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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parade \Pa*rade"\, n. [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See {Pare}, v. t.] 1. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. 2. (Mil.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled. 3. Pompous show; formal display or exhibition. Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. --Swift. 4. That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen. In state returned the grand parade. --Swift. 5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.] When they are not in parade, and upon their guard. --Locke. 6. A public walk; a promenade. {Dress parade}, {Undress parade}. See under {Dress}, and {Undress}. {Parade rest}, a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. --Wilhelm. Syn: Ostentation; display; show. Usage: {Parade}, {Ostentation}. Parade is a pompous exhibition of things for the purpose of display; ostentation now generally indicates a parade of virtues or other qualities for which one expects to be honored. [bd]It was not in the mere parade of royalty that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power.[b8] --Robertson. [bd]We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of victories.[b8] --Spectator. | |
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Parietary \Pa*ri"e*ta*ry\, n. [L. parietaria, fr. parietarius parietal. Cf. {Pellitory}, {Parietal}.] (Bot.) Any one of several species of {Parietaria}. See 1st {Pellitory}. | |
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Pellitory \Pel"li*to*ry\, n. [OE. paritorie, OF. paritoire, F. pari[82]taire; (cf. It. & Sp. parietaria), L. parietaria the parietary, or pellitory, the wall plant, fr. parietarus belonging to the walls, fr. paries, parietis a wall. Cf. {Parietary}.] (Bot.) The common name of the several species of the genus {Parietaria}, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called {wall pellitory}, and {lichwort}. Note: {Parietaria officinalis} is common on old walls in Europe; {P. pennsylvanica} is found in the United States; and six or seven more species are found near the Mediterranean, or in the Orient. | |
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Parietary \Pa*ri"e*ta*ry\, a. See {Parietal}, 2. | |
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Parietary \Pa*ri"e*ta*ry\, n. [L. parietaria, fr. parietarius parietal. Cf. {Pellitory}, {Parietal}.] (Bot.) Any one of several species of {Parietaria}. See 1st {Pellitory}. | |
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Paritor \Par"i*tor\, n. [Abbrev. fr. apparitor: cf. L. paritor a servant, attendant.] An apparitor. [bd]Summoned by an host of paritors.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Paritory \Par"i*to*ry\, n. Pellitory. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Bird of paradise \Bird" of par"a*dise\ (Zo[94]l.) The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus {Paradisea} and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers. Note: The {Great emerald} ({Paradisea apoda}) and the {Lesser emerald} ({P. minor}) furnish many of the plumes used as ornaments by ladies; the Red is {P. rubra [or] sanguinea}; the Golden is {Parotia aurea [or] sexsetacea}; the King is {Cincinnurus regius}. The name is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another related group ({Epimachin[91]}) from the same region. The Twelve-wired ({Seleucides alba}) is one of these. See {Paradise bird}, and Note under {Apod}. | |
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Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order {Psittaci}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis}, {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]}, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P. erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases. {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See {Parrakeet}. {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}. {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.] {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green}, n. {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers. {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans. | |
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Parroter \Par"rot*er\, n. One who simply repeats what he has heard. [R.] --J. S. Mill. | |
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Parrotry \Par"rot*ry\, n. Servile imitation or repetition. [R.] --Coleridge. [bd]The supine parrotry.[b8] --Fitzed. Hall. | |
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Parter \Part"er\, n. One who, or which, parts or separates. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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parterie \par"ter*ie\, n. [F., from Sp. esparto esparto, L. spartum, Gr. [?].] Articles made of the blades or fiber of the {Lygeum Spartum} and {Stipa ([or] Macrochloa) tenacissima}, kinds of grass used in Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and mattresses. --Loudon. | |
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Parquet circle \Parquet circle\ That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called also, esp. in U. S., {orchestra circle} or {parterre}. | |
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Parterre \Par*terre"\, n. [F., fr. par on, by (L. per)+terre earth, ground, L. terra. See {Terrace}.] 1. (Hort.) An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on. 2. The pit of a theater; the parquet. [France] | |
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Parquet circle \Parquet circle\ That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called also, esp. in U. S., {orchestra circle} or {parterre}. | |
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Parterre \Par*terre"\, n. [F., fr. par on, by (L. per)+terre earth, ground, L. terra. See {Terrace}.] 1. (Hort.) An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on. 2. The pit of a theater; the parquet. [France] | |
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Ruffed \Ruffed\, a. Furnished with a ruff. {Ruffed grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a North American grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}) common in the wooded districts of the Northern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season. Called also {tippet grouse}, {partridge}, {birch partridge}, {pheasant}, {drummer}, and {white-flesher}. {ruffed lemur} (Zo[94]l.), a species of lemur ({lemur varius}) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the head. Its color is varied with black and white. Called also {ruffed maucaco}. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Ruffed \Ruffed\, a. Furnished with a ruff. {Ruffed grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a North American grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}) common in the wooded districts of the Northern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season. Called also {tippet grouse}, {partridge}, {birch partridge}, {pheasant}, {drummer}, and {white-flesher}. {ruffed lemur} (Zo[94]l.), a species of lemur ({lemur varius}) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the head. Its color is varied with black and white. Called also {ruffed maucaco}. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of {Pyrola} which in America are called {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see Shin leaf, under {Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to {Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; -- called also {checkerberry}, and sometimes, though improperly, {partridge berry}. {Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb ({Trientalis Americana}); -- also called {star flower}. {Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia}) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen ({Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms. {Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of {Pyrola} which in America are called {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see Shin leaf, under {Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to {Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; -- called also {checkerberry}, and sometimes, though improperly, {partridge berry}. {Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb ({Trientalis Americana}); -- also called {star flower}. {Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia}) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen ({Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms. {Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Parture \Par"ture\, n. Departure. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Parturiate \Par*tu"ri*ate\, v. i. [See {Parturient}.] To bring forth young. [Obs.] | |
