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Paint \Paint\ (p[amac]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Painted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Painting}.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los many-colored, Skr. pi[cced] to adorn. Cf. {Depict}, {Picture}, {Pigment}, {Pint}.] 1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2 Kings ix. 30. 2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak. Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. --Shak. 3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape. 4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict. Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. --Shak. If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope. Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe. | |
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Painting \Paint"ing\, n. 1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors. 2. (Fine Arts) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture. 3. Color laid on; paint. [R.] --Shak. 4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words. Syn: See {Picture}. | |
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d8Secco \[d8]Sec"co\, a. [It.] Dry. {Secco painting}, [or] {Painting in secco}, painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, which is on wet or fresh plaster. | |
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Umbrella \Um*brel"la\, n. [It. umbrella, fr. ombra a shade, L. umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. {Umbel}, {Umbrage}.] 1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See {Parasol}. Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. --Gay. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus {Umbrella}, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also {umbrella shell}. {Umbrella ant} (Zo[94]l.), the sauba ant; -- so called because it carries bits of leaves over its back when foraging. Called also {parasol ant}. {Umbrella bird} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird ({Cephalopterus ornatus}) of the family {Cotingid[91]}. It is black, with a large handsome crest consisting of a mass of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long, cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy feathers. Called also {dragoon bird}. {Umbrella leaf} (Bot.), an American perennial herb ({Dyphylleia cymosa}), having very large peltate and lobed radical leaves. {Umbrella shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Umbrella}, 3. {Umbrella tree} (Bot.), a kind of magnolia ({M. Umbrella}) with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike clusters at the ends of the branches. It is a native of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in various countries are called by this name, especially a kind of screw pine ({Pandanus odoratissimus}). | |
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Pandean \Pan*de"an\, a. [From 4th {Pan}.] Of or relating to the god Pan. {Pandean pipes}, a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by Pan. Called also {Pan's pipes} and {Panpipes}. | |
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Pandean \Pan*de"an\, a. [From 4th {Pan}.] Of or relating to the god Pan. {Pandean pipes}, a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by Pan. Called also {Pan's pipes} and {Panpipes}. | |
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Syrinx \Syr"inx\, n.; pl. {Syringes}. [NL., from Gr. [?] a pipe.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also {pandean pipes}. | |
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Pandean \Pan*de"an\, a. [From 4th {Pan}.] Of or relating to the god Pan. {Pandean pipes}, a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by Pan. Called also {Pan's pipes} and {Panpipes}. | |
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Syrinx \Syr"inx\, n.; pl. {Syringes}. [NL., from Gr. [?] a pipe.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also {pandean pipes}. | |
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Pandemic \Pan*dem"ic\, a. [L. pandemus, Gr. [?], [?]; [?], [?], all + [?] the people: cf. F. pand[82]mique.] Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic. -- n. A pandemic disease. --Harvey. | |
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Pandemonium \Pan`de*mo"ni*um\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?], [?], all + [?] a demon.] 1. The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits. --Milton. 2. An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage. | |
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Fishhawk \Fish"hawk`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The osprey ({Pandion halia[89]tus}), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also {fishing eagle}, and {bald buzzard}. | |
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Panidiomorphic \Pan*id`i*o*mor"phic\, a. [Pan- + idiomorphic.] (Geol.) Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks. | |
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Pantamorph \Pan"ta*morph\, n. That which assumes, or exists in, all forms. | |
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Pantamorphic \Pan`ta*mor"phic\, a. [Panta- + Gr. [?] form.] Taking all forms. | |
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Pantheon \Pan*the"on\, n. [L. pantheon, pantheum, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]), fr. [?] of all gods; [?], [?], all + [?] a god: cf. F. panth[82]on. See {Pan-}, and {Theism}.] 1. A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome. 2. The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon. | |
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Pant \Pant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Panted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Panting}.] [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.] 1. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. --Dryden. 2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. --Ps. xlii. 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. --Pope. 3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. --Spenser. 4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic] The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. --Pope. | |
