English Dictionary: particoloured | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order {Psittaci}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis}, {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]}, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P. erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases. {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See {Parrakeet}. {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}. {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.] {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green}, n. {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers. {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yacca \Yac"ca\ (y[acr]k"k[adot]), n. (Bot.) A West Indian name for two large timber trees ({Podocarpus coriaceus}, and {P. Purdicanus}) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Paradactylum \[d8]Par`a*dac"ty*lum\, n.; pl. {Paradactyla}. [NL. See {Para-}, and {Dactyl}.] (Zo[94]l.) The side of a toe or finger. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradigm \Par"a*digm\, n. [F. paradigme, L. paradigma, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to show by the side of, to set up as an example; [?] beside + [?] to show. See {Para-}, and {Diction}.] 1. An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] [bd]The paradigms and patterns of all things.[b8] --Cudworth. 2. (Gram.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection. 3. (Rhet.) An illustration, as by a parable or fable. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradigmatic \Par`a*dig*mat"ic\, Paradigmatical \Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paradeigmatiko`s.] Exemplary. -- {Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradigmatic \Par`a*dig*mat"ic\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradigmatic \Par`a*dig*mat"ic\, Paradigmatical \Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paradeigmatiko`s.] Exemplary. -- {Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradigmatic \Par`a*dig*mat"ic\, Paradigmatical \Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paradeigmatiko`s.] Exemplary. -- {Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradigmatize \Par`a*dig"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paradigmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paradigmatizing}.] [Gr. paradeigmati`zein. See {Paradigm}.] To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] --Hammond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradigmatize \Par`a*dig"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paradigmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paradigmatizing}.] [Gr. paradeigmati`zein. See {Paradigm}.] To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] --Hammond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradigmatize \Par`a*dig"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paradigmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paradigmatizing}.] [Gr. paradeigmati`zein. See {Paradigm}.] To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] --Hammond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Superb \Su*perb"\, a. [F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over. See {Super-}.] 1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. {Superb paradise bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of paradise ({Paradis[91]a, [or] Lophorina, superba}) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. {Superb warber}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blue wren}, under {Wren}. -- {Su*perb"ly}, adv. -- {Su*perb"ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradisaic \Par`a*di*sa"ic\, Paradisaical \Par`a*di*sa"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal. [bd]Paradisaical pleasures.[b8] --Gray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradisaic \Par`a*di*sa"ic\, Paradisaical \Par`a*di*sa"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal. [bd]Paradisaical pleasures.[b8] --Gray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradisal \Par"a*di`sal\, a. Paradisiacal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, v. t. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. [R.] --Marston. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sapucaia \Sap`u*ca"ia\ (?; Pg. [?]), n. [Pg. sapucaya.] (Bot.) A Brazilian tree. See {Lecythis}, and {Monkey-pot}. [Written also {sapucaya}.] {Sapucaia nut} (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; -- called also {paradise nut}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sapucaia \Sap`u*ca"ia\ (?; Pg. [?]), n. [Pg. sapucaya.] (Bot.) A Brazilian tree. See {Lecythis}, and {Monkey-pot}. [Written also {sapucaya}.] {Sapucaia nut} (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; -- called also {paradise nut}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr. [?], [?], footless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet. Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bird of paradise \Bird" of par"a*dise\ (Zo[94]l.) The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus {Paradisea} and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers. Note: The {Great emerald} ({Paradisea apoda}) and the {Lesser emerald} ({P. minor}) furnish many of the plumes used as ornaments by ladies; the Red is {P. rubra [or] sanguinea}; the Golden is {Parotia aurea [or] sexsetacea}; the King is {Cincinnurus regius}. The name is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another related group ({Epimachin[91]}) from the same region. The Twelve-wired ({Seleucides alba}) is one of these. See {Paradise bird}, and Note under {Apod}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradisean \Par`a*dis"e*an\, a. Paradisiacal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradised \Par"a*dised\, a. Placed in paradise; enjoying delights as of paradise. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradisiac \Par`a*dis"i*ac\, Paradisiacal \Par`a*di*si"a*cal\, a. [L. paradisiacus.] Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise. --C. Kingsley. --T. Burnet. [bd]A paradisiacal scene.[b8] --Pope. The valley . . . is of quite paradisiac beauty. --G. Eliot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradisiac \Par`a*dis"i*ac\, Paradisiacal \Par`a*di*si"a*cal\, a. [L. paradisiacus.] Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise. --C. Kingsley. --T. Burnet. [bd]A paradisiacal scene.[b8] --Pope. The valley . . . is of quite paradisiac beauty. --G. Eliot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradisial \Par`a*dis"i*al\, Paradisian \Par`a*dis"i*an\, a. Paradisiacal. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradisial \Par`a*dis"i*al\, Paradisian \Par`a*dis"i*an\, a. Paradisiacal. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradisic \Par`a*dis"ic\, a. Paradisiacal. [R.] --Broome. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradisical \Par`a*dis"ic*al\, a. Paradisiacal. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parados \Par`a*dos\, n.; pl. {Paradoses}. [F., fr. parer to defend + dos back, L. dorsum.] (Fort.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse. --Farrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parados \Par`a*dos\, n.; pl. {Paradoses}. [F., fr. parer to defend + dos back, L. dorsum.] (Fort.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse. --Farrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradox \Par`a*dox\, n.; pl. {Paradoxes}. [F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] beside, beyond, contrary to + [?] to think, suppose, imagine. See {Para-}, and {Dogma}.] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact. A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable. --Hooker. This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. --Shak. {Hydrostatic paradox}. See under {Hydrostatic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxal \Par"a*dox`al\, a. Paradoxical. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxer \Par"a*dox`er\, n., Paradoxist \Par"a*dox`ist\, n. One who proposes a paradox. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradox \Par`a*dox\, n.; pl. {Paradoxes}. [F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] beside, beyond, contrary to + [?] to think, suppose, imagine. See {Para-}, and {Dogma}.] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact. A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable. --Hooker. This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. --Shak. {Hydrostatic paradox}. See under {Hydrostatic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\, a. 1. Of the nature of a paradox. 2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions. --Southey. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jakie \Ja"kie\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American striped frog ({Pseudis paradoxa}), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also {paradoxical frog}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\, a. 1. Of the nature of a paradox. 2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions. --Southey. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\, a. 1. Of the nature of a paradox. 2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions. --Southey. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Musang \Mu*sang"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small animal of Java ({Paradoxirus fasciatus}), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also {coffee rat}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxer \Par"a*dox`er\, n., Paradoxist \Par"a*dox`ist\, n. One who proposes a paradox. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxology \Par`a*dox*ol"o*gy\, n. [Paradox + -logy.] The use of paradoxes. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxure \Par`a*dox"ure\, n. [Gr. [?] incredible, paradoxical + [?] tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Paradoxurus}, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat ({Paradoxurus hermaphroditus}). See {Musang}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxure \Par`a*dox"ure\, n. [Gr. [?] incredible, paradoxical + [?] tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Paradoxurus}, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat ({Paradoxurus hermaphroditus}). See {Musang}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Bondar \[d8]Bon"dar\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A small quadruped of Bengal ({Paradoxurus bondar}), allied to the genet; -- called also {musk cat}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxure \Par`a*dox"ure\, n. [Gr. [?] incredible, paradoxical + [?] tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Paradoxurus}, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat ({Paradoxurus hermaphroditus}). See {Musang}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tree \Tree\ (tr[emac]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre[a2], tre[a2]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[emac], OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr[emac], Dan. tr[91], Sw. tr[84], tr[84]d, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a tree, oak, do`ry a beam, spear shaft, spear, Skr. dru tree, wood, d[be]ru wood. [root]63, 241. Cf. {Dryad}, {Germander}, {Tar}, n., {Trough}.] 1. (Bot.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk. Note: The kind of tree referred to, in any particular case, is often indicated by a modifying word; as forest tree, fruit tree, palm tree, apple tree, pear tree, etc. 2. Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree. 3. A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like. 4. A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree. [Jesus] whom they slew and hanged on a tree. --Acts x. 39. 5. Wood; timber. [Obs.] --Chaucer. In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of tree and of earth. --Wyclif (2 Tim. ii. 20). 6. (Chem.) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See {Lead tree}, under {Lead}. {Tree bear} (Zo[94]l.), the raccoon. [Local, U. S.] {Tree beetle} (Zo[94]l.) any one of numerous species of beetles which feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs, as the May beetles, the rose beetle, the rose chafer, and the goldsmith beetle. {Tree bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects which live upon, and suck the sap of, trees and shrubs. They belong to {Arma}, {Pentatoma}, {Rhaphigaster}, and allied genera. {Tree cat} (Zool.), the common paradoxure ({Paradoxurus musang}). {Tree clover} (Bot.), a tall kind of melilot ({Melilotus alba}). See {Melilot}. {Tree crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. See under {Purse}. {Tree creeper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of arboreal creepers belonging to {Certhia}, {Climacteris}, and allied genera. See {Creeper}, 3. {Tree cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a nearly white arboreal American cricket ({Ecanthus niv[oe]us}) which is noted for its loud stridulation; -- called also {white cricket}. {Tree crow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World crows belonging to {Crypsirhina} and allied genera, intermediate between the true crows and the jays. The tail is long, and the bill is curved and without a tooth. {Tree dove} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic doves belonging to {Macropygia} and allied genera. They have long and broad tails, are chiefly arboreal in their habits, and feed mainly on fruit. {Tree duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of ducks belonging to {Dendrocygna} and allied genera. These ducks have a long and slender neck and a long hind toe. They are arboreal in their habits, and are found in the tropical parts of America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. {Tree fern} (Bot.), an arborescent fern having a straight trunk, sometimes twenty or twenty-five feet high, or even higher, and bearing a cluster of fronds at the top. Most of the existing species are tropical. {Tree fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California market fish ({Sebastichthys serriceps}). {Tree frog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Same as {Tree toad}. (b) Any one of numerous species of Old World frogs belonging to {Chiromantis}, {Rhacophorus}, and allied genera of the family {Ranid[91]}. Their toes are furnished with suckers for adhesion. The flying frog (see under {Flying}) is an example. {Tree goose} (Zo[94]l.), the bernicle goose. {Tree hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small leaping hemipterous insects which live chiefly on the branches and twigs of trees, and injure them by sucking the sap. Many of them are very odd in shape, the prothorax being often prolonged upward or forward in the form of a spine or crest. {Tree jobber} (Zo[94]l.), a woodpecker. [Obs.] {Tree kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}. {Tree lark} (Zo[94]l.), the tree pipit. [Prov. Eng.] {Tree lizard} (Zo[94]l.), any one of a group of Old World arboreal lizards ({Dendrosauria}) comprising the chameleons. {Tree lobster}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tree crab}, above. {Tree louse} (Zo[94]l.), any aphid; a plant louse. {Tree moss}. (Bot.) (a) Any moss or lichen growing on trees. (b) Any species of moss in the form of a miniature tree. {Tree mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of African mice of the subfamily {Dendromyin[91]}. They have long claws and habitually live in trees. {Tree nymph}, a wood nymph. See {Dryad}. {Tree of a saddle}, a saddle frame. {Tree of heaven} (Bot.), an ornamental tree ({Ailantus glandulosus}) having long, handsome pinnate leaves, and greenish flowers of a disagreeable odor. {Tree of life} (Bot.), a tree of the genus Thuja; arbor vit[91]. {Tree onion} (Bot.), a species of garlic ({Allium proliferum}) which produces bulbs in place of flowers, or among its flowers. {Tree oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a small American oyster ({Ostrea folium}) which adheres to the roots of the mangrove tree; -- called also {raccoon oyster}. {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Asiatic birds of the genus {Dendrocitta}. The tree pies are allied to the magpie. {Tree pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of longwinged arboreal pigeons native of Asia, Africa, and Australia, and belonging to {Megaloprepia}, {Carpophaga}, and allied genera. {Tree pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Pipit}. {Tree porcupine} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Central and South American arboreal porcupines belonging to the genera {Ch[91]tomys} and {Sphingurus}. They have an elongated and somewhat prehensile tail, only four toes on the hind feet, and a body covered with short spines mixed with bristles. One South American species ({S. villosus}) is called also {couiy}; another ({S. prehensilis}) is called also {c[oe]ndou}. {Tree rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large ratlike West Indian rodents belonging to the genera {Capromys} and {Plagiodon}. They are allied to the porcupines. {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), a tree snake. {Tree shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bush shrike. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of snakes of the genus {Dendrophis}. They live chiefly among the branches of trees, and are not venomous. {Tree sorrel} (Bot.), a kind of sorrel ({Rumex Lunaria}) which attains the stature of a small tree, and bears greenish flowers. It is found in the Canary Islands and Teneriffe. {Tree sparrow} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of small arboreal sparrows, especially the American tree sparrow ({Spizella monticola}), and the common European species ({Passer montanus}). {Tree swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of swallows of the genus {Hylochelidon} which lay their eggs in holes in dead trees. They inhabit Australia and adjacent regions. Called also {martin} in Australia. {Tree swift} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of swifts of the genus {Dendrochelidon} which inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. {Tree tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a leopard. {Tree toad} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of amphibians belonging to {Hyla} and allied genera of the family {Hylid[91]}. They are related to the common frogs and toads, but have the tips of the toes expanded into suckers by means of which they cling to the bark and leaves of trees. Only one species ({Hyla arborea}) is found in Europe, but numerous species occur in America and Australia. The common tree toad of the Northern United States ({H. versicolor}) is noted for the facility with which it changes its colors. Called also {tree frog}. See also {Piping frog}, under {Piping}, and {Cricket frog}, under {Cricket}. {Tree warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arboreal warblers belonging to {Phylloscopus} and allied genera. {Tree wool} (Bot.), a fine fiber obtained from the leaves of pine trees. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradoxy \Par"a*dox`y\, n. 1. A paradoxical statement; a paradox. 2. The quality or state of being paradoxical. --Coleridge | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paratactic \Par`a*tac"tic\, a. (Gram.) Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Parathesis \[d8]Pa*rath"e*sis\, n.; pl. {Paratheses}. [NL., from Gr. [?] a putting beside, from [?] to put beside.] 1. (Gram.) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition. 2. (Rhet.) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded. --Smart. 3. (Print.) The matter contained within brackets. 4. (Eccl.) A commendatory prayer. --Shipley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parde \Par*de"\, Pardie \Par*die"\, adv. [or] interj. [F. pardi, for par Dieu by God.] Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath. [Written also {pardee}, {pardieux}, {perdie}, etc.] [Obs.] He was, parde, an old fellow of yours. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paretic \Pa*ret"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pariah \Pa"ri*ah\, n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.] 1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See {Caste}. --Balfour (Cyc. of India). 2. An outcast; one despised by society. {Pariah dog} (Zo[94]l.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs which act as scavengers in Oriental cities. {Pariah kite} (Zo[94]l.), a species of kite ({Milvus govinda}) which acts as a scavenger in India. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Paries \[d8]Pa"ri*es\, n.; pl. {Parietes}. [See {Parietes}.] (Zo[94]l.) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parietic \Pa`ri*et"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen {Parmelia parietina}, and called also {chrysophanic} acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parodic \Pa*rod"ic\, Parodical \Pa*rod"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. parodique.] Having the character of parody. Very paraphrastic, and sometimes parodical. --T. Warton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parodic \Pa*rod"ic\, Parodical \Pa*rod"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. parodique.] Having the character of parody. Very paraphrastic, and sometimes parodical. --T. Warton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parody \Par"o*dy\, n.; pl. {Parodies}. [L. parodia, Gr. [?]; [?] beside + [?] a song: cf. F. parodie. See {Para-}, and {Ode}.] 1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty. The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's [bd]Hind and Panther[b8] was received with great applause. --Macaulay. 2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parodist \Par"o*dist\, n. [Cf. F. parodiste.] One who writes a parody; one who parodies. --Coleridge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parotic \Pa*rot"ic\, a. [See {Parotid}.] (Anat.) On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear. {Parotic region} (Zo[94]l.), the space around the ears. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parotic \Pa*rot"ic\, a. [See {Parotid}.] (Anat.) On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear. {Parotic region} (Zo[94]l.), the space around the ears. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order {Psittaci}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis}, {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]}, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P. erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases. {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See {Parrakeet}. {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}. {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.] {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green}, n. {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers. {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order {Psittaci}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis}, {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]}, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P. erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases. {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See {Parrakeet}. {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}. {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.] {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green}, n. {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers. {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Green \Green\ (gren), n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton. 3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural. In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers. --Pope. 4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. 5. Any substance or pigment of a green color. {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also {Helvetia green}. {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}. {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper. {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}. {Emerald green}. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green}, {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green}, {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See {Paris green} (below). {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium. {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also {light-green}. {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}. {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a. {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis green}. {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green}, {nereid green}, or {emerald green}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order {Psittaci}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis}, {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]}, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P. erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases. {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See {Parrakeet}. {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}. {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.] {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green}, n. {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers. {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Green \Green\ (gren), n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton. 3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural. In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers. --Pope. 4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. 5. Any substance or pigment of a green color. {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also {Helvetia green}. {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}. {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper. {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}. {Emerald green}. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green}, {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green}, {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See {Paris green} (below). {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium. {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also {light-green}. {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}. {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a. {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis green}. {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green}, {nereid green}, or {emerald green}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parrot's-bill \Par"rot's-bill`\, n. [So called from the resemblance of its curved superior petal to a parrot's bill.] (Bot.) The glory pea. See under {Glory}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Part \Part\, n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel}, {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.] 1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent. And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet. --Acts v. 2. Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke. I am a part of all that I have met. --Tennyson. 2. Hence, specifically: (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient. An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex. xvi. 36. A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak. (b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element. All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body. --Locke. The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble. (c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense. [bd]Men of considerable parts.[b8] --Burke. [bd]Great quickness of parts.[b8] --Macaulay. Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them. --Shak. (d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural. [bd]The uttermost part of the heaven.[b8] --Neh. i. 9. All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears. --Dryden. (e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure. 3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office. We have no part in David. --2 Sam. xx. 1. Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou but thine. --Milton. Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share. --Dryden. 4. Hence, specifically: (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction. For he that is not against us is on our part. --Mark ix. 40. Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part. --Waller. (b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See {To act a part}, under {Act}. That part Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. --Shak. It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf. --Shak. Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. --Pope. (c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc. {For my part}, so far as concerns me; for my share. {For the most part}. See under {Most}, a. {In good part}, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner. --Hooker. {In ill part}, unfavorably; with displeasure. {In part}, in some degree; partly. {Part and parcel}, an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase. Cf. {might and main}, {kith and kin}, etc. [bd]She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place.[b8] --Howitt. {Part of speech} (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence. {Part owner} (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}. {Part singing}, singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken. {Part song}, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. [bd]A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part.[b8] --Stainer & Barrett. Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece; share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Part \Part\, n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel}, {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.] 1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent. And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet. --Acts v. 2. Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke. I am a part of all that I have met. --Tennyson. 2. Hence, specifically: (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient. An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex. xvi. 36. A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak. (b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element. All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body. --Locke. The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble. (c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense. [bd]Men of considerable parts.[b8] --Burke. [bd]Great quickness of parts.[b8] --Macaulay. Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them. --Shak. (d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural. [bd]The uttermost part of the heaven.[b8] --Neh. i. 9. All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears. --Dryden. (e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure. 3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office. We have no part in David. --2 Sam. xx. 1. Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou but thine. --Milton. Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share. --Dryden. 4. Hence, specifically: (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction. For he that is not against us is on our part. --Mark ix. 40. Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part. --Waller. (b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See {To act a part}, under {Act}. That part Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. --Shak. It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf. --Shak. Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. --Pope. (c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc. {For my part}, so far as concerns me; for my share. {For the most part}. See under {Most}, a. {In good part}, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner. --Hooker. {In ill part}, unfavorably; with displeasure. {In part}, in some degree; partly. {Part and parcel}, an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase. Cf. {might and main}, {kith and kin}, etc. [bd]She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place.[b8] --Howitt. {Part of speech} (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence. {Part owner} (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}. {Part singing}, singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken. {Part song}, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. [bd]A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part.[b8] --Stainer & Barrett. Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece; share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partage \Part"age\, n. [F. See {Part}, v. & n.] 1. Division; the act of dividing or sharing. [Obs.] --Fuller. 2. Part; portion; share. [Obs.] --Ford. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partake \Par*take"\, v. t. 1. To partake of; to have a part or share in; to share. Let every one partake the general joy. --Driden. 2. To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to. [Obs.] --Spencer. 3. To distribute; to communicate. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partake \Par*take"\, v. i. [imp. {Partook}; p. p. {Partaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Partaking}.] [Part + take.] 1. To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with others. [bd]Brutes partake in this faculty.[b8] --Locke. When I against myself with thee partake. --Shak. 2. To have something of the properties, character, or office; -- usually followed by of. The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partake \Par*take"\, v. i. [imp. {Partook}; p. p. {Partaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Partaking}.] [Part + take.] 1. To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with others. [bd]Brutes partake in this faculty.[b8] --Locke. When I against myself with thee partake. --Shak. 2. To have something of the properties, character, or office; -- usually followed by of. The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partaker \Par*tak"er\, n. 1. One who partakes; a sharer; a participator. Partakers of their spiritual things. --Rom. xv. 27. Wish me partaker in my happiness. --Shark. 2. An accomplice; an associate; a partner. [Obs.] Partakers wish them in the blood of the prophets. --Matt. xxiii. 30. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partake \Par*take"\, v. i. [imp. {Partook}; p. p. {Partaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Partaking}.] [Part + take.] 1. To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with others. [bd]Brutes partake in this faculty.[b8] --Locke. When I against myself with thee partake. --Shak. 2. To have something of the properties, character, or office; -- usually followed by of. The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participable \Par*tic"i*pa*ble\, a. Capable of being participated or shared. [R.] --Norris. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participant \Par*tic"i*pant\, a. [L. participans, p. pr. of participare: cf. F. participant. See {Participate}.] Sharing; participating; having a share of part. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participant \Par*tic"i*pant\, n. A participator; a partaker. Participants in their . . . mysterious rites. --Bp. Warburton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participantly \Par*tic"i*pant*ly\, adv. In a participant manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, v. t. 1. To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of. [R.] Fit to participate all rational delight. --Milton. 2. To impart, or give, or share of. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, a. [L. participatus, p. p. of participare to participate; pars, partis, part + capere to take. See {Part}, and {Capacious}.] Acting in common; participating. [R.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Participated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participating}.] To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate. --Shak. So would he participateof their wants. --Hayward. Mine may come when men With angels may participate. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Participated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participating}.] To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate. --Shak. So would he participateof their wants. --Hayward. Mine may come when men With angels may participate. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Participated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participating}.] To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate. --Shak. So would he participateof their wants. --Hayward. Mine may come when men With angels may participate. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participation \Par*tic`i*pa"tion\, n. [F. participation, L. participatio.] 1. The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows. These deities are so by participation. --Bp. Stillingfleet. What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself! --Atterbury. 2. Distribution; division into shares. [Obs.] --Raleigh. 3. community; fellowship; association. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participative \Par*tic"i*pa*tive\, a. [Cf. F. participatif.] Capable of participating. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participator \Par*tic"i*pa`tor\, n. [L.] One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participial \Par`ti*cip"i*al\, a. [L. participialis: cf. E. participal. See {Participle}.] Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun. --Lowth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participial \Par`ti*cip"i*al\, n. A participial word. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participialize \Par`ti*cip"i*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Participialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participializing}.] To form into, or put in the form of, a participle. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participialize \Par`ti*cip"i*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Participialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participializing}.] To form into, or put in the form of, a participle. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participialize \Par`ti*cip"i*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Participialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participializing}.] To form into, or put in the form of, a participle. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participially \Par`ti*cip"i*al*ly\, adv. In the sense or manner of a participle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Participle \Par"ti*ci*ple\, n. [F. participe, L. participium, fr. particeps sharing, participant; pars, gen. partis, a part + capere to take. See {Participate}.] 1. (Gram.) A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles. By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect. --Earle. Note: Present participles, called also imperfect, or incomplete, participles, end in -ing. Past participles, called also perfect, or complete, participles, for the most part end in -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n. A participle when used merely as an attribute of a noun, without reference to time, is called an adjective, or a participial adjective; as, a written constitution; a rolling stone; the exhausted army. The verbal noun in -ing has the form of the present participle. See {Verbal noun}, under {Verbal}, a. 2. Anything that partakes of the nature of different things. [Obs.] The participles or confines between plants and living creatures. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particle \Par"ti*cle\, n. [L. particula, dim of pars, gen partis, a part: cf. F. particule. See {Part}, and cf. {Parcel}.] 1. A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust. The small size of atoms which unite To make the smallest particle of light. --Blackmore. 2. Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue. The houses had not given their commissioners authority in the least particle to recede. --Clarendon. 3. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A crumb or little piece of concecrated host. (b) The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity. --Bp. Fitzpatrick. 4. (Gram.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Integrant \In"te*grant\, a. [L. integrans, -antis, p. pr. of integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. int[82]grant. See {Integrate}.] Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral. --Boyle. All these are integrant parts of the republic. --Burke. {Integrant parts}, [or] {particles}, of bodies, those smaller particles into which a body may be reduced without loss of its original constitution, as by mechanical division. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particolored \Par"ti*col`ored\, a. Same as {Party-colored}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Party-colored \Par"ty-col`ored\, Parti-colored \Par"ti-col`ored\ , a. Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower. [bd]Parti-colored lambs.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particolored \Par"ti*col`ored\, a. Same as {Party-colored}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Party-colored \Par"ty-col`ored\, Parti-colored \Par"ti-col`ored\ , a. Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower. [bd]Parti-colored lambs.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier, L. particularis. See {Particle}.] 1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation. --Shak. [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. --Shak. Seken in every halk and every herne Particular sciences for to lerne. --Chaucer. 2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular. [bd]Thine own particular wrongs.[b8] --Shak. Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth. --Bacon. 3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party. 4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress. 5. (Law) (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder. (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. --Blackstone. 6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise. {Particular average}. See under {Average}. {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a particular or individual election and reprobation. {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, that particular thing. {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act, and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of the human race. See {Calvinism}. Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar; especial; exact; specific; precise; critical; circumstantial. See {Minute}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, n. 1. A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story. Particulars which it is not lawful for me to reveal. --Bacon. It is the greatest interest of particulars to advance the good of the community. --L'Estrange. 2. Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc. [Obs.] For his particular I'll receive him gladly. --Shak. If the particulars of each person be considered. --Milton. Temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public . . . or such as concern our particular. --Whole Duty of Man. 3. (Law) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises. The reader has a particular of the books wherein this law was written. --Ayliffe. {Bill of particulars}. See under {Bill}. {In particular}, specially; peculiarly. [bd]This, in particular, happens to the lungs.[b8] --Blackmore. {To go into particulars}, to relate or describe in detail or minutely. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier, L. particularis. See {Particle}.] 1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation. --Shak. [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. --Shak. Seken in every halk and every herne Particular sciences for to lerne. --Chaucer. 2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular. [bd]Thine own particular wrongs.[b8] --Shak. Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth. --Bacon. 3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party. 4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress. 5. (Law) (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder. (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. --Blackstone. 6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise. {Particular average}. See under {Average}. {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a particular or individual election and reprobation. {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, that particular thing. {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act, and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of the human race. See {Calvinism}. Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar; especial; exact; specific; precise; critical; circumstantial. See {Minute}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Average \Av"er*age\, n. [OF. average, LL. averagium, prob. fr. OF. aver, F. avoir, property, horses, cattle, etc.; prop. infin., to have, from L. habere to have. Cf. F. av[82]rage small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perh. the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf. {Aver}, n., {Avercorn}, {Averpenny}.] 1. (OLd Eng. Law) That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc. 2. [Cf. F. avarie damage to ship or cargo.] (Com.) (a) A tariff or duty on goods, etc. [Obs.] (b) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped. (c) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils. (d) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested. {General average}, a contribution made, by all parties concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called general average, because it falls upon the gross amount of ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the sacrifice. --Kent. {Particular average} signifies the damage or partial loss happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in consequence of some fortuitous or unavoidable accident; and it is borne by the individual owners of the articles damaged, or by their insurers. {Petty averages} are sundry small charges, which occur regularly, and are necessarily defrayed by the master in the usual course of a voyage; such as port charges, common pilotage, and the like, which formerly were, and in some cases still are, borne partly by the ship and partly by the cargo. In the clause commonly found in bills of lading, [bd]primage and average accustomed,[b8] average means a kind of composition established by usage for such charges, which were formerly assessed by way of average. --Arnould. --Abbott. --Phillips. 3. A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10. 4. Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc. [bd]The average of sensations.[b8] --Paley. 5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. {On an average}, taking the mean of unequal numbers or quantities. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier, L. particularis. See {Particle}.] 1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation. --Shak. [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. --Shak. Seken in every halk and every herne Particular sciences for to lerne. --Chaucer. 2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular. [bd]Thine own particular wrongs.[b8] --Shak. Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth. --Bacon. 3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party. 4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress. 5. (Law) (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder. (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. --Blackstone. 6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise. {Particular average}. See under {Average}. {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a particular or individual election and reprobation. {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, that particular thing. {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act, and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of the human race. See {Calvinism}. Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar; especial; exact; specific; precise; critical; circumstantial. See {Minute}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Custom \Cus"tom\ (k[ucr]s"t[ucr]m), n. [OF. custume, costume, Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL. consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr. consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prob. originally, to make one's own, fr. the root of suus one's own; akin to E. so, adv. Cf. {Consuetude}, {Costume}.] 1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living. And teach customs which are not lawful. --Acts xvi. 21. Moved beyond his custom, Gama said. --Tennyson. A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. --Shak. 2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support. Let him have your custom, but not your votes. --Addison. 3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See {Usage}, and {Prescription}. Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no custom without usage, though there may be usage without custom. --Wharton. 4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.] Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. --Shak. {Custom of merchants}, a system or code of customs by which affairs of commerce are regulated. {General customs}, those which extend over a state or kingdom. {Particular customs}, those which are limited to a city or district; as, the customs of London. Syn: Practice; fashion. See {Habit}, and {Usage}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier, L. particularis. See {Particle}.] 1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation. --Shak. [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. --Shak. Seken in every halk and every herne Particular sciences for to lerne. --Chaucer. 2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular. [bd]Thine own particular wrongs.[b8] --Shak. Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth. --Bacon. 3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party. 4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress. 5. (Law) (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder. (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. --Blackstone. 6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise. {Particular average}. See under {Average}. {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a particular or individual election and reprobation. {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, that particular thing. {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act, and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of the human race. See {Calvinism}. Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar; especial; exact; specific; precise; critical; circumstantial. See {Minute}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier, L. particularis. See {Particle}.] 1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation. --Shak. [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. --Shak. Seken in every halk and every herne Particular sciences for to lerne. --Chaucer. 2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular. [bd]Thine own particular wrongs.[b8] --Shak. Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth. --Bacon. 3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party. 4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress. 5. (Law) (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder. (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. --Blackstone. 6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise. {Particular average}. See under {Average}. {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a particular or individual election and reprobation. {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, that particular thing. {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act, and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of the human race. See {Calvinism}. Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar; especial; exact; specific; precise; critical; circumstantial. See {Minute}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Theorem \The"o*rem\, n. [L. theorema, Gr. [?] a sight, speculation, theory, theorem, fr. [?] to look at, [?] a spectator: cf. F. th[82]or[8a]me. See {Theory}.] 1. That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule. Not theories, but theorems ([?]), the intelligible products of contemplation, intellectual objects in the mind, and of and for the mind exclusively. --Coleridge. By the theorems, Which your polite and terser gallants practice, I re-refine the court, and civilize Their barbarous natures. --Massinger. 2. (Math.) A statement of a principle to be demonstrated. Note: A theorem is something to be proved, and is thus distinguished from a problem, which is something to be solved. In analysis, the term is sometimes applied to a rule, especially a rule or statement of relations expressed in a formula or by symbols; as, the binomial theorem; Taylor's theorem. See the Note under {Proposition}, n., 5. {Binomial theorem}. (Math.) See under {Binomial}. {Negative theorem}, a theorem which expresses the impossibility of any assertion. {Particular theorem} (Math.), a theorem which extends only to a particular quantity. {Theorem of Pappus}. (Math.) See {Centrobaric method}, under {Centrobaric}. {Universal theorem} (Math.), a theorem which extends to any quantity without restriction. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularism \Par*tic"u*lar*ism\, n. [Cf. F. particularisme.] 1. A minute description; a detailed statement. [R.] 2. (Theol.) The doctrine of particular election. 3. (German Politics) Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularist \Par*tic"u*lar*ist\, n. [Cf. F. particulariste.] One who holds to particularism. -- {Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularist \Par*tic"u*lar*ist\, n. [Cf. F. particulariste.] One who holds to particularism. -- {Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularity \Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Particularities}. [Cf. F. particularit[82].] 1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. 2. That which is particular; as: (a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. [bd]An old heathen altar with this particularity.[b8] --Addison. (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. [bd]Even descending to particularities.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. (c) Something of special or private concern or interest. Let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease! --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularity \Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Particularities}. [Cf. F. particularit[82].] 1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. 2. That which is particular; as: (a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. [bd]An old heathen altar with this particularity.[b8] --Addison. (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. [bd]Even descending to particularities.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. (c) Something of special or private concern or interest. Let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease! --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularization \Par*tic`u*lar*i*za"tion\, n. The act of particularizing. --Coleridge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularize \Par*tic"u*lar*ize\, v. i. To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularize \Par*tic"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Particularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Particularizing}.] [Cf. F. particulariser.] To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail. He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. --Atterbury. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularize \Par*tic"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Particularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Particularizing}.] [Cf. F. particulariser.] To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail. He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. --Atterbury. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularize \Par*tic"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Particularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Particularizing}.] [Cf. F. particulariser.] To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail. He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. --Atterbury. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularly \Par*tic"u*lar*ly\, adv. 1. In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly. 2. In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure. The exact propriety of Virgil I particularly regarded as a great part of his character. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particularment \Par*tic"u*lar*ment\, n. A particular; a detail. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particulate \Par*tic"u*late\, v. t. & i. [See {Particle}.] To particularize. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Particulate \Par*tic"u*late\, a. 1. Having the form of a particle. 2. Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc. [R.] The smallpox is a particulate disease. --Tyndall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Party \Par"ty\, n.; pl. {Parties}. [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See {Part}, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] [bd]The most party of the time.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. It the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. 8. Cause; side; interest. Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] Note: [bd]For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession.[b8] --Fitzed. Hall. {Party jury} (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. {Party man}, a partisan. --Swift. {Party spirit}, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. {Party verdict}, a joint verdict. --Shak. {Party wall}. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partisan \Par"ti*san\, n. [F., fr. It. partigiano. See {Party}, and cf. {Partisan} a truncheon.] [Written also {partizan}.] 1. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest. [bd]The violence of a partisan.[b8] --Macaulay. Both sides had their partisans in the colony. --Jefferson. 2. (Mil.) (a) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy. (b) Any member of such a corps. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partisan \Par"ti*san\, a. [Written also partizan.] 1. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal. 2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps. {Partisan ranger} (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partisan \Par"ti*san\, n. [F. pertuisane, prob. fr. It. partigiana, influenced in French by OF. pertuisier to pierce. It was prob. so named as the weapon of some partisans, or party men. Cf. {Partisan} one of a corps of light troops.] A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff. And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partisan \Par"ti*san\, a. [Written also partizan.] 1. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal. 2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps. {Partisan ranger} (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partisanship \Par"ti*san*ship\, n. The state of being a partisan, or adherent to a party; feelings or conduct appropriate to a partisan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partisan \Par"ti*san\, n. [F., fr. It. partigiano. See {Party}, and cf. {Partisan} a truncheon.] [Written also {partizan}.] 1. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest. [bd]The violence of a partisan.[b8] --Macaulay. Both sides had their partisans in the colony. --Jefferson. 2. (Mil.) (a) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy. (b) Any member of such a corps. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partook \Par*took"\, imp. of {Partake}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partake \Par*take"\, v. i. [imp. {Partook}; p. p. {Partaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Partaking}.] [Part + take.] 1. To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with others. [bd]Brutes partake in this faculty.[b8] --Locke. When I against myself with thee partake. --Shak. 2. To have something of the properties, character, or office; -- usually followed by of. The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Party \Par"ty\, n.; pl. {Parties}. [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See {Part}, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] [bd]The most party of the time.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. It the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. 8. Cause; side; interest. Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] Note: [bd]For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession.[b8] --Fitzed. Hall. {Party jury} (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. {Party man}, a partisan. --Swift. {Party spirit}, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. {Party verdict}, a joint verdict. --Shak. {Party wall}. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Party \Par"ty\, n.; pl. {Parties}. [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See {Part}, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] [bd]The most party of the time.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. It the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. 8. Cause; side; interest. Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] Note: [bd]For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession.[b8] --Fitzed. Hall. {Party jury} (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. {Party man}, a partisan. --Swift. {Party spirit}, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. {Party verdict}, a joint verdict. --Shak. {Party wall}. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Party-coated \Par"ty-coat`ed\, a. Having a motley coat, or coat of divers colors. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Party-colored \Par"ty-col`ored\, Parti-colored \Par"ti-col`ored\ , a. Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower. [bd]Parti-colored lambs.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partyism \Par"ty*ism\, n. Devotion to party. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Perdicine \Per"di*cine\, a. [See {Perdix}.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the family {Perdicid[91]}, or partridges. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ynambu \Y*nam"bu\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American tinamou ({Rhynchotus rufescens}); -- called also {perdiz grande}, and {rufous tinamou}. See Illust. of {Tinamou}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Perid2ci \[d8]Per`i*[d2]"ci\, Perid2cians \Per`i*[d2]"cians\, n. pl. [NL. perioeci, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] around + [?] house, dwelling.] Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it is midnight in the other. Compare {Ant[d2]ci}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodic \Per`i*od"ic\, a. [Pref. per- + iodic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO[?]) of iodine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodic \Pe`ri*od"ic\, Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, a. [L. periodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riodique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. --Sir J. Herschel. 2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun. 3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics. The periodic return of a plant's flowering. --Henslow. To influence opinion through the periodical press. --Courthope. 4. (Rhet.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. {Periodic comet} (Astron.), a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. {Periodic function} (Math.), a function whose values recur at fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are periodic functions. Exponential functions are also periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic functions have not only a real but an imaginary period, and are hence called doubly periodic. {Periodic law} (Chem.), the generalization that the properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions of their atomic wieghts. [bd]In other words, if the elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights, it will be found that nearly the same properties recur periodically throughout the entire series.[b8] The following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III., IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable existence of unknown elements. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodic \Pe`ri*od"ic\, Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, a. [L. periodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riodique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. --Sir J. Herschel. 2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun. 3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics. The periodic return of a plant's flowering. --Henslow. To influence opinion through the periodical press. --Courthope. 4. (Rhet.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. {Periodic comet} (Astron.), a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. {Periodic function} (Math.), a function whose values recur at fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are periodic functions. Exponential functions are also periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic functions have not only a real but an imaginary period, and are hence called doubly periodic. {Periodic law} (Chem.), the generalization that the properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions of their atomic wieghts. [bd]In other words, if the elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights, it will be found that nearly the same properties recur periodically throughout the entire series.[b8] The following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III., IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable existence of unknown elements. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodic \Pe`ri*od"ic\, Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, a. [L. periodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riodique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. --Sir J. Herschel. 2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun. 3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics. The periodic return of a plant's flowering. --Henslow. To influence opinion through the periodical press. --Courthope. 4. (Rhet.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. {Periodic comet} (Astron.), a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. {Periodic function} (Math.), a function whose values recur at fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are periodic functions. Exponential functions are also periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic functions have not only a real but an imaginary period, and are hence called doubly periodic. {Periodic law} (Chem.), the generalization that the properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions of their atomic wieghts. [bd]In other words, if the elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights, it will be found that nearly the same properties recur periodically throughout the entire series.[b8] The following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III., IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable existence of unknown elements. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}. {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under {International}. {Law of nature}. (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See {Law}, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages. {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the land. {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}. {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by external force. (2) Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction in which the force is impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions. {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea, such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like. --Bouvier. {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above). {Martial law}.See under {Martial}. {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state in peace and war, and administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's Blackstone. {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2. {Mosaic}, [or] {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3. {Municipal}, [or] {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1. {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}. {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded by them. See {Civil law} (above). {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive enactments of the legislative body. {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}. {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute some one. {To} {take, [or] have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor. --Addison. {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}. Syn: Justice; equity. Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict}, {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with reference to, or in connection with, the other words here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of justice. A regulation is a limited and often, temporary law, intended to secure some particular end or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A decree is a permanent order either of a court or of the executive government. See {Justice}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodic \Pe`ri*od"ic\, Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, a. [L. periodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riodique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. --Sir J. Herschel. 2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun. 3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics. The periodic return of a plant's flowering. --Henslow. To influence opinion through the periodical press. --Courthope. 4. (Rhet.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. {Periodic comet} (Astron.), a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. {Periodic function} (Math.), a function whose values recur at fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are periodic functions. Exponential functions are also periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic functions have not only a real but an imaginary period, and are hence called doubly periodic. {Periodic law} (Chem.), the generalization that the properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions of their atomic wieghts. [bd]In other words, if the elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights, it will be found that nearly the same properties recur periodically throughout the entire series.[b8] The following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III., IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable existence of unknown elements. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
TABLE OF THE PERIODIC LAW OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS (The vertical columns contain the periodic groups) Series1[ 2[ 3[ 4[ 5[ 6[ 7[ 8[ 9[ 10[ 11[ 12[ -------------------------------------------------------------- |I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. | RH4 RH3 RH3 RH |R2O RO R3O3 RO2 R2O5 RO3 R2O7 RO4 -------------------------------------------------------------- H 1 Li 7 Na 23 K 39 (Cu) 63 Rb 85.2 (Ag) (108) Cs 133 (-) (-) (Au) (197) (-) --------------------------------------------------------------- Note: A similar relation had been enunciated in a crude way by Newlands; but the law in its effective form was developed and elaborated by Mendelejeff, whence it is sometimes called {Mendelejeff's law}. Important extensions of it were also made by L. Meyer. By this means Mendelejeff predicted with remarkable accuracy the hypothetical elements ekaboron, ekaluminium, and ekasilicon, afterwards discovered and named respectively scandium, gallium, and germanium. {Periodic star} (Astron.), a variable star whose changes of brightness recur at fixed periods. {Periodic time of a heavenly body} (Astron.), the time of a complete revolution of the body about the sun, or of a satellite about its primary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
TABLE OF THE PERIODIC LAW OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS (The vertical columns contain the periodic groups) Series1[ 2[ 3[ 4[ 5[ 6[ 7[ 8[ 9[ 10[ 11[ 12[ -------------------------------------------------------------- |I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. | RH4 RH3 RH3 RH |R2O RO R3O3 RO2 R2O5 RO3 R2O7 RO4 -------------------------------------------------------------- H 1 Li 7 Na 23 K 39 (Cu) 63 Rb 85.2 (Ag) (108) Cs 133 (-) (-) (Au) (197) (-) --------------------------------------------------------------- Note: A similar relation had been enunciated in a crude way by Newlands; but the law in its effective form was developed and elaborated by Mendelejeff, whence it is sometimes called {Mendelejeff's law}. Important extensions of it were also made by L. Meyer. By this means Mendelejeff predicted with remarkable accuracy the hypothetical elements ekaboron, ekaluminium, and ekasilicon, afterwards discovered and named respectively scandium, gallium, and germanium. {Periodic star} (Astron.), a variable star whose changes of brightness recur at fixed periods. {Periodic time of a heavenly body} (Astron.), the time of a complete revolution of the body about the sun, or of a satellite about its primary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodic \Pe`ri*od"ic\, Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, a. [L. periodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riodique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. --Sir J. Herschel. 2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun. 3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics. The periodic return of a plant's flowering. --Henslow. To influence opinion through the periodical press. --Courthope. 4. (Rhet.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. {Periodic comet} (Astron.), a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. {Periodic function} (Math.), a function whose values recur at fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are periodic functions. Exponential functions are also periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic functions have not only a real but an imaginary period, and are hence called doubly periodic. {Periodic law} (Chem.), the generalization that the properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions of their atomic wieghts. [bd]In other words, if the elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights, it will be found that nearly the same properties recur periodically throughout the entire series.[b8] The following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III., IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable existence of unknown elements. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, n. A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or regular intervals. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Blazing star}, {Double star}, {Multiple star}, {Shooting star}, etc. See under {Blazing}, {Double}, etc. {Nebulous star} (Astron.), a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. {Star anise} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so called from its star-shaped capsules. {Star apple} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order ({Sapotace[91]}) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family. {Star conner}, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne. {Star coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to {Astr[91]a}, {Orbicella}, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa. {Star cucumber}. (Bot.) See under {Cucumber}. {Star flower}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Ornithogalum}; star-of-Bethlehem. (b) See {Starwort} (b) . (c) An American plant of the genus {Trientalis} ({Trientalis Americana}). --Gray. {Star fort} (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles; -- whence the name. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun. {Star grass}. (Bot.) (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta}) having star-shaped yellow flowers. (b) The colicroot. See {Colicroot}. {Star hyacinth} (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla} ({S. autumnalis}); -- called also {star-headed hyacinth}. {Star jelly} (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants ({Nostoc commune}, {N. edule}, etc.). See {Nostoc}. {Star lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stellion}. {Star-of-Bethlehem} (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant ({Ornithogalum umbellatum}) having a small white starlike flower. {Star-of-the-earth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Plantago} ({P. coronopus}), growing upon the seashore. {Star polygon} (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. {Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster. {Star showers}. See {Shooting star}, under {Shooting}. {Star thistle} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with radiating spines. {Star wheel} (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines. {Star worm} (Zo[94]l.), a gephyrean. {Temporary star} (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly, shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears. These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods. {Variable star} (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes irregularly; -- called {periodical star} when its changes occur at fixed periods. {Water star grass} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [f4]er, AS. ge[a0]r; akin to OFries. i[?]r, g[?]r, D. jaar, OHG. j[be]r, G. jahr, Icel. [be]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [86]r, Goth. j[?]r, Gr. [?] a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, [?] a year, Zend y[be]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. {Hour}, {Yore}.] 1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see {Bissextile}). Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer. Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued throughout the British dominions till the year 1752. 2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn. 3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak. {Anomalistic year}, the time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds. {A year's mind} (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A month's mind}, under {Month}. {Bissextile year}. See {Bissextile}. {Canicular year}. See under {Canicular}. {Civil year}, the year adopted by any nation for the computation of time. {Common lunar year}, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354 days. {Common year}, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from leap year. {Embolismic year}, [or] {Intercalary lunar year}, the period of 13 lunar months, or 384 days. {Fiscal year} (Com.), the year by which accounts are reckoned, or the year between one annual time of settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another. {Great year}. See {Platonic year}, under {Platonic}. {Gregorian year}, {Julian year}. See under {Gregorian}, and {Julian}. {Leap year}. See {Leap year}, in the Vocabulary. {Lunar astronomical year}, the period of 12 lunar synodical months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds. {Lunisolar year}. See under {Lunisolar}. {Periodical year}. See {Anomalistic year}, above. {Platonic year}, {Sabbatical year}. See under {Platonic}, and {Sabbatical}. {Sidereal year}, the time in which the sun, departing from any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds. {Tropical year}. See under {Tropical}. {Year and a day} (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an act or an event, in order that an entire year might be secured beyond all question. --Abbott. {Year of grace}, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini; A. D. or a. d. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anomalistic \A*nom`a*lis"tic\, Anomalistical \A*nom`a*lis"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anomalistique.] 1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules. 2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. {Anomalistic month}. See under {Month}. {Anomalistic revolution}, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. {Anomalistic}, or {Periodical year}. See under {Year}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodicalist \Pe`ri*od"ic*al*ist\, n. One who publishes, or writes for, a periodical. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodically \Pe`ri*od"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a periodical manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodicalness \Pe`ri*od"ic*al*ness\, n. Periodicity. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodicity \Pe`ri*o*dic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Periodicities}. [Cf. F. p[82]riodicit[82].] The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants. --Henfrey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodicity \Pe`ri*o*dic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Periodicities}. [Cf. F. p[82]riodicit[82].] The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants. --Henfrey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periodoscope \Pe`ri*od"o*scope\, n. [Period + -scope.] (Med.) A table or other means for calculating the periodical functions of women. --Dunglison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Periotic \Per`i*o"tic\, a. [Pref. peri- + Gr. [?], [?], the ear.] (Anat.) Surrounding, or pertaining to the region surrounding, the internal ear; as, the periotic capsule. -- n. A periotic bone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Potto \[d8]Pot"to\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A nocturnal mammal ({Perodictius potto}) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also {aposoro}, and {bush dog}. (b) The kinkajou. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Persulphocyanogen \Per*sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.) An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also {pseudosulphocyanogen}, {perthiocyanogen}, and formerly {sulphocyanogen}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Perthiocyanogen \Per*thi`o*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.) Same as {Persulphocyanogen}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Persulphocyanogen \Per*sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.) An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also {pseudosulphocyanogen}, {perthiocyanogen}, and formerly {sulphocyanogen}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Perthiocyanogen \Per*thi`o*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.) Same as {Persulphocyanogen}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pertusate \Per*tus"ate\, a. [See {Pertuse}.] (Bot.) Pierced at the apex. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pertuse \Per*tuse"\, Pertused \Per*tused"\, a. [L. pertusus, p. p. of pertundere to beat or thrust through, to bore through; per + tundere to beat: cf. F. pertus. Cf. {Pierce}.] Punched; pierced with, or having, holes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pertuse \Per*tuse"\, Pertused \Per*tused"\, a. [L. pertusus, p. p. of pertundere to beat or thrust through, to bore through; per + tundere to beat: cf. F. pertus. Cf. {Pierce}.] Punched; pierced with, or having, holes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pertusion \Per*tu"sion\, n. [L. pertusio.] The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein. [R.] --Arbuthnot. 2. A punched hole; a perforation. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Phreatic \Phre*at"ic\, a. [F. phr[82]atique, from Gr. [?], [?], a well.] (Geol.) Subterranean; -- applied to sources supplying wells. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piratic \Pi*rat"ic\, a. Piratical. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piratical \Pi*rat"ic*al\, a. [L. piraticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. piratique.] Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking. [bd]Piratical printers.[b8] --Pope. -- {Pi*rat"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piratical \Pi*rat"ic*al\, a. [L. piraticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. piratique.] Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking. [bd]Piratical printers.[b8] --Pope. -- {Pi*rat"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Porotic \Po*rot"ic\, n. [Gr. [?] callus.] (Med.) A medicine supposed to promote the formation of callus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Porridge \Por"ridge\, n. [Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh. influenced by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porr[82]e, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See {Pottage}, and cf. {Porringer}.] A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads. --Shak. We are in port if we have Thee. --Keble. 2. In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages. {Free port}. See under {Free}. {Port bar}. (Naut,) (a) A boom. See {Boom}, 4, also {Bar}, 3. (b) A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port. {Port charges} (Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor. {Port of entry}, a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise. {Port toll} (Law), a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into port. {Port warden}, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shark \Shark\, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. {Shark}, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas. Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly belong to the genera {Carcharhinus}, {Carcharodon}, and related genera. They have several rows of large sharp teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark ({Carcharodon carcharias, [or] Rondeleti}) of tropical seas, and the great blue shark ({Carcharhinus glaucus}) of all tropical and temperate seas. The former sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating shark of the United States coast ({Charcarodon Atwoodi}) is thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of {C. carcharias}. The dusky shark ({Carcharhinus obscurus}), and the smaller blue shark ({C. caudatus}), both common species on the coast of the United States, are of moderate size and not dangerous. They feed on shellfish and bottom fishes. 2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [Colloq.] 3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark. [Obs.] --South. {Baskin shark}, {Liver shark}, {Nurse shark}, {Oil shark}, {Sand shark}, {Tiger shark}, etc. See under {Basking}, {Liver}, etc. See also {Dogfish}, {Houndfish}, {Notidanian}, and {Tope}. {Gray shark}, the sand shark. {Hammer-headed shark}. See {Hammerhead}. {Port Jackson shark}. See {Cestraciont}. {Shark barrow}, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse. {Shark ray}. Same as {Angel fish} (a), under {Angel}. {Thrasher} shark, [or] {Thresher shark}, a large, voracious shark. See {Thrasher}. {Whale shark}, a huge harmless shark ({Rhinodon typicus}) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portace \Por"tace\ (?; 48), n. See {Portass}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portace \Por"tace\ (?; 48), n. See {Portass}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portage \Port"age\ (?; 48), n. [From 2d {Port}.] (Naut.) (a) A sailor's wages when in port. (b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portage \Port"age\, n. [3d {Port}.] A porthole. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portage \Por"tage\, n. [F., from porter to carry. See {Port} to carry.] 1. The act of carrying or transporting. 2. The price of carriage; porterage. --Bp. Fell. 3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] --Hakluyt. 4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d {Carry}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portage \Por"tage\, v. t. & i. To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portage group \Por"tage group`\ [So called from the township of Portage in New York.] (Geol.) A subdivision of the Chemung period in American geology. See Chart of {Geology}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portague \Por"ta*gue\, n. [See {Portuguese}.] A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also {portegue} and {portigue}.] Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls. --Marlowe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portcluse \Port"cluse\, n. A portcullis. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portcrayon \Port`cray"on\, n. [F. porte-crayon; porter to carry + crayon a crayon.] A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, n. [OF. porte coulisse, cole[8b]ce, a sliding door, fr. L. colare, colatum, to filter, to strain: cf. F. couler to glide. See {Port} a gate, and cf. {Cullis}, {Colander}.] 1. (Fort.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy. [bd]Let the portcullis fall.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. --Milton. 2. An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portcullised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portcullising}.] To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. [R.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portcullised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portcullising}.] To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. [R.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portcullised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portcullising}.] To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. [R.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Carriage \Car"riage\, n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See {Carry}.] 1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.] David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. --1. Sam. xvii. 22. And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. --Acts. xxi. 15. 2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying. Nine days employed in carriage. --Chapman. 3. The price or expense of carrying. 4. That which carries of conveys, as: (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort. (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage. (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part. (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage. 5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners. His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. --Stirling. 6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management. The passage and whole carriage of this action. --Shak. {Carriage horse}, a horse kept for drawing a carriage. {Carriage porch} (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States {porte-coch[8a]re}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portague \Por"ta*gue\, n. [See {Portuguese}.] A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also {portegue} and {portigue}.] Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls. --Marlowe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portegue \Por"te*gue\, n. See {Portague}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portague \Por"ta*gue\, n. [See {Portuguese}.] A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also {portegue} and {portigue}.] Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls. --Marlowe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portegue \Por"te*gue\, n. See {Portague}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portesse \Por"tesse\, n. See {Porteass}. [Obs.] --Tyndale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portesse \Por"tesse\, n. See {Porteass}. [Obs.] --Tyndale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portglave \Port"glave\, n. [F. porte-glaive; porter to carry + glaive a sword.] A sword bearer. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portgreve \Port"greve`\, Portgrave \Port"grave`\, [AS. portger[c7]fa; port a harbor + ger[c7]fa a reeve or sheriff. See {Reeve} a steward, and cf. {Portreeve}.] In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve. [Obs.] --Fabyan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portgreve \Port"greve`\, Portgrave \Port"grave`\, [AS. portger[c7]fa; port a harbor + ger[c7]fa a reeve or sheriff. See {Reeve} a steward, and cf. {Portreeve}.] In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve. [Obs.] --Fabyan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Porthook \Port"hook`\, n. (Naut.) One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached. --J. Knowles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portico \Por"ti*co\, n.; pl. {Porticoes}or {Porticos}. [It., L. porticus. See {Porch}.] (Arch.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Porticoed \Por"ti*coed\, a. Furnished with a portico. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portico \Por"ti*co\, n.; pl. {Porticoes}or {Porticos}. [It., L. porticus. See {Porch}.] (Arch.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portico \Por"ti*co\, n.; pl. {Porticoes}or {Porticos}. [It., L. porticus. See {Porch}.] (Arch.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portague \Por"ta*gue\, n. [See {Portuguese}.] A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also {portegue} and {portigue}.] Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls. --Marlowe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portigue \Por"ti*gue\, n. See {Portague}. --Beau. & Fl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portague \Por"ta*gue\, n. [See {Portuguese}.] A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also {portegue} and {portigue}.] Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls. --Marlowe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portigue \Por"ti*gue\, n. See {Portague}. --Beau. & Fl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portise \Por"tise\, n. See {Portass}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portise \Por"tise\, n. See {Portass}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portoise \Por"toise\, n. [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative, portable.] (Naut.) The gunwale of a ship. {To lower the yards a-portoise}, to lower them to the gunwale. {To ride a portoise}, to ride an anchor with the lower yards and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portos \Por"tos\, n. See {Portass}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portos \Por"tos\, n. See {Portass}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portsale \Port"sale`\, n. [Port gate + sale.] Public or open sale; auction. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({L. nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also {sweet bay}. Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce. Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below. 2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels. 3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel. {Laurel water}, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process. {American laurel}, [or] {Mountain laurel}, {Kalmia latifolia}. See under {Mountain}. {California laurel}, {Umbellularia Californica}. {Cherry laurel} (in England called {laurel}). See under {Cherry}. {Great laurel}, the rosebay ({Rhododendron maximum}). {Ground laurel}, trailing arbutus. {New Zealand laurel}, {Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}. {Portugal laurel}, the {Prunus Lusitanica}. {Rose laurel}, the oleander. See {Oleander}. {Sheep laurel}, a poisonous shrub, {Kalmia angustifolia}, smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder flowers. {Spurge laurel}, {Daphne Laureola}. {West Indian laurel}, {Prunus occidentalis}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portuguese \Por"tu*guese\, a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues, Pg. portuguez.] Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal. {Portuguese man-of-war}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Physalia}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portuguese \Por"tu*guese\, a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues, Pg. portuguez.] Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal. {Portuguese man-of-war}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Physalia}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Manofwar \Man`*of*war"\, n; pl. {Men-of-war}. A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. {Man-of-war bird} (Zo[94]l.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. {Man-of-war hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Man-of-war's man}, a sailor serving in a ship of war. {Portuguese man-of-war} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Physalia}. See {Physalia}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace}, {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos}, {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pr91texta \Pr[91]*tex"ta\, n.; pl. {Pr[91]text[91]}, E. {Pr[91]textas}. [L. (sc. toga), fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before + texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pr91texta \Pr[91]*tex"ta\, n.; pl. {Pr[91]text[91]}, E. {Pr[91]textas}. [L. (sc. toga), fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before + texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pr91texta \Pr[91]*tex"ta\, n.; pl. {Pr[91]text[91]}, E. {Pr[91]textas}. [L. (sc. toga), fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before + texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pratic \Prat"ic\, n. See {Pratique}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pratique \Prat"ique\, n. [F.; cf. It. pratica, Sp. practica. See {Practice}.] 1. (Com.) Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; hence, a certificate, given after compliance with quarantine regulations, permitting a ship to land passengers and crew; -- a term used particularly in the south of Europe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Preadjustment \Pre`ad*just"ment\, n. Previous adjustment. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Preataxic \Pre`a*tax"ic\, a. (Med.) Occurring before the symptom ataxia has developed; -- applied to the early symptoms of locomotor ataxia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predacean \Pre*da"cean\, n. [L. praeda prey.] (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal. --Kirby. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predaceous \Pre*da"ceous\, a. [L. praeda prey. See {Prey}.] Living by prey; predatory. --Derham. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predecay \Pre"de*cay`\, n. Premature decay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predecease \Pre`de*cease\, v. t. To die sooner than. [bd]If children predecease progenitors.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predecease \Pre"de*cease`\, n. The death of one person or thing before another. [R.] --Brougham. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predecessive \Pred`e*ces"sive\, a. Going before; preceding. [bd]Our predecessive students.[b8] --Massinger. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predecessor \Pred`e*ces"sor\ (?; 277), n. [L. praedecessor; prae before + decessor one who withdraws from the province he has governed, a retiring officer (with reference to his successor), a predecessor, fr. decedere: cf. F. pr[82]d[82]cesseur. See {Decease}.] One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had been over the interests of the state. --Prescott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predeclare \Pre`de*clare"\, v. t. To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce. --Milman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predesign \Pre`de*sign"\, v. t. To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. --Mitford. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predesignate \Pre*des"ig*nate\, a. (Logic) A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestinarian \Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an\, a. Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy. --Waterland. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestinarian \Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an\, n. One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination. --Dr. H. More. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestinarianism \Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an*ism\, n. The system or doctrine of the predestinarians. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestinary \Pre*des"ti*na*ry\, a. Predestinarian. [Obs.] --Heylin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, a. [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See {Destine}.] Predestinated; foreordained; fated. [bd]A predestinate scratched face.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predestinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestinating}.] [Cf. {Predestine}.] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to pre[89]lect. Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. --Rom. viii. 29. Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predestinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestinating}.] [Cf. {Predestine}.] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to pre[89]lect. Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. --Rom. viii. 29. Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predestinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestinating}.] [Cf. {Predestine}.] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to pre[89]lect. Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. --Rom. viii. 29. Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestination \Pre*des`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. praedestinatio: cf. F. pr[82]destination.] 1. The act of predestinating. Predestination had overruled their will. --Milton. 2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See {Calvinism}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestinative \Pre*des"ti*na*tive\, a. Determining beforehand; predestinating. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestinator \Pre*des"ti*na`tor\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]destinateur.] 1. One who predestinates, or foreordains. 2. One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian. --Cowley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestine \Pre*des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predestined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestining}.] [Cf. F. pr[82]destiner. See {Predestinate}.] To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. --Young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestine \Pre*des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predestined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestining}.] [Cf. F. pr[82]destiner. See {Predestinate}.] To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. --Young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestine \Pre*des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predestined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestining}.] [Cf. F. pr[82]destiner. See {Predestinate}.] To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. --Young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predestiny \Pre*des"ti*ny\, n. Predestination. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prediastolic \Pre*di`as*tol"ic\, a. (Physiol.) Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolic friction sound. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicability \Pred`i*ca*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something. --Reid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicable \Pred"i*ca*ble\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]dicable, L. praedicabilis praiseworthy. See {Predicate}.] Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicable \Pred"i*ca*ble\, n. 1. Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals. 2. (Logic) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicament \Pre*dic"a*ment\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]dicament, L. praedicamentum. See {Predicate}.] 1. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. [bd]O woeful sympathy; piteous predicament![b8] --Shak. 2. (Logic) See {Category}. Syn: Category; condition; state; plight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicamental \Pre*dic`a*men"tal\, a. Of or pertaining to a predicament. --John Hall (1646). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, a. [L. praedicans, -antis, p. pr. of praedicare. See {Predicate}.] Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching. [bd]The Roman predicant orders.[b8] --N. Brit. Rev. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, n. One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Black friar \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also {predicant} and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, a. [L. praedicans, -antis, p. pr. of praedicare. See {Predicate}.] Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching. [bd]The Roman predicant orders.[b8] --N. Brit. Rev. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, n. One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Black friar \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also {predicant} and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, n. [L. praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. pr[82]dicat. See {Predicate}, v. t.] 1. (Logic) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, [bd]Paper is white,[b8] [bd]Ink is not white,[b8] whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink. 2. (Gram.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject. Syn: Affirmation; declaration. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.] Predicated. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See {Preach}.] 1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow. 2. To found; to base. [U.S.] Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain principles; to predicate a statement on information received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of another. [bd]Similitude is not predicated of essences or substances, but of figures and qualities only.[b8] --Cudworth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. i. To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. --Sir M. Hale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See {Preach}.] 1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow. 2. To found; to base. [U.S.] Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain principles; to predicate a statement on information received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of another. [bd]Similitude is not predicated of essences or substances, but of figures and qualities only.[b8] --Cudworth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See {Preach}.] 1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow. 2. To found; to base. [U.S.] Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain principles; to predicate a statement on information received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of another. [bd]Similitude is not predicated of essences or substances, but of figures and qualities only.[b8] --Cudworth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predication \Pred`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. praedicatio: cf. F. pr[82]dication.] 1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. --Locke. 2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicative \Pred"i*ca*tive\, a. [L. praedicativus.] Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. -- {Pred"i*ca*tive*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicative \Pred"i*ca*tive\, a. [L. praedicativus.] Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. -- {Pred"i*ca*tive*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicatory \Pred"i*ca*to*ry\, a. [Cf. L. praedicatorius praising.] Affirmative; positive. --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predicrotic \Pre`di*crot"ic\, a. (Physiol.) A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave. The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard pulse, i. e., where the blood pressure is high. --Landois & Stirling. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predicting}.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See {Diction}, and cf. {Preach}.] To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet. Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predict \Pre*dict"\, n. A prediction. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predictable \Pre*dict"a*ble\, a. That may be predicted. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predicting}.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See {Diction}, and cf. {Preach}.] To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet. Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predicting}.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See {Diction}, and cf. {Preach}.] To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet. Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prediction \Pre*dic"tion\, n. [L. praedictio: cf. F. pr[82]diction.] The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy. The predictions of cold and long winters. --Bacon. Syn: Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury; divination; soothsaying; vaticination. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predictional \Pre*dic"tion*al\, a. Prophetic; prognostic. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predictive \Pre*dict"ive\, a. [L. praedictivus.] Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding. -- {Pre*dict"ive*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predictive \Pre*dict"ive\, a. [L. praedictivus.] Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding. -- {Pre*dict"ive*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predictor \Pre*dict"or\, n. One who predicts; a foreteller. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predictory \Pre*dict"o*ry\, a. Predictive. [R.] --Fuller. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predigest \Pre`di*gest"\, v. t. (Med.) To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predigestion \Pre`di*ges"tion\, n. 1. Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. (Med.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prediscover \Pre`dis*cov"er\, v. t. To discover beforehand. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prediscovery \Pre`dis*cov"er*y\, n. A previous discovery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predisponency \Pre`dis*po"nen*cy\, n. The state of being predisposed; predisposition. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predisponent \Pre`dis*po"nent\, a. Disposing beforehand; predisposing. -- n. That which predisposes. {Predisponent causes}. (Med.) See {Predisposing causes}, under {Predispose}. --Dunglison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predisponent \Pre`dis*po"nent\, a. Disposing beforehand; predisposing. -- n. That which predisposes. {Predisponent causes}. (Med.) See {Predisposing causes}, under {Predispose}. --Dunglison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf. F. pr[82]disposer.] 1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship. 2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease. {Predisposing causes} (Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf. F. pr[82]disposer.] 1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship. 2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease. {Predisposing causes} (Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf. F. pr[82]disposer.] 1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship. 2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease. {Predisposing causes} (Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf. F. pr[82]disposer.] 1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship. 2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease. {Predisposing causes} (Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Predisposition \Pre*dis`po*si"tion\, n.[Pref. pre- + disposition: cf. F. pr[82]disposition.] 1. The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger. 2. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pretex \Pre*tex"\, v. t. [L. praetexere. See {Pretext}.] To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pretext \Pre"text\ (?; 277), n. [F. pr[82]texte, L. praetextum, fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, allege as an excuse; prae before + texere to weave. See {Text}.] Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise. They suck the blood of those they depend on, under a pretext of service and kindness. --L'Estrange. With how much or how little pretext of reason. --Dr. H. More. Syn: Pretense; excuse; semblance; disguise; appearance. See {Pretense}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pretexture \Pre*tex"ture\ (?; 135), n. A pretext. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pretty \Pret"ty\, a. [Compar. {Prettier}; superl. {Prettiest}.] [OE. prati, AS. pr[91]ttig, pr[91]tig, crafty, sly, akin to pr[91]t, pr[91]tt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. practica execution, practice, plot. See {Practice}.] 1. Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem. This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward. --Shak. 2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. [bd]Wavering a pretty while.[b8] --Evelyn. 3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. --Spectator. 4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow. 5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.] [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: Elegant; neat; fine. See {Handsome}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prettyish \Pret"ty*ish\, a. Somewhat pretty. --Walpole. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prettyism \Pret"ty*ism\, n. Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc. [R.] --Ed. Rev. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pretty-spoken \Pret"ty-spo`ken\, a. Spoken or speaking prettily. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pretzel \Pret"zel\, n. [G. pretzel, bretzel. Cf. {Bretzel}.] A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted ring, salted on the outside. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pritch \Pritch\, n. [See {Prick}.] 1. A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear. [Prov. Eng.] 2. Pique; offense. [Obs.] --D. Rogers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pritchel \Pritch"el\, n. A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pro94tic \Pro*[94]"tic\, a. [Pref. pro- + Gr. [?], [?], an ear.] (Anat.) In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. -- n. A pro[94]tic bone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigal \Prod"i*gal\, a. [L. prodigus, from prodigere to drive forth, to squander away; pro forward, forth + agere to drive; cf. F. prodigue. See {Agent}. ] Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses. In fighting fields [patriots] were prodigal of blood. --Dryden. Syn: Profuse; lavish; extravagant; squandering; wasteful. See {Profuse}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigal \Prod"i*gal\, n. One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift. [bd]Noble prodigals of life.[b8] --Trench. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigality \Prod`i*gal"i*ty\, n. [F. prodigalit[82], L. prodigalitas. See {Prodigal}.] Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to {frugality}, {economy}, and {parsimony}.[bd]The prodigality of his wit.[b8] --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigalize \Prod"i*gal*ize\, v. i. To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally. --Sherwood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigalize \Prod"i*gal*ize\, v. t. To expend lavishly. --Ld. Lytton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigally \Prod"i*gal*ly\, adv. In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated. Nature not bounteous now, but lavish grows; Our paths with flowers she prodigally strows. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigate \Prod"i*gate\, v. t. To squander. --Thackeray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigence \Prod"i*gence\, n. [L. prodigentia, fr. prodigens, p. pr. of prodigere. See {Prodigal}. ] Waste; profusion; prodigality. [R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl. {Prodigies}. [ L. prodigium; pro before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. {Adage}. ] 1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies. So many terrors, voices, prodigies, May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. --Milton. 2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning. 3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster. --B. Jonson. Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigious \Pro*di"gious\, a. [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See {Prodigy}.] 1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [Obs. or R.] --Spenser. It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. [bd]Prodigious might.[b8] --Milton. Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigiously \Pro*di"gious*ly\, adv. 1. Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously great. 2. Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased. [Colloq.] --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigiousness \Pro*di"gious*ness\, n. The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl. {Prodigies}. [ L. prodigium; pro before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. {Adage}. ] 1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies. So many terrors, voices, prodigies, May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. --Milton. 2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning. 3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster. --B. Jonson. Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Produced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Producing}.] [L. producere, productum, to bring forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead. See {Duke}.] 1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court. Produce your cause, saith the Lord. --Isa. xli. 21. Your parents did not produce you much into the world. --Swift. 2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain. This soil produces all sorts of palm trees. --Sandys. [They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. -- Milton. The greatest jurist his country had produced. --Macaulay. 3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery. 4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares. 5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit. 6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne. 7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. i. To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Produce \Prod"uce\ (?; 277), n. That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors; hence, specifically, agricultural products. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Produce race \Prod"uce race\ (Horse Racing) A race to be run by the produce of horses named or described at the time of entry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Produced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Producing}.] [L. producere, productum, to bring forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead. See {Duke}.] 1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court. Produce your cause, saith the Lord. --Isa. xli. 21. Your parents did not produce you much into the world. --Swift. 2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain. This soil produces all sorts of palm trees. --Sandys. [They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. -- Milton. The greatest jurist his country had produced. --Macaulay. 3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery. 4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares. 5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit. 6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne. 7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Producement \Pro*duce"ment\, n. Production. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Producent \Pro*du"cent\, n. [L. producens, p. pr.] One who produces, or offers to notice. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Producer \Pro*du"cer\, n. 1. One who produces, brings forth, or generates. 2. One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use. 3. (Iron & Steel Manuf.) A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Producer's goods \Pro*duc"er's goods\ (Polit. Econ.) Goods that satisfy wants only indirectly as factors in the production of other goods, such as tools and raw material; -- called also {instrumental goods}, {auxiliary goods}, {intermediate goods}, or {goods of the second and higher orders}, and disting. from {consumers' goods}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Producer's rent \Producer's rent\ Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. (U. S. Politics) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Producer's surplus \Producer's surplus\ (Polit. Econ.) Any profit above the normal rate of interest and wages accruing to a producer on account of some monopoly (temporary or permanent) of the means or materials of production; -- called also | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Producibility \Pro*du`ci*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being producible. --Barrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Producible \Pro*du"ci*ble\, a. Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth, generated, made, or extended. -- {Pro*du"ci*ble*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Producible \Pro*du"ci*ble\, a. Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth, generated, made, or extended. -- {Pro*du"ci*ble*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Produced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Producing}.] [L. producere, productum, to bring forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead. See {Duke}.] 1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court. Produce your cause, saith the Lord. --Isa. xli. 21. Your parents did not produce you much into the world. --Swift. 2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain. This soil produces all sorts of palm trees. --Sandys. [They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. -- Milton. The greatest jurist his country had produced. --Macaulay. 3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery. 4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares. 5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit. 6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne. 7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Product \Pro*duct"\, v. t. 1. To produce; to bring forward. [bd]Producted to . . . examination.[b8] [Obs.] --Foxe. 2. To lengthen out; to extend. [Obs.] He that doth much . . . products his mortality. --Hackett. 3. To produce; to make. [Obs.] --Holinshed. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Product \Prod"uct\, n. [L. productus, p. pr. of producere. See {Produce}.] 1. Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain. There are the product Of those ill-mated marriages. --Milton. These institutions are the products of enthusiasm. --Burke. 2. (Math.) The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under {Multiplication}. Syn: Produce; production; fruit; result; effect; consequence; outcome; work; performance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Productibility \Pro*duct`i*bil"i*ty\, n. The state of being productible; producibility. --Ruskin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Productible \Pro*duct"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. productible.] Capable of being produced; producible. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Productile \Pro*duc"tile\, a. [L. productilis, fr. producere to stretch out.] Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Production \Pro*duc"tion\, n. [L. productio a lengthening, prolonging: cf. F. production. See {Produce}. ] 1. The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness. 2. That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius. 3. The act of lengthening out or prolonging. Syn: Product; produce; fruit; work; performance; composition. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.] 1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products. 2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements. And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden. This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit. --Spectator. 3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.] 1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products. 2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements. And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden. This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit. --Spectator. 3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.] 1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products. 2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements. And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden. This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit. --Spectator. 3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Productivity \Pro`duc*tiv"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being productive; productiveness. --Emerson. Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, the productivity. --Coleridge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Productress \Pro*duc"tress\, n. A female producer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protactic \Pro*tac"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] placing or placed before, fr. [?] to place in front; [?] before + [?] to arrange.] Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or personages of a play; introductory. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protagon \Pro"ta*gon\, n. [Proto- + Gr. [?] a contest. See. {Protagonist}. So called because it was the first definitely ascertained principle of the brain.] (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protagonist \Pro*tag"o*nist\, n. [Gr. [?]; prw^tos first + [?] an actor, combatant, fr. [?] a contest.] One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like. Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great of modern poetry. --De Quincey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wagenboom \Wa"gen*boom`\, n. [D., literally, wagon tree.] (Bot.) A south African proteaceous tree ({Protea grandiflora}); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proteaceous \Pro`te*a"ceous\, a. [From {Proteus}.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the {Proteace[91]}, an order of apetalous evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or of Australia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proteaceous \Pro`te*a"ceous\, a. [From {Proteus}.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the {Proteace[91]}, an order of apetalous evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or of Australia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protect \Pro*tect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protecting}.] [L. protectus, p. p. of protegere, literally, to cover in front; pro before + tegere to cover. See {Tegument}.] To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! --Shak. Syn: To guard; shield; preserve. See {Defend}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protect \Pro*tect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protecting}.] [L. protectus, p. p. of protegere, literally, to cover in front; pro before + tegere to cover. See {Tegument}.] To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! --Shak. Syn: To guard; shield; preserve. See {Defend}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protect \Pro*tect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protecting}.] [L. protectus, p. p. of protegere, literally, to cover in front; pro before + tegere to cover. See {Tegument}.] To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! --Shak. Syn: To guard; shield; preserve. See {Defend}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectingly \Pro*tect"ing*ly\, adv. By way of protection; in a protective manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protection \Pro*tec"tion\, n. [L. protectio: cf. F. protection.] 1. The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection. To your protection I commend me, gods. --Shak. 2. That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge. Let them rise up . . . and be your protection. --Deut. xxxii. 38. 3. A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport. He . . . gave them protections under his hand. --Macaulay. 4. (Polit. Econ.) A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to {free trade}. {Writ of protection}. (Law) (a) A writ by which the king formerly exempted a person from arrest; -- now disused. [Eng.] --Blackstone. (b) A judicial writ issued to a person required to attend court, as party, juror, etc., intended to secure him from arrest in coming, staying, and returning. Syn: Preservation; defense; guard; shelter; refuge; security; safety. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectionism \Pro*tec"tion*ism\, n. (Polit. Econ.) The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See {Protection}, 4. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectionist \Pro*tec"tion*ist\, n. (Polit. Econ.) One who favors protection. See {Protection}, 4. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protective \Pro*tect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.] Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. [bd] The favor of a protective Providence.[b8] --Feltham. {Protective coloring} (Zo[94]l.), coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. {Mimicry}. --Wallace. {Protective tariff} (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secure protection (see {Protection}, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See {Tariff}, and {Protection}, 4. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protective \Pro*tect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.] Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. [bd] The favor of a protective Providence.[b8] --Feltham. {Protective coloring} (Zo[94]l.), coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. {Mimicry}. --Wallace. {Protective tariff} (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secure protection (see {Protection}, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See {Tariff}, and {Protection}, 4. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protective \Pro*tect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.] Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. [bd] The favor of a protective Providence.[b8] --Feltham. {Protective coloring} (Zo[94]l.), coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. {Mimicry}. --Wallace. {Protective tariff} (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secure protection (see {Protection}, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See {Tariff}, and {Protection}, 4. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectiveness \Pro*tect"ive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being protective. --W. Pater. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protector \Pro*tect"or\, n. [L.: cf. F. protecteur.] 1. One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron. For the world's protector shall be known. --Waller. 2. (Eng. Hist.) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent. Is it concluded he shall be protector ! --Shak. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc. {Lord Protector} (Eng. Hist.), the title of Oliver Cromwell as supreme governor of the British Commonwealth (1653-1658). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectoral \Pro*tect"or*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as, protectoral power. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectorate \Pro*tect"or*ate\, n. [Cf. F. protectorat.] 1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell. 2. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectorial \Pro`tec*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. L. protectorius.] Same as {Protectoral}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectorless \Pro*tect"or*less\, a. Having no protector; unprotected. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectorship \Pro*tect"or*ship\, n. The office of a protector or regent; protectorate. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectress \Pro*tect"ress\, Protectrix \Pro*tect"rix\, n. [NL. protectrix.] A woman who protects. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protectress \Pro*tect"ress\, Protectrix \Pro*tect"rix\, n. [NL. protectrix.] A woman who protects. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proteose \Pro"te*ose`\, n. [Proteid + -ose.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of soluble products formed in the digestion of proteids with gastric and pancreatic juice, and also by the hydrolytic action of boiling dilute acids on proteids. Proteoses are divided into the two groups, the primary and secondary proteoses. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protest \Pro*test"\, v. t. 1. To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty. I will protest your cowardice. --Shak. 2. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to. Fiercely [they] opposed My journey strange, with clamorous uproar Protesting fate supreme. --Milton. {To protest a bill [or] note} (Law), to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by the nonacceptance or the nonpayment of the bill or note, as the case may be. This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix. --Kent. Story. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protest \Pro*test"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Protested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protesting}.] [F. protester, L. protestari, pro before + testari to be a witness, testis a witness. See {Testify}.] 1. To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow. He protest that his measures are pacific. --Landor. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. --Shak. 2. To make a solemn declaration (often a written one) expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest against your votes. --Denham. The conscience has power . . . to protest againts the exorbitancies of the passions. --Shak. Syn: To affirm; asseverate; assert; aver; attest; testify; declare; profess. See {Affirm}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protest \Pro"test\, n. [Cf. F. prot[88]t, It. protesto. See {Protest}, v.] 1. A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal objection against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of lords in Parliament. 2. (Law) (a) A solemn declaration in writing, in due form, made by a notary public, usually under his notarial seal, on behalf of the holder of a bill or note, protesting against all parties liable for any loss or damage by the nonacceptance or nonpayment of the bill, or by the nonpayment of the note, as the case may be. (b) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them. (c) A declaration made by a party, before or while paying a tax, duty, or the like, demanded of him, which he deems illegal, denying the justice of the demand, and asserting his rights and claims, in order to show that the payment was not voluntary. --Story. --Kent. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protestancy \Prot"es*tan*cy\, n. Protestantism. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protestant \Prot"es*tant\, n. [F. protestant, fr. L. protestans, -antis, p. pr. of protestare. See {Protest}, v.] One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protestant \Prot"es*tant\, a. [Cf. F. protestant.] 1. Making a protest; protesting. 2. Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protestantical \Prot`es*tant"ic*al\, a. Protestant. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protestantism \Prot"es*tant*ism\, n. [Cf. F. protestantisme.] The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protestantly \Prot"es*tant*ly\, adv. Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism. [R.] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protestation \Prot`es*ta"tion\, n. [L. protestatio: cf. F. protestation. See {Protest}.] 1. The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent. [bd] The protestation of our faith.[b8] --Latimer. 2. (Law) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protestator \Prot"es*ta`tor\, n. [Cf. F. protestateur.] One who makes protestation; a protester. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protest \Pro*test"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Protested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protesting}.] [F. protester, L. protestari, pro before + testari to be a witness, testis a witness. See {Testify}.] 1. To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow. He protest that his measures are pacific. --Landor. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. --Shak. 2. To make a solemn declaration (often a written one) expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest against your votes. --Denham. The conscience has power . . . to protest againts the exorbitancies of the passions. --Shak. Syn: To affirm; asseverate; assert; aver; attest; testify; declare; profess. See {Affirm}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protester \Pro*test"er\, n. 1. One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration. --Shak. 2. (Law) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protest \Pro*test"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Protested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protesting}.] [F. protester, L. protestari, pro before + testari to be a witness, testis a witness. See {Testify}.] 1. To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow. He protest that his measures are pacific. --Landor. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. --Shak. 2. To make a solemn declaration (often a written one) expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest against your votes. --Denham. The conscience has power . . . to protest againts the exorbitancies of the passions. --Shak. Syn: To affirm; asseverate; assert; aver; attest; testify; declare; profess. See {Affirm}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protestingly \Pro*test"ing*ly\, adv. By way of protesting. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proteus \Pro"te*us\, n. [L., Gr. [?].] 1. (Class. Myth.) A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak. (b) A changeable protozoan; an am[d2]ba. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Prosthesis \[d8]Pros"the*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] an addition, fr. [?] to put to, to add; [?] to + [?] to put, place.] 1. (Surg.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also {prothesis}. 2. (Gram.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protist \Pro"tist\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Protista. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Protiston \[d8]Pro*tis"ton\, n.; pl. {Protista}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Protista. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles. 2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning. Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . . . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak. 3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt. 4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar. I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver salts. --Pepys. 5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.] Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne. 6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol. Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking, it is the acid radical which unites with the base or basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or acid salts. See Phrases below. 7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt. Ye are the salt of the earth. --Matt. v. 13. 8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt. 9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.] {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank, of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long table, the places above which were assigned to the guests of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors, and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}. His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the salt. --B. Jonson. {Acid salt} (Chem.) (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as, acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt. (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is a neutral salt. {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline reaction, as sodium carbonate. {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic oxide. [Obsolescent] {Basic salt} (Chem.) (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent than is required to neutralize the acid. (b) An alkaline salt. {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical. {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium sulphate. See under {Double}. {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary. {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by crystallizing plant juices. {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}. {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary. {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as sodium chloride. {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}. {Neutral salt}. (Chem.) (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory) neutralize each other. (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction. {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid. {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.] {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on exposure to the air. {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or analogous compound. {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}. {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid. {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate of iron. {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.) (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride. (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under {Hartshorn}. {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below. {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn. {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}. {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate. {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains; -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}. {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar, or potassium tartrate. [Obs.] {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate; -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus. {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}. {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid. {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base or analogous compound. {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}. {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protocanonical \Pro`to*ca*non"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the first canon, or that which contains the authorized collection of the books of Scripture; -- opposed to {deutero-canonical}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protocatechuic \Pro`to*cat`e*chu"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance from catechin, asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation itself yields pyrocatechin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protocercal \Pro`to*cer"cal\, a. [Proto- + Gr. [?] the tail.] (Zo[94]l.) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Protococcus \[d8]Pro`to*coc"cus\, n. [NL. See {Proto-}, and {Coccus}.] (Bot.) A genus of minute unicellular alg[91] including the red snow plant ({Protococcus nivalis}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species. (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}. {Red lead}. (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}. {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}. {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}. {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge. {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}. {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See {Maple}. {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below. {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color ({Morus rubra}). {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}. {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish. {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}. {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark. {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}. {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}. {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}. {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver. {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or] Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also {red mite}. {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree. {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Erythrite \E*ryth"rite\, n. [Gr. 'eryqro`s red.] 1. (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, {C4H6.(OH)4}, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also {erythrol}, {erythroglucin}, {erythromannite}, {pseudorcin}, {cobalt bloom}, and under the name {phycite} obtained from the alga {Protococcus vulgaris}. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protocol \Pro"to*col\, n. [F. protocole, LL. protocollum, fr. Gr. [?] the first leaf glued to the rolls of papyrus and the notarial documents, on which the date was written; prw^tos the first (see {Proto-}) + [?] glue.] 1. The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument. --Burrill. 2. The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction. 3. (Diplomacy) (a) A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on. (b) A convention not formally ratified. (c) An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. t. To make a protocol of. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. i. To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols. --Carlyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protocolist \Pro"to*col`ist\, n. One who draughts protocols. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protoconch \Pro"to*conch\, n. [Proto- + conch.] (Zo[94]l.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protogine \Pro"to*gine\, n. [Proto- + root of Gr. [?] to be born: cf. F. protogyne.] (Min.) A kind of granite or gneiss containing a silvery talcose mineral. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protogynous \Pro*tog"y*nous\, a. [Proto + Gr. gynh` a woman.] (Bot.) Same as {Proterogynous}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protosalt \Pro"to*salt\, n. [Proto- + salt.] (Chem.) A salt derived from a protoxide base. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Proterosaurus \[d8]Pro`te*ro*sau"rus\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] earlier (fr. [?] before) + [?] a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called also {Protosaurus}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protosilicate \Pro`to*sil"i*cate\, n. [Proto- + silicate.] (Chem.) A silicate formed with the lowest proportion of silicic acid, or having but one atom of silicon in the molecule. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protosomite \Pro`to*so"mite\, n. [Proto- + somite.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protosulphide \Pro`to*sul"phide\, n. [Proto- + sulphide.] (Chem.) That one of a series of sulphides of any element which has the lowest proportion of sulphur; a sulphide with but one atom of sulphur in the molecule. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protosulphuret \Pro`to*sul"phu*ret\, n. [Proto- + sulphuret.] (Chem.) A protosulphide. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protoxide \Pro*tox"ide\, n. [Proto- + oxide: cf. F. protoxide.] (Chem.) That one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion of oxygen. See {Proto-}, 2 (b) . {protoxide of nitrogen}, laughing gas, now called {hyponitrous oxide} | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protoxide \Pro*tox"ide\, n. [Proto- + oxide: cf. F. protoxide.] (Chem.) That one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion of oxygen. See {Proto-}, 2 (b) . {protoxide of nitrogen}, laughing gas, now called {hyponitrous oxide} | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protoxidize \Pro*tox"i*dize\, v. t. (Chem.) To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in such proportion as to form a protoxide. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protozo94nite \Pro`to*zo"[94]*nite\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the primary, or first-formed, segments of an embryonic arthropod. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Protozo94n \[d8]Pro`to*zo"[94]n\ (-[ocr]n), n.; pl. {Protozoa}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the Protozoa. (b) A single zooid of a compound protozoan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protozoan \Pro`to*zo"an\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Protozoa}. -- n. One of the Protozoa. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protozoic \Pro`to*zo"ic\, a. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Protozoa. 2. (Geol.) Containing remains of the earliest discovered life of the globe, which included mollusks, radiates and protozoans. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proud \Proud\, a. [Compar. {Prouder}; superl. {Proudest}.] [OE. proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. pr[umac]t; akin to Icel. pr[umac][edh]r stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome. Cf. {Pride}.] 1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as: (a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous. Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the weaker seek. --Milton. O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty ! --Shak. And shades impervious to the proud world's glare. --Keble. (b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country. [bd]Proud to be checked and soothed.[b8] --Keble. Are we proud men proud of being proud ? --Thackeray. 2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious. [bd]Of shadow proud.[b8] --Chapman. [bd]Proud titles.[b8] --Shak. [bd] The proud temple's height.[b8] --Dryden. Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are mantled with a golden cloud. --Keble. 3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals. --Sir T. Browne. Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation of compounds which, for the most part, are self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded, proud-swelling. {Proud flesh} (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proudish \Proud"ish\, a. Somewhat proud. --Ash. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prudish \Prud"ish\, a. Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners. A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. --Garrick. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prudishly \Prud"ish*ly\, adv. In a prudish manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyretic \Py*ret"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] burning heat, fever, from [?] fire: cf. F. pyr[82]tique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to fever; febrile. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyridic \Py*rid"ic\, a. (Physiol. Chem.) Related to, or formed from, pyridin or its homologues; as, the pyridic bases. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyritaceous \Pyr`i*ta"ceous\, a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to pyrites. See {Pyritic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrite \Pyr"ite\, n.; pl. {Pyrites}. [Cf. F. pyrite. See {Pyrites}.] (Min.) A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites; iron disulphide. Hence sable coal his massy couch extends, And stars of gold the sparkling pyrite blends. --E. Darwin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See {Pyre}.] (Min.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite, or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when struck with steel. {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite. {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}. {Capillary pyrites}, millerite. {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite. {Hair pyrites}, millerite. {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}. {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite. {Tin pyrites}, stannite. {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites, etc. {Yellow}, [or] {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrite \Pyr"ite\, n.; pl. {Pyrites}. [Cf. F. pyrite. See {Pyrites}.] (Min.) A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites; iron disulphide. Hence sable coal his massy couch extends, And stars of gold the sparkling pyrite blends. --E. Darwin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See {Pyre}.] (Min.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite, or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when struck with steel. {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite. {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}. {Capillary pyrites}, millerite. {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite. {Hair pyrites}, millerite. {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}. {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite. {Tin pyrites}, stannite. {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites, etc. {Yellow}, [or] {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyritic \Py*rit"ic\, Pyritical \Py*rit"ic*al\, a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to pyrites; consisting of, or resembling, pyrites. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyritic \Py*rit"ic\, Pyritical \Py*rit"ic*al\, a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to pyrites; consisting of, or resembling, pyrites. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyritize \Pyr"i*tize\, v. t. [Cf. F. pyritiser.] To convert into pyrites. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyritous \Pyr"i*tous\, a. Pyritic. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrotechnian \Pyr`o*tech"ni*an\, n. A pyrotechnist. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrotechnic \Pyr`o*tech"nic\, Pyrotechnical \Pyr`o*tech"nic*al\, a. [Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See {Fire}, {Technical}.] Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them. {Pyrotechnical sponge}. See under {Sponge}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrotechnic \Pyr`o*tech"nic\, Pyrotechnical \Pyr`o*tech"nic*al\, a. [Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See {Fire}, {Technical}.] Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them. {Pyrotechnical sponge}. See under {Sponge}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sponge \Sponge\, n. [OF. esponge, F. [82]ponge, L. spongia, Gr. [?], [?]. Cf. {Fungus}, {Spunk}.] [Formerly written also {spunge}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Spongi[91], or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under {Spongi[91]}. 2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongi[91] (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus {Spongia}. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies. 3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger. 4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically: (a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven. (b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition. (c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked. 5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff. 6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel. {Bath sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse commercial sponges, especially {Spongia equina}. {Cup sponge}, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form. {Glass sponge}. See {Glass-sponge}, in the Vocabulary. {Glove sponge}, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia officinalis}, variety {tubulufera}), having very fine fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies. {Grass sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted, as {Spongia graminea}, and {S. equina}, variety {cerebriformis}, of Florida and the West Indies. {Horse sponge}, a coarse commercial sponge, especially {Spongia equina}. {Platinum sponge}. (Chem.) See under {Platinum}. {Pyrotechnical sponge}, a substance made of mushrooms or fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder, brought from Germany. {Sheep's-wool sponge}, a fine and durable commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}) found in Florida and the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and smaller tufts, having the oscula between them. {Sponge cake}, a kind of sweet cake which is light and spongy. {Sponge lead}, [or] {Spongy lead} (Chem.), metallic lead brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary batteries and otherwise. {Sponge tree} (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are used in perfumery. {Toilet sponge}, a very fine and superior variety of Mediterranean sponge ({Spongia officinalis}, variety {Mediterranea}); -- called also {turkish sponge}. {To set a sponge} (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour, to be used in leavening a larger quantity. {To throw up the sponge}, to give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring, the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat. [Cant or Slang] [bd]He was too brave a man to throw up the sponge to fate.[b8] --Lowell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrotechnic \Pyr`o*tech"nic\, Pyrotechnical \Pyr`o*tech"nic*al\, a. [Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See {Fire}, {Technical}.] Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them. {Pyrotechnical sponge}. See under {Sponge}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrotechnician \Pyr`o*tech*ni"cian\, n. A pyrotechnist. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrotechnics \Pyr`o*tech"nics\, n. The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of fireworks; pyrotechny. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrotechnist \Pyr`o*tech"nist\, n. One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks. --Steevens. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrotechny \Pyr`o*tech`ny\, n. [Cf. F. pyrotechnie.] 1. The use and application of fire in science and the arts. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. 2. Same as {Pyrotechnics}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrotic \Py*rot"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to burn, fr. [?], [?], fire: cf. F. pyrotique.] Caustic. See {Caustic}. -- n. (Med.) A caustic medicine. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Paradis, LA Zip code(s): 70080 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Paradise, CA (town, FIPS 55520) Location: 39.75641 N, 121.60433 W Population (1990): 25408 (11633 housing units) Area: 48.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95969 Paradise, KS (city, FIPS 54325) Location: 39.11455 N, 98.91756 W Population (1990): 66 (36 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67658 Paradise, MI Zip code(s): 49768 Paradise, NV (CDP, FIPS 54600) Location: 36.08082 N, 115.13360 W Population (1990): 124682 (63924 housing units) Area: 123.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Paradise, PA (CDP, FIPS 57840) Location: 40.00677 N, 76.12230 W Population (1990): 1043 (374 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17562 Paradise, TX Zip code(s): 76073 Paradise, UT (town, FIPS 57850) Location: 41.56761 N, 111.83321 W Population (1990): 561 (173 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84328 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Paradise Hill, OK (town, FIPS 57150) Location: 35.61030 N, 95.07136 W Population (1990): 88 (138 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Paradise Hills, NM (CDP, FIPS 55270) Location: 35.19651 N, 106.69429 W Population (1990): 5513 (1962 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Paradise Valley, AZ (town, FIPS 52930) Location: 33.53927 N, 111.95462 W Population (1990): 11671 (4750 housing units) Area: 39.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85253 Paradise Valley, NV Zip code(s): 89426 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Paradox, NY Zip code(s): 12858 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Parrottsville, TN (town, FIPS 57040) Location: 36.00929 N, 83.09131 W Population (1990): 121 (44 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37843 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pea Ridge, AR (city, FIPS 54200) Location: 36.45052 N, 94.11590 W Population (1990): 1620 (638 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72751 Pea Ridge, WV (CDP, FIPS 63488) Location: 38.41397 N, 82.31996 W Population (1990): 6535 (2927 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Acres, TX Zip code(s): 77640 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Austin, MI (village, FIPS 65680) Location: 44.04268 N, 82.99534 W Population (1990): 815 (599 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48467 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Carbon, PA (borough, FIPS 62128) Location: 40.69712 N, 76.16707 W Population (1990): 2134 (903 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17965 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Charlotte, FL (CDP, FIPS 58350) Location: 26.98550 N, 82.10858 W Population (1990): 41535 (21479 housing units) Area: 57.7 sq km (land), 4.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33948, 33952, 33953, 33954, 33980, 33981 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Chester, NY (village, FIPS 59223) Location: 41.00450 N, 73.66770 W Population (1990): 24728 (9513 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Clarence, AK (CDP, FIPS 63170) Location: 65.06626 N, 166.82445 W Population (1990): 26 (0 housing units) Area: 91.9 sq km (land), 109.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Clinton, OH (city, FIPS 64150) Location: 41.50968 N, 82.93836 W Population (1990): 7106 (3474 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43452 Port Clinton, PA (borough, FIPS 62136) Location: 40.58237 N, 76.02672 W Population (1990): 328 (138 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19549 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Costa, CA Zip code(s): 94569 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Dickinson, NY (village, FIPS 59245) Location: 42.13658 N, 75.89204 W Population (1990): 1785 (791 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Gibson, MS (city, FIPS 59560) Location: 31.95511 N, 90.98344 W Population (1990): 1810 (851 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39150 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Graham, AK (CDP, FIPS 63280) Location: 59.34853 N, 151.83737 W Population (1990): 166 (68 housing units) Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99603 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Isabel, TX (city, FIPS 58892) Location: 26.07476 N, 97.22015 W Population (1990): 4467 (1720 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78578 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Jefferson, NY (village, FIPS 59355) Location: 40.94761 N, 73.05900 W Population (1990): 7455 (2908 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11777 Port Jefferson, OH (village, FIPS 64262) Location: 40.33000 N, 84.09213 W Population (1990): 381 (141 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Jefferson S, NY Zip code(s): 11776 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Jefferson Station, NY (CDP, FIPS 59377) Location: 40.92348 N, 73.06774 W Population (1990): 7232 (2602 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Jervis, NY (city, FIPS 59388) Location: 41.37783 N, 74.69129 W Population (1990): 9060 (3870 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12771 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port O Connor, TX Zip code(s): 77982 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Saint Joe, FL Zip code(s): 32456 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Saint John, FL Zip code(s): 32927 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Saint Lucie, FL Zip code(s): 34952, 34953, 34983, 34984, 34986, 34987, 34988 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Salerno, FL (CDP, FIPS 58727) Location: 27.14646 N, 80.18978 W Population (1990): 7786 (4136 housing units) Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Sanilac, MI (village, FIPS 65900) Location: 43.43009 N, 82.54606 W Population (1990): 656 (406 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48469 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port St. Joe, FL (city, FIPS 58675) Location: 29.80881 N, 85.29608 W Population (1990): 4044 (1638 housing units) Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port St. John, FL (CDP, FIPS 58700) Location: 28.47677 N, 80.78880 W Population (1990): 8933 (3445 housing units) Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port St. Lucie, FL (city, FIPS 58725) Location: 27.27980 N, 80.35453 W Population (1990): 55866 (24241 housing units) Area: 196.6 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port St. Lucie-River Park, FL (CDP, FIPS 58726) Location: 27.32129 N, 80.33181 W Population (1990): 4874 (2668 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Sulphur, LA (CDP, FIPS 62070) Location: 29.49443 N, 89.70847 W Population (1990): 3523 (1260 housing units) Area: 13.9 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70083 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Washington, NY (CDP, FIPS 59520) Location: 40.82723 N, 73.68031 W Population (1990): 15387 (5712 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 3.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11050 Port Washington, OH (village, FIPS 64346) Location: 40.32688 N, 81.51956 W Population (1990): 513 (211 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43837 Port Washington, WI (city, FIPS 64450) Location: 43.39368 N, 87.87993 W Population (1990): 9338 (3562 housing units) Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53074 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Port Washington North, NY (village, FIPS 59531) Location: 40.84330 N, 73.70251 W Population (1990): 2736 (1055 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Portage, IN (city, FIPS 61092) Location: 41.58670 N, 87.18152 W Population (1990): 29060 (10864 housing units) Area: 53.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46368 Portage, ME Zip code(s): 04768 Portage, MI (city, FIPS 65560) Location: 42.20138 N, 85.59055 W Population (1990): 41042 (16133 housing units) Area: 83.4 sq km (land), 7.3 sq km (water) Portage, OH (village, FIPS 64108) Location: 41.32378 N, 83.64792 W Population (1990): 469 (168 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43451 Portage, PA (borough, FIPS 62048) Location: 40.38676 N, 78.67550 W Population (1990): 3105 (1380 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Portage, UT (town, FIPS 61590) Location: 41.97656 N, 112.23779 W Population (1990): 218 (80 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Portage, WI (city, FIPS 64100) Location: 43.54794 N, 89.46590 W Population (1990): 8640 (3556 housing units) Area: 21.3 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53901 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Portage County, OH (county, FIPS 133) Location: 41.17100 N, 81.19760 W Population (1990): 142585 (52299 housing units) Area: 1275.4 sq km (land), 38.1 sq km (water) Portage County, WI (county, FIPS 97) Location: 44.47567 N, 89.49846 W Population (1990): 61405 (22910 housing units) Area: 2088.5 sq km (land), 42.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Portage Des Siou, MO Zip code(s): 63373 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Portage Des Sioux, MO (city, FIPS 59150) Location: 38.92610 N, 90.34195 W Population (1990): 503 (215 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Portage Lakes, OH (CDP, FIPS 64136) Location: 40.98713 N, 81.53661 W Population (1990): 13373 (5865 housing units) Area: 21.7 sq km (land), 4.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Portageville, MO (city, FIPS 59186) Location: 36.42871 N, 89.69978 W Population (1990): 3401 (1386 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63873 Portageville, NY Zip code(s): 14536 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Portis, KS (city, FIPS 57100) Location: 39.56325 N, 98.69104 W Population (1990): 129 (86 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67474 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Portsmouth, IA (city, FIPS 64200) Location: 41.65074 N, 95.51939 W Population (1990): 209 (98 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51565 Portsmouth, NH (city, FIPS 62900) Location: 43.05685 N, 70.78201 W Population (1990): 25925 (11369 housing units) Area: 40.4 sq km (land), 3.1 sq km (water) Portsmouth, OH (city, FIPS 64304) Location: 38.75514 N, 82.95067 W Population (1990): 22676 (10758 housing units) Area: 27.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45663 Portsmouth, RI Zip code(s): 02871 Portsmouth, VA (city, FIPS 740) Location: 36.85553 N, 76.35641 W Population (1990): 103907 (42283 housing units) Area: 85.8 sq km (land), 34.9 sq km (water) Portsmouth, VA (city, FIPS 64000) Location: 36.85553 N, 76.35641 W Population (1990): 103907 (42283 housing units) Area: 85.8 sq km (land), 34.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23701, 23702, 23703, 23704, 23707, 23709 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pratt County, KS (county, FIPS 151) Location: 37.64773 N, 98.73978 W Population (1990): 9702 (4620 housing units) Area: 1903.7 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pratts, VA Zip code(s): 22731 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Prattsburg, NY Zip code(s): 14873 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Prattsville, AR (town, FIPS 57230) Location: 34.31811 N, 92.54296 W Population (1990): 251 (106 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72129 Prattsville, NY Zip code(s): 12468 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pritchett, CO (town, FIPS 61315) Location: 37.37019 N, 102.85864 W Population (1990): 153 (80 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Protection, KS (city, FIPS 57850) Location: 37.20016 N, 99.48034 W Population (1990): 625 (307 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67127 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Purdys, NY Zip code(s): 10578 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
pretzel key n. [Mac users] See {feature key}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
protocol n. As used by hackers, this never refers to niceties about the proper form for addressing letters to the Papal Nuncio or the order in which one should use the forks in a Russian-style place setting; hackers don't care about such things. It is used instead to describe any set of rules that allow different machines or pieces of software to coordinate with each other without ambiguity. So, for example, it does include niceties about the proper form for addressing packets on a network or the order in which one should use the forks in the Dining Philosophers Problem. It implies that there is some common message format and an accepted set of primitives or commands that all parties involved understand, and that transactions among them follow predictable logical sequences. See also {handshaking}, {do protocol}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PARADIGM PLUS A configurable {object-oriented} {CASE} tool from {Proto Soft}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Paradigms of AI Programming A book by Peter Norvig with {Scheme} and {Prolog} {interpreter}s and {compiler}s in {Common Lisp}. {(ftp://Unix.sri.com/pub/norvig/)}. ["Paradigms of AI Programming", Peter Norvig]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Paradise Paradise is a subsystem (a set of packages) developed to implement inter-processes, inter-tasks and inter-machine communication for {Ada} programs under {Unix}. This subsystem gives the user full access to files, {pipe}s, {socket}s (both Unix and {Internet}) and {pseudo-device}s. Paradise has been ported to {Sun}, {DEC}, {Sony MIPS}, {Verdex} compiler, DEC compiler, {Alsys}/{Systeam} compiler. {Version 2.0 of the library (ftp://cnam.cnam.fr/pub/Ada/Paradise)}. E-mail: (1992-09-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
paradox {contradiction}. Some famous examples are {Russell's paradox} and the {liar paradox}. Most paradoxes stem from some kind of {self-reference}. {Smarandache Linguistic Paradox (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/Paradox.htm)}. (1999-11-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Paradox originally from {Borland}. Paradox 5 ran on {Microsoft Windows} [version?] and provided a graphical environment, a debugger, a {data modelling} tool, and many "ObjectPAL" commands. Paradox 7 ran under {Windows 95} and {Windows NT}. Latest version: Paradox 9, as of 2000-02-10 (a {Corel} product). {Home (http://www.corel.com/paradox9/index.htm)}. [Update?] (1996-05-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
paradox {contradiction}. Some famous examples are {Russell's paradox} and the {liar paradox}. Most paradoxes stem from some kind of {self-reference}. {Smarandache Linguistic Paradox (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/Paradox.htm)}. (1999-11-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Paradox originally from {Borland}. Paradox 5 ran on {Microsoft Windows} [version?] and provided a graphical environment, a debugger, a {data modelling} tool, and many "ObjectPAL" commands. Paradox 7 ran under {Windows 95} and {Windows NT}. Latest version: Paradox 9, as of 2000-02-10 (a {Corel} product). {Home (http://www.corel.com/paradox9/index.htm)}. [Update?] (1996-05-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Paradox Application Language (PAL) The programming language for {Paradox}, {Borland}'s {relational database}. (1995-01-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PARTS {Digitalk}. {Visual language} for {OS/2} 2.0. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
periodic group multiple times within a group. Periodic groups are a non-{relational} technique. An example of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such as surname, first name and middle name - with the person having changed their name more than once. [Clarification?] (1995-10-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
predecessor {parent} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
predicate calculus {predicate logic} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
