| Nacre (nacre) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Na"cre |
| [F., cf. Sp.
nácara, nácar, It. nacchera,
naccaro, LL. nacara, nacrum; of Oriental origin,
cf. Ar. nak***imacr]r hollowed.] (Zoöl.) |
A
pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most
perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and
naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-
pearl.
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| Nacré (nacre) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| ||Na`cré" |
| [F. See
Nacre.] (Art) |
Having the peculiar iridescence of
nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; as,
nacré ware.
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