How To Use nacre In A Sentence
- Fontaine has prettily set it off, and an anonymous writer has composed it in Latin Anacreontic verses; and at length our Prior has given it with equal gaiety and freedom. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
- The particle is an irritant, which causes the oyster to produce a lacquer-like substance called nacre. Daily Readings from Love Your Life
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- Then snatching up some of the flowers, which ornamented the table, he swore that Juba should henceforward be called Anacreon, and that he deserved to be crowned with roses by the hand of beauty. Tales and Novels — Volume 03
- Anacreon", written during this time, had to be performed in the small Theatre de la Foire Saint-Germain (where he directed the performances from 1789-1792) because the grand opera house was closed to him. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
- Mantle from an oyster with pink nacre on its inner shell will produce a pink pearl, even if it's put into an oyster with a black shell. PEARL COVE
- FLAMMEA) is not nacreous and could not therefore produce a true pearl, but merely g porcellaneous concretion, which, however, might possess a most attractive tint, possibly pale salmon or orange. Tropic Days
- This form of the Trochaic is sometimes called Anacreontic, but very erroneously, as Anacreon's metre is quite different.
- This bit of arable land is let to the surrounding tenants on the conacre principle -- that is, the holders are not even yearly tenants, but have the land let to them for the crop, the season while their potatoes or oats are on the ground. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
- nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl