English Dictionary: paperhanging | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc. {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper. {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}. {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula papyracea}). {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper. {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. --Forney. {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings. {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant] {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry. {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}. {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta. {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange. {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}. {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above. {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc. {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper. {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}. {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula papyracea}). {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper. {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. --Forney. {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings. {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant] {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry. {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}. {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta. {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange. {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}. {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above. {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc. {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper. {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}. {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula papyracea}). {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper. {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. --Forney. {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings. {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant] {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry. {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}. {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta. {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange. {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}. {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above. {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mulberry \Mul"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Mulberries}. [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. Cf. {Murrey}, {Sycamore}.] 1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus {Morus}; also, the tree itself. See {Morus}. 2. A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry. {Mulberry mass}. (Biol.) See {Morula}. {Paper mulberry}, a tree ({Broussonetia papyrifera}), related to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in China and Japan for the manufacture of paper. It is seen as a shade tree in America. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc. {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper. {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}. {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula papyracea}). {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper. {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. --Forney. {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings. {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant] {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry. {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}. {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta. {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange. {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}. {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above. {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc. {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper. {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}. {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula papyracea}). {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper. {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. --Forney. {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings. {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant] {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry. {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}. {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta. {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange. {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}. {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above. {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nautilus \Nau"ti*lus\, n.; pl. E. {Nautiluses}, L. {Nautili}. [L., fr. gr. nayti`los a seaman, sailor, a kind of shellfish which was supposed to be furnished with a membrane which served as a sail; fr. nay^s ship. See {Nave} of a church.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See {Tetrabranchiata}. Note: The head of the animal bears numerous simple tapered arms, or tentacles, arranged in groups, but not furnished with suckers. The siphon, unlike, that of ordinary cephalopods, is not a closed tube, and is not used as a locomotive organ, but merely serves to conduct water to and from the gill cavity, which contains two pairs of gills. The animal occupies only the outer chamber of the shell; the others are filled with gas. It creeps over the bottom of the sea, not coming to the surface to swim or sail, as was formerly imagined. 2. The argonaut; -- also called {paper nautilus}. See {Argonauta}, and {Paper nautilus}, under {Paper}. 3. A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc. {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper. {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}. {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula papyracea}). {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper. {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. --Forney. {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings. {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant] {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry. {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}. {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta. {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange. {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}. {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above. {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nautilus \Nau"ti*lus\, n.; pl. E. {Nautiluses}, L. {Nautili}. [L., fr. gr. nayti`los a seaman, sailor, a kind of shellfish which was supposed to be furnished with a membrane which served as a sail; fr. nay^s ship. See {Nave} of a church.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See {Tetrabranchiata}. Note: The head of the animal bears numerous simple tapered arms, or tentacles, arranged in groups, but not furnished with suckers. The siphon, unlike, that of ordinary cephalopods, is not a closed tube, and is not used as a locomotive organ, but merely serves to conduct water to and from the gill cavity, which contains two pairs of gills. The animal occupies only the outer chamber of the shell; the others are filled with gas. It creeps over the bottom of the sea, not coming to the surface to swim or sail, as was formerly imagined. 2. The argonaut; -- also called {paper nautilus}. See {Argonauta}, and {Paper nautilus}, under {Paper}. 3. A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc. {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper. {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}. {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula papyracea}). {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper. {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. --Forney. {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings. {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant] {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry. {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}. {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta. {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange. {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}. {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above. {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paper \Pa"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Papered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Papering}.] 1. To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house. 2. To fold or inclose in paper. 3. To put on paper; to make a memorandum of. [Obs.] | |
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Papyrean \Pa*pyr"e*an\, a. Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous. | |
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Papyrine \Pap"y*rine\, n. [Cf. F. papyrin made of paper. See {Paper}.] Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid. | |
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Peperine \Pep"e*rine\, d8Peperino \[d8]Pep`e*ri"no\, n. [It. peperino, L. piper pepper. So called on account of its color.] (Geol.) A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc. | |
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Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.] 1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}. Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant. 2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth. 3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper. Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below. {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}. {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}. {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and Japan. {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}. {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}. {Long pepper}. (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian shrub. (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See {Kava}. {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc., under the name of {grains of Paradise}. {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}. {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; -- called also {white alder}. {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food, etc. {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}. {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston betularia}) having white wings covered with small black specks. {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies. {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}. {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red peppers steeped in vinegar. {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris}) of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}. | |
