English Dictionary: pasteurize | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P. resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P. Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}. {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the {Araucaria excelsa}. {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into pine trees. {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary. {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and {alligator}. {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}. (b) The American sable. See {Sable}. {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See {Pinus}. {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below). {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine. {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc. {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood wool}. | |
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Jacob \Ja"cob\, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d {Jack}.] A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (--Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called {Israel}. And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. --Gen. xxxii. 9, 10. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel. --Gen. xxxii. 28. {Jacob's ladder}. (a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus {Polemonium} ({P. c[d2]ruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray}. (b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft. --R. H. Dana, Jr. (c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar. {Jacob's membrane}. See {Retina}. {Jacob's staff}. (a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] --Spenser. (b) (Surveying) See under {Staff}. | |
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Oxeye \Ox"eye`\, n. [Ox + eye.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The oxeye daisy. See under {Daisy}. (b) The corn camomile ({Anthemis arvensis}). (c) A genus of composite plants ({Buphthalmum}) with large yellow flowers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse ({Parus major}) and the blue titmouse ({P. c[d2]ruleus}). [Prov. Eng.] (b) The dunlin. (c) A fish; the bogue, or box. {Creeping oxeye} (Bot.) a West Indian composite plant ({Wedelia carnosa}). {Seaside oxeye} (Bot.), a West Indian composite shrub ({Borrichia arborescens}). | |
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Hagdon \Hag"don\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus {Puffinus}; esp., {P. major}, the greater shearwarter, and {P. Stricklandi}, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also {hagdown}, {haglin}, and {hag}. See {Shearwater}. | |
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Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P. resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P. Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}. {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the {Araucaria excelsa}. {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into pine trees. {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary. {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and {alligator}. {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}. (b) The American sable. See {Sable}. {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See {Pinus}. {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below). {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine. {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc. {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood wool}. | |
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Pachyderm \Pach"y*derm\, n. [Cf. F. pachyderme.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Pachydermata. | |
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Pachydermal \Pach`y*der"mal\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition. | |
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Pachydermatous \Pach`y*der"ma*tous\, a. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms. 2. Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule. | |
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Pachydermoid \Pach`y*der"moid\, a. [Pachyderm + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Related to the pachyderms. | |
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Pack \Pack\, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. {Packet}.] 1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods. --Piers Plowman. 2. [Cf. {Peck}, n.] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. [bd]A pack of sorrows.[b8] [bd]A pack of blessings.[b8] --Shak. Note: [bd]In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs.[b8] --McElrath. 3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; as: (a) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack. (b) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together. (c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves. (d) A shook of cask staves. (e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously. 4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely. --Kane. 5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment. 6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p[?]can to deceive.] A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See {Baggage}. [Obs.] --Skelton. {Pack animal}, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying packs. {Pack cloth}, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales. {Pack horse}. See {Pack animal} (above). {Pack ice}. See def. 4, above. {Pack moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Anacampsis sarcitella}) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and woolen fabrics. {Pack needle}, a needle for sewing with pack thread. --Piers Plowman. {Pack saddle}, a saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal. --Shak. {Pack staff}, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's staff. {Pack thread}, strong thread or small twine used for tying packs or parcels. {Pack train} (Mil.), a troop of pack animals. | |
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Pack saddle \Pack saddle\, Pack thread \Pack thread\ . See under 2d {Pack}. | |
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Pack \Pack\, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. {Packet}.] 1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods. --Piers Plowman. 2. [Cf. {Peck}, n.] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. [bd]A pack of sorrows.[b8] [bd]A pack of blessings.[b8] --Shak. Note: [bd]In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs.[b8] --McElrath. 3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; as: (a) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack. (b) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together. (c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves. (d) A shook of cask staves. (e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously. 4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely. --Kane. 5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment. 6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p[?]can to deceive.] A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See {Baggage}. [Obs.] --Skelton. {Pack animal}, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying packs. {Pack cloth}, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales. {Pack horse}. See {Pack animal} (above). {Pack ice}. See def. 4, above. {Pack moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Anacampsis sarcitella}) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and woolen fabrics. {Pack needle}, a needle for sewing with pack thread. --Piers Plowman. {Pack saddle}, a saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal. --Shak. {Pack staff}, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's staff. {Pack thread}, strong thread or small twine used for tying packs or parcels. {Pack train} (Mil.), a troop of pack animals. | |
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Paster \Past"er\, n. 1. One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department. 2. A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot. [Cant, U.S.] | |
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Pastern \Pas"tern\, n. [Of. pasturon, F. p[83]turon, fr. OF. pasture a tether, for beasts while pasturing; prop., a pasturing. See {Pasture}.] 1. The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of {Horse}. Note: The upper bone, or phalanx, of the foot is called the {great pastern bone}; the second, the {small pastern bone}; and the third, in the hoof, the {coffin bone}. {Pastern joint}, the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones. 2. A shackle for horses while pasturing. --Knight. 3. A patten. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Pastern \Pas"tern\, n. [Of. pasturon, F. p[83]turon, fr. OF. pasture a tether, for beasts while pasturing; prop., a pasturing. See {Pasture}.] 1. The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of {Horse}. Note: The upper bone, or phalanx, of the foot is called the {great pastern bone}; the second, the {small pastern bone}; and the third, in the hoof, the {coffin bone}. {Pastern joint}, the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones. 2. A shackle for horses while pasturing. --Knight. 3. A patten. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Pasteurian \Pas*teur"i*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Pasteur. | |
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Pasteurism \Pas*teur"ism\, n. [Fr. Pasteur, a French scientist.] 1. A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength. 2. Pasteurization. | |
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Pasteurization \Pas*teur`i*za"tion\, n. A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140[deg] F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments. | |