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Parturiency \Par*tu"ri*en*cy\, n. Parturition. | |
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Parturient \Par*tu"ri*ent\, a. [L. parturiens, p. pr. of parturire to desire to bring forth, fr. parere, partum, to bring forth. See {Parent}.] Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful. --Jer. Tailor. | |
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Parturifacient \Par*tu`ri*fa"cient\, n. [L. parturire to desire to bring forth + facere to make.] (Med.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing. --Dunglison. | |
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Parturious \Par*tu"ri*ous\, a. Parturient. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
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Parturition \Par`tu*ri"tion\, n. [L. parturitio, fr. parturire: cf. F. parturition. See {Parturient}.] 1. The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth. 2. That which is brought forth; a birth. [Obs.] | |
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Parturitive \Par*tu"ri*tive\, a. Pertaining to parturition; obstetric. [R.] | |
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Perdurability \Per*dur`a*bil"i*ty\, n. Durability; lastingness. [Archaic] --Chaucer. | |
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Perdurable \Per*dur"a*ble\, n. [Cf. F. perdurable, OE. pardurable. See {Perdure}.] Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Shak. -- {Per*dur"a*bly}, adv. [Archaic] | |
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Perdurable \Per*dur"a*ble\, n. [Cf. F. perdurable, OE. pardurable. See {Perdure}.] Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Shak. -- {Per*dur"a*bly}, adv. [Archaic] | |
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Perdurance \Per*dur"ance\, Perduration \Per`du*ra"tion\, n. Long continuance. [Archaic] | |
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Perdurance \Per*dur"ance\, Perduration \Per`du*ra"tion\, n. Long continuance. [Archaic] | |
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Perdure \Per*dure"\, v. i. [L. perdurare; per trough + durare to last.] To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. [Archaic] The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines. --Hickok. | |
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Periderm \Per"i*derm\, n. 1. (Bot.) The outer layer of bark. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The hard outer covering of hydroids and other marine animals; the perisarc. | |
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Peridrome \Per"i*drome\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] running around, fr. [?] to run round; [?] round + [?] to run: cf. F. p[82]ridrome.] (Arch[91]ol.) The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple. | |
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Peritracheal \Per`i*tra"che*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Surrounding the trache[91]. | |
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Peritreme \Per"i*treme\, n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. [?] a hole.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles. (b) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell. | |
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Peritropal \Per*it"ro*pal\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to turn around; [?] around + [?] to turn: cf. F. p[82]ritrope.] 1. Rotatory; circuitous. [R.] 2. Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached. | |
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Peritropous \Per*it"ro*pous\, a. Peritropal. | |
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Periuterine \Per`i*u"ter*ine\, a. (Med.) Surrounding the uterus. | |
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Perterebration \Per*ter`e*bra"tion\, n. [L. perterebratus, p. p. of perterebrare to bore through.] The act of boring through. [Obs.] --Ainsworth. | |
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Pertransient \Per*tran"sient\, a. [L. pertransiens, p. pr. of pertransire.] Passing through or over. [R.] | |
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Perturb \Per*turb"\, v. t. [L. perturbare, perturbatum; per + turbare to disturb, fr. turba a disorder: cf. OF. perturber. See {Per-}, and {Turbid}.] 1. To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet. Ye that . . . perturb so my feast with crying. --Chaucer. 2. To disorder; to confuse. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Perturbability \Per*turb`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being perturbable. | |
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Perturbable \Per*turb"a*ble\, a. Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted. | |
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Perturbance \Per*turb"ance\, n. Disturbance; perturbation. [R.] [bd]Perturbance of the mind.[b8] --Sharp. | |
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Perturbate \Per"tur*bate\, v. t. [From L. perturbatus, p. p.] To perturb. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Perturbate \Per"tur*bate\, a. Perturbed; agitated. [R.] | |
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Perturbation \Per`tur*ba"tion\, n. [L. perturbatio: cf. F. perturbation.] 1. The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind. 2. (Astron.) A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion; as, the perturbations of the planets are caused by their attraction on each other. --Newcomb. | |
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Perturbational \Per`tur*ba"tion*al\, a. Of or pertaining to perturbation, esp. to the perturbations of the planets. [bd]The perturbational theory.[b8] --Sir J. Herschel. | |
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Perturbative \Per"tur*ba*tive\, a. Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing. --Sir J. Herschel. | |
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Perturbator \Per"tur*ba`tor\, n. A perturber. [R.] | |
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Perturbed \Per*turbed"\, a. Agitated; disturbed; troubled. --Shak. -- {Per*turb"ed*ly}, adv. | |
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Perturbed \Per*turbed"\, a. Agitated; disturbed; troubled. --Shak. -- {Per*turb"ed*ly}, adv. | |
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Perturber \Per*turb"er\, n. One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation. | |
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Phratry \Phra"try\, n.; pl. {Phratries}. [Gr. [?], [?].] (Gr. Antiq.) A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens. | |
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Phratry \Phra"try\, n.; pl. {Phratries}. [Gr. [?], [?].] (Gr. Antiq.) A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens. | |
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Port \Port\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Porting}.] [F. porter, L. portare to carry. See {Port} demeanor.] 1. To carry; to bear; to transport. [Obs.] They are easily ported by boat into other shires. --Fuller. 2. (Mil.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms. Began to hem him round with ported spears. --Milton. {Port arms}, a position in the manual of arms, executed as above. | |
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Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads. --Shak. We are in port if we have Thee. --Keble. 2. In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages. {Free port}. See under {Free}. {Port bar}. (Naut,) (a) A boom. See {Boom}, 4, also {Bar}, 3. (b) A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port. {Port charges} (Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor. {Port of entry}, a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise. {Port toll} (Law), a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into port. {Port warden}, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master. | |
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Porter \Por"ter\, n. [F. portier, L. portarius, from porta a gate, door. See {Port} a gate.] A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages. --Shak. To him the porter openeth. --John x. 3. | |
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Porter \Por"ter\, n. [F. porteur, fr. porter to carry, L. portare. See {Port} to carry.] 1. A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire. 2. (Forging) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also {porter bar}. 3. A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities. Note: Porter is said to be so called as having been first used chiefly by the London porters, and this application of the word is supposed to be not older than 1750. | |
