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nacker |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nacker \Nack"er\, n. See {Nacre}. --Johnson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nacre \Na"cre\, n. [F., cf Sp n['a]cara, n['a]car, It nacchera naccaro LL nacara, nacrum; of Oriental origin, cf Ar nak[=i]r hollowed.] (Zo["o]l.) A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also {nacker} and {naker}.] See {Pearl}, and {Mother-of-pearl}.
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