English Dictionary: Protobulgaren | by the DICT Development Group |
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Pair \Pair\, v. t. 1. To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another. Glossy jet is paired with shining white. --Pope. 2. To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. [Parliamentary Cant] {Paired fins}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Fin}. | |
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Fin \Fin\, n.[OE. finne, fin, AS. finn; akin to D. vin, G. & Dan. finne, Sw. fena, L. pinna, penna, a wing, feather. Cf. {pen} a feather.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water. Note: Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other fins being to balance or direct the body, though they are also, to a certain extent, employed in producing motion. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks. 3. A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin, as: (a) The hand. [Slang] (b) (Com.) A blade of whalebone. [Eng.] --McElrath. (c) (Mech.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold. (d) (Mech.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling. --Raymond. (e) (Mech.) A feather; a spline. 4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. {Apidose fin}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Adipose}, a. {Fin ray} (Anat.), one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of fishes. {Fin whale} (Zo[94]l.), a finback. {Paired fins} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral and ventral fins, corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher animals. {Unpaired, [or] Median}, {fins} (Zo[94]l.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins. | |
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d8Scarus \[d8]Sca"rus\, n. [L. See {Scar} a kind of fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A Mediterranean food fish ({Sparisoma scarus}) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also {parrot fish}. | |
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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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d8Scarus \[d8]Sca"rus\, n. [L. See {Scar} a kind of fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A Mediterranean food fish ({Sparisoma scarus}) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also {parrot fish}. | |
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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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Part \Part\, n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel}, {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.] 1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent. And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet. --Acts v. 2. Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke. I am a part of all that I have met. --Tennyson. 2. Hence, specifically: (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient. An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex. xvi. 36. A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak. (b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element. All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body. --Locke. The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble. (c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense. [bd]Men of considerable parts.[b8] --Burke. [bd]Great quickness of parts.[b8] --Macaulay. Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them. --Shak. (d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural. [bd]The uttermost part of the heaven.[b8] --Neh. i. 9. All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears. --Dryden. (e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure. 3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office. We have no part in David. --2 Sam. xx. 1. Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou but thine. --Milton. Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share. --Dryden. 4. Hence, specifically: (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction. For he that is not against us is on our part. --Mark ix. 40. Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part. --Waller. (b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See {To act a part}, under {Act}. That part Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. --Shak. It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf. --Shak. Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. --Pope. (c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc. {For my part}, so far as concerns me; for my share. {For the most part}. See under {Most}, a. {In good part}, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner. --Hooker. {In ill part}, unfavorably; with displeasure. {In part}, in some degree; partly. {Part and parcel}, an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase. Cf. {might and main}, {kith and kin}, etc. [bd]She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place.[b8] --Howitt. {Part of speech} (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence. {Part owner} (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}. {Part singing}, singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken. {Part song}, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. [bd]A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part.[b8] --Stainer & Barrett. Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece; share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}. | |
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Partable \Part"a*ble\, a. See {Partible}. --Camden. | |
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Partibility \Part`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [From {Partible}.] The quality or state of being partible; divisibility; separability; as, the partibility of an inherttance. | |
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Partible \Part"i*ble\, a. [L. partibilis, fr. partire to part, divide, fr. L. pars: cf. F. partible. See {Part}.] Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible. [bd]Make the molds partible.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Appellant \Ap*pel"lant\, a. [L. appellans, p. pr. of appellare; cf. F. appelant. See {Appeal}.] Relating to an appeal; appellate. [bd]An appellant jurisdiction.[b8] --Hallam. {Party appellant} (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; -- opposed to {respondent}, or {appellee}. --Tomlins. | |