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Pasteurize \Pas*teur"ize\, v. t. 1. To subject to pasteurization. 2. To treat by pasteurism. | |
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Pasteurizer \Pas"teur*iz`er\, n. One that Pasteurizes, specif. an apparatus for heating and agitating, fluid. | |
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Pasteur's fluid \Pas`teur's" flu"id\ (Biol.) An artificial nutrient fluid invented by Pasteur for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water. | |
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Pastor \Pas"tor\, n. [L., fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. Cf. {Pabulum}, {Pasture}, {Food}.] 1. A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds. 2. A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A species of starling ({Pastor roseus}), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts. | |
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Pastor \Pas"tor\, n. [L., fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. Cf. {Pabulum}, {Pasture}, {Food}.] 1. A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds. 2. A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A species of starling ({Pastor roseus}), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts. | |
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Pastorage \Pas"tor*age\, n. The office, jurisdiction, or duty, of a pastor; pastorate. | |
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Pastoral \Pas"tor*al\, a. [L. pastoralis: cf. F. pastoral. See {Pastor}.] 1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life. 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter. {Pastoral staff} (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop, abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it. See {Crook}, and {Crosier}. {Pastoral Theology}, that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors. | |
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Pastoral \Pas"tor*al\, n. 1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic. A pastoral is a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects on a country life. --Rambler. 2. (Mus.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). 3. (Eccl.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish. | |
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Madrigal \Mad"ri*gal\, n. [It. madrigale, OIt. madriale, mandriale (cf. LL. matriale); of uncertain origin, possibly fr. It mandra flock, L. mandra stall, herd of cattle, Gr. [?] fold, stable; hence, madrigal, originally, a pastoral song.] 1. A little amorous poem, sometimes called a {pastoral poem}, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought. Whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. --Milton. 2. (Mus.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See {Glee}. | |
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Pastoral \Pas"tor*al\, a. [L. pastoralis: cf. F. pastoral. See {Pastor}.] 1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life. 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter. {Pastoral staff} (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop, abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it. See {Crook}, and {Crosier}. {Pastoral Theology}, that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors. | |
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Pastoral \Pas"tor*al\, a. [L. pastoralis: cf. F. pastoral. See {Pastor}.] 1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life. 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter. {Pastoral staff} (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop, abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it. See {Crook}, and {Crosier}. {Pastoral Theology}, that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors. | |
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Pastorally \Pas"tor*al*ly\, adv. 1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor. | |
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Pastorate \Pas"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. pastorat. See {Pastor}.] The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor. | |
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Pastorium \Pas*to"ri*um\, n. [See {Pastor}; cf. {Auditorium}.] A parsonage; -- so called in some Baptist churches. [Southern U. S.] | |
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Pastorless \Pas"tor*less\, a. Having no pastor. | |
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Pastorling \Pas"tor*ling\, n. An insignificant pastor. [R.] | |
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Pastorly \Pas"tor*ly\, a. Appropriate to a pastor. --Milton. | |
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Pastorship \Pas"tor*ship\, n. Pastorate. --Bp. Bull. | |
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Pastry \Pas"try\, n.; pl. {Pastries}. 1. The place where pastry is made. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc. {Pastry cook}, one whose occupation is to make pastry; as, the pastry cook of a hotel. | |
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Pastry \Pas"try\, n.; pl. {Pastries}. 1. The place where pastry is made. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc. {Pastry cook}, one whose occupation is to make pastry; as, the pastry cook of a hotel. | |
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Pastry \Pas"try\, n.; pl. {Pastries}. 1. The place where pastry is made. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc. {Pastry cook}, one whose occupation is to make pastry; as, the pastry cook of a hotel. | |
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Pasturable \Pas"tur*a*ble\, a. Fit for pasture. | |
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Pasturage \Pas"tur*age\, n. [OF. pasturage, F. p[83]turage. See {Pasture}.] 1. Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture. 2. Grass growing for feed; grazing. 3. The business of feeding or grazing cattle. | |
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Pasture \Pas"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pastured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pasturing}.] To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows. | |
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Pasture \Pas"ture\, v. i. To feed on growing grass; to graze. | |
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Pasture \Pas"ture\, n. [OF. pasture, F. p[83]ture, L. pastura, fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. See {Pastor}.] 1. Food; nourishment. [Obs.] Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous. --Spenser. 2. Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing. 3. Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. --Ps. xxiii. 2. So graze as you find pasture. --Shak. | |
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Pasture \Pas"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pastured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pasturing}.] To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows. | |
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Pastureless \Pas"ture*less\, a. Destitute of pasture. --Milton. | |
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Pasturer \Pas"tur*er\, n. One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See {Agister}. | |
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Pasture \Pas"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pastured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pasturing}.] To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows. | |
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Pay streak \Pay streak\ 1. (Mining) The zone, parallel to the walls of a vein, in which the ore is concentrated, or any narrow streak of paying ore in less valuable material. 2. (Oil Boring) A stratum of oil sand thick enough to make a well pay. | |
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Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod. Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of, the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the form peas being used in both senses. 2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos}, {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed. Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or less closely related to the common pea. See the Phrases, below. {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}. {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos sph[91]rospermus} and its seed. {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana}, having showy blossoms. {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}. {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}. {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}. {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n. {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue. {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and {Orris}. {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}. {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee. {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}. {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal. {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle. {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove. {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. --G. Bentham. {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas. {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore. {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc. {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China. {Pea vine}. (Bot.) (a) Any plant which bears peas. (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species). {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi}) which destroys peas by eating out the interior. {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}. {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus}; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms. | |
