4 June 2017

nacre

[ney-ker]

noun

1. mother-of-pearl.

Origin of nacre

Medieval Latin, Old Italian, Arabic

1590-1600; Medieval Latin nacrum, nacer, variant of nacara < Old Italian naccara kind of drum, nacre; Arabic naqqārah drum

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Historical Examples

He lifted a small hammer and struck a velvet-voiced bell that stood on the Arabian table of cedar inlaid with nacre and ivory.
The Decadent
Ralph Adams Cram

The value of the pearl is based on the brilliancy of the nacre, the size, and the form.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide
Augusta Foote Arnold

nacre is the hard and brilliant substance with which the valves of certain shells are lined in the interior.
The Ocean World:
Louis Figuier

Anagram

crane

Today’s quote

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

– Hazrat Inayat Khan

On this day

4 June 1988 – death of Sir Douglas Nichols KCVO, OBE. Aboriginal activist, raising awareness of aboriginal issues, including treating aborigines with dignity and as people. He played for Carlton football club in the A-grade Victorian Football League (VFL), leaving after racist treatment and joining the Northcote football club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). Nicholls became a minister and social worker. In 1957, he was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 1972 he was the first aborigine to be knighted. In 1976, he became the 28th governor of South Australia, the first aborigine to be appointed to a vice-regal position. He was born on 9 December 1906.

4 June 1989 – Tiananmen Square massacre, Beijing, China. Around a million people had flooded into Tiananmen Square over the past few days, protesting for democracy. On 4 June, the Chinese Army stormed the Square with tanks and armoured cars, killing hundreds of protestors, while arresting thousands of others.