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Party \Par"ty\, n.; pl. {Parties}. [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See {Part}, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] [bd]The most party of the time.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. It the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. 8. Cause; side; interest. Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] Note: [bd]For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession.[b8] --Fitzed. Hall. {Party jury} (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. {Party man}, a partisan. --Swift. {Party spirit}, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. {Party verdict}, a joint verdict. --Shak. {Party wall}. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. | |
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Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, n. Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure. --South. | |
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Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, adv. & conj. [OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See {Per}, and {Adventure}.] By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. [bd]If peradventure he speak against me.[b8] --Shak. Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. --Gen. xviii. 24. | |
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Perdifoil \Per"di*foil\, n. [L. perdere to lose + folium leaf.] (Bot.) A deciduous plant; -- opposed to {evergreen}. --J. Barton. | |
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Incubation \In`cu*ba"tion\, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F. incubation.] 1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process. --Ray. 2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.) 3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams. --Tylor. {Period of incubation}, [or] {Stage of incubation} (Med.), the period which elapses between exposure to the causes of a disease and the attack resulting from it; the time of development of the supposed germs or spores. | |
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Pier \Pier\, n. [OE. pere, OF. piere a stone, F. pierre, fr. L. petra, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Petrify}.] 1. (Arch.) (a) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings. (b) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See {Buttress}. 2. A projecting wharf or landing place. {Abutment pier}, the pier of a bridge next the shore; a pier which by its strength and stability resists the thrust of an arch. {Pier glass}, a mirror, of high and narrow shape, to be put up between windows. {Pier table}, a table made to stand between windows. | |
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Pirate \Pi"rate\, n. [L. pirata, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to attempt, undertake, from making attempts or attacks on ships, [?] an attempt, trial; akin to E. peril: cf. F. pirate. See {Peril}.] 1. A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor. 2. An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas. 3. One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission. {Pirate perch} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water percoid fish of the United States ({Aphredoderus Sayanus}). It is of a dark olive color, speckled with blackish spots. | |
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Porotype \Po"ro*type\, n. [See {Pore}, n., and {-type}.] A copy of a print, writing, etc., made by placing it upon a chemically prepared paper which is acted upon by a gas which permeates the paper of the print, writing, etc. | |
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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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Port \Port\, n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS. porte, fr. L. porta. See {Port} a harbor, and cf. {Porte}.] 1. A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic] Him I accuse The city ports by this hath entered. --Shak. Form their ivory port the cherubim Forth issuing. --Milton. 2. (Naut.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening. Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. (Mach.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face. {Air port}, {Bridle port}, etc. See under {Air}, {Bridle}, etc. {Port bar} (Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale. {Port lid} (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a vessel. {Steam port}, [and] {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the ports of the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves, for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively. | |
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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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Portability \Port`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried. | |
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Portable \Port"a*ble\, a. [L. portabilis, fr. portare to carry: cf. F. portable. See {Port} demeanor.] 1. Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine. --South. 2. Possible to be endured; supportable. [Obs.] How light and portable my pain seems now! --Shak. {Portable forge}. See under {Forge}. {Portable steam engine}. See under {Steam engine}. | |
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Portable \Port"a*ble\, a. [L. portabilis, fr. portare to carry: cf. F. portable. See {Port} demeanor.] 1. Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine. --South. 2. Possible to be endured; supportable. [Obs.] How light and portable my pain seems now! --Shak. {Portable forge}. See under {Forge}. {Portable steam engine}. See under {Steam engine}. | |