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Pantingly \Pant"ing*ly\, adv. With palpitation or rapid breathing. --Shak. | |
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Pantometer \Pan*tom"e*ter\, n. [Panto- + -meter: cf. F. pantom[8a]tre.] An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc. | |
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Pantometry \Pan*tom"e*try\, n. Universal measurement. [R.] -- {Pan`to*met"ric}, a. [R.] | |
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Pantometry \Pan*tom"e*try\, n. Universal measurement. [R.] -- {Pan`to*met"ric}, a. [R.] | |
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Pantomime \Pan"to*mime\, a. Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance. | |
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Pantomime \Pan"to*mime\, n. [F., fr. L. pantomimus, Gr. [?], lit., all-imitating; [?], [?], all + [?] to imitate: cf. It. pantomimo. See {Mimic}.] 1. A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor. [Obs.] 2. One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist. [He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone. --Tylor. 3. A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally. 4. A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features. | |
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Pantomimic \Pan`to*mim"ic\, Pantomimical \Pan`to*mim"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. pantomimique.] Of or pertaining to the pantomime; representing by dumb show. [bd]Pantomimic gesture.[b8] --Bp. Warburton. -- {Pan`to*mim"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Pantomimic \Pan`to*mim"ic\, Pantomimical \Pan`to*mim"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. pantomimique.] Of or pertaining to the pantomime; representing by dumb show. [bd]Pantomimic gesture.[b8] --Bp. Warburton. -- {Pan`to*mim"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Pantomimic \Pan`to*mim"ic\, Pantomimical \Pan`to*mim"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. pantomimique.] Of or pertaining to the pantomime; representing by dumb show. [bd]Pantomimic gesture.[b8] --Bp. Warburton. -- {Pan`to*mim"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Pantomimist \Pan"to*mi`mist\, n. An actor in pantomime; also, a composer of pantomimes. | |
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Panton \Pan"ton\, n. [F. patin. See {Patten}.] (Far.) A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel. | |
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Payndemain \Payn`de*main"\, n. [OF. pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See {Payn}, and {Demesne}. Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it.] The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also {paynemain}, {payman}. [Obs.] | |
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Pendant \Pend"ant\, n. [F., orig. p. pr. of pendre to hang, L. pendere. Cf. {Pendent}, {Pansy}, {Pensive}, {Poise}, {Ponder}.] 1. Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book. Some hang upon the pendants of her ear. --Pope. Many . . . have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and Popular Fictions. --Keightley. 2. (Arch.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features. [bd][A bridge] with . . . pendants graven fair.[b8] --Spenser. 3. (Fine Arts) One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase. 4. A pendulum. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby. 5. The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. [U.S.] --Knight. {Pendant post} (Arch.), a part of the framing of an open timber roof; a post set close against the wall, and resting upon a corbel or other solid support, and supporting the ends of a collar beam or any part of the roof. | |
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Pendant \Pend"ant\, n. [F., orig. p. pr. of pendre to hang, L. pendere. Cf. {Pendent}, {Pansy}, {Pensive}, {Poise}, {Ponder}.] 1. Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book. Some hang upon the pendants of her ear. --Pope. Many . . . have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and Popular Fictions. --Keightley. 2. (Arch.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features. [bd][A bridge] with . . . pendants graven fair.[b8] --Spenser. 3. (Fine Arts) One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase. 4. A pendulum. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby. 5. The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. [U.S.] --Knight. {Pendant post} (Arch.), a part of the framing of an open timber roof; a post set close against the wall, and resting upon a corbel or other solid support, and supporting the ends of a collar beam or any part of the roof. | |
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Pendence \Pend"ence\, n. [See {Pendent}.] Slope; inclination. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Pendency \Pend"en*cy\, n. 1. The quality or state of being pendent or suspended. 2. The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense; as, the pendency of a suit. --Ayliffe. | |
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Pendent \Pend"ent\, a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. {Pendant}.] 1. Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf. [bd]The pendent world.[b8] --Shak. Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle. --Longfellow. 2. Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. [bd]A vapor sometime like a . . . pendent rock.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Pendentive \Pen*den"tive\, n. [F. pendentif, fr. L. pendere to hang.] (Arch.) (a) The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola. (b) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel. | |
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Pendently \Pend"ent*ly\, adv. In a pendent manner. | |
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Pend \Pend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pending}.] [L. pendere.] 1. To hang; to depend. [R.] Pending upon certain powerful motions. --I. Taylor. 2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment. | |