predicate logic {propositional logic} with separate symbols for {predicates}, {subjects}, and {quantifiers}. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the {universal quantifier} ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates. (2002-05-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pretty Good Privacy encryption} application for {MS-DOS}, {Unix}, {VAX/VMS}, and other computers. It was written by {Philip R. Zimmermann} augmented by a cast of thousands, especially including Hal Finney, Branko Lankester, and Peter Gutmann. PGP was distributed as "{guerrilla freeware}". The authors don't mind if it is distributed widely, just don't ask Philip Zimmermann to send you a copy. PGP uses a {public-key encryption} {algorithm} claimed by US patent #4,405,829. The exclusive rights to this patent are held by a California company called {Public Key Partners}, and you may be infringing this patent if you use PGP in the USA. This is explained in the PGP User's Guide, Volume II. PGP allows people to exchange files or messages with {privacy} and {authentication}. Privacy and authentication are provided without managing the keys associated with conventional cryptographic software. No secure channels are needed to exchange keys between users, which makes PGP much easier to use. This is because PGP is based on {public-key cryptography}. PGP encrypts data using the {International Data Encryption Algorithm} with a random {session key}, and uses the {RSA} algorithm to encrypt the session key. In December 1994 Philip Zimmermann faced prosecution for "exporting" PGP out of the United States but in January 1996 the US Goverment dropped the case. A US law prohibits the export of {encryption} software out of the country. Zimmermann did not do this, but the US government hoped to establish the proposition that posting an encryption program on a {BBS} or on the {Internet} constitutes exporting it - in effect, stretching export control into domestic censorship. If the government had won it would have had a chilling effect on the free flow of information on the global network, as well as on everyone's privacy from government snooping. {FAQ (ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj/getpgp.asc)}. {UK FTP (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/pgp/)}. {USA FTP (http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp-form.html)}. {(http://www.pegasus.esprit.ec.org/people/arne/pgp.html)}. {Justice Dept. announcement (http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/usatty_pgp_011196.announce)}. ["Protect Your Privacy: A Guide for PGP Users", William Stallings, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-185596-4]. (1996-04-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pretzel key {feature key} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Prodigy co-developed by {IBM} and Sears, Roebuck, Inc. Prodigy's main competitors are {AOL} and {Compuserve}. (1995-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ProDoc A set of tools for software documentation from {SPC}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
product See {tuple}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
production system A production system consists of a collection of productions (rules), a {working memory} of {fact}s and an {algorithm} known as {forward chaining} for producing new facts from old. A rule becomes eligible to "fire" when its conditions match some set of elements currently in working memory. A {conflict resolution strategy} determines which of several eligible rules (the {conflict set}) fires next. A condition is a list of symbols which represent constants, which must be matched exactly; variables which bind to the thing they match and "<> symbol" which matches a field not equal to symbol. Examples are {OPS5}, {CLIPS}, {flex}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
protected mode An operating mode of {Intel 80x86} processors. The opposite of real mode. The {Intel 8088}, {Intel 8086}, {Intel 80188} and {Intel 80186} had only real mode, processors beginning with the {Intel 80286} feature a second mode called protected mode. In real mode, addresses are generated by adding an address offset to the value of a {segment register} shifted left four bits. As the segment register and address offset are 16 bits long this results in a 20-bit address. This is the origin of the one megabyte (2^20) limit in real mode. There are 4 segment registers on processors before the {Intel 80386}. The 80386 introduced two more segment registers. Which segment register is used depends on the instruction, on the {addressing mode} and of an optional instruction prefix which selects the segment register explicitly. In protected mode, the segment registers contain an index into a table of {segment descriptors}. Each segment descriptor contains the start address of the segment, to which the offset is added to generate the address. In addition, the segment descriptor contains {memory protection} information. This includes an offset limit and bits for write and read permission. This allows the processor to prevent memory accesses to certain data. The {operating system} can use this to protect different processes' memory from each other, hence the name "protected mode". While the standard {register set} belongs to the {CPU}, the segment registers lie "at the boundary" between the CPU and MMU. Each time a new value is loaded into a segment register while in protected mode, the corresponding descriptor is loaded into a descriptor cache in the (Segment-)MMU. On processors before the {Pentium} this takes longer than just loading the segment register in real mode. Addresses generated by the CPU (which are segment offsets) are passed to the MMU to be checked against the limit in the segment descriptor and are there added to the segment base address in the descriptor to form a {linear address}. On a 80386 or later, the linear address is further processed by the paged MMU before the result (the physical address) appears on the chip's address pins. The 80286 doesn't have a paged MMU so the linear address is output directly as the physical address. The paged MMU allows for arbitrary remapping of four klilobyte memory blocks ({page}s) through a translation table stored in memory. A few entries of this table are cached in the MMU's {Translation Lookaside Buffer} to avoid excessive memory accesses. After processor reset, all processors start in real mode. Protected mode has to be enabled by software. On the 80286 there exists no documented way back to real mode apart from resetting the processor. Later processors allow switching back to real mode by software. Software which has been written or compiled to run in protected mode must only use segment register values given to it by the operating system. Unfortunately, most application code for {MS-DOS}, written before the 286, will fail in protected mode because it assumes real mode addressing and writes arbitrary values to segment registers, e.g. in order to perform address calculations. Such use of segment registers is only really necessary with data structures that are larger than 64 kilobytes and thus don't fit into a single segment. This is usually dealt with by the {huge memory model} in compilers. In this model, compilers generate address arithmetic involving segment registers. A solution which is portable to protected mode with almost the same efficiency would involve using a table of segments instead of calculating new segment register values ad hoc. To ease the transition to protected mode, {Intel 80386} and later processors provide "{virtual 86 mode}". (1995-03-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PROTEUS An extensible language, the core of {PARSEC}. ["The Design of a Minimal Expandable Computer Language", J.R. Bell, PhD Thesis, CS, {Stanford University} (Dec 1968)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
protocal | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
protocol A set of formal rules describing how to transmit data, especially across a {network}. Low level protocols define the electrical and physical standards to be observed, bit- and byte-ordering and the transmission and {error detection and correction} of the bit stream. High level protocols deal with the data formatting, including the {syntax} of messages, the terminal to computer dialogue, {character set}s, sequencing of messages etc. Many protocols are defined by {RFC}s or by {OSI}. See also {handshaking}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
protocol analyser device that captures and interprets the {network traffic} between two or more connected computer systems. The traffic can then be {decoded} so that it is possible to see what {processes} are occurring. By examining the flow of traffic, protocol analysers can be used to find out where problems (such as {bottlenecks} or the failure of a network device) are on a {LAN}. Advanced protocol analysers can also provide statistics on the traffic that can help to identify trends that may in future lead to further problems with the network. (2000-07-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
protocol converter different {protocols} which serve similar functions (e.g. {TCP} and {TP4}). Some call this a "{gateway}", though others use that term for other kinds of {internetworking} device. (1996-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Protocol Data Unit (PDU) A {packet} of data passed across a {network}. The term implies a specific layer of the {OSI} seven layer model and a specific {protocol}. (1994-10-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
protocol layer two or more communications devices or computers in which a particular {network} {protocol} operates. A network connection may be thought of as a set of more or less independent protocols, each in a different layer or level. The lowest layer governs direct host-to-host communication between the hardware at different hosts; the highest consists of user {application programs}. Each layer uses the layer beneath it and provides a service for the layer above. Each networking component {hardware or software} on one host uses {protocols} appropriate to its layer to communicate with the corresponding component (its "peer") on another host. Such layered protocols are sometimes known as peer-to-peer protocols. The advantages of layered {protocols} is that the methods of passing information from one layer to another are specified clearly as part of the {protocol} suite, and changes within a protocol layer are prevented from affecting the other layers. This greatly simplifies the task of designing and maintaining communication systems. Examples of layered protocols are {TCP/IP}'s five layer {protocol stack} and the {OSI} seven layer model. (1997-05-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
protocol stack provide a set of network functions. Each intermediate {protocol layer} uses the layer below it to provide a service to the layer above. The {OSI} seven layer model is an attempt to provide a standard framework within which to describe protocol stacks. (1997-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Protosynthex A query system for English text. [Sammet 1969, p. 669]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Purdue Compiler-Construction Tool Set and {parser generator} by Terence J. Parr Will E. Cohen and Henry G. Dietz of {Purdue University}. ANTLR (ANother Tool for Language Recognition) corresponds to YACC and DLG (DFA-based Lexical analyser Generator) functions like {LEX}. PCCTS has many additional features which make it easier to use for a wide range of translation problems. PCCTS {grammars} contain specifications for lexical and syntactic analysis with selective {backtracking} ("infinite lookahead"), {semantic predicates}, intermediate-form construction and error reporting. Rules may employ {Extended BNF} (EBNF) grammar constructs and may define parameters, return values, and have {local variables}. Languages described in PCCTS are recognised via {LLk} parsers constructed in pure, human-readable, {C} code. Selective backtracking is available to handle non-LL(k) constructs. PCCTS {parsers} may be compiled with a {C++} compiler. PCCTS also includes the {SORCERER} tree parser generator. Current version: 1.10, runs under {Unix}, {MS-DOS}, {OS/2}, and {Macintosh} and is very portable. {(ftp://marvin.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/pccts/1.10)}. {UK FTP (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/ computing/programming/languages/tools/pccts/)}. {Macintosh FTP (ftp://maya.dei.unipd.it/pub/mac/)}. Mailing list: pccts-users-request@ahpcrc.umn.edu ("subscribe pccts-users your_name" in the message body). E-mail: Terence J. Parr (2000-10-30) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
protactinium Symbol: Pa Atomic number: 91 Atomic weight: (231) Radioactive metallic element, belongs to the actinoids. The most stable isotope, Pa-231 has a half-life of 2.43*10^4 years. At least 10 other radioactive isotopes are known. No practical applications are known. Discovered in 1917 by Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Paradise a Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or "park" or "king's garden." (See {EDEN}.) It came in course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness and rest hereafter (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7). For "garden" in Gen. 2:8 the LXX. has "paradise." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Predestination This word is properly used only with reference to God's plan or purpose of salvation. The Greek word rendered "predestinate" is found only in these six passages, Acts 4:28; Rom. 8:29, 30; 1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 1:5, 11; and in all of them it has the same meaning. They teach that the eternal, sovereign, immutable, and unconditional decree or "determinate purpose" of God governs all events. This doctrine of predestination or election is beset with many difficulties. It belongs to the "secret things" of God. But if we take the revealed word of God as our guide, we must accept this doctrine with all its mysteriousness, and settle all our questionings in the humble, devout acknowledgment, "Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight." For the teaching of Scripture on this subject let the following passages be examined in addition to those referred to above; Gen. 21:12; Ex. 9:16; 33:19; Deut. 10:15; 32:8; Josh. 11:20; 1 Sam. 12:22; 2 Chr. 6:6; Ps. 33:12; 65:4; 78:68; 135:4; Isa. 41:1-10; Jer. 1:5; Mark 13:20; Luke 22:22; John 6:37; 15:16; 17:2, 6, 9; Acts 2:28; 3:18; 4:28; 13:48; 17:26; Rom. 9:11, 18, 21; 11:5; Eph. 3:11; 1 Thess. 1:4; 2 Thess. 2:13; 2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 1:2; 1 Pet. 1:2. (See DECREES OF {GOD}; {ELECTION}.) Hodge has well remarked that, "rightly understood, this doctrine (1) exalts the majesty and absolute sovereignty of God, while it illustrates the riches of his free grace and his just displeasure with sin. (2.) It enforces upon us the essential truth that salvation is entirely of grace. That no one can either complain if passed over, or boast himself if saved. (3.) It brings the inquirer to absolute self-despair and the cordial embrace of the free offer of Christ. (4.) In the case of the believer who has the witness in himself, this doctrine at once deepens his humility and elevates his confidence to the full assurance of hope" (Outlines). | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Portugal Portugal:Geography Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain Map references: Europe Area: total area: 92,080 sq km land area: 91,640 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than Indiana note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands Land boundaries: total 1,214 km, Spain 1,214 km Coastline: 1,793 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: sovereignty over Timor Timur (East Timor Province) disputed with Indonesia Climate: maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south Terrain: mountainous north of the Tagus, rolling plains in south Natural resources: fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble Land use: arable land: 32% permanent crops: 6% meadows and pastures: 6% forest and woodland: 40% other: 16% Irrigated land: 6,340 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: soil erosion; air pollution caused by industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution, especially in coastal areas natural hazards: Azores subject to severe earthquakes international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban Note: Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar Portugal:People Population: 10,562,388 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 18% (female 943,412; male 1,000,971) 15-64 years: 68% (female 3,625,086; male 3,499,176) 65 years and over: 14% (female 889,142; male 604,601) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 0.36% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 11.72 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 9.65 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.53 years male: 72.11 years female: 79.16 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.47 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Portuguese (singular and plural) adjective: Portuguese Ethnic divisions: homogeneous Mediterranean stock in mainland, Azores, Madeira Islands; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000 Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant denominations 1%, other 2% Languages: Portuguese Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 85% male: 89% female: 82% Labor force: 4.24 million (1994 est.) by occupation: services 54.5%, manufacturing 24.4%, agriculture, forestry, fisheries 11.2%, construction 8.3%, utilites 1.0%, mining 0.5% (1992) Portugal:Government Names: conventional long form: Portuguese Republic conventional short form: Portugal local long form: Republica Portuguesa local short form: Portugal Digraph: PO Type: republic Capital: Lisbon Administrative divisions: 18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma); Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu Dependent areas: Macau (scheduled to become a Special Administrative Region of China on 20 December 1999) Independence: 1140 (independent republic proclaimed 5 October 1910) National holiday: Day of Portugal, 10 June (1580) Constitution: 25 April 1976, revised 30 October 1982 and 1 June 1989 Legal system: civil law system; the Constitutional Tribunal reviews the constitutionality of legislation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Dr. Mario Alberto Nobre Lopes SOARES (since 9 March 1986); election last held 13 February 1991 (next to be held NA February 1996); results - Dr. Mario Lopes SOARES 70%, Basilio HORTA 14%, Carlos CARVALHAS 13%, Carlos MARQUES 3%; note - SOARES is finishing his second term and by law cannot run for a third consecutive term head of government: Prime Minister Anibal CAVACO SILVA (since 6 November 1985); note - will be replaced in the October 1995 elections Council of State: acts as a consultative body to the president cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president on recommendation of the prime minister Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da Republica): elections last held 6 October 1991 (next to be held NA October 1995); results - PSD 50.4%, PS 29.3%, CDU 8.8%, CDS 4.4%, PSN 1.7%, PRD 0.6%, other 4.8%; seats - (230 total) PSD 136, PS 71, CDU 17, CDS 5, PSN 1 Judicial branch: Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Supremo Tribunal de Justica) Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic Party (PSD), Fernando NOGUEIRA; Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), Antonio GUTERRES; Party of Democratic Renewal (PRD), Pedro CANAVARRO; Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), Carlos CARVALHAS; Social Democratic Center (CDS), Manuel MONTEIRO; National Solidarity Party (PSN), Manuel SERGIO; Center Democratic Party (CDS); United Democratic Coalition (CDU; Communists) Member of: AfDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, EBRD, EC, ECE, ECLAC, EIB, FAO, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MTCR, NACC, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMOZ, UNPROFOR, UPU, WCL, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Francisco Jose Laco Treichler KNOPFLI chancery: 2125 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 328-8610 FAX: [1] (202) 462-3726 consulate(s) general: Boston, New York, Newark (New Jersey), and San Francisco consulate(s): Los Angeles, New Bedford (Massachusetts), Providence (Rhode Island), and Washington, DC US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley BAGLEY embassy: Avenida das Forcas Armadas, 1600 Lisbon mailing address: PSC 83, Lisbon; APO AE 09726 telephone: [351] (1) 7266600, 7266659, 7268670, 7268880 FAX: [351] (1) 7269109 consulate(s): Ponta Delgada (Azores) Flag: two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and red (three-fifths) with the Portuguese coat of arms centered on the dividing line Economy Overview: Portugal's economy contracted 0.4% in 1993 but registered a 1.4% growth in 1994, with 3% growth expected in 1995 and 1996. This comeback rests on high levels of public investment, continuing strong export growth, and a gradual recovery in consumer spending. The government's long-run economic goal is the modernization of Portuguese markets, industry, infrastructure, and work force in order to catch up with productivity and income levels of the more advanced EU countries. Per capita income now equals only 55% of the EU average. Economic policy in 1994 focused on reducing inflationary pressures by lowering the fiscal deficit, maintaining a stable escudo, moderating wage increases, and encouraging increased competition. The government's medium-term objective is to be in the first tier of the EU countries eligible to join the economic and monetary union (EMU) as early as 1997. To this end, the 1995 budget posits a cut in total deficit to 5.8% of GDP. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $107.3 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 1.4% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $10,190 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.1% (May 1994) Unemployment rate: 6.7% (May 1994) Budget: revenues: $31 billion expenditures: $41 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1994) Exports: $15.4 billion (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: clothing and footwear, machinery, cork and paper products, hides and skins partners: EU 75.5%, other developed countries 12.4%, US 4.3% (1994) Imports: $24.3 billion (c.i.f., 1993) commodities: machinery and transport equipment, agricultural products, chemicals, petroleum, textiles partners: EC 72%, other developed countries 10.9%, less developed countries 12.9%, US 3.4% External debt: $20 billion (1993 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 1.5% (1994 est.); accounts for 30.6% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 8,220,000 kW production: 29.5 billion kWh consumption per capita: 2,642 kWh (1993) Industries: textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork; metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; wine; tourism Agriculture: accounts for 5% of GDP; small, inefficient farms; imports more than half of food needs; major crops - grain, potatoes, olives, grapes; livestock sector - sheep, cattle, goats, poultry, meat, dairy products Illicit drugs: increasingly important gateway country for Latin American cocaine entering the European market; transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Europe Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1.8 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.2 billion Currency: 1 Portuguese escudo (Esc) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: Portuguese escudos (Esc) per US$1 - 158.02 (January 1995), 165.99 (1994), 160.80 (1993), 135.00 (1992), 144.48 (1991), 142.55 (1990) Fiscal year: calendar year Portugal:Transportation Railroads: total: 3,068 km broad gauge: 2,761 km 1.668-m gauge (439 km electrified; 426 km double track) narrow gauge: 307 km 1.000-m gauge Highways: total: 70,176 km paved and graveled: 60,351 km (519 km of expressways) unpaved: earth 9,825 km Inland waterways: 820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton cargo capacity Pipelines: crude oil 22 km; petroleum products 58 km Ports: Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores), Leixoes, Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitoria (Azores), Setubal, Viana do Castelo Merchant marine: total: 65 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 852,785 GRT/1,545,804 DWT ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 28, chemical tanker 5, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 2, oil tanker 17, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1 note: Portugal has created a captive register on Madeira for Portuguese-owned ships; ships on the Madeira Register (MAR) will have taxation and crewing benefits of a flag of convenience; in addition, Portugal owns 25 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 155,776 DWT that operate under Panamanian and Maltese registry Airports: total: 65 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 5 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 18 with paved runways under 914 m: 29 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2 Portugal:Communications Telephone system: 2,690,000 telephones local: NA intercity: generally adequate integrated network of coaxial cables, open wire and microwave radio relay, domestic satellite earth stations international: 6 submarine cables; 3 INTELSAT (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), EUTELSAT earth stations; tropospheric link to Azores Radio: broadcast stations: AM 57, FM 66 (repeaters 22), shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 66 (repeaters 23) televisions: NA Portugal:Defense Forces Branches: Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force, National Republican Guard, Fiscal Guard, Public Security Police Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,747,357; males fit for military service 2,223,299; males reach military age (20) annually 90,402 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $2.4 billion, 2.9% of GDP (1994) |