English Dictionary: Pinnkompass | by the DICT Development Group |
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Panacean \Pan`a*ce"an\, a. Having the properties of a panacea. [R.] [bd]Panacean dews.[b8] --Whitehead. | |
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Pangenesis \Pan*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pan- + genesis.] (Biol.) An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity. Note: The theory rests on the assumption, that the whole organization, in the sense of every separate atom or unit, reproduces itself, the cells throwing off minute granules called gemmules, which circulate freely throughout the system and multiply by subdivision. These gemmules collect in the reproductive organs and products, or in buds, so that the egg or bud contains gemmules from all parts of the parent or parents, which in development give rise to cells in the offspring similar to those from which they were given off in the parent. The hypothesis also assumes that these gemmules need not in all cases develop into cells, but may lie dormant, and be transmitted from generation to generation without producing a noticeable effect until a case of atavism occurs. | |
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Pangenetic \Pan`ge*net"ic\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to pangenesis. | |
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Para grass \Pa*ra" grass`\ (Bot.) A valuable pasture grass ({Panicum barbinode}) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil. | |
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Witch \Witch\, n. [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. w[c6]tiga, w[c6]tga, a soothsayer (cf. {Wiseacre}); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.] 1. One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well. There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a witch. --Wyclif (Acts viii. 9). He can not abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch. --Shak. 2. An ugly old woman; a hag. --Shak. 3. One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child. [Colloq.] 4. (Geom.) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The stormy petrel. {Witch balls}, a name applied to the interwoven rolling masses of the stems of herbs, which are driven by the winds over the steppes of Tartary. Cf. {Tumbleweed}. --Maunder (Treas. of Bot.) {Witches' besoms} (Bot.), tufted and distorted branches of the silver fir, caused by the attack of some fungus. --Maunder (Treas. of Bot.) {Witches' butter} (Bot.), a name of several gelatinous cryptogamous plants, as {Nostoc commune}, and {Exidia glandulosa}. See {Nostoc}. {Witch grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Panicum capillare}) with minute spikelets on long, slender pedicels forming a light, open panicle. {Witch meal} (Bot.), vegetable sulphur. See under {Vegetable}. | |
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Barnyard grass, for hay. South. {Panicum Grus-galli}. Bent, pasture and hay. {Agrostis}, several species. Bermuda grass, pasture. South. {Cynodon Dactylon}. Black bent. Same as {Switch grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. {Poa compressa}. Blue joint, hay. Northwest. {Aqropyrum glaucum}. Buffalo grass, grazing. Rocky Mts., etc. (a) {Buchlo[89] dectyloides}. (b) Same as {Grama grass} (below). | |
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Grama grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and hay. Far West. {Festuca scabrella}. Guinea grass, hay. South. {Panicum jumentorum}. Herd's grass, in New England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop. Indian grass. Same as {Wood grass} (below). Italian rye grass, forage and hay. {Lolium Italicum}. Johnson grass, grazing aud hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. {Elymus}, several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay. {Glyceria}, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture and hay. {Festuca elatior}. Meadow foxtail, pasture, hay, lawn. North. {Alopecurus pratensis}. Meadow grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Poa}, several species. Mesquite, [or] Muskit grass. Same as {Grama grass} (above). | |
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Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[icr]n"[esl]), n. 1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. 2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton. {Guinea corn}. (Bot.) See {Durra}. {Guinea Current} (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea. {Guinea dropper} one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [Obs.] --Gay. {Guinea fowl}, {Guinea hen} (Zo[94]l.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus {Numida}, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species ({N. meleagris}), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl ({N. cristata}) is a finer species. {Guinea grains} (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See {Amomum}. {Guinea grass} (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. {Guinea-hen flower} (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. {Guinea peach}. See under {Peach}. {Guinea pepper} (Bot.), the pods of the {Xylopia aromatica}, a tree of the order {Anonace[91]}, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper [92]thiopicum}. {Guinea pig}. [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.] (a) (Zo[94]l.) A small Brazilian rodent ({Cavia cobaya}), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black. | |
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Millet \Mil"let\, n. [F., dim. of mil, L. milium; akin to Gr. [?], AS. mil.] (Bot.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are {Panicum miliaceum}, and {Setaria Italica}. | |