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Beer \Beer\, n. [OE. beor, ber, AS. be[a2]r; akin to Fries. biar, Icel. bj[?]rr, OHG. bior, D. & G. bier, and possibly E. brew. [fb]93, See {Brew}.] 1. A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor. Note: Beer has different names, as {small beer}, {ale}, {porter}, {brown stout}, {lager beer}, according to its strength, or other qualities. See {Ale}. 2. A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc. {Small beer}, weak beer; (fig.) insignificant matters. [bd]To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Porter \Por"ter\, n. [F. portier, L. portarius, from porta a gate, door. See {Port} a gate.] A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages. --Shak. To him the porter openeth. --John x. 3. | |
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Porter \Por"ter\, n. [F. porteur, fr. porter to carry, L. portare. See {Port} to carry.] 1. A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire. 2. (Forging) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also {porter bar}. 3. A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities. Note: Porter is said to be so called as having been first used chiefly by the London porters, and this application of the word is supposed to be not older than 1750. | |
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Beer \Beer\, n. [OE. beor, ber, AS. be[a2]r; akin to Fries. biar, Icel. bj[?]rr, OHG. bior, D. & G. bier, and possibly E. brew. [fb]93, See {Brew}.] 1. A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor. Note: Beer has different names, as {small beer}, {ale}, {porter}, {brown stout}, {lager beer}, according to its strength, or other qualities. See {Ale}. 2. A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc. {Small beer}, weak beer; (fig.) insignificant matters. [bd]To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Porter \Por"ter\, n. [F. porteur, fr. porter to carry, L. portare. See {Port} to carry.] 1. A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire. 2. (Forging) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also {porter bar}. 3. A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities. Note: Porter is said to be so called as having been first used chiefly by the London porters, and this application of the word is supposed to be not older than 1750. | |
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Porterage \Por"ter*age\, n. 1. The work of a porter; the occupation of a carrier or of a doorkeeper. 2. Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter. | |
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Porteress \Por"ter*ess\, n. See {Portress}. | |
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Porterhouse \Por"ter*house\, n. A house where porter is sold. {Porterhouse steak}, a steak cut from a sirloin of beet, including the upper and under part. | |
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Porterhouse \Por"ter*house\, n. A house where porter is sold. {Porterhouse steak}, a steak cut from a sirloin of beet, including the upper and under part. | |
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Porthors \Port"hors`\, n. See {Portass}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Portoir \Por"toir\, n. [OF., fr. porter to bear.] One who, or that which, bears; hence, one who, or that which, produces. [Obs.] Branches . . . which were portoirs, and bare grapes. --Holland. | |
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Portrait \Por"trait\, n. [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See {Portray}.] 1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life. In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. --Sir J. Reynolds. Note: The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to include a photographic likeness. 2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words. {Portrait bust}, [or] {Portrait statue}, a bust or statue representing the actual features or person of an individual; -- in distinction from an ideal bust or statue. | |
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Portrait \Por"trait\, v. t. To portray; to draw. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Portrait \Por"trait\, n. [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See {Portray}.] 1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life. In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. --Sir J. Reynolds. Note: The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to include a photographic likeness. 2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words. {Portrait bust}, [or] {Portrait statue}, a bust or statue representing the actual features or person of an individual; -- in distinction from an ideal bust or statue. | |
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Portrait \Por"trait\, n. [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See {Portray}.] 1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life. In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. --Sir J. Reynolds. Note: The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to include a photographic likeness. 2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words. {Portrait bust}, [or] {Portrait statue}, a bust or statue representing the actual features or person of an individual; -- in distinction from an ideal bust or statue. | |
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Portraitist \Por"trait*ist\, n. A portrait painter. [R.] --Hamerton. | |
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Portraiture \Por"trai*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F. portraiture.] 1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. For, by the image of my cause, I see The portraiture of his. --Shak. Divinity maketh the love of ourselves the pattern; the love of our neighbors but the portraiture. --Bacon. 2. Pictures, collectively; painting. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. The art or practice of making portraits. --Walpole. | |
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Portraiture \Por"trai*ture\, v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray. [R.] --Shaftesbury. | |
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Portray \Por*tray"\, v. t. [Written also {pourtray}.] [imp. & p. p. {portrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portraying}.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf. {Protract}.] 1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton. | |
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Portrayal \Por*tray"al\, n. The act or process of portraying; description; delineation. | |
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Portray \Por*tray"\, v. t. [Written also {pourtray}.] [imp. & p. p. {portrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portraying}.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf. {Protract}.] 1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton. | |
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Portrayer \Por*tray"er\, n. One who portrays. --Chaucer. | |
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Portray \Por*tray"\, v. t. [Written also {pourtray}.] [imp. & p. p. {portrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portraying}.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf. {Protract}.] 1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton. | |
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Portreeve \Port"reeve`\, n. A port warden. | |
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Portress \Por"tress\, n. A female porter. --Milton. | |
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Port-royalist \Port-roy"al*ist\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. {Jansenist}. | |
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Portuary \Por"tu*a*ry\ (?; 135), n. [Cf. {Portass}.] (R. C. Ch.) A breviary. [Eng.] | |
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Portray \Por*tray"\, v. t. [Written also {pourtray}.] [imp. & p. p. {portrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portraying}.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf. {Protract}.] 1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton. | |
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Pourtray \Pour*tray"\, v. t. See {Portray}. | |
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Portray \Por*tray"\, v. t. [Written also {pourtray}.] [imp. & p. p. {portrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portraying}.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf. {Protract}.] 1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton. | |
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Pourtray \Pour*tray"\, v. t. See {Portray}. | |