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Forge \Forge\, n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. [?] soft, tender. Cf. {Fabric}.] 1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy. In the quick forge and working house of thought. --Shak. 2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill. 3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies. [Obs.] In the greater bodies the forge was easy. --Bacon. {American forge}, a forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. --Raymond. {Catalan forge}. (Metal.) See under {Catalan}. {Forge cinder}, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary. {Forge rolls}, {Forge train}, the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars. {Forge wagon} (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools. {Portable forge}, a light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place. | |
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Steam engine \Steam" en"gine\ An engine moved by steam. Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to the machinery to be actuated. Steam engines are thus classified: 1. According to the wat the steam is used or applied, as condencing, noncondencing, compound, double-acting, single-acting, triple-expansion, etc. 2. According to the motion of the piston, as reciprocating, rotary, etc. 3. According to the motion imparted by the engine, as rotative and nonrotative. 4. According to the arrangement of the engine, as stationary, portable, and semiportable engines, beam engine, oscillating engine, direct-acting and back-acting engines, etc. 5. According to their uses, as portable, marine, locomotive, pumping, blowing, winding, and stationary engines. Locomotive and portable engines are usually high-pressure, noncondencing, rotative, and direct-acting. Marine engines are high or low pressure, rotative, and generally condencing, double-acting, and compound. Paddle engines are generally beam, side[?]lever, oscillating, or direct-acting. Screw engines are generally direct-acting, back-acting, or oscillating. Stationary engines belong to various classes, but are generally rotative. A horizontal or inclined stationary steam engine is called a left-hand or a right-hand engine when the crank shaft and driving pulley are on the left-hand side, or the right-hand side, respectively, or the engine, to a person looking at them from the cylinder, and is said to run forward or backward when the crank traverses the upward half, or lower half, respectively, of its path, while the piston rod makes its stroke outward from the cylinder. A marine engine, or the engine of a locomotive, is said to run forward when its motion is such as would propel the vessel or the locomotive forward. Steam engines are further classified as double-cylinder, disk, semicylinder, trunk engines, etc. Machines, such as cranes, hammers, etc., of which the steam engine forms a part, are called steam cranes, steam hammers, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. {Back-acting}, [or] {Back-action}, {steam engine}, a steam engine in which the motion is transmitted backward from the crosshead to a crank which is between the crosshead and the cylinder, or beyond the cylinder. {Portable steam engine}, a steam engine combined with, and attached to, a boiler which is mounted on wheels so as to admit of easy transportation; -- used for driving machinery in the field, as trashing machines, draining pumps, etc. {Semiportable steam engine}, a steam engine combined with, and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on wheels. | |
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Portable \Port"a*ble\, a. [L. portabilis, fr. portare to carry: cf. F. portable. See {Port} demeanor.] 1. Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine. --South. 2. Possible to be endured; supportable. [Obs.] How light and portable my pain seems now! --Shak. {Portable forge}. See under {Forge}. {Portable steam engine}. See under {Steam engine}. | |
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Portableness \Port"a*ble*ness\, n. The quality or state of being portable; portability. | |
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Portfire \Port"fire`\, n. A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and mealed powder, -- used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells. | |
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Portfolio \Port*fol"io\, n. [F. portefeuille; porter to carry + feuille a leaf. See {Port} to carry, and {Folio}.] 1. A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc. 2. Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of war; to resign the portfolio. | |
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Portpane \Port"pane\, n. [From L. portare to carry + panis bread; prob. through French.] A cloth for carrying bread, so as not to touch it with the hands. [Obs.] | |
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Prateful \Prate"ful\, a. Talkative. [R.] --W. Taylor. | |
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Preadvertise \Pre*ad`ver*tise"\, v. t. To advertise beforehand; to preannounce publicly. | |
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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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Predefine \Pre`de*fine\, v. t. To define beforehand. | |
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Pretibial \Pre*tib"i*al\, a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the tibia. | |
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Pretypify \Pre*typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pretypified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pretypifying}.] To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. --Bp. Pearson. | |
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Pretypify \Pre*typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pretypified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pretypifying}.] To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. --Bp. Pearson. | |
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Pretypify \Pre*typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pretypified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pretypifying}.] To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. --Bp. Pearson. | |
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Margosa \Mar*go"sa\, n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.) A large tree of genus {Melia} ({M. Azadirachta}) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The {M. Azedarach} is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as {Pride of India}, {Pride of China}, or {bead tree}. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic. The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having a peculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. --Sir S. Baker. | |
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Pride \Pride\, n. [AS. pr[ymac]te; akin to Icel. pr[ymac][edh]i honor, ornament, pr[?][?]a to adorn, Dan. pryde, Sw. pryda; cf. W. prydus comely. See {Proud}.] 1. The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others. Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. --Dan. iv. 37. Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt. --Franklin. 2. A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride. --Goldsmith. A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants. --Macaulay. 3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain. Let not the foot of pride come against me. --Ps. xxxvi. 11. That hardly we escaped the pride of France. --Shak. 4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc. Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride. --Spenser. I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. --Zech. ix. 6. A bold peasantry, their country's pride. --Goldsmith. 5. Show; ostentation; glory. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war. --Shak. 6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life. A falcon, towering in her pride of place. --Shak. 7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast. [Obs.] {Pride of India}, [or] {Pride of China}. (Bot.) See {Margosa}. {Pride of the desert} (Zo[94]l.), the camel. Syn: Self-exaltation; conceit; hauteur; haughtiness; lordliness; loftiness. Usage: {Pride}, {Vanity}. Pride is a high or an excessive esteem of one's self for some real or imagined superiority, as rank, wealth, talents, character, etc. Vanity is the love of being admired, praised, exalted, etc., by others. Vanity is an ostentation of pride; but one may have great pride without displaying it. Vanity, which is etymologically [bd]emptiness,[b8] is applied especially to the exhibition of pride in superficialities, as beauty, dress, wealth, etc. | |
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Azedarach \A*zed"a*rach\, n. [F. az[82]darac, Sp. acederaque, Pers. [be]z[be]ddirakht noble tree.] 1. (Bot.) A handsome Asiatic tree ({Melia azedarach}), common in the southern United States; -- called also, {Pride of India}, {Pride of China}, and {Bead tree}. 2. (Med.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic. | |
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China \Chi"na\, n. 1. A country in Eastern Asia. 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See {Porcelain}. {China aster} (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See {Aster}. {China bean}. See under {Bean}, 1. {China clay} See {Kaolin}. {China grass}, Same as {Ramie}. {China ink}. See {India ink}. {China pink} (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of {Dianthus} ({D. Chiensis}) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. {China root} (Med.), the rootstock of a species of {Smilax} ({S. China}, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from {Alpinia Gallanga} and {Alpinia officinarum}). {China rose}. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the {Rosa Indica}, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant ({Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis}) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies. {China shop}, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. {China ware}, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. {Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}. | |
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Margosa \Mar*go"sa\, n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.) A large tree of genus {Melia} ({M. Azadirachta}) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The {M. Azedarach} is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as {Pride of India}, {Pride of China}, or {bead tree}. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic. The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having a peculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. --Sir S. Baker. | |
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Pride \Pride\, n. [AS. pr[ymac]te; akin to Icel. pr[ymac][edh]i honor, ornament, pr[?][?]a to adorn, Dan. pryde, Sw. pryda; cf. W. prydus comely. See {Proud}.] 1. The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others. Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. --Dan. iv. 37. Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt. --Franklin. 2. A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride. --Goldsmith. A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants. --Macaulay. 3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain. Let not the foot of pride come against me. --Ps. xxxvi. 11. That hardly we escaped the pride of France. --Shak. 4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc. Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride. --Spenser. I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. --Zech. ix. 6. A bold peasantry, their country's pride. --Goldsmith. 5. Show; ostentation; glory. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war. --Shak. 6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life. A falcon, towering in her pride of place. --Shak. 7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast. [Obs.] {Pride of India}, [or] {Pride of China}. (Bot.) See {Margosa}. {Pride of the desert} (Zo[94]l.), the camel. Syn: Self-exaltation; conceit; hauteur; haughtiness; lordliness; loftiness. Usage: {Pride}, {Vanity}. Pride is a high or an excessive esteem of one's self for some real or imagined superiority, as rank, wealth, talents, character, etc. Vanity is the love of being admired, praised, exalted, etc., by others. Vanity is an ostentation of pride; but one may have great pride without displaying it. Vanity, which is etymologically [bd]emptiness,[b8] is applied especially to the exhibition of pride in superficialities, as beauty, dress, wealth, etc. | |
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Azedarach \A*zed"a*rach\, n. [F. az[82]darac, Sp. acederaque, Pers. [be]z[be]ddirakht noble tree.] 1. (Bot.) A handsome Asiatic tree ({Melia azedarach}), common in the southern United States; -- called also, {Pride of India}, {Pride of China}, and {Bead tree}. 2. (Med.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic. | |
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Pride \Pride\, n. [AS. pr[ymac]te; akin to Icel. pr[ymac][edh]i honor, ornament, pr[?][?]a to adorn, Dan. pryde, Sw. pryda; cf. W. prydus comely. See {Proud}.] 1. The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others. Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. --Dan. iv. 37. Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt. --Franklin. 2. A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride. --Goldsmith. A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants. --Macaulay. 3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain. Let not the foot of pride come against me. --Ps. xxxvi. 11. That hardly we escaped the pride of France. --Shak. 4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc. Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride. --Spenser. I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. --Zech. ix. 6. A bold peasantry, their country's pride. --Goldsmith. 5. Show; ostentation; glory. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war. --Shak. 6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life. A falcon, towering in her pride of place. --Shak. 7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast. [Obs.] {Pride of India}, [or] {Pride of China}. (Bot.) See {Margosa}. {Pride of the desert} (Zo[94]l.), the camel. Syn: Self-exaltation; conceit; hauteur; haughtiness; lordliness; loftiness. Usage: {Pride}, {Vanity}. Pride is a high or an excessive esteem of one's self for some real or imagined superiority, as rank, wealth, talents, character, etc. Vanity is the love of being admired, praised, exalted, etc., by others. Vanity is an ostentation of pride; but one may have great pride without displaying it. Vanity, which is etymologically [bd]emptiness,[b8] is applied especially to the exhibition of pride in superficialities, as beauty, dress, wealth, etc. | |
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Prideful \Pride"ful\, a. Full of pride; haughty. --Tennyson. -- {Pride"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pride"ful-ness}, n. | |
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Prideful \Pride"ful\, a. Full of pride; haughty. --Tennyson. -- {Pride"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pride"ful-ness}, n. | |
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Prideful \Pride"ful\, a. Full of pride; haughty. --Tennyson. -- {Pride"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pride"ful-ness}, n. | |
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Proteiform \Pro*te"i*form\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Changeable in form; resembling a Proteus, or an am[d2]ba. | |
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Protopope \Pro"to*pope\, n. [Proto- + pope: cf. F. protopope, Russ. protopop'.] (Gr. Ch.) One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy; an archpriest; -- called also {protopapas}. | |
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Protophyte \Pro"to*phyte\, n. [Proto- + Gr. [?] a plant.] (Bot.) Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division. Note: The protophytes ({Protophyta}) are by some botanists considered an independent branch or class of the vegetable kingdom, and made to include the lowest forms of both fungi and alg[91], as slime molds, Bacteria, the nostocs, etc. Cf. {Carpophyte}, and {O[94]phyte}. | |
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Protophyte \Pro"to*phyte\, n. [Proto- + Gr. [?] a plant.] (Bot.) Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division. Note: The protophytes ({Protophyta}) are by some botanists considered an independent branch or class of the vegetable kingdom, and made to include the lowest forms of both fungi and alg[91], as slime molds, Bacteria, the nostocs, etc. Cf. {Carpophyte}, and {O[94]phyte}. | |
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Protophytology \Pro`to*phy*tol"o*gy\, n. [Proto- + phytology.] Paleobotany. | |
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Protopine \Pro"to*pine\, n. [Proto- + opium.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Protoplasm \Pro"to*plasm\, n. [Proto- + Gr. [?] form, fr. [?] to mold.] (Biol.) The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called [bd] physical basis of life;[b8] the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc. Note: The lowest forms of animal and vegetable life (unicellular organisms) consist of simple or unaltered protoplasm; the tissues of the higher organisms, of differentiated protoplasm. | |
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Protoplasmatic \Pro`to*plas*mat"ic\, a. Protoplasmic. | |
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Protoplasmic \Pro`to*plas"mic\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the first formation of living bodies. 2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to protoplasm; consisting of, or resembling, protoplasm. | |
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Protoplast \Pro"to*plast\, n. [L. protoplastus the first man, Gr. [?] formed or created first; [?] first + [?] formed, fr. [?] to form.] 1. The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original. 2. (Biol.) A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species. A species is a class of individuals, each of which is hypothetically considered to be the descendant of the same protoplast, or of the same pair of protoplasts. --Latham. | |
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Protoplastic \Pro`to*plas"tic\, a. First-formed. --Howell. | |