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Pending \Pend"ing\, a. [L. pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. {Pendent}.] Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit. | |
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Pending \Pend"ing\, prep. During; as, pending the trail. | |
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Penitence \Pen"i*tence\, n. [F. p[82]nitence, L. paenitentia. See {Penitent}, and cf. {Penance}.] The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition. [bd]Penitence of his old guilt.[b8] --Chaucer. Death is deferred, and penitenance has room To mitigate, if not reverse, the doom. --Dryden. Syn: Repentance; contrition; compunction. | |
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Penitencer \Pen"i*ten*cer\, n. [F. p[82]nitencier.] A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases. [Written also {penitenser}.] [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Penitency \Pen"i*ten*cy\, n. Penitence. [Obs.] | |
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Penitencer \Pen"i*ten*cer\, n. [F. p[82]nitencier.] A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases. [Written also {penitenser}.] [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Penitent \Pen"i*tent\, a. [F. p[82]nitent, L. paenitens, -entis, poenitens, p. pr. of paenitere, poenitere, to cause to repent, to repent; prob. akin to poena punishment. See {Pain}.] 1. Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life. Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite. --Milton. The pound he tamed, the penitent he cheered. --Dryden. 2. Doing penance. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Penitent \Pen"i*tent\, n. 1. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions. 2. One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance. 3. One under the direction of a confessor. Note: Penitents is an appellation given to certain fraternities in Roman Catholic countries, distinguished by their habit, and employed in charitable acts. | |
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Penitential \Pen`i*ten"tial\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]nitentiel.] Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears. [bd]Penitential stripes.[b8] --Cowper. Guilt that all the penitential fires of hereafter can not cleanse. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Penitential \Pen`i*ten"tial\, n. (R. C. Ch.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also {penitential book}. | |
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Penitential \Pen`i*ten"tial\, n. (R. C. Ch.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also {penitential book}. | |
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Penitentially \Pen`i*ten"tial*ly\, adv. In a penitential manner. | |
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Penitentiary \Pen`i*ten"tia*ry\, n.; pl. {Penitentiaries}. [Cf. F. p[82]nitencier. See {Penitent}.] 1. One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. One who does penance. [Obs.] --Hammond. 3. A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed. --Shpiley. 4. That part of a church to which penitents were admitted. --Shipley. 5. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope. (b) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him. 6. A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor. | |
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Penitentiary \Pen`i*ten"tia*ry\, n.; pl. {Penitentiaries}. [Cf. F. p[82]nitencier. See {Penitent}.] 1. One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. One who does penance. [Obs.] --Hammond. 3. A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed. --Shpiley. 4. That part of a church to which penitents were admitted. --Shipley. 5. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope. (b) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him. 6. A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor. | |
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Penitentiary \Pen`i*ten"tia*ry\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]nitentiaire.] 1. Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance. [bd]A penitentiary tax.[b8] --Abp. Bramhall. 2. Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter. 3. Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation. [bd]Penitentiary houses.[b8] --Blackstone. | |
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Penitentiaryship \Pen`i*ten"tia*ry*ship\, n. The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court. [R.] --Wood. | |
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Penitently \Pen"i*tent*ly\, adv. In a penitent manner. | |
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Confalon \Con"fa*lon\, n. [F. See {Confalon}.] (R. C. Ch.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called {Penitents}. | |
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Pentameran \Pen*tam"er*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Pentamera. | |
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Pentamerous \Pen*tam"er*ous\, a. [Penta- + Gr. [?] part.] 1. (Biol.) Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the Pentamera. | |
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d8Pentamerus \[d8]Pen*tam"e*rus\, n. [NL. See {Pentamerous}.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant in the Upper Silurian. {Pentamerus limestone} (Geol.), a Silurian limestone composed largely of the shells of Pentamerus. | |
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Pentameter \Pen*tam"e*ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] (see {Penta-}) + [?] measure.] (Gr. & L.Pros.) A verse of five feet. Note: The dactylic pentameter consists of two parts separated by a di[91]resis. Each part consists of two dactyls and a long syllable. The spondee may take the place of the dactyl in the first part, but not in the second. The elegiac distich consists of the hexameter followed by the pentameter. --Harkness. | |
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Pentameter \Pen*tam"e*ter\, a. Having five metrical feet. | |
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Pentamethylene \Pen`ta*meth"yl*ene\, n. [Penta- + methylene.] (Chem.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, {C5H10}, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. {Trimethylene}, and {Tetramethylene}. | |