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Preter- \Pre"ter-\ [L. praeter past, beyond, originally a compar. of prae before. See {For}, prep.] A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter- mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond or more than is natural. [Written also {pr[91]ter}.] | |
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Pr91ter- \Pr[91]"ter-\ A prefix. See {Preter-}. | |
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Preter- \Pre"ter-\ [L. praeter past, beyond, originally a compar. of prae before. See {For}, prep.] A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter- mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond or more than is natural. [Written also {pr[91]ter}.] | |
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Pr91ter- \Pr[91]"ter-\ A prefix. See {Preter-}. | |
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Pr91terist \Pr[91]t"er*ist\, n. (Theol.) See {Preterist}. | |
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Preterit \Pret"er*it\ (?; 277), a. [L. praeteritus, p. p. of praeterire to go or pass by; praeter beyond, by + ire to go: cf. F. pr[82]t[82]rit. See {Issue}.] [Written also {preterite} and {pr[91]terite}.] 1. (Gram.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past. 2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.] Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa. --Lowell. | |
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Pr91termit \Pr[91]`ter*mit"\, v. t. See {Pretermit}. | |
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Pr91tor \Pr[91]"tor\, n. See {Pretor}. | |
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Pr91torian \Pr[91]*to"ri*an\, a. See {Pretorian}. | |
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Pr91torium \Pr[91]*to"ri*um\, n. See {Pretorium}. | |
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Prater \Prat"er\, n. One who prates. --Shak. | |
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Pre89ternity \Pre`[89]*ter"ni*ty\, n. Infinite previous duration. [R.] [bd]The world's pre[89]ternity.[b8] --Cudworth. | |
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Preative \Pre"a*tive\, Preatory \Pre"a*to*ry\, a. [L. precativus, precatorius, fr. precari to pray. See {Precarious}.] Suppliant; beseeching. --Bp. Hopkins. {Precatory words} (Law), words of recommendation, request, entreaty, wish, or expectation, employed in wills, as distinguished from express directions; -- in some cases creating a trust. --Jarman. | |
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Predetermine \Pre`de*ter"mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predetermined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predermining}.] [Pref. pre- + determine: cf. F. pr[82]d[82]terminer.] 1. To determine (something) beforehand. --Sir M. Hale. 2. To doom by previous decree; to foredoom. | |
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Predorsal \Pre*dor"sal\, a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column. | |
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Preter- \Pre"ter-\ [L. praeter past, beyond, originally a compar. of prae before. See {For}, prep.] A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter- mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond or more than is natural. [Written also {pr[91]ter}.] | |
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Preterhuman \Pre`ter*hu"man\, a. [Pref. preter- + human.] More than human. | |
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Preterient \Pre*te"ri*ent\, a. [L. praeteriens, p. pr. See {Preterit}.] Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states. [R.] | |
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Preterimperfect \Pre`ter*im*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- + imperfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called {imperfect}. | |
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Preterist \Pret"er*ist\, n. [Pref. preter- + -ist.] 1. One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor. 2. (Theol.) One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse to have been already fulfilled. --Farrar. | |
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Preterit \Pret"er*it\ (?; 277), a. [L. praeteritus, p. p. of praeterire to go or pass by; praeter beyond, by + ire to go: cf. F. pr[82]t[82]rit. See {Issue}.] [Written also {preterite} and {pr[91]terite}.] 1. (Gram.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past. 2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.] Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa. --Lowell. | |
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Preterit \Pret"er*it\, n. (Gram.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense. | |
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Preterperfect \Pre`ter*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- + perfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called {preterit}. | |
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Preterit \Pret"er*it\ (?; 277), a. [L. praeteritus, p. p. of praeterire to go or pass by; praeter beyond, by + ire to go: cf. F. pr[82]t[82]rit. See {Issue}.] [Written also {preterite} and {pr[91]terite}.] 1. (Gram.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past. 2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.] Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa. --Lowell. | |
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Preterit \Pret"er*it\, n. (Gram.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense. | |
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Preterperfect \Pre`ter*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- + perfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called {preterit}. | |
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Preterit \Pret"er*it\ (?; 277), a. [L. praeteritus, p. p. of praeterire to go or pass by; praeter beyond, by + ire to go: cf. F. pr[82]t[82]rit. See {Issue}.] [Written also {preterite} and {pr[91]terite}.] 1. (Gram.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past. 2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.] Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa. --Lowell. | |
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Preterite \Pret"er*ite\, a. & n. Same as {Preterit}. | |
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Preterit \Pret"er*it\ (?; 277), a. [L. praeteritus, p. p. of praeterire to go or pass by; praeter beyond, by + ire to go: cf. F. pr[82]t[82]rit. See {Issue}.] [Written also {preterite} and {pr[91]terite}.] 1. (Gram.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past. 2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.] Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa. --Lowell. | |
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Preterite \Pret"er*ite\, a. & n. Same as {Preterit}. | |
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Preteriteness \Pret"er*ite*ness\, n. Same as {Preteritness}. | |
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Preterition \Pre`ter*i"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. praeteritio: cf. F. pr[82]t[82]rition.] 1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. --Bp. Hall. 2. (Rhet.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, [bd]I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just.[b8] Called also {paraleipsis}. 3. (Law) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion. --Bouvier. | |
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Preteritive \Pre*ter"i*tive\, a. (Gram.) Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs. | |
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Preteritness \Pret"er*it*ness\, n. The quality or state of being past. --Bentley. Lowell. | |
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Preterlapsed \Pre`ter*lapsed"\, a. [L. praeterlapsus, p. p. of praeterlabi to glide by. See {Preter-}, {Lapse}.] Past; as, preterlapsed ages. [R.] --Glanvill. | |
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Preterlegal \Pre`ter*le"gal\, a. [Pref. preter- + legal.] Exceeding the limits of law. [R.] | |
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Pretermission \Pre`ter*mis"sion\, n. [L. praetermissio. See {Pretermit}.] 1. The act of passing by or omitting; omission. --Milton. 2. (Rhet.) See {Preterition}. | |
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Pretermit \Pre`ter*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pretermitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pretermitting}.] [L. praetermittere, praetermissum; praeter beyond + mittere to send. See {Mission}.] To pass by; to omit; to disregard. --Bacon. | |
