Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lace made of silk or other thread. It also seems to have meant ‘fine linen or cambric’
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A
protein found innacre
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pearlin.
Examples
-
I can take a spell o 'pearlin' or a tradin 'cruise or two
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-07 Various 1898
-
_But the pearlin 'abune her bree_, without the lace above her brow.
Ballad Book Katherine Lee Bates 1894
-
a year the fishers didn't dare visit the pearlin 'beds.
The Pirate Shark Elliott Whitney
ruzuzu commented on the word pearlin
"Lace made of silk or other thread. It also seems to have meant ‘fine linen or cambric’"
--Century Dictionary
January 5, 2011