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Para0 grass \Par[a0] grass\ (a) A tall rather coarse grass ({Panicum molle}) grown in the tropics for pasturage, and introduced into the southern United States. (b) Piassaba fiber. | |
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Finger \Fin"ger\, n. [AS. finger; akin to D. vinger, OS. & OHG. fingar, G. finger, Icel. fingr, Sw. & Dan. finger, Goth. figgrs; of unknown origin; perh. akin to E. fang.] 1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb. 2. Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion. 3. The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard. A piece of steel three fingers thick. --Bp. Wilkins. 4. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. [R.] She has a good finger. --Busby. {Ear finger}, the little finger. {Finger alphabet}. See {Dactylology}. {Finger bar}, the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play. {Finger board} (Mus.), the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual. {Finger} {bowl [or] glass}, a bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table. {Finger flower} (Bot.), the foxglove. {Finger grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Panicum sanguinale}) with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See {Crab grass}, under {Crab}. {Finger nut}, a fly nut or thumb nut. {Finger plate}, a strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks. {Finger post}, a guide post bearing an index finger. {Finger reading}, reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind. {Finger shell} (Zo[94]l.), a marine shell ({Pholas dactylus}) resembling a finger in form. {Finger sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches. {Finger stall}, a cover or shield for a finger. {Finger steel}, a steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife. {To burn one's fingers}. See under {Burn}. {To have a finger in}, to be concerned in. [Colloq.] {To have at one's fingers' ends}, to be thoroughly familiar with. [Colloq.] | |
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Bunch grass, grazing. Far West. {Eriocoma}, {Festuca}, {Stips}, etc. Chess, [or] Cheat, a weed. {Bromus secalinus}, etc. Couch grass. Same as {Quick grass} (below). Crab grass, (a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. {Panicum sanguinale}. (b) Pasture and hay. South. {Eleusine Indica}. Darnel (a) Bearded, a noxious weed. {Lolium temulentum}. (b) Common. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Drop seed, fair for forage and hay. {Muhlenbergia}, several species. English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow grass. (a) Pasture and hay. {Poa serotina}. (b) Hay, on moist land. {Gryceria nervata}. Gama grass, cut fodder. South. {Tripsacum dactyloides}. | |
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Note: {Arabian millet} is {Sorghum Halepense}. {Egyptian [or] East Indian}, {millet} is {Penicillaria spicata}. {Indian millet} is {Sorghum vulgare}. (See under {Indian}.) {Italian millet} is {Setaria Italica}, a coarse, rank-growing annual grass, valuable for fodder when cut young, and bearing nutritive seeds; -- called also {Hungarian grass}. {Texas millet} is {Panicum Texanum}. {Wild millet}, or {Millet grass}, is {Milium effusum}, a tail grass growing in woods. | |
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. | |
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Pannikin \Pan"ni*kin\, n. [Dim. of pan a dish.] A small pan or cup. --Marryat. Thackeray. | |
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Panshon \Pan"shon\, n. An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Paunch \Paunch\, n. [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.] 1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See {Rumen}. 2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; -- called also {panch}. 3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. {Paunch mat} (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing. | |
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Paunch \Paunch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paunched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paunching}.] 1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. --Shak. 2. To stuff with food. [Obs.] --Udall. | |
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Peanism \Pe"an*ism\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to chant the p[91]an.] The song or shout of praise, of battle, or of triumph. [R.] | |
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Pemmican \Pem"mi*can\, n. A treatise of much thought in little compass. | |
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Pemmican \Pem"mi*can\, n. [Written also pemican.] 1. Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun. Then on pemican they feasted. --Longfellow. 2. Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration. | |
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Penguin \Pen"guin\, n. [Perh. orig. the name of another bird, and fr. W. pen head + gwyn white; or perh. from a native South American name.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See {King penguin}, under {Jackass}. Note: Penguins are found in the south temperate and antarctic regions. The king penguins ({Aptenodytes Patachonica}, and {A. longirostris}) are the largest; the jackass penguins ({Spheniscus}) and the rock hoppers ({Catarractes}) congregate in large numbers at their breeding grounds. 2. (Bot.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant ({Bromelia Pinguin}) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges. [Written also {pinguin}.] {Arctic penguin} (Zo[94]l.), the great auk. See {Auk}. | |
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Penguinery \Pen"guin*er*y\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins. | |
