English Dictionary: panoptic | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Panopticon \Pa*nop"ti*con\, n. [NL. See {Pan-}, and {Optic}.] 1. A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen. 2. A room for the exhibition of novelties. | |
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{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}. {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines. {Drawing}, [or] {Ruling}, {pen}, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}. {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. {Pen and ink}, [or] {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.] {Pen name}. See under {Name}. {Sea pen} (Zo[94]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.] | |
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Pennipotent \Pen*nip"o*tent\, a. [L. pennipotens; penna wing + potens strong.] Strong of wing; strong on the wing. [Poetic] --Davies (Holy Roode). | |
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Penny \Pen*ny\, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin.] 1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). Note: [bd]The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier.[b8] --R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see {Pennyweight}). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. --Shak. 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent? --Shak. 4. (Script.) See {Denarius}. {Penny cress} (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi arvense}). --Dr. Prior. {Penny dog} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. {Penny father}, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] --Robinson (More's Utopia). {Penny grass} (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] {Penny post}, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. {Penny wise}, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish. | |
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Pimp \Pimp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pimped} (p[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Pimping}.] To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander. --Dryden. | |
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Pinfeather \Pin"feath`er\, n. A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin. | |
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Pinfeathered \Pin"feath`ered\, a. Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed. | |
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Pinniped \Pin"ni*ped\, n. [L. pinna feather, fin + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pinnip[8a]de.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the Pinnipedia; a seal. (b) One of the Pinnipedes. | |
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Pinpatch \Pin"patch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The common English periwinkle. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Pompadour \Pom"pa*dour\, n. A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively. | |
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Pompatic \Pom*pat"ic\, a. [L. pompaticus.] Pompous. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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Pompet \Pom"pet\, n. [OF. pompette.] (Print.) The ball formerly used to ink the type. | |
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Pontine \Pon"tine\, a. [L. Pontinus or Pomptinus, an appellation given to a district in Latium, near Pometia.] Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples. [Written also {Pomptine}.] | |
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Pomptine \Pomp"tine\, a. See {Pontine}. | |
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Note: for various kinds of pumps, see {Air pump}, {Chain pump}, and {Force pump}; also, under {Lifting}, {Plunger}, {Rotary}, etc. {Circulating pump} (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser. {Pump brake}. See {Pump handle}, below. {Pump dale}. See {Dale}. {Pump gear}, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten. {Pump handle}, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump. {Pump hood}, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump. {Pump rod}, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod. {Pump room}, a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.] {Pump spear}. Same as {Pump rod}, above. {Pump stock}, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump. {Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}. | |
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Note: for various kinds of pumps, see {Air pump}, {Chain pump}, and {Force pump}; also, under {Lifting}, {Plunger}, {Rotary}, etc. {Circulating pump} (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser. {Pump brake}. See {Pump handle}, below. {Pump dale}. See {Dale}. {Pump gear}, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten. {Pump handle}, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump. {Pump hood}, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump. {Pump rod}, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod. {Pump room}, a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.] {Pump spear}. Same as {Pump rod}, above. {Pump stock}, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump. {Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}. | |
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Pump \Pump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pumped} (p[ucr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {pumping}.] 1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. 2. To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship. 3. Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc. But pump not me for politics. --Otway. | |
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Pumpet \Pum"pet\, n. A pompet. {Pumpet ball} (Print.), a ball for inking types; a pompet. | |
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Pumpet \Pum"pet\, n. A pompet. {Pumpet ball} (Print.), a ball for inking types; a pompet. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pompton Lakes, NJ (borough, FIPS 60090) Location: 41.00300 N, 74.28586 W Population (1990): 10539 (4056 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07442 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pompton Plains, NJ Zip code(s): 07444 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pin feed {sprocket feed} |