English Dictionary: pander | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?] greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also {barfish}. {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under {Persian}. {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}. {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Cham[91]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also {copiapite}. {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}. {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}. {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}, and 3d {Flag}. {Yellow jack}. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}. (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}. {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite. {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel. {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}. {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye. {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover. {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}. {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also {yellow crake}. {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle}, and {Rocket}. {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. {Yellow spot}. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See {Eye}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5. {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}. {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler. | |
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Poonah painting \Poo"nah paint`ing\ [From Poona, in Bombay Province, India.] A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work. Note: Hence: {Poonah brush}, {paper}, {painter}, etc. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\, n. [See lst {Paint}.] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like. {Painter's colic}. (Med.) See {Lead colic}, under {Colic}. {Painter stainer}. (a) A painter of coats of arms. --Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\ (p[amac]nt"[etil]r), n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. panti[8a]re, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh`ra; pa^s all + qh`r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. --Totten. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\, n. [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zo[94]l.) The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] --J. F. Cooper. | |
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Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
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Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped. {Advice boat}. See under {Advice}. {Boat hook} (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. --Totten. {Boat rope}, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a {painter}. {In the same boat}, in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.] --F. W. Newman. | |
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Poonah painting \Poo"nah paint`ing\ [From Poona, in Bombay Province, India.] A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work. Note: Hence: {Poonah brush}, {paper}, {painter}, etc. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\, n. [See lst {Paint}.] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like. {Painter's colic}. (Med.) See {Lead colic}, under {Colic}. {Painter stainer}. (a) A painter of coats of arms. --Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\ (p[amac]nt"[etil]r), n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. panti[8a]re, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh`ra; pa^s all + qh`r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. --Totten. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\, n. [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zo[94]l.) The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] --J. F. Cooper. | |
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Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
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Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped. {Advice boat}. See under {Advice}. {Boat hook} (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. --Totten. {Boat rope}, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a {painter}. {In the same boat}, in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.] --F. W. Newman. | |
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Poonah painting \Poo"nah paint`ing\ [From Poona, in Bombay Province, India.] A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work. Note: Hence: {Poonah brush}, {paper}, {painter}, etc. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\, n. [See lst {Paint}.] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like. {Painter's colic}. (Med.) See {Lead colic}, under {Colic}. {Painter stainer}. (a) A painter of coats of arms. --Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\ (p[amac]nt"[etil]r), n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. panti[8a]re, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh`ra; pa^s all + qh`r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. --Totten. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\, n. [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zo[94]l.) The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] --J. F. Cooper. | |
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Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
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Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped. {Advice boat}. See under {Advice}. {Boat hook} (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. --Totten. {Boat rope}, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a {painter}. {In the same boat}, in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.] --F. W. Newman. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\, n. [See lst {Paint}.] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like. {Painter's colic}. (Med.) See {Lead colic}, under {Colic}. {Painter stainer}. (a) A painter of coats of arms. --Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name. | |
