essence d\'orient

 [es-uhns dawr-ee-uhnt, -ent, dohr-; Fr. e-sahns daw ryahn]  

es·sence d'o·ri·ent

   [es-uhns dawr-ee-uhnt, -ent, dohr-; Fr. e-sahns daw ryahn]
noun Jewelry.
a preparation for coating glass beads to make imitation pearls, derived from the scales of fish, especially of the bleak.
Origin:
< French: literally, essence of the Orient
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