English Dictionary: palpebra | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Palpability \Pal`pa*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Palpable \Pal"pa*ble\, a. [F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr. palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the hand.] 1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form. --Shak. Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable darkness. --Milton. 2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors. [bd]Three persons palpable.[b8] --P. Plowman. [Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --Shak. -- {Pal"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pal"pa*bly}, adv. | |
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Palpable \Pal"pa*ble\, a. [F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr. palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the hand.] 1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form. --Shak. Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable darkness. --Milton. 2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors. [bd]Three persons palpable.[b8] --P. Plowman. [Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --Shak. -- {Pal"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pal"pa*bly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Palpable \Pal"pa*ble\, a. [F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr. palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the hand.] 1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form. --Shak. Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable darkness. --Milton. 2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors. [bd]Three persons palpable.[b8] --P. Plowman. [Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --Shak. -- {Pal"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pal"pa*bly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Palpebra \[d8]Pal"pe*bra\, n.; pl. {Palpebr[91]}. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) The eyelid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Palpebral \Pal"pe*bral\, a. [L. palpebralis, fr. palpebra: cf. F. palp[82]bral.] Of or pertaining to the eyelids. | |
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Palpifer \Pal"pi*fer\, n. [Palpus + L. ferre to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Palpiger}. | |
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Palpiform \Pal"pi*form\, a. [Palpus + -form: cf. F. palpiforme.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the form of a palpus. | |
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Pillow \Pil"low\, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.] 1. Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material. [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak. 2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.] 3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit. 4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian. {Lace pillow}, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace. {Pillow bier} [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b[81]re a pillowcase], a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Pillow block} (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also {pillar block}, or {plumber block}. {Pillow lace}, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace pillow. {Pillow of a plow}, a crosspiece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam. {Pillow sham}, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when not in use. {Pillow slip}, a pillowcase. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Plebification \Pleb`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. plebs the common people + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.] A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing. [R.] You begin with the attempt to popularize learning . . . but you will end in the plebification of knowledge. --Coleridge. | |
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Polypiferous \Pol*y*pif"er*ous\, a. [Polypus + -ferous.] (Zo[94]l.) Bearing polyps, or polypites. | |
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Polypiparous \Pol`y*pip"a*rous\, a. [Polypus + L. parere to produce.] (Zo[94]l.) Producing polyps. |