spiked rollers of a pearling mill removes [sic] some of the tough outer husk [of types of wheat], thus shortening the cooking time. † pearling oven n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. 176 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 1) VI The process of first roasting or heating the ashes..and then pearling in the pearling oven. 1875 A. W. Young Hist. Chautauqua County, N.Y. 501 R. S. & O. Morrison, merchants, established an ashery at Brocton, in 1843, to which a pearling oven was attached. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pearlingadj. Brit. /ˈpəːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərlɪŋ/ Forms: see pearl v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pearl v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < pearl v.¹ + -ing suffix². Chiefly poetic. Now rare. 1. That forms pearls or pearl-like drops. Frequently in pearling stream. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [adjective] > forming pearl-like drops pearling1595 1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion ix. sig. G8 Her long loose yellow locks lyke golden wyre, Sprinckled with perle, and perling flowres a tweene. 1598 F. Rous Thule ii. sig. S 4 Downe his cheekes doth raine a pearling streame. 1640 W. Lithgow Gushing Teares of Godly Sorrow sig. B Rain-rill my plaints, then bath them in Christs blood Let pearling drops, my pale remorse disclose. 1872 Overland Monthly Feb. 122/2 The pearling tears in her uplifted eyes fell upon the heart of Father Gregory as burning naphtha drops. a1887 E. R. Sill Poet. Wks. (1906) 154 Crests that touch and tilt each other, Jostling as they comb; Delicate crash of tinkling water, Broken in pearling foam. 1916 in R. Palmer Gray & B. Rogers Songs & Ballads of Maine Lumberjacks (1924) 26 Gently [they] laid him on the ground Beneath a shady tree that grew Near by the pearling stream. 1999 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 26 Jan. d.10 As always he made every pearling stream a grand, rolling Volga River. 2. Becoming suffused with a pearly light or hue. ΚΠ 1838 J. Kenyon Poems 23 One peak with pearling top confess'd thy Coming. 1882 Harper's Mag. Apr. 653/2 A church lifting its tall square campanario above the humble roofs against the pearling sky. 1922 Woman's World (Chicago) Nov. 10/2 The girl looked out along the lonely coast, where the pearling dawn hung over the headlands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1566n.²1639adj.1595
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