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Pentandrian \Pen*tan"dri*an\, Pentandrous \Pen*tan"drous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Pentadria; having five stamens. | |
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Pentandrian \Pen*tan"dri*an\, Pentandrous \Pen*tan"drous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Pentadria; having five stamens. | |
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Pentane \Pen"tane\, n. [See {Penta-}.] (Chem.) Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, {C5H12}, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the molecule. | |
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Pentangle \Pen"tan`gle\, n. [Penta- + angle.] A pentagon. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Pentangular \Pen*tan"gu*lar\, a. [Penta- + angular.] Having five corners or angles. [R.] | |
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Pentene \Pen"tene\, n. [See {Penta-}.] (Chem.) Same as {Amylene}. | |
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Valerylene \Val`er*yl*ene\, n. (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, {C5H8}; -- called also {pentine}. | |
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Pentine \Pen"tine\, n. [See {Penta-}.] (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, {C5H8}, of the acetylene series. Same as {Valerylene}. | |
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Valerylene \Val`er*yl*ene\, n. (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, {C5H8}; -- called also {pentine}. | |
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Pentine \Pen"tine\, n. [See {Penta-}.] (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, {C5H8}, of the acetylene series. Same as {Valerylene}. | |
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Pentone \Pen"tone\, n. [See {Penta-}.] (Chem.) Same as {Valylene}. | |
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Phantom \Phan"tom\, a. Being, or of the nature of, a phantom. Phantom isles are floating in the skies. --B. Taylor. | |
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Phantom \Phan"tom\, n. [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fant[93]me, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to show. See {Fancy}, and cf. {Pha[89]ton}, {Phantasm}, {Phase}.] That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. --Pope. She was a phantom of delight. --Wordsworth. {Phantom ship}. See {Flying Dutchman}, under {Flying}. {Phantom tumor} (Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an an[91]sthetic. | |
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Phantom circuit \Phantom circuit\ (Elec.) The equivalent of an additional circuit or wire, in reality not existing, obtained by certain arrangements of real circuits, as in some multiplex telegraph systems. | |
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Phantom \Phan"tom\, n. [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fant[93]me, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to show. See {Fancy}, and cf. {Pha[89]ton}, {Phantasm}, {Phase}.] That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. --Pope. She was a phantom of delight. --Wordsworth. {Phantom ship}. See {Flying Dutchman}, under {Flying}. {Phantom tumor} (Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an an[91]sthetic. | |
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Phantom \Phan"tom\, n. [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fant[93]me, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to show. See {Fancy}, and cf. {Pha[89]ton}, {Phantasm}, {Phase}.] That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. --Pope. She was a phantom of delight. --Wordsworth. {Phantom ship}. See {Flying Dutchman}, under {Flying}. {Phantom tumor} (Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an an[91]sthetic. | |
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Phantomatic \Phan`tom*at"ic\, a. Phantasmal. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
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Phonation \Pho*na"tion\, n. [Gr. [?] the voice.] The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech. | |
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Piney \Pin"ey\, a. [Of East Indian origin.] A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the {Vateria Indica} or piney tree, of the order {Dipterocarpe[91]}, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products. {Piney dammar}, {Piney resin}, {Piney varnish}, a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney tree ({Vateria Indica}) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for amber. Called also {liquid copal}, and {white dammar}. {Piney tallow}, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the {Vateria Indica}; called also {dupada oil}. {Piney thistle} (Bot.), a plant ({Atractylis gummifera}), from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance exudes. | |
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Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. 2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also {pointer}. 3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line. 4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick. 5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced. 6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge. When time's first point begun Made he all souls. --Sir J. Davies. 7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion. And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer. Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope. 8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints. [bd]A point of precedence.[b8] --Selden. [bd]Creeping on from point to point.[b8] --Tennyson. A lord full fat and in good point. --Chaucer. 9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc. He told him, point for point, in short and plain. --Chaucer. In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon. Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty ? --Milton. 10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote. [bd]Here lies the point.[b8] --Shak. They will hardly prove his point. --Arbuthnot. 