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Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.] 1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}. Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant. 2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth. 3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper. Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below. {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}. {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}. {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and Japan. {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}. {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}. {Long pepper}. (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian shrub. (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See {Kava}. {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc., under the name of {grains of Paradise}. {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}. {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; -- called also {white alder}. {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food, etc. {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}. {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston betularia}) having white wings covered with small black specks. {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies. {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}. {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red peppers steeped in vinegar. {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris}) of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}. | |
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Peppering \Pep"per*ing\, a. Hot; pungent; peppery. --Swift. | |
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Pepper \Pep"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peppered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Peppering}.] 1. To sprinkle or season with pepper. 2. Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds. [bd]I have peppered two of them.[b8] [bd]I am peppered, I warrant, for this world.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: {Corn mint} is {Mentha arvensis}. {Horsemint} is {M. sylvestris}, and in the United States {Monarda punctata}, which differs from the true mints in several respects. {Mountain mint} is any species of the related genus {Pycnanthemum}, common in North America. {Peppermint} is {M. piperita}. {Spearmint} is {M. viridis}. {Water mint} is {M. aquatica}. {Mint camphor}. (Chem.) See {Menthol}. {Mint julep}. See {Julep}. {Mint sauce}, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Peppermint \Pep"per*mint\, n. [Pepper + mint.] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus {Mentha} ({M. piperita}), much used in medicine and confectionery. 2. A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it. 3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint. {Peppermint} camphor. (Chem.) Same as {Menthol}. {Peppermint tree} (Bot.), a name given to several Australian species of gum tree ({Eucalyptus amygdalina}, {E. piperita}, {E. odorata}, etc.) which have hard and durable wood, and yield an essential oil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Menthol \Men"thol\, n. [Mentha + -ol.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling camphor, extracted from oil of peppermint ({Mentha}); -- called also {mint camphor} or {peppermint camphor}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Camphor \Cam"phor\, n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. [?]), fr. Ar. k[be]f[d4]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[d4]ra.] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the {Laurus} family, esp. from {Cinnamomum camphara} (the {Laurus camphara} of Linn[91]us.). Camphor, {C10H16O}, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative. 2. A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree ({Dryobalanops camphora}) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also {Malay camphor}, {camphor of Borneo}, or {borneol}. See {Borneol}. Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as {cedar camphor}, obtained from the red or pencil cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana}), and {peppermint camphor}, or {menthol}, obtained from the oil of peppermint. {Camphor oil} (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. {Camphor tree}, a large evergreen tree ({Cinnamomum Camphora}) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Peppermint \Pep"per*mint\, n. [Pepper + mint.] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus {Mentha} ({M. piperita}), much used in medicine and confectionery. 2. A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it. 3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint. {Peppermint} camphor. (Chem.) Same as {Menthol}. {Peppermint tree} (Bot.), a name given to several Australian species of gum tree ({Eucalyptus amygdalina}, {E. piperita}, {E. odorata}, etc.) which have hard and durable wood, and yield an essential oil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pipe \Pipe\, n. [AS. p[c6]pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire, to chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. {Peep}, {Pibroch}, {Fife}.] 1. A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ. [bd]Tunable as sylvan pipe.[b8] --Milton. Now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipe. --Shak. 2. Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc. 3. A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances. 4. A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions. 5. The key or sound of the voice. [R.] --Shak. 6. The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird. The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds. --Tennyson. 7. pl. The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow. 8. (Mining) An elongated body or vein of ore. 9. A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe. --Mozley & W. 10. (Naut.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it. 11. [Cf. F. pipe, fr. pipe a wind instrument, a tube, fr. L. pipare to chirp. See Etymol. above.] A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains. {Pipe fitter}, one who fits pipes together, or applies pipes, as to an engine or a building. {Pipe fitting}, a piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve, etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe. {Pipe office}, an ancient office in the Court of Exchequer, in which the clerk of the pipe made out leases of crown lands, accounts of cheriffs, etc. [Eng.] {Pipe tree} (Bot.), the lilac and the mock orange; -- so called because their were formerly used to make pipe stems; -- called also {pipe privet}. {Pipe wrench}, [or] {Pipetongs}, a jawed tool for gripping a pipe, in turning or holding it. {To smoke the pipe of peace}, to smoke from the same pipe in token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace, -- a custom of the American Indians. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Methysticin \Me*thys"ti*cin\, n. (Chem.) A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the thick rootstock of a species of pepper ({Piper methysticum}) of the South Sea Islands; -- called also {kanakin}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.] 1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}. Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant. 2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth. 3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper. Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below. {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}. {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}. {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and Japan. {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}. {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}. {Long pepper}. (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian shrub. (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See {Kava}. {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc., under the name of {grains of Paradise}. {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}. {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; -- called also {white alder}. {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food, etc. {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}. {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston betularia}) having white wings covered with small black specks. {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies. {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}. {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red peppers steeped in vinegar. {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris}) of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Peppercorn \Pep"per*corn`\, n. 1. A dried berry of the black pepper ({Piper nigrum}). 2. Anything insignificant; a particle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piperine \Pip"er*ine\, n. [L. piper pepper: cf. F. piperin, piperine.] (Chem.) A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper ({Piper nigrum}) and other species. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piperaceous \Pip`er*a"ceous\, a. [L. piper pepper.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the order of plants ({Piperace[91]}) of which the pepper ({Piper nigrum}) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piperine \Pip"er*ine\, n. [L. piper pepper: cf. F. piperin, piperine.] (Chem.) A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper ({Piper nigrum}) and other species. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piperonal \Pip`er*o"nal\, n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piprine \Pi"prine\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the pipras, or the family {Piprid[91]}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
paper-net n. Hackish way of referring to the postal service, analogizing it to a very slow, low-reliability network. Usenet {sig block}s sometimes include a "Paper-Net:" header just before the sender's postal address; common variants of this are "Papernet" and "P-Net". Note that the standard {netiquette} guidelines discourage this practice as a waste of bandwidth, since netters are quite unlikely to casually use postal addresses. Compare {voice-net}, {snail-mail}, {P-mail}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
papermail {snail mail} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
paper-net {snail mail} |