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Protopodite \Pro*top"o*dite\, n. [Proto- + Gr. [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean. | |
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Protopope \Pro"to*pope\, n. [Proto- + pope: cf. F. protopope, Russ. protopop'.] (Gr. Ch.) One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy; an archpriest; -- called also {protopapas}. | |
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Komtok \Kom"tok\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An African freshwater fish ({Protopterus annectens}), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food. | |
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Lepidosiren \Lep`i*do*si"ren\ (-s[imac]"r[ecr]n), n. [Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + seirh`n a siren.] (Zo[94]l.) An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species ({Protopterus annectens}). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also {doko}. | |
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Mudfish \Mud"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European loach. (b) The bowfin. (c) The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species ({Protopterus annectens}). See {Lipedosiren}. (d) The mud minnow. | |
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Protovertebra \Pro`to*ver"te*bra\, n.; pl. {Protovertebr[91]} . [Proto- + vertebra.] (Anat.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of {Ectoderm}. Note: The protovertebr[91] were long regarded as rudiments of the permanent vertebr[91], but they are now known to give rise to the dorsal muscles and other structures as well as the vertebral column. See {Myotome}. | |
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Protovertebra \Pro`to*ver"te*bra\, n.; pl. {Protovertebr[91]} . [Proto- + vertebra.] (Anat.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of {Ectoderm}. Note: The protovertebr[91] were long regarded as rudiments of the permanent vertebr[91], but they are now known to give rise to the dorsal muscles and other structures as well as the vertebral column. See {Myotome}. | |
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Protovertebral \Pro`to*ver"te*bral\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the protovertebr[91]. | |
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Protuberance \Pro*tu"ber*ance\, n. [Cf. F. protub[82]rance. See {Protuberant}.] That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. {Solar protuberances} (Astron.), certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which are seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a solar eclipse. They may be discovered with the spectroscope on any clear day. Called also {solar prominences}. See Illust. in Append. Syn: {Projection}, {Protuberance}. protuberance differs from projection, being applied to parts that rise from the surface with a gradual ascent or small angle; whereas a projection may be at a right angle with the surface. | |
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Protuberancy \Pro*tu"ber*an*cy\, n. The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence. | |
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Protuberant \Pro*tu"ber*ant\, a. [L. protuberans, -antis, p. pr. of protuberare. See {Protuberate}.] Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye. -- {Pro*tu"ber*ant*ly}, adv. | |
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Protuberant \Pro*tu"ber*ant\, a. [L. protuberans, -antis, p. pr. of protuberare. See {Protuberate}.] Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye. -- {Pro*tu"ber*ant*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protuberate \Pro*tu"ber*ate\, v. i. [L. protuberare; pro forward + tuber a hump, protuberance. See {Tuber}.] To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. --S. Sharp. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protuberation \Pro*tu`ber*a"tion\, n. The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface. --Cooke (1615). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protuberous \Pro*tu"ber*ous\, a. Protuberant. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in phosphate of potash. 2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. --Chaucer. 3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. --Shak. 4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. --Gen. vi. 12. 5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. (b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences. 6. Kindred; stock; race. He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii. 27. 7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound. {After the flesh}, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. [bd]Ye judge after the flesh.[b8] --John viii. 15. {An arm of flesh}, human strength or aid. {Flesh and blood}. See under {Blood}. {Flesh broth}, broth made by boiling flesh in water. {Flesh fly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of flies whose larv[91] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also {meat fly}, {carrion fly}, and {blowfly}. See {Blowly}. {Flesh meat}, animal food. --Swift. {Flesh side}, the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side. {Flesh tint} (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. {Flesh worm} (Zo[94]l.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See {Flesh fly} (above). {Proud flesh}. See under {Proud}. {To be one flesh}, to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyritiferous \Pyr`i*tif"er*ous\, a. [Pyrites + -ferous.] (Min.) Containing or producing pyrites. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pardeeville, WI (village, FIPS 61100) Location: 43.53407 N, 89.30032 W Population (1990): 1630 (686 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53954 | |
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Port Barre, LA (town, FIPS 61825) Location: 30.55678 N, 91.95635 W Population (1990): 2144 (849 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70577 | |
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Port Byron, IL (village, FIPS 61223) Location: 41.62125 N, 90.32372 W Population (1990): 1002 (410 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61275 Port Byron, NY (village, FIPS 59212) Location: 43.03673 N, 76.62577 W Population (1990): 1359 (501 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13140 | |
