English Dictionary: PSF | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pacify \Pac"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pacified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pacifying}.] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis, peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Peace}, and {-fy}.] To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. [bd]Pray ye, pacify yourself.[b8] --Shak. To pacify and settle those countries. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paspy \Pas"py\, n. [F. passe-pied.] A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; -- called also {passing measure}, and {passymeasure}. --Percy Smith. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Passive \Pas"sive\, a. [L. passivus: cf. F. passif. See {Passion}.] 1. Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene. The passive air Upbore their nimble tread. --Milton. The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all its simple ideas. --Locke. 2. Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission. The best virtue, passive fortitude. --Massinger. 3. (Chem.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive. 4. (Med.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues. {Passive congestion} (Med.), congestion due to obstruction to the return of the blood from the affected part. {Passive iron} (Chem.), iron which has been subjected to the action of heat, of strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc. It is then not easily acted upon by acids. {Passive movement} (Med.), a movement of a part, in order to exercise it, made without the assistance of the muscles which ordinarily move the part. {Passive obedience} (as used by writers on government), obedience or submission of the subject or citizen as a duty in all cases to the existing government. {Passive prayer}, among mystic divines, a suspension of the activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the soul remaining quiet, and yielding only to the impulses of grace. {Passive verb}, [or] {Passive voice} (Gram.), a verb, or form of a verb, which expresses the effect of the action of some agent; as, in Latin, doceor, I am taught; in English, she is loved; the picture is admired by all; he is assailed by slander. Syn: Inactive; inert; quiescent; unresisting; unopposing; suffering; enduring; submissive; patient. | |
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Peasweep \Peas"weep`\, n. [So called from its note.] [Prov. Eng.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pewit, or lapwing. (b) The greenfinch. | |
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Greenfinch \Green"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A European finch ({Ligurinus chloris}); -- called also {green bird}, {green linnet}, {green grosbeak}, {green olf}, {greeny}, and {peasweep}. 2. The Texas sparrow ({Embernagra rufivirgata}), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head. | |
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Peasweep \Peas"weep`\, n. [So called from its note.] [Prov. Eng.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pewit, or lapwing. (b) The greenfinch. | |
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Greenfinch \Green"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A European finch ({Ligurinus chloris}); -- called also {green bird}, {green linnet}, {green grosbeak}, {green olf}, {greeny}, and {peasweep}. 2. The Texas sparrow ({Embernagra rufivirgata}), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head. | |
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Peekaboo \Peek"a*boo\, n. A child's game; bopeep. | |
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Piassava \Pi*as"sa*va\, n. [Pg. piasaba.] A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees ({Attalea funifera} and {Leopoldinia Piassaba}), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also {pia[87]aba} and {piasaba}. | |
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Piassava \Pi*as"sa*va\, n. [Pg. piasaba.] A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees ({Attalea funifera} and {Leopoldinia Piassaba}), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also {pia[87]aba} and {piasaba}. | |
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Pick-up \Pick"-up\, [or] Pickup \Pick"up`\, n. [Colloq., Cant. or Slang] 1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. 2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) = {Brush} b. 3. One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc. | |
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Pick-up \Pick"-up\, [or] Pickup \Pick"up`\, n. [Colloq., Cant. or Slang] 1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. 2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) = {Brush} b. 3. One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Picabo, ID Zip code(s): 83348 | |
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Poy Sippi, WI Zip code(s): 54967 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PCB 1. 2. 3. 4. {Process Control Block}. 5. {Product Configuration Baseline}. 6. {Program Control Block}. 7. ({TCP}). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PCF A simply typed, {functional language}. ["Fully Abstract Translations Between Functional Languages", J. Riecke, 18th POPL, pp. 245-254 (1991)]. ["LCF Considered as a Programming Language", Theor CS 5:223, 1977]. (1996-01-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PGP {Pretty Good Privacy} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PKZIP and {Microsoft Windows} from {PKWARE, Inc.}. PKZIP uses a variation on the {sliding window} compression {algorithm}. It comes with {pkunzip} and {pklite} and is available as {shareware} from most {FTP archives} in a self-expanding {MS-DOS} executable. Current versions as of 1999-10-07: PKZIP 2.60 GUI for {Microsoft Windows 3.1}x, {Windows 9x}, {Windows NT}; PKZIP 2.50 Command Line for Windows 9x NT; PKZIP 2.04g for {MS-DOS}; PKZIP 2.51 for {Unix}, ({Linux}, {SPARC} {Solaris}, {Digital}, {HP-UX}, {IBM AIX} and {SCO} Unix); PKZIP 2.50 for {OS/2}; PKZIP for {Open VMS}/{VAX}. {WINZIP} is a version with a {GUI} for {Microsoft Windows}. A distribution in about 1995-06-22 claiming to be "PKZIP 3" was actually a {trojan horse} which attempted to reformat the hard disk and delete all files on it. {Home (http://www.pkware.com/catalog/pkzip_win.html)}. [Status, history of WINZIP, PKLITE?] (1999-01-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PPCP {PowerPC Platform} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PSF {Print Services Facility} |