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d8Podophyllum \[d8]Pod`o*phyl"lum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + [?] leaf.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American {Podohyllum peltatum}, or May apple, the Himalayan {P. Emodi}. 2. (Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}), -- used as a cathartic drug. | |
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Pain \Pain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paining}.] [OE. peinen, OF. pener, F. peiner to fatigue. See {Pain}, n.] 1. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Acts xxii. 5). 2. To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him. Excess of cold, as well as heat, pains us. --Locke . 3. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents. I am pained at my very heart. --Jer. iv. 19. {To pain one's self}, to exert or trouble one's self; to take pains; to be solicitous. [Obs.] [bd]She pained her to do all that she might.[b8] --Chaucer. Syn: To disquiet; trouble; afflict; grieve; aggrieve; distress; agonize; torment; torture. | |
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Paint \Paint\, v. t. 1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well. 2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it. Let her paint an inch thick. --Shak. | |
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Paint \Paint\ (p[amac]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Painted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Painting}.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los many-colored, Skr. pi[cced] to adorn. Cf. {Depict}, {Picture}, {Pigment}, {Pint}.] 1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2 Kings ix. 30. 2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak. Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. --Shak. 3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape. 4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict. Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. --Shak. If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope. Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe. | |
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Paint \Paint\, n. 1. (a) A pigment or coloring substance. (b) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface. 2. A cosmetic; rouge. --Praed. | |
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Painty \Paint"y\, a. Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface. [Cant] | |
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Panada \Pa*na"da\, Panade \Pa*nade"\, n. [Sp. panada, fr. L. panis bread: cf. F. panade. See {Pantry}.] Bread boiled in water to the consistence of pulp, and sweetened or flavored. [Written also {panado}.] | |
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Panada \Pa*na"da\, Panade \Pa*nade"\, n. [Sp. panada, fr. L. panis bread: cf. F. panade. See {Pantry}.] Bread boiled in water to the consistence of pulp, and sweetened or flavored. [Written also {panado}.] | |
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Panade \Pa*nade"\, n. A dagger. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Panada \Pa*na"da\, Panade \Pa*nade"\, n. [Sp. panada, fr. L. panis bread: cf. F. panade. See {Pantry}.] Bread boiled in water to the consistence of pulp, and sweetened or flavored. [Written also {panado}.] | |
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Panda \Pan"da\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small Asiatic mammal ({Ailurus fulgens}) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India. | |
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Paned \Paned\, a. 1. Having panes; provided with panes; also, having openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash. [bd]Paned hose.[b8] --Massinger. 2. (Mach.) Having flat sides or surfaces; as, a six[?]paned nut. | |
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Pannade \Pan*nade"\, n. The curvet of a horse. | |
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Pan \Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Panned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Panning}.] (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. --Gen. W. T. Sherman. | |
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Pant \Pant\, n. 1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. --Drayton. 2. A violent palpitation of the heart. --Shak. | |
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Pant \Pant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Panted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Panting}.] [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.] 1. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. --Dryden. 2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. --Ps. xlii. 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. --Pope. 3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. --Spenser. 4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic] The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. --Pope. | |
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Pant \Pant\, v. t. 1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish. --Shelley. 2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.] Then shall our hearts pant thee. --Herbert. | |
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Pan- \Pan-\, Panta- \Pan"ta-\, Panto- \Pan"to-\ [Gr. [?], m., [?],neut., gen. [?], all.] Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous. | |
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Panta- \Pan"ta-\ See {Pan-}. | |
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Pan- \Pan-\, Panta- \Pan"ta-\, Panto- \Pan"to-\ [Gr. [?], m., [?],neut., gen. [?], all.] Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous. | |
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Panto- \Pan"to-\ See {Pan-}. | |
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Pawn \Pawn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pawning}.] 1. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch. | |
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Peanut \Pea"nut\, n. (Bot.) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant ({Arachis hypog[91]a}); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit. Note: The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the soil. Called also {earthnut}, {groundnut}, and {goober}. | |
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Pend \Pend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pending}.] [L. pendere.] 1. To hang; to depend. [R.] Pending upon certain powerful motions. --I. Taylor. 2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment. | |
