Dress.—Diving apparatus consisting of a one piece dress from the neck down, corselet, helmet, air-pipes and life-line.
Drop-Pearl.—Ovoid, or obovoid, not necessarily of perfect shape.
Drilled Pearls.—Pearls with one hole for setting on peg, or quite through the centre for stringing. Chinese drill two or three small holes half way between circumference and bottom, for holding-wires.
Egg Pearls.—Ovoid: shaped like an egg.
Flat.—In connection with price quotation means, price per grain regardless of size.
Fresh-Water Pearls.—Pearls taken from inland streams.
Green Ears.—Shell of Haliotis having green mother-of-pearl lining.
Half Pearls.—Round pearls sawed in half.
Helmet.—Diving head-gear.
Lingahs.—Pearl oyster shells from the Arabian Sea and others of similar size and quality.