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English Dictionary: opaline by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opaline
adj
  1. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"
    Synonym(s): iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent
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.
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