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Peach \Peach\, n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[88]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. {Persian}, and {Parsee}.] (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it ({Prunus, [or] Amygdalus Persica}). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. {Guinea}, [or] {Sierra Leone}, {peach}, the large edible berry of the {Sarcocephalus esculentus}, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa. {Palm peach}, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa}). {Peach color}, the pale red color of the peach blossom. {Peach-tree borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a clearwing moth ({[92]geria, [or] Sannina, exitiosa}) of the family {[92]geriid[91]}, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under {Borer}. | |
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d8Pectus \[d8]Pec"tus\, n.; pl. {Pectora}. [L., the breast.] (Zo[94]l.) The breast of a bird. | |
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Pectoral \Pec"to*ral\, a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles. 2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. {Pectoral arch}, [or] {Pectoral girdle} (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. {Pectorial cross} (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. {Pectorial} fins, [or] {Pectorials} (Zo[94]l.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under {Fin}. {Pectorial rail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Land rail} (b) under {Land}. {Pectorial sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe (b) . | |
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Pectoral \Pec"to*ral\, n. [L. pectorale a breastplate, neut. of pectorials.] 1. A covering or protecting for the breast. 2. (Eccl.) (a) A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person. (b) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast. 3. A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs. | |
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Girdle \Gir"dle\, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. g[81]rtel, Icel. gyr[?]ill. See {Gird}, v. t., to encircle, and cf. {Girth}, n.] 1. That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus. Within the girdle of these walls. --Shak. Their breasts girded with golden girdles. --Rev. xv. 6. 2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] --Bacon. From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. --Cowper. That gems the starry girdle of the year. --Campbell. 3. (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of {Brilliant}. --Knight. 4. (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. --Raymond. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The clitellus of an earthworm. {Girdle bone} (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under {Sphenethmoid}. {Girdle wheel}, a spinning wheel. {Sea girdle} (Zo[94]l.), a ctenophore. See {Venus's girdle}, under {Venus}. {Shoulder}, {Pectoral}, [and] {Pelvic}, {girdle}. (Anat.) See under {Pectoral}, and {Pelvic}. {To have under the girdle}, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection. | |
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Pectoral \Pec"to*ral\, a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles. 2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. {Pectoral arch}, [or] {Pectoral girdle} (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. {Pectorial cross} (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. {Pectorial} fins, [or] {Pectorials} (Zo[94]l.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under {Fin}. {Pectorial rail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Land rail} (b) under {Land}. {Pectorial sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe (b) . | |
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Pectoral \Pec"to*ral\, a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles. 2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. {Pectoral arch}, [or] {Pectoral girdle} (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. {Pectorial cross} (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. {Pectorial} fins, [or] {Pectorials} (Zo[94]l.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under {Fin}. {Pectorial rail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Land rail} (b) under {Land}. {Pectorial sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe (b) . | |
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Note: In the expressions [bd]to be, or dwell, upon land,[b8] [bd]to go, or fare, on land,[b8] as used by Chaucer, land denotes the country as distinguished from the town. A poor parson dwelling upon land [i.e., in the country]. --Chaucer. 3. Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land. 4. The inhabitants of a nation or people. These answers, in the silent night received, The kind himself divulged, the land believed. --Dryden. 5. The mainland, in distinction from islands. 6. The ground or floor. [Obs.] Herself upon the land she did prostrate. --Spenser. 7. (Agric.) The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing. 8. (Law) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate. --Kent. Bouvier. Burrill. 9. (Naut.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also {landing}. --Knight. 10. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves. {Land agent}, a person employed to sell or let land, to collect rents, and to attend to other money matters connected with land. {Land boat}, a vehicle on wheels propelled by sails. {Land blink}, a peculiar atmospheric brightness seen from sea over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions. See {Ice blink}. {Land breeze}. See under {Breeze}. {Land chain}. See {Gunter's chain}. {Land crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of crabs which live much on the land, and resort to the water chiefly for the purpose of breeding. They are abundant in the West Indies and South America. Some of them grow to a large size. {Land fish} a fish on land; a person quite out of place. --Shak. {Land force}, a military force serving on land, as distinguished from a naval force. {Land, ho!} (Naut.), a sailor's cry in announcing sight of land. {Land ice}, a field of ice adhering to the coast, in distinction from a floe. {Land leech} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of blood-sucking leeches, which, in moist, tropical regions, live on land, and are often troublesome to man and beast. {Land measure}, the system of measurement used in determining the area of land; also, a table of areas used in such measurement. {Land, [or] House}, {of bondage}, in Bible history, Egypt; by extension, a place or condition of special oppression. {Land o' cakes}, Scotland. {Land of Nod}, sleep. {Land of promise}, in Bible history, Canaan: by extension, a better country or condition of which one has expectation. {Land of steady habits}, a nickname sometimes given to the State of Connecticut. {Land office}, a government office in which the entries upon, and sales of, public land are registered, and other business respecting the public lands is transacted. [U.S.] {Land pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Menobranchus. {Land service}, military service as distinguished from naval service. {Land rail}. (Zo[94]l) (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See {Crake}. (b) An Australian rail ({Hypot[91]nidia Phillipensis}); -- called also {pectoral rail}. {Land scrip}, a certificate that the purchase money for a certain portion of the public land has been paid to the officer entitled to receive it. [U.S.] {Land shark}, a swindler of sailors on shore. [Sailors' Cant] {Land side} (a) That side of anything in or on the sea, as of an island or ship, which is turned toward the land. (b) The side of a plow which is opposite to the moldboard and which presses against the unplowed land. {Land snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail which lives on land, as distinguished from the aquatic snails are Pulmonifera, and belong to the Geophila; but the operculated land snails of warm countries are Di[d2]cia, and belong to the T[91]nioglossa. See {Geophila}, and {Helix}. {Land spout}, a descent of cloud and water in a conical form during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on land. {Land steward}, a person who acts for another in the management of land, collection of rents, etc. {Land tortoise}, {Land turtle} (Zo[94]l.), any tortoise that habitually lives on dry land, as the box tortoise. See {Tortoise}. {Land warrant}, a certificate from the Land Office, authorizing a person to assume ownership of a public land. [U.S.] {Land wind}. Same as {Land breeze} (above). {To make land} (Naut.), to sight land. {To set the land}, to see by the compass how the land bears from the ship. {To shut in the land}, to hide the land, as when fog, or an intervening island, obstructs the view. | |
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Jacksnipe \Jack"snipe`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European snipe ({Limnocryptes gallinula}); -- called also {judcock}, {jedcock}, {juddock}, {jed}, and {half snipe}. (b) A small American sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {pectoral sandpiper}, and {grass snipe}. | |
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Pectorally \Pec"to*ral*ly\, adv. As connected with the breast. | |