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Painterly \Paint"er*ly\, a. Like a painter's work. [Obs.] [bd]A painterly glose of a visage.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Painter \Paint"er\, n. [See lst {Paint}.] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like. {Painter's colic}. (Med.) See {Lead colic}, under {Colic}. {Painter stainer}. (a) A painter of coats of arms. --Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name. | |
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Colic \Col"ic\, n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, GR. [?], fr. [?], [?], the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See {Colon}.] (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. {Hepatic colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. {Intestinal colic}, [or] {Ordinary colic}, pain due to distention of the intestines by gas. {Lead colic}, {Painter's colic}, a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning. {Renal colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter. {Wind colic}. See {Intestinal colic}, above. | |
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Paintership \Paint"er*ship\, n. The state or position of being a painter. [R.] --Br. Gardiner. | |
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Painture \Pain"ture\, n. [F. peinture. See {Paint}, v. t., and cf. {Picture}.] The art of painting. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Dryden. | |
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Pandar \Pan"dar\, n. Same as {Pander}. [bd]Seized by the pandar of Appius.[b8] --Macaulay. | |
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Pandarism \Pan"dar*ism\, n. Same as {Panderism}. --Swift. | |
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Pandarize \Pan"dar*ize\, v. i. To pander. [Obs.] | |
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Pandarous \Pan"dar*ous\, a. Panderous. [Obs.] | |
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Pander \Pan"der\, n. [From Pandarus, a leader in the Trojan army, who is represented by Chaucer and Shakespeare as having procured for Troilus the possession of Cressida.] 1. A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer. Thou art the pander to her dishonor. --Shak. 2. Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another. Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition. --Burke. | |
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Pander \Pan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pandering}.] To play the pander for. | |
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Pander \Pan"der\, v. i. To act the part of a pander. | |
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Panderage \Pan"der*age\, n. The act of pandering. | |
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Pander \Pan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pandering}.] To play the pander for. | |
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Pander \Pan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pandering}.] To play the pander for. | |
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Panderism \Pan"der*ism\, n. The employment, arts, or practices of a pander. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Panderly \Pan"der*ly\, a. Having the quality of a pander. [bd]O, you panderly rascals.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Pandermite \Pan*der"mite\, n. [From Panderma, a port on the Black Sea from which it is exported.] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite. | |
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Panderous \Pan"der*ous\, a. Of or relating to a pander; characterizing a pander. | |
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Pandoor \Pan"door\, n. Same as {Pandour}. | |
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Pandour \Pan"dour\, n. One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came. [Written also {pandoor}.] Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars. --Campbell. | |
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Pandoor \Pan"door\, n. Same as {Pandour}. | |
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Pandour \Pan"dour\, n. One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came. [Written also {pandoor}.] Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars. --Campbell. | |
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Pandora \Pan*do"ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. Pandw`ra; pa^s, pa^n, all + dw^ron a gift.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex. | |
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Pandore \Pan"dore\, n. [F. See {Bandore}.] An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore. [Written also {pandoran}.] | |
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Pandore \Pan"dore\, n. [F. See {Bandore}.] An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore. [Written also {pandoran}.] | |
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Pandour \Pan"dour\, n. One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came. [Written also {pandoor}.] Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars. --Campbell. | |
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Pandurate \Pan"du*rate\, Panduriform \Pan*du"ri*form\, a. [L. pandura a pandore + -form: cf. F. panduriforme.] Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal. | |
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Pandurate \Pan"du*rate\, Panduriform \Pan*du"ri*form\, a. [L. pandura a pandore + -form: cf. F. panduriforme.] Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal. | |
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Panter \Pant"er\, n. One who pants. --Congreve. | |
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Panter \Pan"ter\, n.[F. panetier. See {Pantry}.] A keeper of the pantry; a pantler. [Obs.] --Tyndale. | |
