Definitions

1. noun

a type of shell or husk, especially of a nut or seed, such as the shell of a walnut or pecan.

“She cracked open the shell of the walnut with a hammer and gave it to me.”

2. noun

the part of a fish that is the hard outer layer of the body.

“The chef carefully cleaned the scales of the fish before cooking it.”

3. proper noun

a programming language, originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987.

“He decided to learn Perl as his first programming language.”

4. verb

to remove the shell or husk from something, especially a nut or seed.

“She perled the almonds before baking them into a pie.”