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Pend \Pend\, n. Oil cake; penock. [India] | |
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Pend \Pend\, v. t. [Cf. pen to shut in, or AS. pyndan, E. pound an inclosure.] To pen; to confine. [R.] ended within the limits . . . of Greece. --Udall. | |
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Pennate \Pen"nate\, Pennated \Pen"na*ted\, a. [L. pennatus feathered, winged, from penna feather, wing.] 1. Winged; plume-shaped. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Pinnate}. | |
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Penned \Penned\, a. 1. Winged; having plumes. [Obs.] 2. Written with a pen; composed. [bd]Their penned speech.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. [bd]A prayer elaborately penned.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {Pent} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See {Pin}, n. & v.] To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. [bd]Away with her, and pen her up.[b8] --Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton. | |
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Pent \Pent\, p. p. [or] a. [From {Pen}, v. t.] Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. Here in the body pent. --J. Montgomery. No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. --J. M. Sewall. | |
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Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {Pent} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See {Pin}, n. & v.] To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. [bd]Away with her, and pen her up.[b8] --Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton. | |
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Penta- \Pen"ta-\ [Gr. [?], a later combining form of [?] five. See {Five}.] 1. A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular; pentagon. 2. (Chem.) Denoting the degree of five, either as regards quality, property, or composition; as, pentasulphide; pentoxide, etc. Also used adjectively. | |
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d8Phyma \[d8]Phy"ma\, n.; pl. {Phymata}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to produce.] (Med.) A tubercle on any external part of the body. | |
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Pianet \Pi"a*net`\, n. [Cf. {Pie} magpie.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The magpie. [Written also {pianate}, and {pyenate}.] (b) The lesser woodpecker. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Pianet \Pi"a*net`\, n. [Cf. {Pie} magpie.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The magpie. [Written also {pianate}, and {pyenate}.] (b) The lesser woodpecker. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Pianette \Pi*a*nette"\, n. [Dim. of piano.] (Mus.) A small piano; a pianino. | |
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Peen \Peen\, n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also {pane}, {pein}, and {piend}.] | |
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Piend \Piend\, n. [Cf. Dan. pind a peg.] See {Peen}. | |
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Peen \Peen\, n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also {pane}, {pein}, and {piend}.] | |
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Piend \Piend\, n. [Cf. Dan. pind a peg.] See {Peen}. | |
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Pine \Pine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pining}.] [AS. p[c6]nan to torment, fr. p[c6]n torment. See 1st {Pine}, {Pain}, n. & v.] 1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak. That people that pyned him to death. --Piers Plowman. One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack. --Bp. Hall. 2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Pineweed \Pine"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb ({Hypericum Sarothra}), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States. | |
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Pin-eyed \Pin"-eyed`\, a. (Bot.) Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of {thrum-eyed}. | |
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Pinite \Pin"ite\, n. [So called from Pini, a mine in Saxony.] (Min.) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite. | |
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Pinite \Pi"nite\, n. [L. pinus the pine tree.] 1. (Paleon.) Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family. 2. (Chem.) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine ({Pinus Lambertina}). It is isomeric with, and resembles, quercite. | |
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Pinnate \Pin"nate\, Pinnated \Pin"na*ted\, a. [L. pinnatus feathered, fr. pinna a feather. See {Pin} a peg, {Pen} feather.] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See {Abruptly pinnate}, and Illust., under {Abruptly}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. {Pinnated grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie chicken. | |
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Pin \Pin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinning}.] [See {Pin}, n.] To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. [bd]As if she would pin her to her heart.[b8] --Shak. {To pin one's faith upon}, to depend upon; to trust to. | |
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Pinnet \Pin"net\, n. A pinnacle. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Pint \Pint\, n. [OE. pinte, F. pinte, fr. Sp. pinta spot, mark, pint, fr. pintar to paint; a mark for a pint prob. having been made on or in a larger measure. See {Paint}.] A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See {Quart}. | |
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Pint \Pint\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Pinto \Pin"to\, a. [Sp., painted.] Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied. | |
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Pinto \Pin"to\, n. Any pied animal; esp., a pied or [bd]painted[b8] horse. | |
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Pintos \Pin"tos\, n. pl.; sing. {Pinto}. [Sp., painted, mottled.] (Eyhnol.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also {speckled Indians}. | |
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Pinweed \Pin"weed`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Lechea}, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers. | |