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Port Deposit, MD (town, FIPS 63075) Location: 39.60359 N, 76.11580 W Population (1990): 685 (292 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Port Hope, MI (village, FIPS 65800) Location: 43.93964 N, 82.71514 W Population (1990): 313 (234 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48468 | |
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Port Protection, AK (CDP, FIPS 63870) Location: 56.31714 N, 133.59806 W Population (1990): 62 (40 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 3.3 sq km (water) | |
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Port Tobacco, MD Zip code(s): 20677 | |
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Port Tobacco Village, MD (town, FIPS 63225) Location: 38.51138 N, 77.02040 W Population (1990): 36 (15 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Port Vincent, LA (village, FIPS 62105) Location: 30.33706 N, 90.84183 W Population (1990): 446 (206 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70726 | |
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Port Vue, PA (borough, FIPS 62320) Location: 40.33690 N, 79.87054 W Population (1990): 4641 (1957 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Portville, NY (village, FIPS 59498) Location: 42.03560 N, 78.33913 W Population (1990): 1040 (377 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14770 | |
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Prattville, AL (city, FIPS 62328) Location: 32.46170 N, 86.44669 W Population (1990): 19587 (7184 housing units) Area: 47.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36066, 36067 | |
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Pretty Bayou, FL (CDP, FIPS 58962) Location: 30.19645 N, 85.69680 W Population (1990): 3839 (1548 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
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Pretty Prairie, KS (city, FIPS 57700) Location: 37.78023 N, 98.01973 W Population (1990): 601 (277 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67570 | |
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Protivin, IA (city, FIPS 65010) Location: 43.21751 N, 92.08812 W Population (1990): 305 (168 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Prudhoe Bay, AK (CDP, FIPS 64380) Location: 70.28405 N, 148.37616 W Population (1990): 47 (0 housing units) Area: 89.8 sq km (land), 31.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99734 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
pretty pictures n. [scientific computation] The next step up from {numbers}. Interesting graphical output from a program that may not have any sensible relationship to the system the program is intended to model. Good for showing to {management}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
prettyprint /prit'ee-print/ v. (alt. `pretty-print') 1. To generate `pretty' human-readable output from a {hairy} internal representation; esp. used for the process of {grind}ing (sense 1) program code, and most esp. for LISP code. 2. To format in some particularly slick and nontrivial way. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
parity bit {word} to reveal errors. See {parity}. (1996-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
peer-to-peer The kind of communication found in a system using layered {protocol}s. Each software or hardware component can be considered to communicate only with its {peer} in the same layer via the connection provided by the lower layers. (1994-12-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
portability software (or {file format}) can be "ported", i.e. made to run on a new {platform} and/or compile with a new {compiler}. The most important factor is the language in which the software is written and the most portable language is almost certainly {C} (though see {Vaxocentrism} for counterexamples). This is true in the sense that C compilers are available for most systems and are often the first compiler provided for a new system. This has led several compiler writers to compile other languages to C code in order to benefit from its portability (as well as the quality of compilers available for it). The least portable type of language is obviously {assembly code} since it is specific to one particular (family of) {processor}(s). It may be possible to translate mechanically from one assembly code (or even {machine code}) into another but this is not really portability. At the other end of the scale would come {interpreted} or {semi-compiled} languages such as {LISP} or {Java} which rely on the availability of a portable {interpreter} or {virtual machine} written in a lower level language (often C for the reasons outlined above). The act or result of porting a program is called a "port". E.g. "I've nearly finished the {Pentium} port of my big bang simulation." Portability is also an attribute of {file formats} and depends on their adherence to {standards} (e.g. {ISO 8859}) or the availability of the relevant "viewing" software for different {platforms} (e.g. {PDF}). (1997-06-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
portable {portability} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable AIRTIME system enabling user-to-user voice communication, "{quicknotes}", and {alphanumeric messaging}. [Details?] (2000-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Commodore 64 original Osborne portable PCs, with a flip-down keyboard that revealed a 5-inch colour monitor, and a built-in {1541} {floppy disk} drive. It is thought that few were made but that they did go on sale, at least in Canada. [Relationship to {Commodore 65}?] (1997-09-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Common Loops (PCL) A language which started out as an implementation of {CommonLoops} and turned into a portable {CLOS} implementation. Version 1992-08-28. It runs under {Lucid Common LISP} 4.0.1 and {CMU Common LISP} 16e. {(ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pcl)}. (1992-09-02) [Was it developed by Richard Harris | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Common