Definition of "pearled" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of pearl. (verb)

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• "Usually labelled pearled barley -- barley with part of its fibrous hull stripped away -- it's in your market along with the dried beans and grains."
• "When the hominy has had the hulls removed by a machine, it is called pearled hominy."
• "The "pearled" as applied to the spider's thread gives an intimation of the effect produced by dew on the thread, but there is also the suggestion of tears upon the thread work woven by the hands of the girl."