pearling

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of pearl. Use it after is, are, or was, or to name the action.

   Drops of rain were pearling on the window.

   The divers went pearling every morning in the warm bay.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The work of searching for pearls.

   Pearling was hard and dangerous work for the young divers.

   The island's pearling boats came home with a good catch.

3. 3
   noununcountable

   Making grain, such as barley, into small round grains that look like pearls.

   After pearling, the barley cooks faster in soup.

   The mill does the pearling in a big machine that spins the grain.

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