Lexicographical Neighbors of Nacrous
Literary usage of Nacrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... Gephyrea: indsamlede paa den Norske Nordhavs-expedition ved D. C by Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Johan Koren (1881)
"1, b., which can hardly admit of being wholly retracted within the trunk, is
40""" long, smooth, nacrous, studded with exceedingly minute papillas, ..."
2. Bonaventure: A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by George Washington Cable (1888)
"... an optical illusion attributable to the intervention of rays of light reflected
from microscopic corrugations of the nacrous surface. ..."
3. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1829)
"The rebels in Yorkshire had not become very nu- BOOK nacrous, not being above
three thousand in all; but, • hearing of the defeating of those in other parts ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Blooms in autumn. Honduras. RB21:37. RH 1890:300.-Undoubtedly a variety of the
preceding. BB. FJs. not membra nacrous, fleshy, thick: usually ..."
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