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Pectoral \Pec"to*ral\, a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles. 2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. {Pectoral arch}, [or] {Pectoral girdle} (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. {Pectorial cross} (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. {Pectorial} fins, [or] {Pectorials} (Zo[94]l.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under {Fin}. {Pectorial rail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Land rail} (b) under {Land}. {Pectorial sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe (b) . | |
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Pectoral \Pec"to*ral\, a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles. 2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. {Pectoral arch}, [or] {Pectoral girdle} (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. {Pectorial cross} (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. {Pectorial} fins, [or] {Pectorials} (Zo[94]l.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under {Fin}. {Pectorial rail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Land rail} (b) under {Land}. {Pectorial sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe (b) . | |
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Pectoral \Pec"to*ral\, a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles. 2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. {Pectoral arch}, [or] {Pectoral girdle} (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. {Pectorial cross} (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. {Pectorial} fins, [or] {Pectorials} (Zo[94]l.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under {Fin}. {Pectorial rail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Land rail} (b) under {Land}. {Pectorial sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe (b) . | |
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Pectoral \Pec"to*ral\, a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles. 2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. {Pectoral arch}, [or] {Pectoral girdle} (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. {Pectorial cross} (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. {Pectorial} fins, [or] {Pectorials} (Zo[94]l.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under {Fin}. {Pectorial rail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Land rail} (b) under {Land}. {Pectorial sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe (b) . | |
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Pectoral \Pec"to*ral\, a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles. 2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. {Pectoral arch}, [or] {Pectoral girdle} (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. {Pectorial cross} (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. {Pectorial} fins, [or] {Pectorials} (Zo[94]l.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under {Fin}. {Pectorial rail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Land rail} (b) under {Land}. {Pectorial sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe (b) . | |
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Pectoriloquial \Pec`to*ri*lo"qui*al\, a. [Cf. F. pectoriloque.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, pectoriloquy. | |
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Pectoriloquism \Pec`to*ril"o*quism\, n. Pectoriloquy. | |
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Pectoriloquous \Pec`to*ril"o*quous\, a. Pectoriloquial. | |
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Pectoriloquy \Pec`to*ril"o*quy\, n. [L. pectus, -oris, the breast + loqui to speak: cf. F. pectoriloquie.] (Med.) The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity. | |
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Pester \Pes"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pestered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pestering}.] [Abbrev. fr. impester, fr. OF. empaistrier, empestrer, to entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F. emp[88]trer; pref. em-, en- (L. in in) + LL. pastorium, pastoria, a fetter by which horses are prevented from wandering in the pastures, fr. L. pastorius belonging to a herdsman or shepherd, pastor a herdsman. See {In}, and {Pasture}, {Pastor}.] 1. To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations. We are pestered with mice and rats. --Dr. H. More. A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world. --Dryden. 2. To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. [Obs.] --Milton. All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes. --Holland. | |
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Pester \Pes"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pestered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pestering}.] [Abbrev. fr. impester, fr. OF. empaistrier, empestrer, to entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F. emp[88]trer; pref. em-, en- (L. in in) + LL. pastorium, pastoria, a fetter by which horses are prevented from wandering in the pastures, fr. L. pastorius belonging to a herdsman or shepherd, pastor a herdsman. See {In}, and {Pasture}, {Pastor}.] 1. To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations. We are pestered with mice and rats. --Dr. H. More. A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world. --Dryden. 2. To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. [Obs.] --Milton. All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes. --Holland. | |
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Pesterer \Pes"ter*er\, n. One who pesters or harasses. | |
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Pester \Pes"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pestered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pestering}.] [Abbrev. fr. impester, fr. OF. empaistrier, empestrer, to entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F. emp[88]trer; pref. em-, en- (L. in in) + LL. pastorium, pastoria, a fetter by which horses are prevented from wandering in the pastures, fr. L. pastorius belonging to a herdsman or shepherd, pastor a herdsman. See {In}, and {Pasture}, {Pastor}.] 1. To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations. We are pestered with mice and rats. --Dr. H. More. A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world. --Dryden. 2. To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. [Obs.] --Milton. All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes. --Holland. | |
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Pesterment \Pes"ter*ment\, n. The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry. [bd]The trouble and pesterment of children.[b8] --B. Franklin. | |
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Pesterous \Pes"ter*ous\, a. Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Physeter \Phy*se"ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to blow: cf. F. phys[82]t[8a]re.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The genus that includes the sperm whale. 2. A filtering machine operated by air pressure. | |
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Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zo[94]l.) A very large toothed whale ({Physeter macrocephalus}), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also {cachalot}, and {spermaceti whale}. {Pygmy sperm whale} (Zo[94]l.), a small whale ({Kogia breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called also {snub-nosed cachalot}. {Sperm-whale porpoise} (Zo[94]l.), a toothed cetacean ({Hypero[94]don bidens}), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and thick. Called also {bottle-nosed whale}. | |
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Ambergris \Am"ber*gris\, n. [F. ambre gris, i. e., gray amber; F. gris gray, which is of German origin: cf. OS. gr[8c]s, G. greis, gray-haired. See {Amber}.] A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale ({Physeter macrocephalus}), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212[deg] Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. --Dana. | |
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Cachalot \Cach"a*lot\, n. [F. cachalot.] (Zo[94]l.) The sperm whale ({Physeter macrocephalus}). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See {Sperm whale}. | |
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Piaster \Pi*as"ter\, n. [F. piastre, It. piastra a thin plate of metal, a dollar, LL. piastra, fr. L. emplastrum. See {Plaster}.] A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See {Peso}. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents. | |
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Piastre \Pi*as"tre\, n. See {Piaster}. | |
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3. A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. [Obs.] [bd]Take down my buckler . . . and grind the pick on 't.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. 4. Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick. France and Russia have the pick of our stables. --Ld. Lytton. 5. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock. 6. (Print.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. --MacKellar. 7. (Painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. 8. (Weawing) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch. {Pick dressing} (Arch.), in cut stonework, a facing made by a pointed tool, leaving the surface in little pits or depressions. {Pick hammer}, a pick with one end sharp and the other blunt, used by miners. | |
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Pictorial \Pic*to"ri*al\, a. [L. pictorius, fr. pictor a painter, fr. pingere to paint. See {Paint}.] Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. [bd]Pictorial rhetoric.[b8] --Ruskin. -- {Pic*to"ri*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Pictorial \Pic*to"ri*al\, a. [L. pictorius, fr. pictor a painter, fr. pingere to paint. See {Paint}.] Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. [bd]Pictorial rhetoric.[b8] --Ruskin. -- {Pic*to"ri*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Pictoric \Pic*tor"ic\, Pictorical \Pic*tor"ic*al\, a. Pictorial. [Obs.] | |