Tool Environment developed in the {Esprit} programme. It is based on an {entity-relationship} {Object Management System} and defines the way in which tools access this. (2001-03-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Document Format Systems}' {Acrobat}. PDF is the file format for representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application software, hardware, and operating system used to create those documents. A PDF file can describe documents containing any combination of text, graphics, and images in a device-independent and {resolution} independent format. These documents can be one page or thousands of pages, very simple or extremely complex with a rich use of {fonts}, graphics, colour, and {images}. {Home (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html)}. ["The Portable Document Format Reference Manual", Adobe systems, Inc. Addison-Wesley Publ. Co., ISBN: 0-201-62628-4]. (2000-09-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Forth Environment system based on the {ANSI} standard for Forth, by Dirk-Uwe Zoller of FHT, Mannheim, Germany. PFE aims to be correct, complete, usable, and simple but it isn't optimised for speed. It supports all {dpANS} {word sets}. It runs on {Linux}, {RS/6000}, and {HP-UX}. {Tektronix} adopted PFE in 1998 and added {modules} and {multithreading}. You can load additional {C} objects at {run time} to extend the Forth {dictionary}. It can be targeted at different embedded environments by changing the terminal driver and initilisation routines. Current version: 0.30.27 preview, as of 2000-11-23. {Home (http://pfe.sourceforge.net/)}. E-mail: Guido Draheim (2000-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Network Graphics {lossless}, {portable}, well-compressed storage of {raster images}. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for {GIF} and can also replace many common uses of {TIFF}. {Indexed-colour}, {greyscale} and {truecolour} images are supported, plus an optional {alpha channel}. Sample depths range from 1 to 16 bits. PNG is designed for on-line viewing applications, such as the {World Wide Web}, so it is fully {streamable} with a {progressive display} option. PNG is robust, providing both full file integrity checking and simple detection of common transmission errors. Also, PNG can store {gamma correction} and {chromaticity} data for improved colour matching on heterogeneous {platforms}. {Filename extension}: .png. {RFC 2083}. {W3C PNG pages (http://www.w3.org/Graphics/PNG/)}. {PNG home page (http://www.wco.com/~png/)}. (1997-08-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Operating System Interface designed to provide {application} {portability} between {Unix} variants. IEEE 1003.1 defines a Unix-like operating system interface, IEEE 1003.2 defines the {shell} and utilities and IEEE 1003.4 defines {real-time} extensions. ["More UNIX For Dummies", ISBN: 1-56884-361-5] says it stands for "Portable Operating System Interface with an X thrown in to make it sound cooler." (1997-12-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Pixmap A PPM file contains the following: a two character "{magic number}" - "P3", the width in pixels, the height in pixels, the maximum colour component value, HEIGHT rows of WIDTH {pixels}. The rows are ordered from top to bottom with the pixels in each row ordered from left to right. Each pixel is represented as three values for red, green, and blue. All parts are separated by {whitespace} and numbers are in decimal {ASCIII} representation. A zero pixel component means that colour is absent. Characters from a "#" to the next end-of-line are ignored and no line should be longer than 70 characters. Here is an example of a small pixmap in this format: P3 # feep.ppm 4 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A "RAWBITS" variant has magic number "P6", pixel values are stored as plain binary bytes, instead of ASCII decimal and no whitespace is allowed after a single whitespace character after the maximum colour component value which must be less than or equal to 255. (1998-02-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Scheme Debugger (PSD) A package for source code debugging of {R4RS}-compliant {Scheme} under {GNU Emacs} by Kellom ?ki Pertti It works with {scm}, {Elk} and {Scheme->C}. {(ftp://ftp.cs.tut.fi/pub/src/languages/schemes/psd.tar.Z)}. (1992-10-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Scheme Interpreter (PSI) A portable scheme interpreter by Ozan Yigit includes a simple {DAG} compiler and a {virtual machine}. It can be used as an integrated extension {interpreter} in other systems and allows easy addition of new primitives. There are some unique debugging and tracing facilities. Acceptable performance results from a fairly straight-forward implementation. {Continuation}s are fully and portably supported and perform well. PSI is based on the simple compilers and {virtual machine} in Kent Dbyvig's thesis. The pre-release version conforms to {R4RS} with a number of useful extensions. (1993-02-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Standard Lisp PSL is available as a kit for {68000} and also runs on {VAX}. It compiles {Lisp} to {C}-code {virtual machine} language. ["The Portable Standard LISP Users Manual", TR-10, CS Dept, U Utah, Jan 1982]. ["A Portable Lisp System", M.L. Griss et al, Proc 1982 ACM Symp on Lisp and Functional Prog, Aug 1982]. (2000-09-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Portable Tool Interface allowing interworking between different software tools via defined interfaces to the user and to the {repository} or {object management system}. (2000-09-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pretty pictures (scientific computation) The next step up from {numbers}. Interesting graphical output from a program that may not have any sensible relationship to the system the program is intended to model, but good for showing to {management}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
prettyprint /prit'ee-print/ (Or "pretty-print") To generate "pretty" human-readable output from a {hairy} internal representation; especially used for the process of {grind}ing program code. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-15) |