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Pretermit \Pre`ter*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pretermitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pretermitting}.] [L. praetermittere, praetermissum; praeter beyond + mittere to send. See {Mission}.] To pass by; to omit; to disregard. --Bacon. | |
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Pretermit \Pre`ter*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pretermitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pretermitting}.] [L. praetermittere, praetermissum; praeter beyond + mittere to send. See {Mission}.] To pass by; to omit; to disregard. --Bacon. | |
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Preternatural \Pre`ter*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. [Pref. preter + natural.] Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor. This vile and preternatural temper of mind. --South. Syn: See {Supernatural}. | |
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Preternaturalism \Pre`ter*nat"u*ral*ism\, n. The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition. | |
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Preternaturality \Pre`ter*nat`u*ral"i*ty\, n. Preternaturalness. [R.] --Dr. John Smith. | |
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Preternaturally \Pre`ter*nat"u*ral*ly\ (?; 135), adv. In a preternatural manner or degree. --Bacon. | |
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Preternaturalness \Pre`ter*nat"u*ral*ness\, n. The quality or state of being preternatural. | |
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Preterperfect \Pre`ter*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- + perfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called {preterit}. | |
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Preterpluperfect \Pre`ter*plu"per`fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- + pluperfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called {pluperfect}. | |
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Pretertiary \Pre*ter"ti*a*ry\, a. (Geol.) Earlier than Tertiary. | |
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Pretervection \Pre`ter*vec"tion\, n. [L. praetervectio, fr. praetervehere to carry beyond. See {Invection}.] The act of carrying past or beyond. [R.] --Abp. Potter. | |
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Pretor \Pre"tor\, n. [L. praetor, for praeitor, fr. praeire to go before; prae before + ire to go. See {Issue}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans. Note: Originally the pretor was a kind of third consul; but at an early period two pretors were appointed, the first of whom (praetor urbanus) was a kind of mayor or city judge; the other (praetor peregrinus) was a judge of cases in which one or both of the parties were foreigners. Still later, the number of pretors, or judges, was further increased. 2. Hence, a mayor or magistrate. [R.] --Dryden. | |
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Pretorial \Pre*to"ri*al\, a. Pretorian. --Burke. | |
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Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, n. A soldier of the pretorian guard. | |
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Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F. pr[82]torien.] Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority. {Pretorian bands} [or] {guards}, [or] {Pretorians} (Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each. {Pretorian gate} (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in a camp which lay next the enemy. --Brande & C. | |
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Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F. pr[82]torien.] Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority. {Pretorian bands} [or] {guards}, [or] {Pretorians} (Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each. {Pretorian gate} (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in a camp which lay next the enemy. --Brande & C. | |
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Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F. pr[82]torien.] Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority. {Pretorian bands} [or] {guards}, [or] {Pretorians} (Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each. {Pretorian gate} (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in a camp which lay next the enemy. --Brande & C. | |
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Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F. pr[82]torien.] Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority. {Pretorian bands} [or] {guards}, [or] {Pretorians} (Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each. {Pretorian gate} (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in a camp which lay next the enemy. --Brande & C. | |
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Pretorship \Pre"tor*ship\, n. The office or dignity of a pretor. --J. Warton | |
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Pretorture \Pre*tor"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. To torture beforehand. --Fuller. | |
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Pretty \Pret"ty\, a. [Compar. {Prettier}; superl. {Prettiest}.] [OE. prati, AS. pr[91]ttig, pr[91]tig, crafty, sly, akin to pr[91]t, pr[91]tt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. practica execution, practice, plot. See {Practice}.] 1. Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem. This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward. --Shak. 2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. [bd]Wavering a pretty while.[b8] --Evelyn. 3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. --Spectator. 4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow. 5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.] [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: Elegant; neat; fine. See {Handsome}. | |
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Prodromal \Prod"ro*mal\, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease. | |
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Prodrome \Pro"drome\, n. [Gr. [?] running before; [?] before + [?] to run: cf. F. prodrome.] A forerunner; a precursor. | |
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Prodromous \Prod"ro*mous\, a. Precursory. [R.] | |
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Prodromus \Prod"ro*mus\, n. [NL.] 1. A prodrome. 2. A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works. | |
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Proitor \Pro"i*tor\, n. [L.] A traitor. [Obs.] | |
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Proterandrous \Pro`ter*an"drous\, a. [Gr. [?] earlier (fr. [?] before) + [?], [?], man, male.] (Bot.) Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; -- opposed to {proterogynous}. | |
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Proterandry \Pro`ter*an"dry\, n. (Bot.) The condition of being proterandrous. | |
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Proteranthous \Pro`ter*an"thous\, a. [Gr. [?] earlier (fr. [?] before) + [?] flower.] (Bot.) Having flowers appearing before the leaves; -- said of certain plants. --Gray. | |
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d8Ophidia \[d8]O*phid"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], dim. of 'o`fis a snake.] (Zo[94]l.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents. Note: The most important divisions are: the {Solenoglypha}, having erectile perforated fangs, as the rattlesnake; the {Proteroglypha}, or elapine serpents, having permanently erect fang, as the cobra; the {Asinea}, or colubrine serpents, which are destitute of fangs; and the {Opoterodonta}, or {Epanodonta}, blindworms, in which the mouth is not dilatable. | |
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Proteroglypha \Pro`te*rog"ly*pha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] before + [?] to carve.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also {Proteroglyphia}. | |
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Proteroglypha \Pro`te*rog"ly*pha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] before + [?] to carve.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also {Proteroglyphia}. | |
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Proterogynous \Pro`ter*og"y*nous\, a. [Gr. [?] earlier (fr. [?] before) + [?] woman, female.] (Bot.) Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous; -- opposed to {proterandrous}. | |
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Protervity \Pro*ter"vi*ty\, n. [L. protervitas, from protervus violent.] Peevishness; petulance. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Prothoracic \Pro`tho*rac"ic\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the prothorax. | |