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Pictoric \Pic*tor"ic\, Pictorical \Pic*tor"ic*al\, a. Pictorial. [Obs.] | |
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Picturable \Pic"tur*a*ble\, a. Capable of being pictured, or represented by a picture. | |
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Pictural \Pic"tur*al\, a. Pictorial. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Pictural \Pic"tur*al\, n. A picture. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Picture \Pic"ture\, n. {Animated picture}, a moving picture. d8Pierre-perdu \[d8]Pierre`-per`du"\, n. [F. pierre perdue lost stone.] Blocks of stone or concrete heaped loosely in the water to make a foundation (as for a sea wall), a mole, etc. | |
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Picture \Pic"ture\, n. [L. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. F. peinture. See {Paint}.] 1. The art of painting; representation by painting. [Obs.] Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model. Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects. --Bacon. The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax. --Howell. 3. An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief. My eyes make pictures when they are shut. --Coleridge. Note: Picture is often used adjectively, or in forming self-explaining compounds; as, picture book or picture-book, picture frame or picture-frame, picture seller or picture-seller, etc. {Picture gallery}, a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to the exhibition of pictures. {Picture red}, a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a room, from which pictures are hung. {Picture writing}. (a) The art of recording events, or of expressing messages, by means of pictures representing the actions or circumstances in question. --Tylor. (b) The record or message so represented; as, the picture writing of the American Indians. Syn: {Picture}, {Painting}. Usage: Every kind of representation by drawing or painting is a picture, whether made with oil colors, water colors, pencil, crayons, or India ink; strictly, a painting is a picture made by means of colored paints, usually applied moist with a brush. | |
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Picture \Pic"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pictured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Picturing}.] To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. [bd]I . . . do picture it in my mind.[b8] --Spenser. I have not seen him so pictured. --Shak. | |
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Picture \Pic"ture\, n. [L. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. F. peinture. See {Paint}.] 1. The art of painting; representation by painting. [Obs.] Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model. Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects. --Bacon. The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax. --Howell. 3. An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief. My eyes make pictures when they are shut. --Coleridge. Note: Picture is often used adjectively, or in forming self-explaining compounds; as, picture book or picture-book, picture frame or picture-frame, picture seller or picture-seller, etc. {Picture gallery}, a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to the exhibition of pictures. {Picture red}, a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a room, from which pictures are hung. {Picture writing}. (a) The art of recording events, or of expressing messages, by means of pictures representing the actions or circumstances in question. --Tylor. (b) The record or message so represented; as, the picture writing of the American Indians. Syn: {Picture}, {Painting}. Usage: Every kind of representation by drawing or painting is a picture, whether made with oil colors, water colors, pencil, crayons, or India ink; strictly, a painting is a picture made by means of colored paints, usually applied moist with a brush. | |
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Picture \Pic"ture\, n. [L. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. F. peinture. See {Paint}.] 1. The art of painting; representation by painting. [Obs.] Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model. Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects. --Bacon. The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax. --Howell. 3. An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief. My eyes make pictures when they are shut. --Coleridge. Note: Picture is often used adjectively, or in forming self-explaining compounds; as, picture book or picture-book, picture frame or picture-frame, picture seller or picture-seller, etc. {Picture gallery}, a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to the exhibition of pictures. {Picture red}, a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a room, from which pictures are hung. {Picture writing}. (a) The art of recording events, or of expressing messages, by means of pictures representing the actions or circumstances in question. --Tylor. (b) The record or message so represented; as, the picture writing of the American Indians. Syn: {Picture}, {Painting}. Usage: Every kind of representation by drawing or painting is a picture, whether made with oil colors, water colors, pencil, crayons, or India ink; strictly, a painting is a picture made by means of colored paints, usually applied moist with a brush. | |
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Picture \Pic"ture\, n. [L. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. F. peinture. See {Paint}.] 1. The art of painting; representation by painting. [Obs.] Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model. Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects. --Bacon. The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax. --Howell. 3. An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief. My eyes make pictures when they are shut. --Coleridge. Note: Picture is often used adjectively, or in forming self-explaining compounds; as, picture book or picture-book, picture frame or picture-frame, picture seller or picture-seller, etc. {Picture gallery}, a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to the exhibition of pictures. {Picture red}, a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a room, from which pictures are hung. {Picture writing}. (a) The art of recording events, or of expressing messages, by means of pictures representing the actions or circumstances in question. --Tylor. (b) The record or message so represented; as, the picture writing of the American Indians. Syn: {Picture}, {Painting}. Usage: Every kind of representation by drawing or painting is a picture, whether made with oil colors, water colors, pencil, crayons, or India ink; strictly, a painting is a picture made by means of colored paints, usually applied moist with a brush. | |
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Picture \Pic"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pictured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Picturing}.] To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. [bd]I . . . do picture it in my mind.[b8] --Spenser. I have not seen him so pictured. --Shak. | |
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Pictured \Pic"tured\, a. Furnished with pictures; represented by a picture or pictures; as, a pictured scene. | |
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Picturer \Pic"tur*er\, n. One who makes pictures; a painter. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Picturesque \Pic`tur*esque"\, a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F. pittoresque. See {Pictorial}.] Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language. What is picturesque as placed in relation to the beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. --De Quincey. -- {Pic`tur*esque"ly}, adv. -- {Pic`tur*esque"ness}, n. | |
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Picturesque \Pic`tur*esque"\, a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F. pittoresque. See {Pictorial}.] Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language. What is picturesque as placed in relation to the beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. --De Quincey. -- {Pic`tur*esque"ly}, adv. -- {Pic`tur*esque"ness}, n. | |
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Picturesque \Pic`tur*esque"\, a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F. pittoresque. See {Pictorial}.] Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language. What is picturesque as placed in relation to the beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. --De Quincey. -- {Pic`tur*esque"ly}, adv. -- {Pic`tur*esque"ness}, n. | |
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Picturesquish \Pic`tur*esqu"ish\, a. Somewhat picturesque. [R.] | |
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Picture \Pic"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pictured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Picturing}.] To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. [bd]I . . . do picture it in my mind.[b8] --Spenser. I have not seen him so pictured. --Shak. | |
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Picturize \Pic"tur*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picturized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Picturizing}.] [R.] 1. To picture. 2. To adorn with pictures. | |
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Picturize \Pic"tur*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picturized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Picturizing}.] [R.] 1. To picture. 2. To adorn with pictures. | |