11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio. This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak. [He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser. 12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time; as: (a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune. [bd]Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. (b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. 13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See {Equinoctial Nodal}. 14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}. 15. (Naut.) (a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the compass}, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point. (b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See {Reef point}, under {Reef}. 16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott. 17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below. 18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.] 19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. [Cant, U. S.] 20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. 21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See {Pointer}. 22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See {Point system of type}, under {Type}. 23. A tyne or snag of an antler. 24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board. 25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point. Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics, perspective, and physics, but generally either in the geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon point, dry point, freezing point, melting point, vanishing point, etc. {At all points}, in every particular, completely; perfectly. --Shak. {At point}, {In point}, {At}, {In}, [or] On, {the point}, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see {About}, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of speaking. [bd]In point to fall down.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken, recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on his side.[b8] --Milton. {Dead point}. (Mach.) Same as {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Far point} (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with each eye separately (monocular near point). {Nine points of the law}, all but the tenth point; the greater weight of authority. {On the point}. See {At point}, above. {Point lace}, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished from that made on the pillow. {Point net}, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels lace (Brussels ground). {Point of concurrence} (Geom.), a point common to two lines, but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base. {Point of contrary flexure}, a point at which a curve changes its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and concavity change sides. {Point of order}, in parliamentary practice, a question of order or propriety under the rules. {Point of sight} (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the spectator. {Point of view}, the relative position from which anything is seen or any subject is considered. {Points of the compass} (Naut.), the thirty-two points of division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the directions of east, west, north, and south, are called cardinal points, and the rest are named from their respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N., N. E., etc. See Illust. under {Compass}. {Point paper}, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil for transferring a design. {Point system of type}. See under {Type}. {Singular point} (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses some property not possessed by points in general on the curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc. {To carry one's point}, to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy. {To make a point of}, to attach special importance to. {To make}, [or] {gain}, {a point}, accomplish that which was proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or position. {To mark}, [or] {score}, {a point}, as in billiards, cricket, etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run, etc. {To strain a point}, to go beyond the proper limit or rule; to stretch one's authority or conscience. {Vowel point}, in Hebrew, and certain other Eastern and ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant. | |
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Point \Point\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pointing}.] [Cf. F. pointer. See {Point}, n.] 1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral. 2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort. 3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope. 4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition. 5. To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points. 6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out. --Pope. He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens. 7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. 8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. 9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. {To point a rope} (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles. {To point a sail} (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet holes of the reefs. {To point off}, to divide into periods or groups, or to separate, by pointing, as figures. {To point the yards} (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten. | |
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Pointing \Point"ing\, n. 1. The act of sharpening. 2. The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod. 3. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation. 4. The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used. 5. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling. 6. (Sculpt.) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model. | |
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Pointingstock \Point`ing*stock`\, n. An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock. --Shak. | |
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Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the family {Carangid[91]}, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}. 2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the family {Labrid[91]}. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. | |