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Pioned \Pi"o*ned\, a. A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., [bd]abounding in marsh marigolds.[b8] Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims. --Shak. | |
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Poind \Poind\ (poind), v. t. [See {Pound} to confine.] 1. To impound, as cattle. [Obs. or Scot.] --Flavel. 2. To distrain. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Lubber \Lub"ber\, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. lubber. See {Looby}, {Lob}.] A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. --Tusser. {Land lubber}, a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land. {Lubber grasshopper} (Zo[94]l.), a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper; esp., {Brachystola magna}, from the Rocky Mountain plains, and {Romalea microptera}, which is injurious to orange trees in Florida. {Lubber's hole} (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the [bd]top,[b8] next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. --Totten. {Lubber's line}, {point}, [or] {mark}, a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the course which the ship is steering. | |
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Point \Point\, n. 1. (Med.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; -- called also {vaccine point}. 2. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing and writing for the blind. The first practical system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and still used in Europe (see {Braille}). Two modifications of this are current in the United States: {New York point} founded on three bases of equidistant points arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later improvement, {American Braille}, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the New-York-point principle of using the characters of few points for the commonest letters. 3. In technical senses: (a) In various games, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player himself; as: (1) (Lacrosse & Ice Hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goal keeper; also, the player himself. (2) (Baseball) (pl.) The position of the pitcher and catcher. (b) (Hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run. [Colloq. Oxf. E. D.] (c) (Falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover. (d) Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions. | |
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Point \Point\ (point), v. t. & i. To appoint. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. 2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also {pointer}. 3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line. 4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick. 5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced. 6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge. When time's first point begun Made he all souls. --Sir J. Davies. 7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion. And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer. Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope. 8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints. [bd]A point of precedence.[b8] --Selden. [bd]Creeping on from point to point.[b8] --Tennyson. A lord full fat and in good point. --Chaucer. 9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc. He told him, point for point, in short and plain. --Chaucer. In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon. Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty ? --Milton. 10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote. [bd]Here lies the point.[b8] --Shak. They will hardly prove his point. --Arbuthnot. 11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio. This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak. [He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser. 12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time; as: (a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune. [bd]Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. (b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. 13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See {Equinoctial Nodal}. 14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}. 15. (Naut.) (a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the compass}, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point. (b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See {Reef point}, under {Reef}. 16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott. 17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below. 18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.] 19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. [Cant, U. S.] 20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. 21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See {Pointer}. 22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See {Point system of type}, under {Type}. 23. A tyne or snag of an antler. 24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board. 25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point. Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics, perspective, and physics, but generally either in the geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon point, dry point, freezing point, melting point, vanishing point, etc. {At all points}, in every particular, completely; perfectly. --Shak. {At point}, {In point}, {At}, {In}, [or] On, {the point}, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see {About}, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of speaking. [bd]In point to fall down.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken, recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on his side.