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Panter \Pan"ter\, n. [See {Painter} a rope.] A net; a noose. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Panther \Pan"ther\, n. [OE. pantere, F. panth[8a]re, L. panthera, Gr. [?], prob. fr. Skr. pundr[c6]ka a tiger.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zo[94]logists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body. 2. (Zo[94]l.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar. | |
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Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
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Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[94]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the {American lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and {catamount}. See {Puma}. | |
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Panther \Pan"ther\, n. [OE. pantere, F. panth[8a]re, L. panthera, Gr. [?], prob. fr. Skr. pundr[c6]ka a tiger.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zo[94]logists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body. 2. (Zo[94]l.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar. | |
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Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
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Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[94]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the {American lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and {catamount}. See {Puma}. | |
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{Panther cat} (Zo[94]l.), the ocelot. {Panther cowry} (Zo[94]l.), a spotted East Indian cowry ({Cypr[91]a pantherina}); -- so called from its color. | |
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{Panther cat} (Zo[94]l.), the ocelot. {Panther cowry} (Zo[94]l.), a spotted East Indian cowry ({Cypr[91]a pantherina}); -- so called from its color. | |
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Pantheress \Pan"ther*ess\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A female panther. | |
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Pantherine \Pan"ther*ine\, a. Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake ({Ptyas mucosus}) of Brazil. | |
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Pantry \Pan"try\, n.; pl. {Pantries}. [OE. pantrie, F. paneterie, fr. panetier pantler, LL. panetarius baker, panetus small loaf of bread, L. panis bread. Cf. {Company}, {Pannier}, {Pantler}.] An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept. | |
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Pantry \Pan"try\, n.; pl. {Pantries}. [OE. pantrie, F. paneterie, fr. panetier pantler, LL. panetarius baker, panetus small loaf of bread, L. panis bread. Cf. {Company}, {Pannier}, {Pantler}.] An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept. | |
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Pendragon \Pen"drag*on\, n. A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs. The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. --Tennyson. | |
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Penetrability \Pen`e*tra*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. p[82]n[82]trabilit[82].] The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. --Cheyne. | |
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Penetrable \Pen"e*tra*ble\, a. [L. penetrabilus: cf. F. p[82]n[82]trable.] Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively. And pierce his only penetrable part. --Dryden. I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats. --Shak. -- {Pen"e*tra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pen"e*tra*bly}, adv. | |
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Penetrable \Pen"e*tra*ble\, a. [L. penetrabilus: cf. F. p[82]n[82]trable.] Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively. And pierce his only penetrable part. --Dryden. I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats. --Shak. -- {Pen"e*tra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pen"e*tra*bly}, adv. | |
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Penetrable \Pen"e*tra*ble\, a. [L. penetrabilus: cf. F. p[82]n[82]trable.] Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively. And pierce his only penetrable part. --Dryden. I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats. --Shak. -- {Pen"e*tra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pen"e*tra*bly}, adv. | |
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Penetrail \Pen"e*trail\, n. Penetralia. [Obs.] --Harvey. | |
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Penetrance \Pen"e*trance\, Penetrancy \Pen"e*tran*cy\, n. The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia. | |
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Penetrance \Pen"e*trance\, Penetrancy \Pen"e*tran*cy\, n. The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia. | |
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Penetrant \Pen"e*trant\, a. [L. penetrans, p. pr. of penetrare: cf. F. p[82]n[82]trant.] Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold. [bd]Penetrant and powerful arguments.[b8] --Boyle. | |
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Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. i. To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively. Preparing to penetrate to the north and west. --J. R. Green. Born where Heaven's influence scarce can penetrate. --Pope. The sweet of life that penetrates so near. --Daniel. | |
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Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penetrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Penetrating}.] [L. penetratus, p. p. of penetrare to penetrate; akin to penitus inward, inwardly, and perh. to pens with, in the power of, penus store of food, innermost part of a temple.] 1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness. 2. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity. --Shak. The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style. --M. Arnold. 3. To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand. Things which here were too subtile for us to penetrate. --Ray. | |
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Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penetrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Penetrating}.] [L. penetratus, p. p. of penetrare to penetrate; akin to penitus inward, inwardly, and perh. to pens with, in the power of, penus store of food, innermost part of a temple.] 1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness. 2. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity. --Shak. The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style. --M. Arnold. 3. To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand. Things which here were too subtile for us to penetrate. --Ray. | |
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Penetrating \Pen"e*tra`ting\, a. 1. Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor. 2. Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind. | |
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Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penetrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Penetrating}.] [L. penetratus, p. p. of penetrare to penetrate; akin to penitus inward, inwardly, and perh. to pens with, in the power of, penus store of food, innermost part of a temple.] 1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness. 2. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity. --Shak. The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style. --M. Arnold. 3. To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand. Things which here were too subtile for us to penetrate. --Ray. | |
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Penetratingly \Pen"e*tra`ting*ly\, adv. In a penetrating manner. | |
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Penetration \Pen"e*tra`tion\, n. [L. penetratio: cf. F. p[82]n[82]tration.] 1. The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult. And to each in ward part, With gentle penetration, though unseen, Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep. --Milton. A penetration into the difficulties of algebra. --Watts. 2. Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration. --Walpole. Syn: Discernment; sagacity; acuteness; sharpness; discrimination. See {Discernment}, and {Sagacity}. | |
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Penetrative \Pen"e*tra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]n[82]tratif.] 1. Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun. His look became keen and penetrative. --Hawthorne. 2. Having the power to affect or impress the mind or heart; impressive; as, penetrative shame. --Shak. 3. Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom. [bd]The penetrative eye.[b8] --Wordsworth. Led on by skill of penetrative soul. --Grainger. | |
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Penetrativeness \Pen"e*tra*tive*ness\, n. The quality of being penetrative. | |
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Pentarchy \Pen"tar*chy\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. pentarchie. See {Penta-}, and {-archy}.] A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers. --P. Fletcher. [bd]The pentarchy of the senses.[b8] --A. Brewer. | |
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Stonecrop \Stone"crop`\, n. [AS. st[be]ncropp.] 1. A sort of tree. [Obs.] --Mortimer. 2. (Bot.) Any low succulent plant of the genus {Sedum}, esp. {Sedum acre}, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See {Orpine}. {Virginian}, [or] {Ditch}, {stonecrop}, an American plant ({Penthorum sedoides}). | |
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Pentremite \Pen"tre*mite\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of Pentremites. | |
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Pentroof \Pent"roof`\, n. [F. pente slope + E. roof, or from penthouse roof.] See {Lean-to}. | |
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Pentrough \Pen"trough`\, n. A penstock. | |
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Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a feather.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast. --Milton. 2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. 3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. He . . . did not care a pin for her. --Spectator. 4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as: (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. (b) A linchpin. (c) A rolling-pin. (d) A clothespin. (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}. (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint. 5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. 6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. [Obs.] [bd]The very pin of his heart cleft.[b8] --Shak. 7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] [bd]In merry pin.[b8] --Cowper. 8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak. 9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. 10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang] {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion. {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}. {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation. {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure. {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}. Called also {pin rack}. {Pin wheel}. (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical pins. (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire. | |
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Pindal \Pin"dal\, Pindar \Pin"dar\, n. [D. piendel.] (Bot.) The peanut ({Arachis hypog[91]a}); -- so called in the West Indies. | |
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Pindaric \Pin*dar"ic\, a. [L. Pindaricus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] (L. Pindarus) Pindar: cf. F. pindarique.] Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes. -- n. A Pindaric ode. | |
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Pindarical \Pin*dar"ic*al\, a. Pindaric. Too extravagant and Pindarical for prose. --Cowley. | |
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Pindarism \Pin"dar*ism\, n. Imitation of Pindar. | |