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Whitefish \White"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of {Coregonus}, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species ({C. clupeiformis}) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also {lake whitefish}, and {Oswego bass}. (b) The menhaden. (c) The beluga, or white whale. Note: Various other fishes are locally called whitefish, as the silver salmon, the whiting (a), the yellowtail, and the young of the bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). | |
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Houndfish \Hound"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any small shark of the genus {Galeus} or {Mustelus}, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish ({G. canis}), of Europe and America; -- called also {houndshark}, and {dogfish}. Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is {Scyllium canicula}; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is {S. catulus}. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}), and to the silver gar. | |
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{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
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Pomatum \Po*ma"tum\, n. [See {Pomade}.] A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade. --Wiseman. | |
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Pomatum \Po*ma"tum\, v. t. To dress with pomatum. | |
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Pond \Pond\, n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water, and the same word as pound. See {Pound} an inclosure.] A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake. [bd]Through pond or pool.[b8] --Milton. {Pond hen} (Zo[94]l.), the American coot. See {Coot} (a) . {Pond lily} (Bot.), the water lily. See under {Water}, and Illust. under {Nymph[91]a}. {Pond snail} (Zo[94]l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing snails ({Pulmonifera}) belonging to Limn[91]a, Physa, Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are pectinibranchs, belonging to {Melantho}, {Valvata}, and various other genera. | |
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Pontine \Pon"tine\, a. [L. Pontinus or Pomptinus, an appellation given to a district in Latium, near Pometia.] Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples. [Written also {Pomptine}.] | |
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Ponton \Pon*ton"\, n. [F.] See {Pontoon}. | |
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Bridge \Bridge\, n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. brucca, G. br[81]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br[umac] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.] 1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other. 2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed. 3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument. 4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit. 5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a {bridge wall}. {Aqueduct bridge}. See {Aqueduct}. {Asses' bridge}, {Bascule bridge}, {Bateau bridge}. See under {Ass}, {Bascule}, {Bateau}. {Bridge of a steamer} (Naut.), a narrow platform across the deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes. {Bridge of the nose}, the upper, bony part of the nose. {Cantalever bridge}. See under {Cantalever}. {Draw bridge}. See {Drawbridge}. {Flying bridge}, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the current or other means. {Girder bridge} or {Truss bridge}, a bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers. {Lattice bridge}, a bridge formed by lattice girders. {Pontoon bridge}, {Ponton bridge}. See under {Pontoon}. {Skew bridge}, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering. {Suspension bridge}. See under {Suspension}. {Trestle bridge}, a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles. {Tubular bridge}, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal. {Wheatstone's bridge} (Elec.), a device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pontoon \Pon*toon"\, n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L. ponto, -onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally, a way, path: cf. Gr. [?] path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf. {Punt} a boat.] 1. (Mil.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops. 2. (Naut.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter. {Pontoon bridge}, a bridge formed with pontoons. {Pontoon train}, the carriages of the pontoons, and the materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge. Note: The French spelling ponton often appears in scientific works, but pontoon is more common form. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pontoon \Pon*toon"\, n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L. ponto, -onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally, a way, path: cf. Gr. [?] path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf. {Punt} a boat.] 1. (Mil.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops. 2. (Naut.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter. {Pontoon bridge}, a bridge formed with pontoons. {Pontoon train}, the carriages of the pontoons, and the materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge. Note: The French spelling ponton often appears in scientific works, but pontoon is more common form. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bridge \Bridge\, n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. brucca, G. br[81]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br[umac] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.] 1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other. 2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed. 3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument. 