[b8] --Milton. {Dead point}. (Mach.) Same as {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Far point} (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with each eye separately (monocular near point). {Nine points of the law}, all but the tenth point; the greater weight of authority. {On the point}. See {At point}, above. {Point lace}, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished from that made on the pillow. {Point net}, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels lace (Brussels ground). {Point of concurrence} (Geom.), a point common to two lines, but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base. {Point of contrary flexure}, a point at which a curve changes its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and concavity change sides. {Point of order}, in parliamentary practice, a question of order or propriety under the rules. {Point of sight} (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the spectator. {Point of view}, the relative position from which anything is seen or any subject is considered. {Points of the compass} (Naut.), the thirty-two points of division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the directions of east, west, north, and south, are called cardinal points, and the rest are named from their respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N., N. E., etc. See Illust. under {Compass}. {Point paper}, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil for transferring a design. {Point system of type}. See under {Type}. {Singular point} (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses some property not possessed by points in general on the curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc. {To carry one's point}, to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy. {To make a point of}, to attach special importance to. {To make}, [or] {gain}, {a point}, accomplish that which was proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or position. {To mark}, [or] {score}, {a point}, as in billiards, cricket, etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run, etc. {To strain a point}, to go beyond the proper limit or rule; to stretch one's authority or conscience. {Vowel point}, in Hebrew, and certain other Eastern and ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant. | |
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Point \Point\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pointing}.] [Cf. F. pointer. See {Point}, n.] 1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral. 2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort. 3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope. 4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition. 5. To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points. 6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out. --Pope. He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens. 7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. 8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. 9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. {To point a rope} (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles. {To point a sail} (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet holes of the reefs. {To point off}, to divide into periods or groups, or to separate, by pointing, as figures. {To point the yards} (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten. | |
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Point \Point\ (point), v. i. 1. To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at. Now must the world point at poor Katharine. --Shak. Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe. --Dryden. 2. To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do. He treads with caution, and he points with fear. --Gay. 3. (Med.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess. {To point at}, to treat with scorn or contempt by pointing or directing attention to. {To point well} (Naut.), to sail close to the wind; -- said of a vessel. | |
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Lubber \Lub"ber\, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. lubber. See {Looby}, {Lob}.] A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. --Tusser. {Land lubber}, a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land. {Lubber grasshopper} (Zo[94]l.), a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper; esp., {Brachystola magna}, from the Rocky Mountain plains, and {Romalea microptera}, which is injurious to orange trees in Florida. {Lubber's hole} (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the [bd]top,[b8] next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. --Totten. {Lubber's line}, {point}, [or] {mark}, a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the course which the ship is steering. | |
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Point \Point\, n. 1. (Med.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; -- called also {vaccine point}. 2. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing and writing for the blind. The first practical system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and still used in Europe (see {Braille}). Two modifications of this are current in the United States: {New York point} founded on three bases of equidistant points arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later improvement, {American Braille}, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the New-York-point principle of using the characters of few points for the commonest letters. 3. In technical senses: (a) In various games, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player himself; as: (1) (Lacrosse & Ice Hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goal keeper; also, the player himself. (2) (Baseball) (pl.) The position of the pitcher and catcher. (b) (Hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run. [Colloq. Oxf. E. D.] (c) (Falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover. (d) Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions. | |
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Point \Point\ (point), v. t. & i. To appoint. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. 2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also {pointer}. 3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line. 4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick. 5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced. 6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge. When time's first point begun Made he all souls. --Sir J. Davies. 7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion. And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer. Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope. 8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints. [bd]A point of precedence.[b8] --Selden. [bd]Creeping on from point to point.[b8] --Tennyson. A lord full fat and in good point. --Chaucer. 9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc. He told him, point for point, in short and plain. --Chaucer. In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon. Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty ? --Milton. 10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote. [bd]Here lies the point.[b8] --Shak. They will hardly prove his point. --Arbuthnot. 