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Pearlings

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of pearling form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A kind of lace of silk or thread, considered elegant at the time. Scotland, archaic, plural, plural-only

    "And d'ye hear, Gudyill, let Jenny Dennison slip on her pearlings to walk before my niece and me, and the three women to walk behind; and bid my niece attend me instantly."

Etymology

Probably a corruption of purflings. See purfle.

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