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Penknife \Pen"knife`\, n.; pl. {Penknives}. [Pen + knife.] A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens. | |
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Penknife \Pen"knife`\, n.; pl. {Penknives}. [Pen + knife.] A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens. | |
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Pension \Pen"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pensioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pensioning}.] To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant. One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. --Pope. | |
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Pension \Pen"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. pensio a paying, payment, fr. pendere, pensum, to weight, to pay; akin to pend[?]re to hang. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Spend}.] 1. A payment; a tribute; something paid or given. [Obs.] The stomach's pension, and the time's expense. --Sylvester. 2. A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like. To all that kept the city pensions and wages. --1 Esd. iv. 56. 3. A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. 4. [F., pronounced [?].] A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. | |
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Pensionary \Pen"sion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Pensionaries}. [Cf. F. pensionnaire. Cf. {Pensioner}.] 1. One who receives a pension; a pensioner. --E. Hall. 2. One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. {Grand pensionary}, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic. | |
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Pensionary \Pen"sion*a*ry\, a. 1. Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies. --Donne. 2. Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance. | |
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Pensionary \Pen"sion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Pensionaries}. [Cf. F. pensionnaire. Cf. {Pensioner}.] 1. One who receives a pension; a pensioner. --E. Hall. 2. One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. {Grand pensionary}, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic. | |
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Pension \Pen"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pensioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pensioning}.] To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant. One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. --Pope. | |
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Pensioner \Pen"sion*er\, n. 1. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent. The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. --Milton. Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital. --Macaulay. 2. One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of [9c]150 and two horses. 3. [Cf. F. pensionnaire one who pays for his board. Cf. {Pensionary}, n.] In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford. --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Commoner \Com"mon*er\, n. 1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them [the peers] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other. --Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground. Much good land might be gained from forests . . . and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury. --Bacon. 4. One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] --Fuller. 5. A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a {pensioner}. 6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Pensioner \Pen"sion*er\, n. 1. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent. The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. --Milton. Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital. --Macaulay. 2. One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of [9c]150 and two horses. 3. [Cf. F. pensionnaire one who pays for his board. Cf. {Pensionary}, n.] In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford. --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Commoner \Com"mon*er\, n. 1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them [the peers] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other. --Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground. Much good land might be gained from forests . . . and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury. --Bacon. 4. One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] --Fuller. 5. A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a {pensioner}. 6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Pension \Pen"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pensioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pensioning}.] To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant. One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. --Pope. | |
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Peonism \Pe"on*ism\, n. Same as {Peonage}. --D. Webster. | |
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Ph91nogam \Ph[91]"no*gam\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the class Ph[91]nogamia. | |
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d8Spermatophyta \[d8]Sper`ma*toph"y*ta\, n. pl. [NL.; spermato- + Gr. [?] plant.] (Bot.) A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produce seeds; the seed plants, or flowering plants. They form the most numerous group, including over 120,000 species. In general, the group is characterized by the marked development of the sporophyte, with great differentiation of its parts (root, stem, leaves, flowers, etc.); by the extreme reduction of the gametophyte; and by the development of seeds. All the Spermatophyta are heterosporous; fertilization of the egg cell is either through a {pollen tube} emitted by the microspore or (in a few gymnosperms) by spermatozoids. Note: The phrase [bd]flowering plants[b8] is less distinctive than [bd]seed plants,[b8] since the conifers, grasses, sedges, oaks, etc., do not produce flowers in the popular sense. For this reason the terms {Anthrophyta}, {Ph[91]nogamia}, and {Panerogamia} have been superseded as names of the phylum by Spermatophyta. | |
