To his experienced eye the glow was that of mother-of-pearl. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
It is the mother-of-pearl shell that usually covers the precious pearl. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
What treasures had they lost when he threw the mother-of-pearl shells away?. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
The local trade is chiefly in pearls, mother-of-pearl, shells, shark fins, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
He used densely woven poplin and buttons made out of Australian mother-of-pearl. From Wordnik.com. [Focus On Style] Reference
We saw a number of divers preparing to go off to get pearls, mother-of-pearl, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Without, it had the tints of the mother-of-pearl, while its framework was of silver. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Children or, Stories from Cloud-Land] Reference
The prismatic colors gleamed over it, as if on a surface of mother-of-pearl, page 422. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
The average depth from which the mother-of-pearl shell is gathered is seven or eight fathoms. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Lily just happened to want a new dress, a new petticoat and a tiny mother-of-pearl lucky charm. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
Haggle for dirt-cheap Ralph Lauren (it's manufactured there) and local mother-of-pearl jewelry. From Wordnik.com. [TRAVEL: LOOKING FOR LOVE] Reference
On the undersides flashed panels of mother-of-pearl, which gave them the "silver-washed" moniker. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Wenlock Edge] Reference
A wolf-haired woman on the cover holds a black guitar with turquoise and mother-of-pearl graphics. From Wordnik.com. [At the Flea Market] Reference
French Polynesia: cultured pearls 50\%, coconut products, mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat (1997). From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Exports - commodities: cultured pearls 50\%, coconut products, mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat (1997). From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
It was of velvet, the color of mother-of-pearl, with gold leaves and flowers and birds embroidered upon it. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur and His Knights] Reference
From there are obtained some of the finest pearls to be found, and also many tons of mother-of-pearl shells. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Tortoise-shell is brought in by the Badjows; and mother-of-pearl shells in any quantity there is demand for. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
Some of these were of plain black and white pottery, others were coated with gold, silver, or mother-of-pearl. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
Exports -- commodities: cultured pearls 53. 8\%, coconut products, mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat (1992). From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Ninety-six miscellaneous rings, bands, anklets and wristlets, many set with mother-of-pearl and turquoise 16 1/3. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
I gave a little brown-eyed child my own mother-of-pearl beads, mounted in silver, and was glad I had it to give. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
Another preparation under this name, and now obsolete we believe as a pigment, was obtained from mother-of-pearl. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
She looked down at the polished ebony box with the double-headed eagle of Constantinople in mother-of-pearl inlay. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
For three months of every year she lived in the palace of mother-of-pearl where the Great River runs into the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Giants from Brazil] Reference
She had lost her little mother-of-pearl hunchback in the labyrinth of underground passages at the Blackpool Tower Circus. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
The most ornate and best preserved of these was a large flat bowl covered on the inside with skillfully cut mother-of-pearl. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
After he had carefully traced all these, he produced a small box of ebony, skilfully inlaid with streaks of mother-of-pearl. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
"It is marvellous how the vivid light of day flatters your beauty, loves you, and caresses the mother-of-pearl on your cheeks.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There is, for instance, the great mosque, rival to the Taj-Mahal, the inside of which is entirely overlaid with mother-of-pearl. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
The ceiling was made of mother-of-pearl, and the walls of ivory, and the lights which hung from the roof sparkled with diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, February 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Gaza Strip generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Industries: generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Gaza Strip: generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Farther on, there is one of those superb carved mother-of-pearl coffers, in which Oriental women lay by their finery and jewellery. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She next opened a small box of dark, polished wood, its lid inlaid with bits of mother-of-pearl forming a bird with swirling wings. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Viols d'Amore, richly inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ivory, and tortoiseshell, made at this period, evidence the high state of the art. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
Industries: generally small family businesses that produce cement, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
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