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nacre
See mother-of-pearl. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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Nacre
Na'cre noun [ French, confer Spanish nácara , nácar , Italian nacchera , naccaro , Late Latin nacara , nacrum ; of Oriental origin, confer Arabic nakīr hollowed.] (Zoology) A pearly sub... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/1
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Nacré
Na`cré' adjective [ French See Nacre .] (Art) Having the peculiar iridescence of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; as, nacré ware. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/1
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nacre
<zoology> A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. ... Alternative forms: nacker and naker] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl. ... Origin: F, cf. Sp. Nacara, nacar, It. Nacchera, naccaro, LL. Nacara, nacrum; of Oriental origin, cf. Ar... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?nacre
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Nacre
• (n.) 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. • (n.) A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Wr... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/nacre/
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Nacre
(NAY-ker) The pearly substance secreted by the mantle of certain molluscs to form a pearl. Found op http://www.braybrook.co.uk/jewellery-and-silver-wisdom/gems-of-information/
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Nacre
Nacre is found in some of the more ancient lineages of bivalves, gastropods and cephalopods. However, the inner layer in the great majority of mollusk shells is porcellaneous, not nacreous, and this usually results in a non-iridescent shine, or more rarely in non-nacreous iridescence such as flame ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacre
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nacre
nacre: see mother-of-pearl. Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0916577.html
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Nacre
Nacre is the technical name for mother-of-pearl. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GN.HTM
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nacre
(Spanish: nacar) the mother-of-pearl from any shelled mollusc. Many molluscs make shells consisting of limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3), but they cover the insides of their shells in a much harder substance, which protects them against shell-boring worms and attacks from outside. It also gives t... Found op http://www.seafriends.org.nz/books/glossary.htm
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nacre
Nacre is composed of layers of calcium carbonate (in a crystalline form) and conchiolin (an organic protein substance which provides bonding). Found op http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-terms-n.html
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nacre
1) Bead material 2) Button material 3) Button stuff 4) Certain shell liner 5) Decorative inlay material 6) Inlay on some guitars 7) Iridescent shell layer 8) Mollusk creation 9) Mollusk interior 10) Mollusk shell liner 11) ... Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/nacre/1
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