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Ph91nogamian \Ph[91]`no*ga"mi*an\, Ph91nogamic \Ph[91]`no*gam"ic\, a. Same as {Ph[91]nogamous}. | |
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Ph91nogamian \Ph[91]`no*ga"mi*an\, Ph91nogamic \Ph[91]`no*gam"ic\, a. Same as {Ph[91]nogamous}. | |
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Ph91nogamous \Ph[91]*nog"a*mous\, a. (Bot.) Having true flowers with with distinct floral organs; flowering. | |
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Phenician \Phe*ni"cian\, a. & n. See {Ph[d2]nician}. | |
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Phenicine \Phen"i*cine\, n. [Gr. foi^nix purple red: cf. F. ph[82]nicine.] (Chem.) (a) A purple powder precipitated when a sulphuric solution of indigo is diluted with water. (b) A coloring matter produced by the action of a mixture of strong nitric and sulphuric acids on phenylic alcohol. --Watts. | |
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Phenogamian \Phen`o*ga"mi*an\, Phenogamic \Phen`o*gam"ic\, Phenogamous \Phe*nog"a*mous\, a. Same as {Ph[91]nogamian}, {Ph[91]nogamic}, etc. | |
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Phenogamian \Phen`o*ga"mi*an\, Phenogamic \Phen`o*gam"ic\, Phenogamous \Phe*nog"a*mous\, a. Same as {Ph[91]nogamian}, {Ph[91]nogamic}, etc. | |
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Phenogamian \Phen`o*ga"mi*an\, Phenogamic \Phen`o*gam"ic\, Phenogamous \Phe*nog"a*mous\, a. Same as {Ph[91]nogamian}, {Ph[91]nogamic}, etc. | |
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Phonocamptic \Pho`no*camp"tic\, a. [Phono- + Gr. [?] to bend: cf. F. phonocamptique.] Reflecting sound. [R.] [bd]Phonocamptic objects.[b8] --Derham. | |
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Pinacone \Pin"a*cone\, n. [From Gr. [?], [?], a tablet. So called because it unites with water so as to form tablet-shaped crystals.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type. [Written also {pinakone}.] | |
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Pinacone \Pin"a*cone\, n. [From Gr. [?], [?], a tablet. So called because it unites with water so as to form tablet-shaped crystals.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type. [Written also {pinakone}.] | |
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Pinchem \Pin"chem\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Pinch \Pinch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinching}.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin. Cf. {Piece}.] 1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies. 2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.] He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down. --Chapman. 3. To plait. [Obs.] Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. --Chaucer. 4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. --Sir W. Raleigh. 5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See {Pinch}, n., 4. | |
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Pinching \Pinch"ing\, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. {Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4. {Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n. | |
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Pinching \Pinch"ing\, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. {Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4. {Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n. | |
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Pinching \Pinch"ing\, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. {Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4. {Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n. | |
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Pinchingly \Pinch"ing*ly\, adv. In a pinching way. | |
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Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P. resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P. Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}. {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the {Araucaria excelsa}. {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into pine trees. {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary. {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and {alligator}. {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}. (b) The American sable. See {Sable}. {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See {Pinus}. {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below). {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine. {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc. {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood wool}. | |
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Ping \Ping\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pinged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinging}.] To make the sound called ping. | |