11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio. This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak. [He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser. 12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time; as: (a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune. [bd]Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. (b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. 13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See {Equinoctial Nodal}. 14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}. 15. (Naut.) (a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the compass}, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point. (b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See {Reef point}, under {Reef}. 16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott. 17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below. 18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.] 19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. [Cant, U. S.] 20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. 21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See {Pointer}. 22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See {Point system of type}, under {Type}. 23. A tyne or snag of an antler. 24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board. 25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point. Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics, perspective, and physics, but generally either in the geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon point, dry point, freezing point, melting point, vanishing point, etc. {At all points}, in every particular, completely; perfectly. --Shak. {At point}, {In point}, {At}, {In}, [or] On, {the point}, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see {About}, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of speaking. [bd]In point to fall down.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken, recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on his side.[b8] --Milton. {Dead point}. (Mach.) Same as {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Far point} (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with each eye separately (monocular near point). {Nine points of the law}, all but the tenth point; the greater weight of authority. {On the point}. See {At point}, above. {Point lace}, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished from that made on the pillow. {Point net}, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels lace (Brussels ground). {Point of concurrence} (Geom.), a point common to two lines, but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base. {Point of contrary flexure}, a point at which a curve changes its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and concavity change sides. {Point of order}, in parliamentary practice, a question of order or propriety under the rules. {Point of sight} (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the spectator. {Point of view}, the relative position from which anything is seen or any subject is considered. {Points of the compass} (Naut.), the thirty-two points of division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the directions of east, west, north, and south, are called cardinal points, and the rest are named from their respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N., N. E., etc. See Illust. under {Compass}. {Point paper}, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil for transferring a design. {Point system of type}. See under {Type}. {Singular point} (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses some property not possessed by points in general on the curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc. {To carry one's point}, to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy. {To make a point of}, to attach special importance to. {To make}, [or] {gain}, {a point}, accomplish that which was proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or position. {To mark}, [or] {score}, {a point}, as in billiards, cricket, etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run, etc. {To strain a point}, to go beyond the proper limit or rule; to stretch one's authority or conscience. {Vowel point}, in Hebrew, and certain other Eastern and ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant. | |
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Point \Point\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pointing}.] [Cf. F. pointer. See {Point}, n.] 1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral. 2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort. 3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope. 4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition. 5. To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points. 6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out. --Pope. He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens. 7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. 8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. 9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. {To point a rope} (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles. {To point a sail} (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet holes of the reefs. {To point off}, to divide into periods or groups, or to separate, by pointing, as figures. {To point the yards} (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten. | |
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Point \Point\ (point), v. i. 1. To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at. Now must the world point at poor Katharine. --Shak. Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe. --Dryden. 2. To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do. He treads with caution, and he points with fear. --Gay. 3. (Med.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess. {To point at}, to treat with scorn or contempt by pointing or directing attention to. {To point well} (Naut.), to sail close to the wind; -- said of a vessel. | |
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Pomade \Po*made"\ (?; 277), n. [F. pommade pomatum, OF. pomade cider (cf. Sp. pomada, It. pomata, LL. pomata a drink made of apples), from L. pomum fruit, LL., an apple. Cf. {Pomatum}.] 1. Cider. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 2. Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples. | |