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Pindarist \Pin"dar*ist\, n. One who imitates Pindar. | |
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Pinder \Pin"der\, n. [AS. pyndan to pen up, fr. pund a pound.] One who impounds; a poundkeeper. [Obs.] | |
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Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P. resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P. Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}. {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the {Araucaria excelsa}. {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into pine trees. {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary. {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and {alligator}. {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}. (b) The American sable. See {Sable}. {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See {Pinus}. {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below). {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine. {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc. {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood wool}. | |
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Pinedrops \Pine"drops`\, n. (Bot.) A reddish herb ({Pterospora andromedea}) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees. | |
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Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P. resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P. Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}. {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the {Araucaria excelsa}. {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into pine trees. {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary. {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and {alligator}. {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}. (b) The American sable. See {Sable}. {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See {Pinus}. {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below). {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine. {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc. {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood wool}. | |
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Pine-tree State \Pine-tree State\ Maine; -- a nickname alluding to the pine tree in its coat of arms. | |
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Pinnothere \Pin"no*there\, n. [Gr. [?] a pinna + [?] an animal.] (Zo[94]l.) A crab of the genus {pinnotheres}. See {Oyster crab}, under {Oyster}. | |
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Oyster \Oys"ter\, n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[8c]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. 'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster ({Ostrea edulis}), and the American oyster ({Ostrea Virginiana}), are the most important species. 2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl. {Fresh-water oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Etheria}, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels. {Oyster bed}, a breeding place for oysters; a place in a tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See 1st {Scalp}, n. {Oyster catcher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wading birds of the genus {H[91]matopus}, which frequent seashores and feed upon shellfish. The European species ({H. ostralegus}), the common American species ({H. palliatus}), and the California, or black, oyster catcher ({H. Bachmani}) are the best known. {Oyster crab} (Zo[94]l.) a small crab ({Pinnotheres ostreum}) which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the oyster. {Oyster dredge}, a rake or small dragnet of bringing up oyster from the bottom of the sea. {Oyster fish}. ({Zo[94]l}.) (a) The tautog. (b) The toadfish. {Oyster plant}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Tragopogon} ({T. porrifolius}), the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also {vegetable oyster}. (b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe, America and Asia ({Mertensia maritima}), the fresh leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters. {Oyster plover}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Oyster catcher}, above. {Oyster shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of an oyster. {Oyster wench}, {Oyster wife}, {Oyster women}, a women who deals in oysters. {Pearl oyster}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Pearl}. {Thorny oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any spiny marine shell of the genus {Spondylus}. | |
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Poinder \Poind"er\ (-[etil]r), n. 1. The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder. [Obs. or Scot.] --T. Adams. 2. One who distrains property. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
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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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Pointer \Point"er\, n. One who, or that which, points. Specifically: (a) The hand of a timepiece. (b) (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen. (c) pl. (Astron.) The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star. See Illust. of {Ursa Major}. (b) pl. (Naut.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold. | |
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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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Pointer \Point"er\, n. One who, or that which, points. Specifically: (a) The hand of a timepiece. (b) (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen. (c) pl. (Astron.) The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star. See Illust. of {Ursa Major}. (b) pl. (Naut.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold. | |
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Pointrel \Poin"trel\, n. A graving tool. --Knight. | |