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Penguin \Pen"guin\, n. [Perh. orig. the name of another bird, and fr. W. pen head + gwyn white; or perh. from a native South American name.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See {King penguin}, under {Jackass}. Note: Penguins are found in the south temperate and antarctic regions. The king penguins ({Aptenodytes Patachonica}, and {A. longirostris}) are the largest; the jackass penguins ({Spheniscus}) and the rock hoppers ({Catarractes}) congregate in large numbers at their breeding grounds. 2. (Bot.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant ({Bromelia Pinguin}) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges. [Written also {pinguin}.] {Arctic penguin} (Zo[94]l.), the great auk. See {Auk}. | |
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Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Cf. {Pink}, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus {Dianthus}, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx. 2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower. --Dryden. 3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. [bd]The very pink of courtesy.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.] {Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}. {China}, [or] {Indian}, {pink}. See under {China}. {Clove pink} is {Dianthus Caryophyllus}, the stock from which carnations are derived. {Garden pink}. See {Pheasant's eye}. {Meadow pink} is applied to {Dianthus deltoides}; also, to the ragged robin. {Maiden pink}, {Dianthus deltoides}. {Moss pink}. See under {Moss}. {Pink needle}, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See {Alfilaria}. {Sea pink}. See {Thrift}. | |
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Pink \Pink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinking}.] [OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form of pick.] 1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles. 2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. --Addison. 3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] --Herbert. | |
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Pinking \Pink"ing\, n. 1. The act of piercing or stabbing. 2. The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron. {Pinking iron}. (a) An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, etc. (b) A sword. [Colloq.] | |
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Pinking \Pink"ing\, n. 1. The act of piercing or stabbing. 2. The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron. {Pinking iron}. (a) An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, etc. (b) A sword. [Colloq.] | |
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Pinkness \Pink"ness\, n. Quality or state of being pink. | |
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Arolla \A*rol"la\ ([adot]*r[ocr]l"l[adot]), n. [F. arolle.] (Bot.) The stone pine ({Pinus Cembra}). | |
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Turpentine \Tur"pen*tine\, n. [F. t[82]r[82]bentine, OF. also turbentine; cf. Pr. terebentina, terbentina, It. terebentina, trementina; fr. L. terebinthinus of the turpentine tree, from terebinthus the turpentine tree. Gr. [?], [?]. See {Terebinth}.] A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir. Note: There are many varieties of turpentine. Chian turpentine is produced in small quantities by the turpentine tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}). Venice, Swiss, or larch turpentine, is obtained from {Larix Europ[91]a}. It is a clear, colorless balsam, having a tendency to solidify. Canada turpentine, or Canada balsam, is the purest of all the pine turpentines (see under {Balsam}). The Carpathian and Hungarian varieties are derived from {Pinus Cembra} and {Pinus Mugho}. Carolina turpentine, the most abundant kind, comes from the long-leaved pine ({Pinus palustris}). Strasburg turpentine is from the silver fir ({Abies pectinata}). {Oil of turpentine} (Chem.), a colorless oily hydrocarbon, {C10H16}, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also {terebenthene}, {terpene}, etc. {Turpentine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths whose larv[91] eat the tender shoots of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or resin. {Turpentine tree} (Bot.), the terebinth tree, the original source of turpentine. See {Turpentine}, above. | |
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Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?] greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also {barfish}. {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under {Persian}. {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}. {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Cham[91]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also {copiapite}. {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}. {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}. {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}, and 3d {Flag}. {Yellow jack}. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}. (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}. {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite. {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel. {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}. {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye. {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover. {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}. {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also {yellow crake}. {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle}, and {Rocket}. {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. {Yellow spot}. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See {Eye}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5. {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}. {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler. | |