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Pond \Pond\, n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water, and the same word as pound. See {Pound} an inclosure.] A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake. [bd]Through pond or pool.[b8] --Milton. {Pond hen} (Zo[94]l.), the American coot. See {Coot} (a) . {Pond lily} (Bot.), the water lily. See under {Water}, and Illust. under {Nymph[91]a}. {Pond snail} (Zo[94]l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing snails ({Pulmonifera}) belonging to Limn[91]a, Physa, Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are pectinibranchs, belonging to {Melantho}, {Valvata}, and various other genera. | |
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Pond \Pond\, v. t. To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming. | |
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Pond \Pond\, v. t. [See {Ponder}.] To ponder. [Obs.] Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. --Spenser. | |
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Pontee \Pon*tee"\, n. [F. pontil, pontis.] (Glass Making) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, {puntil}, {puntel}, {punty}, and {ponty}. See {Fascet}. | |
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Fascet \Fas"cet\, n. (Glass Making) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also {pontee} and {punty}. | |
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Pontee \Pon*tee"\, n. [F. pontil, pontis.] (Glass Making) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, {puntil}, {puntel}, {punty}, and {ponty}. See {Fascet}. | |
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Fascet \Fas"cet\, n. (Glass Making) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also {pontee} and {punty}. | |
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Ponty \Pon"ty\, n. (Class Making) See {Pontee}. | |
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Pontee \Pon*tee"\, n. [F. pontil, pontis.] (Glass Making) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, {puntil}, {puntel}, {punty}, and {ponty}. See {Fascet}. | |
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Ponty \Pon"ty\, n. (Class Making) See {Pontee}. | |
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Pontee \Pon*tee"\, n. [F. pontil, pontis.] (Glass Making) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, {puntil}, {puntel}, {punty}, and {ponty}. See {Fascet}. | |
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Pound \Pound\, n. [AS. pund an inclosure: cf. forpyndan to turn away, or to repress, also Icel. pynda to extort, torment, Ir. pont, pond, pound. Cf. {Pinder}, {Pinfold}, {Pin} to inclose, {Pond}.] 1. An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold. --Shak. 2. A level stretch in a canal between locks. 3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward. {Pound covert}, a pound that is close or covered over, as a shed. {Pound overt}, a pound that is open overhead. | |
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Pound \Pound\, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. --Milton. | |
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Pound \Pound\, n.; pl. {Pounds}, collectively {Pound} or {Pounds}. [AS. pund, fr. L. pondo, akin to pondus a weight, pendere to weigh. See {Pendant}.] 1. A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces. Note: The pound in general use in the United States and in England is the pound avoirdupois, which is divided into sixteen ounces, and contains 7,000 grains. The pound troy is divided into twelve ounces, and contains 5,760 grains. 144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds troy weight. See {Avoirdupois}, and {Troy}. 2. A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value. Note: The pound sterling was in Saxon times, about a. d. 671, a pound troy of silver, and a shilling was its twentieth part; consequently the latter was three times as large as it is at present. --Peacham. | |
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Pound \Pound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pounding}.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. {Pun} a play on words.] 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks. --Dryden. 2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt. | |
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Pound \Pound\, v. i. 1. To strike heavy blows; to beat. 2. (Mach.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds. | |
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Poy nette \Poy nette"\, n. [Cf. {Point}.] A bodkin. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Poynado \Poy*na"do\, n. A poniard. [Obs.] --Lyly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Poynd \Poynd\, v., Poynder \Poynd"er\, n. See {Poind}, {Poinder}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pun \Pun\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Punned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punning}.] To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punnet \Pun"net\, n. [Cf. Ir. buinne a shoot, branch.] A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punt \Punt\, v. i. 1. To boat or hunt in a punt. 2. To punt a football. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punt \Punt\, v. i. [F. ponter, or It. puntare, fr. L. punctum point. See {Point}.] To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble. She heard . . . of his punting at gaming tables. --Thackeray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punt \Punt\, n. Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punt \Punt\, n. [AS., fr. L. ponto punt, pontoon. See {Pontoon}.] (Naut.) A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punt \Punt\, v. t. 1. To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion. --Livingstone. 2. (Football) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punt \Punt\, n. (Football) The act of punting the ball. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punto \Pun"to\, n. [It. punto, L. punctum point. See {Point}.] (Fencing) A point or hit. {[d8]Punto diritto} [It.], a direct stroke or hit. {[d8]Punto reverso} [It. riverso reverse], a backhanded stroke. --Halliwell. [bd]Ah, the immortal passado! the punto reverso![b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pontee \Pon*tee"\, n. [F. pontil, pontis.] (Glass Making) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, {puntil}, {puntel}, {punty}, and {ponty}. See {Fascet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punty \Pun"ty\, n. (Glass Making) See {Pontee}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fascet \Fas"cet\, n. (Glass Making) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also {pontee} and {punty}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pontee \Pon*tee"\, n. [F. pontil, pontis.] (Glass Making) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, {puntil}, {puntel}, {punty}, and {ponty}. See {Fascet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punty \Pun"ty\, n. (Glass Making) See {Pontee}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fascet \Fas"cet\, n. (Glass Making) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also {pontee} and {punty}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pontee \Pon*tee"\, n. [F. pontil, pontis.] (Glass Making) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, {puntil}, {puntel}, {punty}, and {ponty}. See {Fascet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punty \Pun"ty\, n. (Glass Making) See {Pontee}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fascet \Fas"cet\, n. (Glass Making) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also {pontee} and {punty}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pianet \Pi"a*net`\, n. [Cf. {Pie} magpie.