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Prothorax \Pro*tho"rax\, n. [Pref. pro- + thorax.] (Zo[94]l.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of {Butterfly} and {Coleoptera}. | |
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Proto94rganism \Pro`to*[94]r"gan*ism\, n. [Proto- + organism.] (Biol.) An organism whose nature is so difficult to determine that it might be referred to either the animal or the vegetable kingdom. | |
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d8Malacopoda \[d8]Mal`a*cop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] soft + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also {Protracheata}, and {Onychophora}. Note: They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antenn[91]. The tranche[91] are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body. {Peripatus} is the only known genus. See {Peripatus}. | |
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Protract \Pro*tract"\, n. [L. protractus.] Tedious continuance or delay. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Protract \Pro*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protracted}; p. pr. vb. n. {Protracting}.] [L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. See {Portrait}, {Portray}.] 1. To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war. 2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. --Shak. 3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. 4. (Zo[94]l.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to {retract}. | |
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Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a. Prolonged; continued. {Protracted meeting},a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.] -- {Pro*tract"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*tract"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Protract \Pro*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protracted}; p. pr. vb. n. {Protracting}.] [L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. See {Portrait}, {Portray}.] 1. To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war. 2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. --Shak. 3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. 4. (Zo[94]l.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to {retract}. | |
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Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a. Prolonged; continued. {Protracted meeting},a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.] -- {Pro*tract"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*tract"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a. Prolonged; continued. {Protracted meeting},a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.] -- {Pro*tract"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*tract"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a. Prolonged; continued. {Protracted meeting},a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.] -- {Pro*tract"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*tract"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Protracter \Pro*tract"er\, n. A protractor. | |
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Protractile \Pro*tract"ile\, a. Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile. | |
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Protract \Pro*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protracted}; p. pr. vb. n. {Protracting}.] [L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. See {Portrait}, {Portray}.] 1. To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war. 2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. --Shak. 3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. 4. (Zo[94]l.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to {retract}. | |
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Protraction \Pro*trac"tion\, n. [L. protractio.] 1. A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate. A protraction only of what is worst in life. --Mallock. 2. (Surv.) (a) The act or process of making a plot on paper. (b) A plot on paper. | |
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Protractive \Pro*tract"ive\, a. Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. --Dryden. | |
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Protractor \Pro*tract"or\, n. 1. One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction. 2. A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular. 3. (Surg.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound. 4. (Anat.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to {retractor}. 5. An adjustable pattern used by tailors. --Knight. | |
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Protreptical \Pro*trep"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to turn forward, to urge on.] Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive. [Obs.] --Bp. Ward. | |
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Protrudable \Pro*trud"a*ble\, a. That may be protruded; protrusile. --Darwin. | |
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Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. i. To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project. The parts protrude beyond the skin. --Bacon. | |
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Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protruded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protruding}.] [L. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward + trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.] 1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. --Locke. 2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. --Thomson. | |
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Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protruded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protruding}.] [L. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward + trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.] 1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. --Locke. 2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. --Thomson. | |
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Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protruded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protruding}.] [L. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward + trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.] 1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. --Locke. 2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. --Thomson. | |
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Protrusile \Pro*tru"sile\, a. Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive. | |
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Protrusion \Pro*tru"sion\, n. 1. The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit. 2. The state of being protruded, or thrust forward. | |
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Protrusive \Pro*tru"sive\, a. 1. Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. --E. Darwin. 2. Capable of being protruded; protrusile. | |
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Protrusively \Pro*tru"sive*ly\, adv. In a protrusive manner. | |
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Proud \Proud\, a. [Compar. {Prouder}; superl. {Proudest}.] [OE. proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. pr[umac]t; akin to Icel. pr[umac][edh]r stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome. Cf. {Pride}.] 1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as: (a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous. Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the weaker seek. --Milton. O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty ! --Shak. And shades impervious to the proud world's glare. --Keble. (b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country. [bd]Proud to be checked and soothed.[b8] --Keble. Are we proud men proud of being proud ? --Thackeray. 2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious. [bd]Of shadow proud.[b8] --Chapman. [bd]Proud titles.[b8] --Shak. [bd] The proud temple's height.[b8] --Dryden. Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are mantled with a golden cloud. --Keble. 3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals. --Sir T. Browne. Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation of compounds which, for the most part, are self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded, proud-swelling. {Proud flesh} (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer. | |
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Prudery \Prud"er*y\, n.; pl. {Pruderies}. [F. pruderie. See {Prude}.] The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness. --Cowper. | |