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Picturize \Pic"tur*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picturized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Picturizing}.] [R.] 1. To picture. 2. To adorn with pictures. | |
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Piscatorial \Pis`ca*to"ri*al\, Piscatory \Pis"ca*to*ry\, a. [L. piscatorius, fr. piscator a fisherman, fr. piscari to fish, fr. piscis a fish. See {Fish} the animal.] Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing. --Addison. | |
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Piscatorial \Pis`ca*to"ri*al\, Piscatory \Pis"ca*to*ry\, a. [L. piscatorius, fr. piscator a fisherman, fr. piscari to fish, fr. piscis a fish. See {Fish} the animal.] Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing. --Addison. | |
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Dogwood \Dog"wood`\ (-w[oocr]d`), n. [So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See {Dag}, and {Dagger}.] (Bot.) The {Cornus}, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes. Note: There are several species, one of which, {Cornus mascula}, called also {cornelian cherry}, bears a red acid berry. {C. florida} is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms. {Dogwood tree}. (a) The dogwood or {Cornus}. (b) A papilionaceous tree ({Piscidia erythrina}) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also {Jamaica dogwood}. | |
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Pistareen \Pis`ta*reen"\, n. An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents. | |
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Positure \Pos"i*ture\ (?; 135), n. See {Posture}. [Obs.] | |
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Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post. (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. 2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman. In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. --Abp. Abbot. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak. 3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. --Pope. 4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak. 5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. [Obs.] He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. --Palfrey. 6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under {Paper}. {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. --B. Jonson. {Post bag}, a mail bag. {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster. {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post. {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs. {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton. {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens. {Post office}. (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are received and distributed; a place appointed for attending to all business connected with the mail. (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter. {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}. {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the mail is carried. {Post town}. (a) A town in which post horses are kept. (b) A town in which a post office is established by law. {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as possible. {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses are attached at each stopping place. | |
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Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post. (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. 2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman. In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. --Abp. Abbot. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak. 3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. --Pope. 4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak. 5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. [Obs.] He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. --Palfrey. 6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under {Paper}. {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. --B. Jonson. {Post bag}, a mail bag. {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster. {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post. {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs. {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton. {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens. {Post office}. (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are received and distributed; a place appointed for attending to all business connected with the mail. (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter. {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}. {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the mail is carried. {Post town}. (a) A town in which post horses are kept. (b) A town in which a post office is established by law. {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as possible. {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses are attached at each stopping place. | |
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Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post. (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. 2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman. In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. --Abp. Abbot. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak. 3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. --Pope. 4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak. 5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. [Obs.] He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. --Palfrey. 6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under {Paper}. {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. --B. Jonson. {Post bag}, a mail bag. {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster. {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post. {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs. {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton. {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens. {Post office}. (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are received and distributed; a place appointed for attending to all business connected with the mail. (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter. {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}. {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the mail is carried. {Post town}. (a) A town in which post horses are kept. (b) A town in which a post office is established by law. {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as possible. {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses are attached at each stopping place. | |
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Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post. (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. 2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman. In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. --Abp. Abbot. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak. 3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. --Pope. 4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak. 5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. [Obs.] He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. --Palfrey. 6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under {Paper}. {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. --B. Jonson. {Post bag}, a mail bag. {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster. {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post. {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs. {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton. {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens. {Post office}. (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are received and distributed; a place appointed for attending to all business connected with the mail. (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter. {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}. {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the mail is carried. {Post town}. (a) A town in which post horses are kept. (b) A town in which a post office is established by law. {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as possible. {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses are attached at each stopping place. | |
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Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post. (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. 2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman. In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. --Abp. Abbot. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak. 3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. --Pope. 4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak. 5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. [Obs.] He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. --Palfrey. 6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under {Paper}. {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. --B. Jonson. {Post bag}, a mail bag. {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster. {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post. {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs. {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton. {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens. {Post office}. (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are received and distributed; a place appointed for attending to all business connected with the mail. (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter. {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}. {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the mail is carried. {Post town}. (a) A town in which post horses are kept. (b) A town in which a post office is established by law. {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as possible. {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses are attached at each stopping place. | |
