English Dictionary: paleolithic | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paleolith \Pa"le*o*lith\, n. [Paleo- + -lith.] (Geol.) A relic of the Paleolithic era. | |
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Paleolithic \Pa`le*o*lith"ic\, a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the [bd]Stone Age;[b8] the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings. | |
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Philalethist \Phil`a*le"thist\, n. [Philo- + Gr. [?] truth.] A lover of the truth. [Obs.] --Brathwait. | |
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Phylloltomid \Phyl*lol"to*mid\, n. A phyllostome. | |
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Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata}); -- called also {pill-willet}, {will-willet}, {semipalmated tattler}, or {snipe}, {duck snipe}, and {stone curlew}. {Carolina willet}, the Hudsonian godwit. | |
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Pill-willet \Pill"-wil`let\, n. [So named from its note.] (Zo[94]l.) The willet. | |
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Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata}); -- called also {pill-willet}, {will-willet}, {semipalmated tattler}, or {snipe}, {duck snipe}, and {stone curlew}. {Carolina willet}, the Hudsonian godwit. | |
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Pill-willet \Pill"-wil`let\, n. [So named from its note.] (Zo[94]l.) The willet. | |
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Pole \Pole\, n. [As. p[be]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make fast. Cf. {Pale} a stake, {Pact}.] 1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See {Maypole}. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained. 2. A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5[?] yards, or a square measure equal to 30[?] square yards; a rod; a perch. --Bacon. {Pole bean} (Bot.), any kind of bean which is customarily trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean. {Pole flounder} (Zo[94]l.), a large deep-water flounder ({Glyptocephalus cynoglossus}), native of the northern coasts of Europe and America, and much esteemed as a food fish; -- called also {craig flounder}, and {pole fluke}. {Pole lathe}, a simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord passing around it, one end being fastened to the treadle, and the other to an elastic pole above. {Pole mast} (Naut.), a mast formed from a single piece or from a single tree. {Pole of a lens} (Opt.), the point where the principal axis meets the surface. {Pole plate} (Arch.), a horizontal timber resting on the tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters. It differs from the plate in not resting on the wall. | |
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Polyhalite \Pol`y*ha"lite\, n. [Poly- + Gr. [?] salt.] (Min.) A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda. | |
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Pullulate \Pul"lu*late\, v. i. [L. pullulatus, p. p. of pullulare to sprout, from pullulus a young animal, a sprout, dim. of pullus. See {pullet}.] To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. --Warburton. | |
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Pullulation \Pul`lu*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pullulation.] A germinating, or budding. --Dr. H. More. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Palo Alto Research Center {XEROX PARC} | |
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Palo Alto Research Centre {XEROX PARC} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
polylithism many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously; which distinguishes it from a {union}. It is often implemented as a set of {classes} (or structs) derived from a common {base class} (or with a common header, as in the case of structs), typically without any {method}s. It has been loosely described as {polymorphic} data. [Clarification?] (1996-01-07) |