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Turpentine \Tur"pen*tine\, n. [F. t[82]r[82]bentine, OF. also turbentine; cf. Pr. terebentina, terbentina, It. terebentina, trementina; fr. L. terebinthinus of the turpentine tree, from terebinthus the turpentine tree. Gr. [?], [?]. See {Terebinth}.] A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir. Note: There are many varieties of turpentine. Chian turpentine is produced in small quantities by the turpentine tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}). Venice, Swiss, or larch turpentine, is obtained from {Larix Europ[91]a}. It is a clear, colorless balsam, having a tendency to solidify. Canada turpentine, or Canada balsam, is the purest of all the pine turpentines (see under {Balsam}). The Carpathian and Hungarian varieties are derived from {Pinus Cembra} and {Pinus Mugho}. Carolina turpentine, the most abundant kind, comes from the long-leaved pine ({Pinus palustris}). Strasburg turpentine is from the silver fir ({Abies pectinata}). {Oil of turpentine} (Chem.), a colorless oily hydrocarbon, {C10H16}, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also {terebenthene}, {terpene}, etc. {Turpentine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths whose larv[91] eat the tender shoots of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or resin. {Turpentine tree} (Bot.), the terebinth tree, the original source of turpentine. See {Turpentine}, above. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tamarack \Tam"a*rack\, n. (Bot.) (a) The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia ({Larix occidentalis}). See {Hackmatack}, and {Larch}. (b) The black pine ({Pinus Murrayana}) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flower-fence \Flow"er-fence`\, n. (Bot.) A tropical leguminous bush ({Poinciana, [or] C[91]salpinia, pulcherrima}) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. --Baird. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pomacentroid \Po`ma*cen"troid\, a. [Gr. [?] a cover + [?] a prickle + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the {Pomacentrid[91]}, a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called {coral fishes}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pomacentroid \Po`ma*cen"troid\, a. [Gr. [?] a cover + [?] a prickle + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the {Pomacentrid[91]}, a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called {coral fishes}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cow-pilot \Cow"-pi`lot\ (kou"p[imac]`l[ucr]t), n. (Zo[94]l.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies ({Pomacentrus saxatilis}); -- called also {mojarra}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Poonga oil \Poon"ga oil`\ A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree ({Pongamia glabra}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pounce \Pounce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pouncing}.] To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pouncing \Poun"cing\, n. 1. The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce. 2. Decorative perforation of cloth. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev, fr. punchinello.] The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show. {Punch and Judy}, a puppet show in which a comical little hunchbacked Punch, with a large nose, engages in altercation with his wife Judy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puncheon \Punch"eon\, n. [F. poin[cced]on awl, bodkin, crown, king-post, fr. L. punctio a pricking, fr. pungere to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Punch} a tool, {Punction}.] 1. A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc. 2. (Carp.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud. --Oxf. Gloss. 3. A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons. [U.S.] --Bartlett. 4. [F. poin[cced]on, perh. the same as poin[cced]on an awl.] A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punchin \Pun"chin\, n. See {Puncheon}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punchinello \Pun`chi*nel"lo\, n. [It. pulcinella, probably originally a word of endearment, dim. of pulcina, pulcino, a chicken, from L. pullicenus, pullus. See {Pullet}.] A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. --Spectator. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punch \Punch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punching}.] [From {Punch}, n., a tool; cf. F. poin[cced]onner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. {Punching machine}, [or] {Punching press}, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also {punch press}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punch \Punch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punching}.] [From {Punch}, n., a tool; cf. F. poin[cced]onner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. {Punching machine}, [or] {Punching press}, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also {punch press}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punch \Punch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punching}.] [From {Punch}, n., a tool; cf. F. poin[cced]onner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. {Punching machine}, [or] {Punching press}, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also {punch press}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pungence \Pun"gence\, n. [See {Pungent}.] Pungency. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pungency \Pun"gen*cy\, n. The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia. [bd]The pungency of menaces.[b8] --Hammond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pungent \Pun"gent\, a. [L. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere, punctum, to prick. Cf. {Compunction}, {Expunge}, {Poignant}, {Point}, n., {Puncheon}, {Punctilio}, {Punt}, v. t.] 1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice. Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. --Shenstone. The pungent grains of titillating dust. --Pope. 2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging. With pungent pains on every side. --Swift. His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. --J. R. Green. 3. (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp. Syn: Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pungently \Pun"gent*ly\, adv. In a pungent manner; sharply. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punish \Pun"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punishing}.] [OE. punischen, F. punir, from L. punire, punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. See {Pain}, and {-ish}.] 1. To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience. A greater power Now ruled him, punished in the shape he sinned. --Milton. 2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death. 3. To injure, as by beating; to pommel. [Low] Syn: To chastise; castigate; scourge; whip; lash; correct; discipline. See {Chasten}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punishment \Pun"ish*ment\, n. Severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. [Colloq. or Slang] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punishment \Pun"ish*ment\, n. 1. The act of punishing. 2. Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense. I never gave them condign punishment. --Shak. The rewards and punishments of another life. --Locke. 3. (Law) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punkin \Pun"kin\, n. A pumpkin. [Colloq. U. S.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pawnee County, KS (county, FIPS 145) Location: 38.18135 N, 99.23223 W Population (1990): 7555 (3412 housing units) Area: 1953.4 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Pawnee County, NE (county, FIPS 133) Location: 40.13009 N, 96.23962 W Population (1990): 3317 (1674 housing units) Area: 1118.1 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water) Pawnee County, OK (county, FIPS 117) Location: 36.31410 N, 96.69689 W Population (1990): 15575 (7407 housing units) Area: 1475.0 sq km (land), 65.9 sq km (water) | |
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Payne County, OK (county, FIPS 119) Location: 36.07801 N, 96.97450 W Population (1990): 61507 (27381 housing units) Area: 1777.8 sq km (land), 27.9 sq km (water) | |
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Pima County, AZ (county, FIPS 19) Location: 32.10396 N, 111.81482 W Population (1990): 666880 (298207 housing units) Area: 23794.3 sq km (land), 6.3 sq km (water) | |
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Pinckney, MI (village, FIPS 64140) Location: 42.45446 N, 83.94555 W Population (1990): 1603 (542 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48169 | |
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Pinckneyville, IL (city, FIPS 59884) Location: 38.07814 N, 89.38421 W Population (1990): 3372 (1586 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62274 | |
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Pinconning, MI (city, FIPS 64160) Location: 43.85792 N, 83.96462 W Population (1990): 1291 (578 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48650 | |
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Pine County, MN (county, FIPS 115) Location: 46.13951 N, 92.73616 W Population (1990): 21264 (12738 housing units) Area: 3654.9 sq km (land), 60.9 sq km (water) | |
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Pine Knoll Shore, NC Zip code(s): 28512 | |
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Pine Knoll Shores, NC (town, FIPS 52000) Location: 34.69568 N, 76.81822 W Population (1990): 1360 (1542 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Pine Knot, KY (CDP, FIPS 61122) Location: 36.66394 N, 84.43888 W Population (1990): 1549 (581 housing units) Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Pinson, TN Zip code(s): 38366 | |
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Pinson-Clay-Chalkville, AL (CDP, FIPS 60636) Location: 33.67670 N, 86.65864 W Population (1990): 10987 (3807 housing units) Area: 29.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Pinsonfork, KY Zip code(s): 41555 | |
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Poinciana, FL Zip code(s): 34759 | |
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Poinciana Place, FL (CDP, FIPS 57900) Location: 28.15725 N, 81.48491 W Population (1990): 3618 (1490 housing units) Area: 21.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Ponce Inlet, FL (town, FIPS 58200) Location: 29.10001 N, 80.93044 W Population (1990): 1704 (1340 housing units) Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 26.8 sq km (water) | |
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Puncheon, KY Zip code(s): 41828 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pinging {ping} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Punishment The New Testament lays down the general principles of good government, but contains no code of laws for the punishment of offenders. Punishment proceeds on the principle that there is an eternal distinction between right and wrong, and that this distinction must be maintained for its own sake. It is not primarily intended for the reformation of criminals, nor for the purpose of deterring others from sin. These results may be gained, but crime in itself demands punishment. (See MURDER ¯T0002621; {THEFT}.) Endless, of the impenitent and unbelieving. The rejection of this doctrine "cuts the ground from under the gospel...blots out the attribute of retributive justice; transmutes sin into misfortune instead of guilt; turns all suffering into chastisement; converts the piacular work of Christ into moral influence...The attempt to retain the evangelical theology in connection with it is futile" (Shedd). |