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Pomewater \Pome"wa`ter\, n. A kind of sweet, juicy apple. [Written also {pomwater}.] --Shak. | |
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Pomewater \Pome"wa`ter\, n. A kind of sweet, juicy apple. [Written also {pomwater}.] --Shak. | |
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Pomwater \Pom"wa`ter\, n. Same as {Pomewater}. | |
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Pomewater \Pome"wa`ter\, n. A kind of sweet, juicy apple. [Written also {pomwater}.] --Shak. | |
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Pomwater \Pom"wa`ter\, n. Same as {Pomewater}. | |
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{Pond spice} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Tetranthera geniculata}) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves, and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia to Florida. {Pond tortoise}, {Pond turtle} (Zo[94]l.), any freshwater tortoise of the family {Emydid[91]}. Numerous species are found in North America. | |
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{Pond spice} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Tetranthera geniculata}) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves, and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia to Florida. {Pond tortoise}, {Pond turtle} (Zo[94]l.), any freshwater tortoise of the family {Emydid[91]}. Numerous species are found in North America. | |
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Ponder \Pon"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pondered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pondering}.] [L. ponderare, fr. pondus, ponderis, a weight, fr. pendere to weigh: cf. F. pond[82]rer. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Pound} a weight.] 1. To weigh. [Obs.] 2. To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively. Ponder the path of thy feet. --Prov. iv. 26. Syn: To {Ponder}, {Consider}, {Muse}. Usage: To consider means to view or contemplate with fixed thought. To ponder is to dwell upon with long and anxious attention, with a view to some practical result or decision. To muse is simply to think upon continuously with no definite object, or for the pleasure it gives. We consider any subject which is fairly brought before us; we ponder a concern involving great interests; we muse on the events of childhood. | |
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Ponder \Pon"der\, v. i. To think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by on or over. --Longfellow. | |
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Ponderability \Pon`der*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. pond[82]rabilit[82].] The quality or state of being ponderable. | |
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Ponderable \Pon"der*a*ble\, a. [L. ponderabilis: cf. F. pond[82]rable.] Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight. -- {Pon"der*a*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Ponderable \Pon"der*a*ble\, a. [L. ponderabilis: cf. F. pond[82]rable.] Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight. -- {Pon"der*a*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Ponderal \Pon"der*al\, a. [Cf. F. pond[82]ral.] Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma. [R.] --Arbuthnot. | |
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Ponderance \Pon"der*ance\, n. [L. ponderans, p. pr. of ponderare to weigh: cf. OF. ponderant of weight.] Weight; gravity. [R.] --Gregory. | |
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Ponderary \Pon"der*a*ry\, a. Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary system. [R.] --M'Culloch. | |
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Ponderate \Pon"der*ate\, v. t. [L. ponderatus, p. p. of ponderare. See {Ponder}.] To consider; to ponder. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponderate \Pon"der*ate\, v. i. To have weight or influence. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponderation \Pon`der*a"tion\, n. [L. ponderatio: cf. F. pond[82]ration.] The act of weighing. [R.] --Arbuthnot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponder \Pon"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pondered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pondering}.] [L. ponderare, fr. pondus, ponderis, a weight, fr. pendere to weigh: cf. F. pond[82]rer. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Pound} a weight.] 1. To weigh. [Obs.] 2. To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively. Ponder the path of thy feet. --Prov. iv. 26. Syn: To {Ponder}, {Consider}, {Muse}. Usage: To consider means to view or contemplate with fixed thought. To ponder is to dwell upon with long and anxious attention, with a view to some practical result or decision. To muse is simply to think upon continuously with no definite object, or for the pleasure it gives. We consider any subject which is fairly brought before us; we ponder a concern involving great interests; we muse on the events of childhood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponderer \Pon"der*er\, n. One who ponders. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponder \Pon"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pondered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pondering}.] [L. ponderare, fr. pondus, ponderis, a weight, fr. pendere to weigh: cf. F. pond[82]rer. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Pound} a weight.] 