On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:08:29 -0700 (PDT), Dragonblaze
> wrote:

>On 14 Mar, 13:07, "pearl" > wrote:
>
>Just a quick aside he
>
>Why would a vegan use the nic 'pearl', as a pearl is an animal
>product????

Good question but in this case you are undoubtedly wrong.

I could be wrong and I don't speak for the lady herself, but the way
she makes the likes of Jim dance I'd say it was 4. something precious
or choice; the finest example of anything: pearls of wisdom.



pearl1 /p?rl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled
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–noun 1. a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain
mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix,
deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an
irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely
colored. Compare cultured pearl.
2. something resembling this, as various synthetic substances for use
in costume jewelry.
3. something similar in form, luster, etc., as a dewdrop or a capsule
of medicine.
4. something precious or choice; the finest example of anything:
pearls of wisdom.
5. a very pale gray approaching white but commonly with a bluish
tinge.
6. mother-of-pearl: a pearl-handled revolver.
7. Printing. a 5-point type.
8. Also called epithelial pearl. Pathology. a rounded mass of keratin
occurring in certain carcinomas of the skin.
–verb (used with object) 9. to adorn or stud with or as with pearls.
10. to make like pearls, as in form or color.
–verb (used without object) 11. to dive, fish, or search for pearls.
12. to assume a pearllike form or appearance.
–adjective 13. resembling a pearl in form or color.
14. of or pertaining to pearls: pearl diving.
15. set with a pearl or pearls or covered or inlaid with pearls or
mother-of-pearl: a pearl necklace.
16. having or reduced to small, rounded grains.
—Idiom17. cast pearls before swine, to offer or give something of
great value to those incapable of appreciating it: She read them
Shakespeare but it was casting pearls before swine.


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[Origin: 1300–50; ME perle < MF < It or assumed VL *perla (> G Perle,
OE pærl), for L *pernula (> Pg perola, perh. OS përula), dim. of L
perna sea mussel]