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Poster \Post"er\, n. 1. One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier. [bd]Posters of the sea and land.[b8] --Shak. 2. A post horse. [bd]Posters at full gallop.[b8] --C. Lever. | |
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Poster \Post"er\, n. 1. A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places. 2. One who posts bills; a billposter. | |
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Posterior \Pos*te"ri*or\ (p[ocr]s*t[emac]"r[icr]*[etil]r), a. [L. posterior, compar. of posterus coming after, from post after. See {Post-}.] 1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to {prior}. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. --Broome. 2. Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to {anterior}. 3. (Anat.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for {dorsal}. 4. (Bot.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower. --Gray. | |
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Posteriority \Pos*te`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. post[82]riorit[82].] The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to {priority}. | |
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Posteriorly \Pos*te"ri*or*ly\, adv. Subsequently in time; also, behind in position. | |
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Posteriors \Pos*te"ri*ors\, n. pl. The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. --Swift. | |
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Posterity \Pos*ter"i*ty\, n. [L. posteritas: cf. F. post[82]rit[82]. See {Posterior}.] 1. The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham. If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity. --Shak. 2. Succeeding generations; future times. --Shak. Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. --Shak. Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. --Smalridge. | |
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Postern \Pos"tern\, n. [OF. posterne, posterle, F. poterne, fr. L. posterula, fr. posterus coming after. See {Posterior}.] 1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. He by a privy postern took his flight. --Spenser. Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. --Shak. 2. (Fort.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. --Mahan. | |
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Postern \Pos"tern\, a. Back; being behind; private. [bd]The postern door.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Postero \Pos"te*ro\ - ([?]). A combining form meaning posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side. | |
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Postoral \Post*o"ral\, a. [Pref. post- + oral.] (Anat.) Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth. | |
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Postorbital \Post*or"bit*al\, a. [Pref. post- + orbital.] (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles. -- n. A postorbital bone or scale. | |
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Postremogeniture \Pos*tre`mo*gen"i*ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. postremus last + genitura birth, geniture.] The right of the youngest born. --Mozley & W. | |
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Postremote \Post`re*mote"\, a. [Pref. post- + remote.] More remote in subsequent time or order. | |
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Postrider \Post"rid`er\, n. One who rides over a post road to carry the mails. --Bancroft. | |
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Posttertiary \Post*ter"ti*a*ry\, a. [Pref. post- + tertiary.] (Geol.) Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary. | |
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Postural \Pos"tur*al\ (?; 135), a. Of or pertaining to posture. | |
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Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. positura, fr. ponere, positum, to place. See {Position}.] 1. The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude. Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively expressed . . . one would have sworn the very picture had run. --Sir P. Sidney. In most strange postures We have seen him set himself. --Shak. The posture of a poetic figure is a description of his heroes in the performance of such or such an action. --Dryden. 2. Place; position; situation. [Obs.] --Milton. His [man's] noblest posture and station in this world. --Sir M. Hale. 3. State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs. The several postures of his devout soul. --Atterbury. Syn: Attitude; position. See {Attitude}. | |
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Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Posturing}.] To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model. --Howell. | |
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Posture \Pos"ture\, v. i. 1. To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose. 2. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint. | |
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Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Posturing}.] To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model. --Howell. | |
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Posturer \Pos`tur*er\, n. One who postures. | |
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Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Posturing}.] To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model. --Howell. | |
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Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat. (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher. (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels. {Pouched dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Zebra wolf}, under {Zebra}. {Pouched frog} (Zo[94]l.), the nototrema, the female of which has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage. {Pouched gopher}, [or] {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket gopher}, under {Pocket}. {Pouched mouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket mouse}, under {Pocket}. | |
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Rat \Rat\, n. [AS. r[91]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[86]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf. {Raccoon}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the several species of small rodents of the genus {Mus} and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat ({M. Alexandrinus}). These were introduced into Anerica from the Old World. 2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair. [Local, U.S.] 3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union. [Cant] Note: [bd]It so chanced that, not long after the accession of the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this country (in some timber as is said); and being much stronger than the black, or, till then, the common, rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter. The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first, as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the government of George the First, but has by degrees obtained a wide meaning, and come to be applied to any sudden and mercenary change in politics.[b8] --Lord Mahon. {Bamboo rat} (Zo[94]l.), any Indian rodent of the genus {Rhizomys}. {Beaver rat}, {Coast rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Beaver} and {Coast}. {Blind rat} (Zo[94]l.), the mole rat. {Cotton rat} (Zo[94]l.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious to the crop. {Ground rat}. See {Ground Pig}, under {Ground}. {Hedgehog rat}. See under {Hedgehog}. {Kangaroo rat} (Zo[94]l.), the potoroo. {Norway rat} (Zo[94]l.), the common brown rat. See {Rat}. {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Pocket Gopher}, under {Pocket}. (b) Any African rodent of the genus {Cricetomys}. {Rat Indians} (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to Athabascan stock. {Rat mole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mole rat}, under {Mole}. {Rat pit}, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be killed by a dog for sport. {Rat snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc. {Spiny rat} (Zo[94]l.), any South America rodent of the genus {Echinomys}. {To smell a rat}. See under {Smell}. {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any American rat of the genus {Neotoma}, especially {N. Floridana}, common in the Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white. | |
