Madras Pearls.—Fine white pearls from the Ceylon fisheries, so called because marketed principally in that city.
Manul.—Loose or soft sand sea bottom (Ceylon).
Multiple.—Price of pearls subject to the multiple of weight.
Mussel-Egg.—Name given to pearls by Tennesseans.
Nacre.—The substance of which pearls and the lining of pearl-shells consists.
Naked Diving.—Diving without any appliances.
Orient.—As applied to pearls, the luster of the skin.
Oriental Pearls.—Generally, pearls from salt water; specifically, pearls from the Indian Seas.
Ounce Pearls.—Poor grades sold by the ounce.
Paar.—Ceylon name for rock or hard bottom oyster-bed.