1. To weigh. [Obs.] 2. To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively. Ponder the path of thy feet. --Prov. iv. 26. Syn: To {Ponder}, {Consider}, {Muse}. Usage: To consider means to view or contemplate with fixed thought. To ponder is to dwell upon with long and anxious attention, with a view to some practical result or decision. To muse is simply to think upon continuously with no definite object, or for the pleasure it gives. We consider any subject which is fairly brought before us; we ponder a concern involving great interests; we muse on the events of childhood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pondering \Pon"der*ing\, a. Deliberating. -- {Pon"der*ing*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pondering \Pon"der*ing\, a. Deliberating. -- {Pon"der*ing*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponderosity \Pon`der*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Ponderosities}. [OF. ponderosit[82].] The quality or state of being ponderous; weight; gravity; heaviness, ponderousness; as, the ponderosity of gold. --Ray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponderosity \Pon`der*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Ponderosities}. [OF. ponderosit[82].] The quality or state of being ponderous; weight; gravity; heaviness, ponderousness; as, the ponderosity of gold. --Ray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponderous \Pon"der*ous\, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pond[82]reux. See {Ponder}.] 1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. --Shak. 2. Important; momentous; forcible. [bd]Your more ponderous and settled project.[b8] --Shak. 3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. {Ponderous spar} (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See {Barite}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponderous \Pon"der*ous\, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pond[82]reux. See {Ponder}.] 1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. --Shak. 2. Important; momentous; forcible. [bd]Your more ponderous and settled project.[b8] --Shak. 3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. {Ponderous spar} (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See {Barite}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponderously \Pon"der*ous*ly\, adv. In a ponderous manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ponderousness \Pon"der*ous*ness\, n. The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bissell truck \Bis"sell truck\ A truck for railroad rolling stock, consisting of two ordinary axle boxes sliding in guides attached to a triangular frame; -- called also {pony truck}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pony \Po"ny\, n.; pl. {Ponies}. [Written also {poney}.] [Gael. ponaidh.] 1. A small horse. 2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.] 3. A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib. [College Cant] 4. A small glass of beer. [Slang] {Pony chaise}, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. {Pony engine}, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] {Pony truck} (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. {Pony truss} (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bissell truck \Bis"sell truck\ A truck for railroad rolling stock, consisting of two ordinary axle boxes sliding in guides attached to a triangular frame; -- called also {pony truck}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pony \Po"ny\, n.; pl. {Ponies}. [Written also {poney}.] [Gael. ponaidh.] 1. A small horse. 2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.] 3. A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib. [College Cant] 4. A small glass of beer. [Slang] {Pony chaise}, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. {Pony engine}, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] {Pony truck} (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. {Pony truss} (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pony \Po"ny\, n.; pl. {Ponies}. [Written also {poney}.] [Gael. ponaidh.] 1. A small horse. 2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.] 3. A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib. [College Cant] 4. A small glass of beer. [Slang] {Pony chaise}, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. {Pony engine}, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] {Pony truck} (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. {Pony truss} (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pounder \Pound"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill. 2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle. 3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder. Note: Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called a ten pounder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Poundrate \Pound"*rate`\, n. A rate or proportion estimated at a certain amount for each pound; poundage. | |
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]: | |
Punitory \Pu"ni*to*ry\, a. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive. God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory. --A. Tucker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punter \Punt"er\, n. (London Stock Exchange) A scalper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punter \Punt"er\, n.[Cf. F. ponte. See {Punt}, v. t.] One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro. --Hoyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punter \Punt"er\, n. One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt. | |
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Paint Rock, AL (town, FIPS 57696) Location: 34.66058 N, 86.32878 W Population (1990): 214 (88 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35764 Paint Rock, TX (town, FIPS 54636) Location: 31.50951 N, 99.92532 W Population (1990): 227 (99 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76866 | |
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Painter, VA (town, FIPS 60296) Location: 37.58550 N, 75.78379 W Population (1990): 259 (113 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23420 | |
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Pandora, OH (village, FIPS 59738) Location: 40.94768 N, 83.96123 W Population (1990): 1009 (377 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45877 | |
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Panther Creek, IL Zip code(s): 62627 | |
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Panthersville, GA (CDP, FIPS 59080) Location: 33.70670 N, 84.27787 W Population (1990): 9874 (4069 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Pend Oreille County, WA (county, FIPS 51) Location: 48.53484 N, 117.28248 W Population (1990): 8915 (5404 housing units) Area: 3627.2 sq km (land), 64.4 sq km (water) | |