4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit. 5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a {bridge wall}. {Aqueduct bridge}. See {Aqueduct}. {Asses' bridge}, {Bascule bridge}, {Bateau bridge}. See under {Ass}, {Bascule}, {Bateau}. {Bridge of a steamer} (Naut.), a narrow platform across the deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes. {Bridge of the nose}, the upper, bony part of the nose. {Cantalever bridge}. See under {Cantalever}. {Draw bridge}. See {Drawbridge}. {Flying bridge}, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the current or other means. {Girder bridge} or {Truss bridge}, a bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers. {Lattice bridge}, a bridge formed by lattice girders. {Pontoon bridge}, {Ponton bridge}. See under {Pontoon}. {Skew bridge}, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering. {Suspension bridge}. See under {Suspension}. {Trestle bridge}, a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles. {Tubular bridge}, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal. {Wheatstone's bridge} (Elec.), a device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pontoon \Pon*toon"\, n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L. ponto, -onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally, a way, path: cf. Gr. [?] path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf. {Punt} a boat.] 1. (Mil.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops. 2. (Naut.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter. {Pontoon bridge}, a bridge formed with pontoons. {Pontoon train}, the carriages of the pontoons, and the materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge. Note: The French spelling ponton often appears in scientific works, but pontoon is more common form. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pontooning \Pon*toon"ing\, n. The act, art, or process of constructing pontoon bridges. [bd]Army instruction in pontooning.[b8] --Gen. W. T. Shermah. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pound \Pound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pounding}.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. {Pun} a play on words.] 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks. --Dryden. 2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pounding \Pound"ing\, n. 1. The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating. 2. A pounded or pulverized substance. [R.] [bd]Covered with the poundings of these rocks.[b8] --J. S. Blackie. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punition \Pu*ni"tion\, n. [L. punitio: cf. F. punition. See {Punish}.] Punishment. [R.] --Mir. for Mag. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Phoneton, OH Zip code(s): 45371 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pinetown, NC Zip code(s): 27865 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Point Dume, CA (CDP, FIPS 57897) Location: 34.01232 N, 118.80159 W Population (1990): 2809 (1351 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Point Marion, PA (borough, FIPS 61864) Location: 39.73445 N, 79.90068 W Population (1990): 1344 (609 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15474 | |
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Point Mugu Nawc, CA Zip code(s): 93042 | |
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Pontoon Beach, IL (village, FIPS 61067) Location: 38.72653 N, 90.05113 W Population (1990): 4013 (1628 housing units) Area: 17.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pounding Mill, VA Zip code(s): 24637 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Pentium n. The name given to Intel's P5 chip, the successor to the 80486. The name was chosen because of difficulties Intel had in trademarking a number. It suggests the number five (implying 586) while (according to Intel) conveying a meaning of strength "like titanium". Among hackers, the plural is frequently `pentia'. See also {Pentagram Pro}. Intel did not stick to this convention when naming its P6 processor the Pentium Pro; many believe this is due to difficulties in selling a chip with "sex" in its name. Successor chips have been called `Pentium II' and `Pentium III'. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
point-and-drool interface n. Parody of the techspeak term `point-and-shoot interface', describing a windows, icons, and mouse-based interface such as is found on the Macintosh. The implication, of course, is that such an interface is only suitable for idiots. See {for the rest of us}, {WIMP environment}, {Macintrash}, {drool-proof paper}. Also `point-and-grunt interface'. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
pound on vt. Syn. {bang on}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pantone which is specified by a single number. You can buy a Pantone swatch book containing samples of each colour. Some computer graphics software allows colours to be specified as Pantone numbers. Even though a computer {monitor} can only show an approximation to some of the colours, the software can output a {colour separation} for each different Pantone colour, enabling a print shop to exactly reproduce the original desired colour. (1996-03-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pentium It has two 32-bit 486-type integer {pipelines} with dependency checking. It can execute a maximum of two instructions per cycle. It does pipelined {floating-point} and performs {branch prediction}. It has 16 {kilobytes} of on-chip {cache}, a 64-bit memory interface, 8 32-bit general-purpose {registers} and 8 80-bit {floating-point} registers. It is built from 3.1 million transistors on a 262.4 mm^2 die with ~2.3 million transistors in the core logic. Its {clock rate} is 66MHz, heat dissipation is 16W, integer performance is 64.5 {SPECint92}, {floating-point} performance 56.9 {SPECfp92}. It is called "Pentium" because it is the fifth in the 80x86 line. It would have been called the 80586 had a US court not ruled that you can't trademark a number. The successors are the {Pentium Pro} and {Pentium II}. The following Pentium variants all belong to "x86 Family 6", as reported by "Microsoft Windows" when identifying the CPU: Model Name 1 Pentium Pro 2 ? 3 Pentium II 4 ? 