English Dictionary: Passero Cape | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. {Titmice}. [OE. titemose, titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[be]se a kind of small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa, Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the unrelated word mouse. Cf. {Tit} a small bird.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to {Parus} and allied genera; -- called also {tit}, and {tomtit}. Note: The blue titmouse ({Parus c[d2]ruleus}), the marsh titmouse ({P. palustris}), the crested titmouse ({P. cristatus}), the great titmouse ({P. major}), and the long tailed titmouse ({[92]githalos caudatus}), are the best-known European species. See {Chickadee}. | |
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Linsang \Lin*sang"\ (l[icr]n*s[aum]ng"), n. (Zo[94]l.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus {Prionodon}, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang ({P. gracilis}) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang ({Porana Richardsonii}) is brown with black spots. | |
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Pack herse \Pack herse\ See under 2d {Pack}. | |
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Pack \Pack\, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. {Packet}.] 1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods. --Piers Plowman. 2. [Cf. {Peck}, n.] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. [bd]A pack of sorrows.[b8] [bd]A pack of blessings.[b8] --Shak. Note: [bd]In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs.[b8] --McElrath. 3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; as: (a) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack. (b) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together. (c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves. (d) A shook of cask staves. (e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously. 4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely. --Kane. 5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment. 6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p[?]can to deceive.] A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See {Baggage}. [Obs.] --Skelton. {Pack animal}, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying packs. {Pack cloth}, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales. {Pack horse}. See {Pack animal} (above). {Pack ice}. See def. 4, above. {Pack moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Anacampsis sarcitella}) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and woolen fabrics. {Pack needle}, a needle for sewing with pack thread. --Piers Plowman. {Pack saddle}, a saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal. --Shak. {Pack staff}, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's staff. {Pack thread}, strong thread or small twine used for tying packs or parcels. {Pack train} (Mil.), a troop of pack animals. | |
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Gilthead \Gilt"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A marine fish. The name is applied to two species: (a) The {Pagrus, [or] Chrysophrys, auratus}, a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called also {giltpoll}. (b) The {Crenilabrus melops}, of the British coasts; -- called also {golden maid}, {conner}, {sea partridge}. | |
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Porgy \Por"gy\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy ({Calamus penna}) of the West Indies, the grass porgy ({Calamus arctifrons}) of Florida, and the red porgy ({Pagrus pagrus}) of Europe. | |
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Braise \Braise\, Braize \Braize\, n. [So called from its iridescent colors.] (Zo[94]l.) A European marine fish ({Pagrus vulgaris}) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species. [Also written {brazier}.] | |
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Pagurian \Pa*gu"ri*an\, n. [L. pagurus a kind of crab, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which {Pagurus} is a type; the hermit crab. See {Hermit crab}, under {Hermit}. | |
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Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell. 2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}. {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}. {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}. {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides}). {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See {ptarmigan}. {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under {Reed}. (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. --McElrath. {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}. {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird}, {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William}, {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}. | |
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Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also {savannah}.] Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods. --Dampier. {Savanna flower} (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus {Echites}. {Savanna sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), an American sparrow ({Ammodramus sandwichensis} or {Passerculus savanna}) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States. {Savanna wattle} (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus {Citharexylum}. | |
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Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Peaking}.] 1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand. 2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky. [bd]Dwindle, peak, and pine.[b8] --Shak. 3. [Cf. {Peek}.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak. {Peak arch} (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch. | |
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Peccary \Pec"ca*ry\, n.; pl. {Peccaries}. [From the native South American name: cf. F. p[82]cari, Sp. pecar.] (Zo[94]l.) A pachyderm of the genus {Dicotyles}. Note: The collared peccary, or tajacu ({Dicotyles torquatus}), is about the size and shape of a small hog, and has a white ring aroung the neck. It ranges from Arkansas to Brazil. A larger species ({D. labiatus}), with white cheeks, is found in South America. | |
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Pessary \Pes"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Pessaries}. [L. pessarium, pessum, pessus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. pessaire.] (Med.) (a) An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition. (b) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository. | |
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Picaresque \Pic`a*resque"\, a. [F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue.] Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer. | |
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Picric \Pi"cric\, a. [Gr. [?] bitter.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (called picric acid), intensely bitter. Note: Picric acid is obtained by treating phenol with strong nitric acid, as a brilliant yellow crystalline substance, {C6H2(NO2)3.OH}. It is used in dyeing silk and wool, and also in the manufacture of explosives, as it is very unstable when heated. Called also {trinitrophenol}, and formerly {carbazotic acid}. | |
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Pie \Pie\, n. [OE. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. {Piggin}.] 1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie. 2. See {Camp}, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Pie crust}, the paste of a pie. | |
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Piecework \Piece"work`\, n. Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed. The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. --R. Jefferies. | |
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Piggery \Pig"ger*y\, n.; pl. {Piggeries}. A place where swine are kept. | |
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d8Pis82 \[d8]Pi`s[82]"\, n. [F. pis[82], from piser to stamp, pound, L. pisare.] (Arch.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also {pis[82] work}. --Gwilt. | |
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Pokerish \Pok"er*ish\, a. Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear; as, a pokerish place. [Colloq. U. S.] There is something pokerish about a deserted dwelling. --Lowell. | |
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Pokerish \Pok"er*ish\, a. Stiff like a poker. [Colloq.] | |
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d8Poseur \[d8]Po`seur"\, n. masc.; pl. {Poseurs}, d8Poseuse \[d8]Po`seuse"\, n. fem.; pl. {Poseuses}, [F.] A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally. | |
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Psoric \Pso"ric\, a. [L. psoricus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. psorique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to psora. | |
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Psorosperm \Pso"ro*sperm\, n. [Gr. [?] itching + [?] seed.] (Zo[94]l.) A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarin[91], in the pseudonavicula stage. | |
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Koklass \Ko"klass\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any pheasant of the genus {Pucrasia}. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also {pucras}. | |
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Pucras \Pu"cras\, n. [From a native name in India.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Koklass}. | |
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Koklass \Ko"klass\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any pheasant of the genus {Pucrasia}. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also {pucras}. | |
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Pucras \Pu"cras\, n. [From a native name in India.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Koklass}. | |
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Pygarg \Py"garg\, d8Pygargus \[d8]Py*gar"gus\, [L. pygargus, Gr. [?], literally, white rump; [?] the rump + white: cf. F. pygargue.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope having a white rump. --Deut. xiv. 5. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The female of the hen harrier. (b) The sea eagle. | |
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Pa]jaros, PR (comunidad, FIPS 57806) Location: 18.36207 N, 66.21907 W Population (1990): 6877 (1987 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Pass Christian, MS (city, FIPS 55400) Location: 30.31880 N, 89.24172 W Population (1990): 5557 (2823 housing units) Area: 21.8 sq km (land), 17.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39571 | |
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Peach Orchard, AR (town, FIPS 54140) Location: 36.28094 N, 90.66193 W Population (1990): 197 (102 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72453 Peach Orchard, GA Zip code(s): 30906 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pygarg Heb. dishon, "springing", (Deut. 14:5), one of the animals permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It is described as "a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.", Tristram's Natural History. |