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Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See {Gauffer}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family {Geomyid[91]}; -- called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched rat}. See {Pocket gopher}, and {Tucan}. Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth. 2. One of several western American species of the genus {Spermophilus}, of the family {Sciurid[91]}; as, the gray gopher ({Spermophilus Franklini}) and the striped gopher ({S. tridecemlineatus}); -- called also {striped prairie squirrel}, {leopard marmot}, and {leopard spermophile}. See {Spermophile}. 3. A large land tortoise ({Testudo Carilina}) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows. 4. A large burrowing snake ({Spilotes Couperi}) of the Southern United States. {Gopher drift} (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. --Raymond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat. (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher. (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels. {Pouched dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Zebra wolf}, under {Zebra}. {Pouched frog} (Zo[94]l.), the nototrema, the female of which has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage. {Pouched gopher}, [or] {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket gopher}, under {Pocket}. {Pouched mouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket mouse}, under {Pocket}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rat \Rat\, n. [AS. r[91]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[86]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf. {Raccoon}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the several species of small rodents of the genus {Mus} and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat ({M. Alexandrinus}). These were introduced into Anerica from the Old World. 2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair. [Local, U.S.] 3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union. [Cant] Note: [bd]It so chanced that, not long after the accession of the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this country (in some timber as is said); and being much stronger than the black, or, till then, the common, rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter. The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first, as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the government of George the First, but has by degrees obtained a wide meaning, and come to be applied to any sudden and mercenary change in politics.[b8] --Lord Mahon. {Bamboo rat} (Zo[94]l.), any Indian rodent of the genus {Rhizomys}. {Beaver rat}, {Coast rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Beaver} and {Coast}. {Blind rat} (Zo[94]l.), the mole rat. {Cotton rat} (Zo[94]l.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious to the crop. {Ground rat}. See {Ground Pig}, under {Ground}. {Hedgehog rat}. See under {Hedgehog}. {Kangaroo rat} (Zo[94]l.), the potoroo. {Norway rat} (Zo[94]l.), the common brown rat. See {Rat}. {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Pocket Gopher}, under {Pocket}. (b) Any African rodent of the genus {Cricetomys}. {Rat Indians} (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to Athabascan stock. {Rat mole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mole rat}, under {Mole}. {Rat pit}, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be killed by a dog for sport. {Rat snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc. {Spiny rat} (Zo[94]l.), any South America rodent of the genus {Echinomys}. {To smell a rat}. See under {Smell}. {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any American rat of the genus {Neotoma}, especially {N. Floridana}, common in the Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See {Gauffer}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family {Geomyid[91]}; -- called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched rat}. See {Pocket gopher}, and {Tucan}. Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth. 2. One of several western American species of the genus {Spermophilus}, of the family {Sciurid[91]}; as, the gray gopher ({Spermophilus Franklini}) and the striped gopher ({S. tridecemlineatus}); -- called also {striped prairie squirrel}, {leopard marmot}, and {leopard spermophile}. See {Spermophile}. 3. A large land tortoise ({Testudo Carilina}) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows. 4. A large burrowing snake ({Spilotes Couperi}) of the Southern United States. {Gopher drift} (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. --Raymond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish ({Psetta arnoglossa}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scaldfish \Scald"fish`\, n. [Scald, a. + fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A European flounder ({Arnoglossus laterna}, or {Psetta arnoglossa}); -- called also {megrim}, and {smooth sole}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudo-heart \Pseu"do-heart`\, n. [Pseudo- + heart.] (Zo[94]l.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system. | |
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]: | |
Pseudorhabdite \Pseu`do*rhab"dite\, n. [Pseudo- + Gr. [?] a rod.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the integument of certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granular substance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudo-romantic \Pseu`do-ro*man"tic\, a. Pseudo- + romantic.] Falsely romantic. The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage. --De Quincey. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pastura, NM Zip code(s): 88435 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Peachtree City, GA (city, FIPS 59724) Location: 33.39261 N, 84.56888 W Population (1990): 19027 (6541 housing units) Area: 60.4 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30269 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pescadero, CA Zip code(s): 94060 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Picture Rocks, AZ (CDP, FIPS 55300) Location: 32.34576 N, 111.24568 W Population (1990): 4026 (1597 housing units) Area: 142.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Picture Rocks, PA (borough, FIPS 60136) Location: 41.28002 N, 76.70922 W Population (1990): 660 (259 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
packet driver divides data into {packet}s which it routes to the network. It also handles incoming data, reassembling the packets so that {application program}s can read the data as a continuous stream. {FTP Software} created the specification for {IBM PC} packet drivers but {Crynwr Software} dominate the market and have done the vast majority of the implementations. Packet drivers provide a simple, common programming interface that allows multiple {application}s to share a {network interface} at the {data link} layer. Packet drivers demultiplex incoming packets among the applications by using the network media's {standard packet type} or {service access point} field(s). The packet driver provides calls to initiate access to a specific packet type, to end access to it, to send a packet, to get statistics on the network interface and to get information about the interface. Protocol implementations that use the packet driver can coexist and can make use of one another's services, whereas multiple applications which do not use the driver do not coexist on one machine properly. Through use of the packet driver, a user could run {TCP/IP}, {XNS} and a proprietary protocol implementation such as {DECnet}, {Banyan}'s, {LifeNet}'s, {Novell}'s or {3Com}'s without the difficulties associated with pre-empting the network interface. Applications which use the packet driver can also run on new network hardware of the same class without being modified; only a new packet driver need be supplied. There are several levels of packet driver. The first is the basic packet driver, which provides minimal functionality but should be simple to implement and which uses very few host resources. The basic driver provides operations to broadcast and receive packets. The second driver is the extended packet driver, which is a superset of the basic driver. The extended driver supports less commonly used functions of the network interface such as {multicast}, and also gathers statistics on use of the interface and makes these available to the application. The third level, the high-performance functions, support performance improvements and tuning. {(http://www.crynwr.com/crynwr/home.html)}. (1994-12-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
packet radio communications {protocols} in large networks (i.e not {wireless LANs} or {Bluetooth}) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into {amateur packet radio} (AX25) and {General Packet Radio Service} (GRPS). (2001-05-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
packet writing more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD. {Adaptec}'s DirectCD is a packet writing recorder for {Windows 95} and {Windows NT} that uses the {UDF} version 1.5 file system. [Is this true? How does it work?] (1999-09-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pictorial Janus K. Kahn, Xerox. Visual extension of Janus. Requires Strand88 and a PostScript interpreter. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
picture {image} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
picture element an {image}, either on a screen or stored in memory. Each pixel in a {monochrome} image has its own brightness, from 0 for black to the maximum value (e.g. 255 for an eight-bit pixel) for white. In a colour image, each pixel has its own brightness and colour, usually represented as a triple of red, green and blue intensities (see {RGB}). Compare {voxel}. (1998-05-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Picture Quality Scale features of images that affect their perception by the human eye, rather than the traditional {signal-to-noise ratio} which examines differences for every single {pixel}. [Details?] (1995-01-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
post-order traversal {traversal} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pSather {shared memory} model. It features {thread}s synchronised by {monitor} objects ("gates"); {locality} {assertion}s and placement operators. There is an implementation for the {CM-5}. ["pSather Monitors: Design, Tutorial, Rationale and Implementation", J.A. Feldman et al, TR-91-031 and TR-93-028, ICSI, Berkeley, CA]. (1995-03-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pseudo-random number algorithm so as to have an even distribution over some range of values and minimal correlation between successive values. {Home (http://random.mat.sbg.ac.at/home.html)}. (1995-04-21) |