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The magpie. [Written also {pianate}, and {pyenate}.] (b) The lesser woodpecker. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Paint, PA (borough, FIPS 57544) Location: 40.24280 N, 78.84900 W Population (1990): 1091 (386 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pimmit, VA Zip code(s): 22043 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pinetta, FL Zip code(s): 32350 Pinetta, GA Zip code(s): 32350 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pinewood, FL (CDP, FIPS 57250) Location: 25.86870 N, 80.21730 W Population (1990): 15518 (5346 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Pinewood, SC (town, FIPS 57085) Location: 33.73930 N, 80.46272 W Population (1990): 600 (249 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29125 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Point, TX (city, FIPS 58532) Location: 32.93013 N, 95.87014 W Population (1990): 645 (283 housing units) Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75472 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pond, CA Zip code(s): 93280 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Poneto, IN (town, FIPS 61020) Location: 40.65613 N, 85.22222 W Population (1990): 236 (87 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46781 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pound, VA (town, FIPS 64272) Location: 37.12472 N, 82.60748 W Population (1990): 995 (466 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24279 Pound, WI (village, FIPS 64750) Location: 45.09588 N, 88.03285 W Population (1990): 434 (171 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54161 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Poynette, WI (village, FIPS 64900) Location: 43.39084 N, 89.40823 W Population (1990): 1662 (671 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53955 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
punt v. [from the punch line of an old joke referring to American football: "Drop back 15 yards and punt!"] 1. To give up, typically without any intention of retrying. "Let's punt the movie tonight." "I was going to hack all night to get this feature in, but I decided to punt" may mean that you've decided not to stay up all night, and may also mean you're not ever even going to put in the feature. 2. More specifically, to give up on figuring out what the {Right Thing} is and resort to an inefficient hack. 3. A design decision to defer solving a problem, typically because one cannot define what is desirable sufficiently well to frame an algorithmic solution. "No way to know what the right form to dump the graph in is -- we'll punt that for now." 4. To hand a tricky implementation problem off to some other section of the design. "It's too hard to get the compiler to do that; let's punt to the runtime system." 5. To knock someone off an Internet or chat connection; a `punter' thus, is a person or program that does this. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pin-out or signals to the electrical connection points (pins) of an {integrated circuit} or other component or connector. (1996-04-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
point 1. length for {text} {characters}. There are six slightly different definitions: {Truchet point}, {Didot point}, {ATA point}, {TeX point}, {Postscript point}, and {IN point}. The most commonly used are ATA in the USA and Didot in Europe. A {twip} is 1/20 of a PostScript[?] point. {Different point systems (http://www.vakcer.com/oberon/dtp/fonts/point.htm)}. (2002-03-10) 2. on-screen pointer is positioned over a certain object on the screen such as a {button} in a {graphical user interface}. In most {window systems} it is then necessary to {click} a (physical) button on the pointing device to activate or select the object. In some systems, just pointing to an object is known as "mouse-over" {event} which may cause some help text (called a "tool tip" in {Windows}) to be displayed. (2001-05-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pound {hash} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
punt (From the punch line of an old joke referring to American football: "Drop back 15 yards and punt!") 1. To give up, typically without any intention of retrying. "Let's punt the movie tonight." "I was going to hack all night to get this feature in, but I decided to punt" may mean that you've decided not to stay up all night, and may also mean you're not ever even going to put in the feature. 2. More specifically, to give up on figuring out what the {Right Thing} is and resort to an inefficient hack. 3. A design decision to defer solving a problem, typically because one cannot define what is desirable sufficiently well to frame an algorithmic solution. "No way to know what the right form to dump the graph in is - we'll punt that for now." 4. To hand a tricky implementation problem off to some other section of the design. "It's too hard to get the compiler to do that; let's punt to the run-time system." [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Paint Jezebel "painted her face" (2 Kings 9:30); and the practice of painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common (Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the name of Job's daughter (42:14) Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pound (1.) A weight. Heb. maneh, equal to 100 shekels (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:71, 72). Gr. litra, equal to about 12 oz. avoirdupois (John 12:3; 19:39). (2.) A sum of money; the Gr. mna or mina (Luke 19:13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25). It was equal to 100 drachmas, and was of the value of about $3, 6s. 8d. of our money. (See {MONEY}.) |