English Dictionary: Puebla | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Papal \Pa"pal\, a. [F., fr. L. papa bishop. See {Papacy}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction. --Milman. 2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church. [bd]Papal Christians.[b8] --Bp. Burnet. {Papal cross}. See Illust. 3 of {Cross}. {Papal crown}, the tiara. | |
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Papally \Pa"pal*ly\, adv. In a papal manner; popishly | |
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Papilla \Pa*pil"la\, n.; pl. {Papill[91]}. [L., a nipple, pimple.] Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papill[91] of the tongue. | |
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Papilla \Pa*pil"la\, n.; pl. {Papill[91]}. [L., a nipple, pimple.] Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papill[91] of the tongue. | |
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d8Papula \[d8]Pap"u*la\, n.; pl. {Papul[91]}. [L.] 1. (Med.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule. --Quain. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes. | |
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Papule \Pap"ule\, n.; pl. {Papules}. Same as {Papula}. | |
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Payable \Pay"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. payable. Cf. {Pacable}.] 1. That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due. --Drayton. Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest. --South. 2. (Law) (a) That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value. (b) Matured; now due. | |
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Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod. Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of, the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the form peas being used in both senses. 2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos}, {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed. Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or less closely related to the common pea. See the Phrases, below. {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}. {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos sph[91]rospermus} and its seed. {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana}, having showy blossoms. {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}. {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}. {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}. {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n. {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue. {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and {Orris}. {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}. {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee. {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}. {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal. {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle. {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove. {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. --G. Bentham. {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas. {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore. {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc. {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China. {Pea vine}. (Bot.) (a) Any plant which bears peas. (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species). {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi}) which destroys peas by eating out the interior. {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}. {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus}; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms. | |
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Peafowl \Pea"fowl`\, n. [See {Peacock}.] (Zo[94]l.) The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo. | |
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Pebble \Peb"ble\, n. [AS. papolst[be]n; cf. L. papula pimple, mote. See {Stone}.] 1. A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. [bd]The pebbles on the hungry beach.[b8] --Shak. As children gathering pebbles on the shore. --Milton. 2. Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians. {Pebble powder}, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical grains. {Scotch pebble}, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony, etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid. | |
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Pebble \Peb"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pebbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pebbling}.] To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences. | |
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Pebbly \Peb"bly\, a. Full of pebbles; pebbled. [bd]A hard, pebbly bottom.[b8] --Johnson. | |
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Peephole \Peep"hole`\, n. A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered. | |
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People \Peo"ple\, n. [OE. peple, people, OF. pueple, F. peuple, fr. L. populus. Cf. {Populage}, {Public}, {Pueblo}.] 1. The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation. Unto him shall the gathering of the people be. --Gen. xlix. 10. The ants are a people not strong. --Prov. xxx. 25. Before many peoples, and nations, and tongues. --Rev. x. 11. Earth's monarchs are her peoples. --Whitter. A government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people. --T. Parker. Note: Peopleis a collective noun, generally construed with a plural verb, and only occasionally used in the plural form (peoples), in the sense of nations or races. 2. Persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women; folks; population, or part of population; as, country people; -- sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and man in German; as, people in adversity. People were tempted to lend by great premiums. --Swift. People have lived twenty-four days upon nothing but water. --Arbuthnot. 3. The mass of comunity as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people. And strive to gain his pardon from the people. --Addison. 4. With a possessive pronoun: (a) One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English. (b) One's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers. [bd]You slew great number of his people.[b8] --Shak. Syn: {People}, {Nation}. Usage: When speaking of a state, we use people for the mass of the community, as distinguished from their rulers, and nation for the entire political body, including the rulers. In another sense of the term, nation describes those who are descended from the same stock; and in this sense the Germans regard themselves as one nation, though politically subject to different forms of government. | |
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People \Peo"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peopled} p. pr. & vb. n. {Peopling}.] [Cf. OF. popler, puepler, F. puepler. Cf. {Populate}.] To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate. [bd]Peopled heaven with angels.[b8] --Dryden. As the gay motes that people the sunbeams. --Milton. | |
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Pewfellow \Pew"fel`low\, n. 1. One who occupies the same pew with another. 2. An intimate associate; a companion. --Shak. | |
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Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piffling}.] To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk triflingly or ineffectively; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang] | |
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Piffle \Pif"fle\, n. Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle. [Dial. or Slang] [bd]Futile piffle.[b8] --Kipling. | |
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Popple \Pop"ple\, v. i. [Cf. {Pop}.] To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble. --Cotton. | |
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Popple \Pop"ple\, n. 1. The poplar. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.] 2. Tares. [Obs.] [bd]To sow popple among wheat.[b8] --Bale. | |
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Pubble \Pub"ble\, a. [Perhaps fr. bubble.] Puffed out, pursy; pudgy; fat. [Obs.] --Drant. | |
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Pueblo \Pueb"lo\, n. [Sp., a village, L. populus people. See {People}.] A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region. {Pueblo Indians} (Ethnol.), any tribe or community of Indians living in pueblos. The principal Pueblo tribes are the Moqui, the Zu[a4]i, the Keran, and the Tewan. | |
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Puefellow \Pue"fel`low\, n. A pewfellow. [Obs.] | |
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Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also {bullfist}, {bullfice}, {puckfist}, {puff}, and {puffin}. | |
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Pupal \Pu"pal\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa. | |
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Pupelo \Pu*pe"lo\, n. Cider brandy. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Pupil \Pu"pil\, n. [F. pupille, n. fem., L. pupilla the pupil of the eye, originally dim. of pupa a girl. See {Puppet}, and cf. {Pupil} a scholar.] (Anat.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under {Eye}, and {Iris}. {Pin-hole pupil} (Med.), the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. --Dunglison. | |
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Pupil \Pu"pil\, n. [F. pupille, n. masc. & fem., L. pupillus, pupilla, dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See {Puppet}, and cf. {Pupil} of the eye.] 1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor. Too far in years to be a pupil now. --Shak. Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils. --L'Estrange. 2. A person under a guardian; a ward. --Dryden. 3. (Civil Law) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female. Syn: Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See {Scholar}. | |
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Pablo, MT (CDP, FIPS 56350) Location: 47.60429 N, 114.10474 W Population (1990): 1298 (501 housing units) Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Papaaloa, HI Zip code(s): 96780 | |
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Pevely, MO (city, FIPS 57278) Location: 38.28914 N, 90.39800 W Population (1990): 2831 (1084 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63070 | |
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Pewee Valley, KY (city, FIPS 60492) Location: 38.31196 N, 85.48930 W Population (1990): 1283 (431 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40056 | |
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Pueblo, CO (city, FIPS 62000) Location: 38.27355 N, 104.62100 W Population (1990): 98640 (40862 housing units) Area: 93.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81001, 81003, 81004, 81005, 81006, 81008 Pueblo, KY Zip code(s): 42633 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pebble A {polymorphic} language. ["A Kernel Language for Abstract Data Types and Modules", R.M. Burstall & B. Lampson, in Semantics of Data Types, LNCS 173, Springer 1984]. (1995-01-26) |