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Prudery \Prud"er*y\, n.; pl. {Pruderies}. [F. pruderie. See {Prude}.] The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness. --Cowper. | |
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Pyrethrin \Pyr"eth*rin\, n. [NL. Pyrethrum, generic name of feverfew, Gr. [?] feverfew.] (Chem.) A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also {Pyrethrum camphor}. | |
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Pyrethrine \Pyr"eth*rine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain ({Anacyclus pyrethrum}). | |
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Pyrethrin \Pyr"eth*rin\, n. [NL. Pyrethrum, generic name of feverfew, Gr. [?] feverfew.] (Chem.) A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also {Pyrethrum camphor}. | |
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Feverfew \Fe"ver*few\, n. [AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See {fever}, {Fugitive}, and cf. {Febrifuge}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant ({Pyrethrum, [or] Chrysanthemum, Parthenium}) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities. | |
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Pyrotartaric \Pyr`o*tar*tar"ic\, a. [Pyro- + tartaric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of tartaric acid. | |
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Pyrotartrate \Pyr`o*tar"trate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of pyrotartaric acid. | |
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Pyrotritartaric \Pyr`o*tri`tar*tar"ic\, a. [Pyro- + tri- + tartaric.] (Chem.) Designating an acid which is more commonly called {uric} acid. | |
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Port Orford, OR (city, FIPS 59250) Location: 42.74989 N, 124.49555 W Population (1990): 1025 (529 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97465 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Reading, NJ (CDP, FIPS 60540) Location: 40.56460 N, 74.24700 W Population (1990): 3977 (1358 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07064 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Republic, MD Zip code(s): 20676 Port Republic, NJ (city, FIPS 60600) Location: 39.53801 N, 74.48716 W Population (1990): 992 (372 housing units) Area: 20.0 sq km (land), 2.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08241 Port Republic, VA Zip code(s): 24471 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Richey, FL (city, FIPS 58600) Location: 28.27541 N, 82.72860 W Population (1990): 2523 (1607 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34668 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Royal, PA (borough, FIPS 62304) Location: 40.53386 N, 77.39089 W Population (1990): 836 (389 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17082 Port Royal, SC (town, FIPS 58030) Location: 32.38290 N, 80.69328 W Population (1990): 2985 (1277 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 4.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29935 Port Royal, VA (town, FIPS 63928) Location: 38.16967 N, 77.19106 W Population (1990): 204 (96 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22535 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Trevorton, PA Zip code(s): 17864 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Porter, IN (town, FIPS 61164) Location: 41.62730 N, 87.08191 W Population (1990): 3118 (1245 housing units) Area: 16.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46304 Porter, ME Zip code(s): 04068 Porter, MN (city, FIPS 52144) Location: 44.64075 N, 96.16961 W Population (1990): 210 (99 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56280 Porter, OK (town, FIPS 60150) Location: 35.86921 N, 95.52286 W Population (1990): 588 (249 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74454 Porter, TX Zip code(s): 77365 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Porter Corners, NY Zip code(s): 12859 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Porter County, IN (county, FIPS 127) Location: 41.50839 N, 87.07063 W Population (1990): 128932 (47240 housing units) Area: 1083.2 sq km (land), 267.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Porter Heights, TX (CDP, FIPS 58850) Location: 30.15170 N, 95.32156 W Population (1990): 1448 (484 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Porter Ranch, CA Zip code(s): 91326 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Porterdale, GA (town, FIPS 62244) Location: 33.57188 N, 83.89704 W Population (1990): 1278 (528 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Porterfield, WI Zip code(s): 54159 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Portersville, PA (borough, FIPS 62224) Location: 40.92522 N, 80.14445 W Population (1990): 307 (115 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16051 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Porterville, CA (city, FIPS 58240) Location: 36.06457 N, 119.02695 W Population (1990): 29563 (10073 housing units) Area: 29.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93257 Porterville, MS Zip code(s): 39352 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Prather, CA Zip code(s): 93651 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Prathersville, MO (village, FIPS 59816) Location: 39.31414 N, 94.27627 W Population (1990): 130 (55 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Puerto Real, PR (comunidad, FIPS 65589) Location: 18.07268 N, 67.19112 W Population (1990): 3429 (1206 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
parity errors pl.n. Little lapses of attention or (in more severe cases) consciousness, usually brought on by having spent all night and most of the next day hacking. "I need to go home and crash; I'm starting to get a lot of parity errors." Derives from a relatively common but nearly always correctable transient error in memory hardware. It predates RAM; in fact, this term is reported to have already have been in use in its jargoin sense back in the 1960s when magnetic cores ruled. Parity errors can also afflict mass storage and serial communication lines; this is more serious because not always correctable. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
parity error of a {parity} bit. (1996-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pfortran {Parallel Fortran} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Partridge (Heb. kore, i.e., "caller"). This bird, unlike our own partridge, is distinguished by "its ringing call-note, which in early morning echoes from cliff to cliff amidst the barrenness of the wilderness of Judea and the glens of the forest of Carmel" hence its Hebrew name. This name occurs only twice in Scripture. In 1 Sam. 26:20 "David alludes to the mode of chase practised now, as of old, when the partridge, continuously chased, was at length, when fatigued, knocked down by sticks thrown along the ground." It endeavours to save itself "by running, in preference to flight, unless when suddenly started. It is not an inhabitant of the plain or the corn-field, but of rocky hill-sides" (Tristram's Nat. Hist.). In Jer. 17:11 the prophet is illustrating the fact that riches unlawfully acquired are precarious and short-lived. The exact nature of the illustration cannot be precisely determined. Some interpret the words as meaning that the covetous man will be as surely disappointed as the partridge which gathers in eggs, not of her own laying, and is unable to hatch them; others (Tristram), with more probability, as denoting that the man who enriches himself by unjust means "will as surely be disappointed as the partridge which commences to sit, but is speedily robbed of her hopes of a brood" by her eggs being stolen away from her. The commonest partridge in Palestine is the Caccabis saxatilis, the Greek partridge. The partridge of the wilderness (Ammo-perdix heyi) is a smaller species. Both are essentially mountain and rock birds, thus differing from the English partridge, which loves cultivated fields. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Porter a gate-keeper (2 Sam. 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chr. 9:21; 2 Chr. 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David (1 Chr. 23:5), who were arranged according to their families (26:1-19) to take charge of the doors and gates of the temple. They were sometimes employed as musicians (1 Chr. 15:18). