Hypertext Webster Gateway: "opaline"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Opaline \O"pal*ine\, n.
1. An opaline variety of yellow chalcedony.
2. Opal glass.
3. An opaline color or expanse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Opaline \O"pal*ine\, a. [Cf. F. opalin.]
Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having
changeable colors like those of the opal.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
opaline
adj : having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an
iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent)
clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky
opalescent (or opaline) luster" [syn: {iridescent}, {nacreous},
{opalescent}, {pearlescent}]
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