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Pender, NE (village, FIPS 38750) Location: 42.11001 N, 96.71064 W Population (1990): 1208 (540 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68047 | |
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Pender County, NC (county, FIPS 141) Location: 34.51026 N, 77.88741 W Population (1990): 28855 (15437 housing units) Area: 2255.2 sq km (land), 160.5 sq km (water) | |
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Pendergrass, GA (city, FIPS 60032) Location: 34.16257 N, 83.67919 W Population (1990): 298 (122 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30567 | |
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Pendroy, MT Zip code(s): 59467 | |
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Pintura, UT Zip code(s): 84720 | |
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Point Arena, CA (city, FIPS 57876) Location: 38.91145 N, 123.69072 W Population (1990): 407 (196 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95468 | |
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Point Harbor, NC Zip code(s): 27964 | |
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Point Reyes Stat, CA Zip code(s): 94956 | |
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Point Roberts, WA Zip code(s): 98281 | |
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Pointer, KY Zip code(s): 42544 | |
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Ponder, TX (town, FIPS 58664) Location: 33.17913 N, 97.28760 W Population (1990): 432 (167 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76259 | |
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Pondera County, MT (county, FIPS 73) Location: 48.23539 N, 112.21949 W Population (1990): 6433 (2618 housing units) Area: 4207.9 sq km (land), 39.3 sq km (water) | |
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Ponderay, ID (city, FIPS 64450) Location: 48.30122 N, 116.53950 W Population (1990): 449 (203 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
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Ponderosa, NM Zip code(s): 87044 | |
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Ponderosa Park, CO (CDP, FIPS 60655) Location: 39.39729 N, 104.63549 W Population (1990): 1640 (579 housing units) Area: 38.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Pound Ridge, NY Zip code(s): 10576 | |
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Punta Rassa, FL (CDP, FIPS 59250) Location: 26.50033 N, 82.00046 W Population (1990): 1493 (1236 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 5.5 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
pointy-haired adj. [after the character in the {Dilbert} comic strip] Describes the extreme form of the property that separates {suit}s and {marketroid}s from hackers. Compare {brain-dead}; {demented}; see {PHB}. Always applied to people, never to ideas. The plural form is often used as a noun. "The pointy-haireds ordered me to use Windows NT, but I set up a Linux server with Samba instead." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pandora nondeterminism}. ["Pandora: Non-Deterministic Parallel Logic Programming", R. Bahgat et al, Proc 6th Intl Conf Logic Programming, MIT Press 1989 pp. 471-486]. (1995-04-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pointer 1. programming language. A pointer may be typed, with its {type} indicating the type of data to which it points. The terms "pointer" and "reference" are generally interchangable although particular programming languages often differentiate these two in subtle ways. For example, {Perl} always calls them references, never pointers. Conversely, in C, "pointer" is used, although "a reference" is often used to denote the concept that a pointer implements. {Anthony Hoare} once said: Pointers are like jumps, leading wildly from one part of the data structure to another. Their introduction into high-level languages has been a step backward from which we may never recover. [C.A.R.Hoare "Hints on Programming Language Design", 1973, Prentice-Hall collection of essays and papers by Tony Hoare]. 2. a small arrow, that moves on the screen in response to movement of a {pointing device}, typically a {mouse}. The pointer shows the user which object on the screen will be selected etc. when a mouse button is clicked. (1999-07-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pointer swizzling {swizzle} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Ponder A {non-strict} {polymorphic}, {functional language} by Jon Fairbairn Ponder's type system is unusual. It is more powerful than the {Hindley-Milner type} system used by {ML} and {Miranda} and extended by {Haskell}. Ponder adds extra recursive 'mu' types to those of Girard's {System F}, allowing more general {recursion}. Surprisingly, the type system and {type inference} {algorithm} are still not completely understood. ["Ponder and its Type System", J. Fairbairn, TR 31, Cambridge U Computer Lab, Nov 1982]. [J. Fairbairn, "Design and Implementation of a Simple Typed Language based on the Lambda-Calculus", Technical Report No. 75, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, May 1985]. [J. Fairbairn, "A New Type-Checker for a Functional Language", Technical Report No. 53, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 1984]. [J. Fairbairn, "Some Types with Inclusion Properties in \forall, \rightarrow, \mu", Technical Report No. 171, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Jun 1989]. [Valeria C. V. de Paiva, "Subtyping in Ponder (Preliminary Report)", Technical Report No. 203, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Aug 1990]. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pine tree Heb. tidhar, mentioned along with the fir-tree in Isa. 41:19; 60:13. This is probably the cypress; or it may be the stone-pine, which is common on the northern slopes of Lebanon. Some suppose that the elm, others that the oak, or holm, or ilex, is meant by the Hebrew word. In Neh. 8:15 the Revised Version has "wild olive" instead of "pine." (See {FIR}.) |