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Praetorium The Greek word (praitorion) thus rendered in Mark 15:16 is rendered "common hall" (Matt. 27:27, marg., "governor's house"), "judgment hall," (John 18:28, 33, marg., "Pilate's house", 19:9; Acts 23:35), "palace" (Phil. 1:13). This is properly a military word. It denotes (1) the general's tent or headquarters; (2) the governor's residence, as in Acts 23:35 (R.V., "palace"); and (3) the praetorian guard (See {PALACE}), or the camp or quarters of the praetorian cohorts (Acts 28:16), the imperial guards in immediate attendance on the emperor, who was "praetor" or commander-in-chief. | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Puerto Rico (commonwealth associated with the US) Puerto Rico:Geography Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total area: 9,104 sq km land area: 8,959 sq km comparative area: slightly less than three times the size of Rhode Island Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 501 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical marine, mild, little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: mostly mountains with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; sandy beaches along most coastal areas Natural resources: some copper and nickel, potential for onshore and offshore crude oil Land use: arable land: 8% permanent crops: 9% meadows and pastures: 41% forest and woodland: 20% other: 22% Irrigated land: 390 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: the recent drought has caused water levels in reservoirs to drop and prompted water rationing for more than one-half of the population natural hazards: periodic droughts international agreements: NA Note: important location along the Mona Passage - a key shipping lane to the Panama Canal; San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and high central mountains ensure land is well watered; south coast relatively dry; fertile coastal plain belt in north Puerto Rico:People Population: 3,812,569 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 25% (female 466,596; male 489,127) 15-64 years: 65% (female 1,274,765; male 1,195,785) 65 years and over: 10% (female 213,716; male 172,580) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 0.16% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 15.92 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 7.47 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -6.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 12.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.1 years male: 70.78 years female: 79.66 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.98 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens) adjective: Puerto Rican Ethnic divisions: Hispanic Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant denominations and other 15% Languages: Spanish, English Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980) total population: 89% male: 90% female: 88% Labor force: 1.2 million (1993) by occupation: government 22%, manufacturing 17%, trade 20%, construction 6%, communications and transportation 5%, other 30% (1993) Puerto Rico:Government Names: conventional long form: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico conventional short form: Puerto Rico Digraph: RQ Type: commonwealth associated with the US Capital: San Juan Administrative divisions: none (commonwealth associated with the US); note - there are 78 municipalities Independence: none (commonwealth associated with the US) National holiday: US Independence Day, 4 July (1776) Constitution: ratified 3 March 1952; approved by US Congress 3 July 1952; effective 25 July 1952 Legal system: based on Spanish civil code Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections Executive branch: chief of state: President William Jefferson CLINTON (since 20 January 1993); Vice President Albert GORE, Jr. (since 20 January 1993) head of government: Governor Pedro ROSSELLO (since 2 January 1993); election last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held 5 November 1996); results - Pedro ROSSELLO (PNP) 50%, Victoria MUNOZ (PPD) 46%, Fernando MARTIN (PIP) 4% Legislative branch: bicameral Legislative Assembly Senate: elections last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held 5 November 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (29 total) PNP 20, PPD 8, PIP 1 House of Representatives: elections last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (53 total) PNP 36, PPD 16, PIP 1 US House of Representatives: elections last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held 5 November 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) PNP 1 (Carlos Romero BARCELO); note - Puerto Rico elects one representative to the US House of Representatives Judicial branch: Supreme Court, Superior Courts, Municipal Courts Political parties and leaders: National Republican Party of Puerto Rico, Luis FERRE; Popular Democratic Party (PPD), Hector ACEVEDO; New Progressive Party (PNP), Pedro ROSSELLO; Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP) has been disbanded (1994); Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), Ruben BERRIOS Martinez; Puerto Rican Communist Party (PCP), leader(s) unknown Other political or pressure groups: Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN); Volunteers of the Puerto Rican Revolution; Boricua Popular Army (also known as the Macheteros); Armed Forces of Popular Resistance Member of: CARICOM (observer), ECLAC (associate), FAO (associate), ICFTU, INTERPOL (subbureau), IOC, WCL, WFTU, WHO (associate), WTO (associate) Diplomatic representation in US: none (commonwealth associated with the US) US diplomatic representation: none (commonwealth associated with the US) Flag: five equal horizontal bands of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bears a large white five-pointed star in the center; design based on the US flag Economy Overview: Puerto Rico has one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region. Industry has surpassed agriculture as the primary sector of economic activity and income. Encouraged by duty free access to the US and by tax incentives, US firms have invested heavily in Puerto Rico since the 1950s. US minimum wage laws apply. Important industries include pharmaceuticals, electronics, textiles, petrochemicals, and processed foods. Sugar production has lost out to dairy production and other livestock products as the main source of income in the agricultural sector. Tourism has traditionally been an important source of income for the island, with estimated arrivals of nearly 3.9 million tourists in 1993. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $26.8 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 2.6% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $7,050 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.9% (1994) Unemployment rate: 16% (1994) Budget: revenues: $5.1 billion expenditures: $5.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY94/95) Exports: $21.8 billion (1994) commodities: pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment, instruments partners: US 86.2% (1993) Imports: $16.7 billion (1994) commodities: chemicals, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products partners: US 69.2% (1993) External debt: $NA Industrial production: growth rate 5% (1994 est.) Electricity: capacity: 4.230,000 kW production: 15.6 billion kWh consumption per capita: 3,819 kWh (1993) Industries: manufacturing accounts for 39.4% of GDP; manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, food products, instruments; tourism Agriculture: accounts for only 3% of labor force and just over 1% of GDP; crops - sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock - cattle, chickens; imports a large share of food needs (1993) Economic aid: none Currency: 1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: US currency is used Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June Puerto Rico:Transportation Railroads: total: 96 km rural narrow-gauge system for hauling sugarcane; note - no passenger railroads Highways: total: 13,762 km paved: 13,762 km (1982) Ports: Guanica, Guayanilla, Guayama, Playa de Ponce, San Juan Merchant marine: none Airports: total: 31 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 3 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 9 with paved runways under 914 m: 14 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2 Puerto Rico:Communications Telephone system: NA telephones; modern system, integrated with that of the US by high capacity submarine cable and INTELSAT with high-speed data capability; digital telephone system with about 1 million lines; cellular telephone service (1990) local: NA intercity: NA international: 1 INTELSAT earth station and submarine cable Radio: broadcast stations: AM 50, FM 63, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 9; note - cable television available with US programs (1990) televisions: NA Puerto Rico:Defense Forces Branches: paramilitary National Guard, Police Force Note: defense is the responsibility of the US |