5, 6 Celeron or Pentium II 7 Pentium III 8 Celeron uPGA2 or Mobile Pentium III A {floating-point division bug (ftp://ftp.isi.edu/pub/carlton/pentium/FAQ)} was discovered in October 1994. [Internal implementation, "Microprocessor Report" newsletter, 1993-03-29, volume 7, number 4]. [Pentium based computers, PC Magazine, 1994-01-25]. (2003-09-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pentium 2 {Pentium II} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pentium 3 {Pentium III} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pentium II Pro}. The Pentium II can execute all the instructions of all the earlier members of the {Intel 80x86} processor family. There are four versions targetted at different user markets. The {Celeron} is the simplest and cheapest. The standard Pentium II is aimed at mainstream home and business users. The {Pentium II Xeon} is intended for higher performance business {servers}. There is also a mobile version of the Pentium II for use in portable computers. All versions of the Pentium II are packaged on a special {daughterboard} that plugs into a card-edge processor slot on the {motherboard}. The daughterboard is enclosed within a rectangular black box called a {Single Edge Contact} (SEC) cartridge. The budget {Celeron} may be sold as a card only without the box. Consumer line Pentium II's require a 242-pin slot called {Slot 1}. The {Xeon} uses a 330-pin slot called Slot 2. Intel refers to Slot 1 and Slot 2 as SEC-242 and SEC-330 in some of their technical documentation. The daughterboard has mounting points for the Pentium II {CPU} itself plus various support chips and {cache} memory chips. All components on the daughterboard are normally permanently soldered in place. Previous generation {Socket 7} motherboards cannot normally be upgraded to accept the Pentium II, so it is necessary to install a new motherboard. All Pentium II processors have {Multimedia Extensions} (MMX) and integrated Level One and Level Two cache controllers. Additional features include {Dynamic Execution} and Dual Independent Bus Architecture, with separate 64 bit system and cache busses. Pentium II is a {superscalar} CPU having about 7.5 million {transistors}. The first Pentium II's produced were code named {Klamath}. They were manufactured using a 0.35 micron process and supported {clock rates} of 233, 266, 300 and 333 {MHz} at a {bus} speed of 66 MHz. Second generation Pentium II's, code named Deschutes, are made with a 0.25 micron process and support rates of 350, 400 and 450 MHz at a bus speed of 100 MHz. {Home (http://www.intel.com/PentiumII/)}. (1998-10-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pentium II Xeon II} processor. The Xeon has the same {P6} core as existing {Pentium Pro}/{Pentium II} units, but it supports a 100 {MHz} system {bus} and offers as much as 2 {MB} of {level 2 cache}. {Home (http://www.intel.com/PentiumII/xeon/home.htm)}. (1998-09-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pentium III Corporation}'s successor to the {Pentium II}, introduced in 1999 with a 500 {MHz} {clock rate}. The Pentim III is very similar to the Pentium II in architecture. Its external {bus} can be clocked at 100 or 133 MHz, it can have up to 512 {KB} of {secondary cache}, and it comes in various packages including {SECC2} and {FC-PGA}. The Pentium III has a {P6} {Dynamic Execution} {microarchitecture}, a {multi-transaction system bus}, and {MMX}, like the Pentium II. It adds {Dual Independent Bus} (DIB) Architecture, the {Intel Processor Serial Number}, Internet {Streaming SIMD Extensions}, 70 new instructions. Some versions also include an {Advanced Transfer Cache} and {Advanced System Buffering}. When Intel released a 1.13 {GHz} version of the Pentium III processor using a 0.18 {micron} fabrication process on 2000-07-31, it was the world's highest performance microprocessor for PCs. {Home (http://www.intel.com/PentiumIII)}. (2000-10-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pentium Pro successor to the {Pentium} processor, in development Jan 1995, generally available 1995-11-01. The P6 has an internal {RISC} architecture with a {CISC}-{RISC} translator, 3-way {superscalar} execution, and {out-of order execution} (or "{speculative execution}", which Intel calls "{Dynamic Execution}"). It also features {branch prediction} and {register renaming}, and is superpipelined (14 stages). The P6 is made as a two-chip assembly: the first chip is the {CPU} and 16 kilobyte {first-level cache} (5.5 million {transistors}) and the other is a 256 (or 512) kilobyte {second-level cache} (15 million transistors). The first version has a clock frequency of 133 Mhz and consumes about 20W of power. It is about twice as fast as the 100 MHz Pentium. The original 0.35 micron versions of the Pentium Pro released on 1995-11-01 run at 150 and 166 Mhz for desktop machines and up to 200 Mhz for {servers}. Heat disspation is about 20 Watts. The Pentium Pro is optimised for 32-bit software and runs 16-bit software slower than the original Pentium. The successor was the {Pentium II}. [Performance?] (1996-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
point-and-drool interface "{point-and-shoot interface}", describing a windows, icons, and mouse-based ({WIMP}) {graphical user interface}. The implication, of course, is that such an interface is only suitable for idiots. See {for the rest of us}, {WIMP}, {drool-proof paper}. [{Jargon File}] (2000-08-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
point-and-grunt interface {point-and-drool interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pointing device spatial data to a computer. {CAD} systems and {Graphical User Interfaces} (GUI) allow the user to control and provide data to the computer using physical "gestures" - {point}, {click}, and {drag} - typically by moving a hand-held {mouse} across the surface of the physical desktop and activating switches on the mouse. Movements of the pointing device are echoed on a graphical representation of a desktop on the screen by movements of the {mouse pointer} and other visual changes. While the most common pointing device by far is a mouse, other kinds include {tracker ball}, {trackpad}, {lightpen}, various kinds of {digitising tablets} which use a stylus, and even a special "{data glove}" that translates the user's movements to computer gestures. (1997-02-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pointing stick {TrackPoint} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pound on {bang on} |