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Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[acr]t"ent [or] p[amac]t"ent), a. [L. patens, -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf. {Fathom}.] 1. Note: (Oftener pronounced p[amac]t"ent in this sense) Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. --Motley. 2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters patent}, under 3d {Letter}. 3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines. Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity. --Mortimer. 4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf. {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work. {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents. {Patent right}. (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufacture. (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices or prerogatives. {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents. | |
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Patent \Pat"ent\, n. [Cf. F. patente. See {Patent}, a.] 1. A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party. Specifically: (a) A writing securing to an invention. (b) A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands. Four other gentlemen of quality remained mentioned in that patent. --Fuller. Note: In the United States, by the act of 1870, patents for inventions are issued for seventeen years, without the privilege of renewal except by act of Congress. 2. The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent. If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent to offend. --Shak. | |
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Patent \Pat"ent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Patenting}.] To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands. | |
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Inside \In"side`\, n. 1. The part within; interior or internal portion; content. Looked he o' the inside of the paper? --Shak. 2. pl. The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings. Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides freely. --Massinger. 3. An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside. [Colloq. Eng.] So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three insides. --Anti-Jacobin. {Patent insides} [or] {outside}, a name give to newspaper sheets printed on one side with general and miscellaneous matter, and furnished wholesale to offices of small newspapers, where the blank pages are filled up with recent and local news. | |
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Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[acr]t"ent [or] p[amac]t"ent), a. [L. patens, -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf. {Fathom}.] 1. Note: (Oftener pronounced p[amac]t"ent in this sense) Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. --Motley. 2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters patent}, under 3d {Letter}. 3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines. Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity. --Mortimer. 4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf. {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work. {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents. {Patent right}. (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufacture. (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices or prerogatives. {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents. | |
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Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[acr]t"ent [or] p[amac]t"ent), a. [L. patens, -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf. {Fathom}.] 1. Note: (Oftener pronounced p[amac]t"ent in this sense) Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. --Motley. 2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters patent}, under 3d {Letter}. 3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines. Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity. --Mortimer. 4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf. {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work. {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents. {Patent right}. (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufacture. (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices or prerogatives. {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents. | |
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Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[acr]t"ent [or] p[amac]t"ent), a. [L. patens, -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf. {Fathom}.] 1. Note: (Oftener pronounced p[amac]t"ent in this sense) Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. --Motley. 2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters patent}, under 3d {Letter}. 3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines. Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity. --Mortimer. 4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf. {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work. {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents. {Patent right}. (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufacture. (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices or prerogatives. {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents. | |
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Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[acr]t"ent [or] p[amac]t"ent), a. [L. patens, -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf. {Fathom}.] 1. Note: (Oftener pronounced p[amac]t"ent in this sense) Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. --Motley. 2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters patent}, under 3d {Letter}. 3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines. Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity. --Mortimer. 4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf. {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work. {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents. {Patent right}. (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufacture. (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices or prerogatives. {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents. | |
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Yellow \Yel"low\, n. 1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. [bd]A long motley coat guarded with yellow.[b8] --Shak. 2. A yellow pigment. {Cadmium yellow}, {Chrome yellow}, {Indigo yellow}, {King's yellow}, etc. See under {Cadmium}, {Chrome}, etc. {Naples yellow}, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil, porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic lead nitrate, and common salt. {Patent yellow} (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also {Turner's yellow}. | |
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Patentable \Pat"ent*a*ble\, a. Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented. | |
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Patent \Pat"ent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Patenting}.] To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands. | |
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Patentee \Pat`ent*ee"\, n. One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent. --Bacon. | |
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Patent-hammered \Pat"ent-ham"mered\, a. (Stone Cutting) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together. | |
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Patent \Pat"ent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Patenting}.] To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands. | |
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Patently \Pat"ent*ly\ (?; see {Patent}, a.), adv. Openly; evidently. | |
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Pathematic \Path`e*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] a suffering, [?], to suffer.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering. [R.] --Chalmers. | |
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Patient \Pa"tient\, v. t. To compose, to calm. [Obs.] [bd]Patient yourself, madam.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Patient \Pa"tient\, n. 1. ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that often involves the agent and the patient. --Gov. of Tongue. 2. A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse. Like a physician, . . . seeing his patient in a pestilent fever. --Sir P. Sidney. {In patient}, a patient who receives lodging and food, as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary. {Out patient}, one who receives advice and medicine, or treatment, from an infirmary. | |
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Patient \Pa"tient\, a. [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. {Pathos}, {Passion}.] 1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear. Patient of severest toil and hardship. --Bp. Fell. 2. Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering. 3. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor. Whatever I have done is due to patient thought. --Sir I. Newton. 4. Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed. Not patient to expect the turns of fate. --Prior. 5. Forbearing; long-suffering. Be patient toward all men. --1 Thess. v. 14. | |
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Patiently \Pa"tient*ly\, adv. In a patient manner. --Cowper. | |
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Pattened \Pat"ten*ed\, a. Wearing pattens. [bd]Some pattened girl.[b8] --Jane Austen. | |
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Pedant \Ped"ant\, n. [F. p[82]dant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. [?] to instruct, from pai^s boy. See {Pedagogue}.] 1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.] --Dryden. A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. --Shak. 2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. --Addison. A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he. --Goldsmith. | |
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Pedantic \Pe*dan"tic\, Pedantical \Pe*dan"tic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation. [bd]Figures pedantical.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Pedantic \Pe*dan"tic\, Pedantical \Pe*dan"tic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation. [bd]Figures pedantical.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Pedantically \Pe*dan"tic*al*ly\, adv. In a pedantic manner. | |
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Pedanticly \Pe*dan"tic*ly\, adv. Pedantically. [R.] | |
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Pedantism \Ped"ant*ism\, n. The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry. [Obs.] | |
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Pedantize \Ped"ant*ize\, v. i. [Cf. F. p[82]dantiser.] To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions. [R.] | |
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Pedantocracy \Ped`an*toc"ra*cy\, n. [Pedant + democracy.] The sway of pedants. [R.] --J. S. Mill. | |
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Pedantry \Ped"ant*ry\, n. [Cf. F. p[82]danterie.] The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning. [bd]This pedantry of quotation.[b8] --Cowley. 'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Pedanty \Ped"ant*y\, n. An assembly or clique of pedants. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Pedometer \Pe*dom"e*ter\, n. [Pedi-, pedo- + -meter: cf. F. p[82]dom[8a]tre.] (Mech.) An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step. | |
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Pedometric \Ped`o*met"ric\, Pedometrical \Ped`o*met"ric*al\, a. Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer. | |
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Pedometric \Ped`o*met"ric\, Pedometrical \Ped`o*met"ric*al\, a. Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer. | |
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Pedomotive \Ped`o*mo"tive\, a. [Pedi-, pedo- + -motive.] Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle. | |
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Petune \Pe*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petuned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petuning}.] [See {Petunia}.] (Agric.) To spray (tobacco) with a liquid intended to produce flavor or aroma. | |
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Petunse \Pe*tunse"\, Petuntse \Pe*tuntse"\, Petuntze \Pe*tuntze"\, n. [From Chinese.] Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain. | |
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Petunse \Pe*tunse"\, Petuntse \Pe*tuntse"\, Petuntze \Pe*tuntze"\, n. [From Chinese.] Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain. | |
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Photometer \Pho*tom"e*ter\, n. [Photo- + -meter: cf. F. photom[8a]tre.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different lights, or their relative illuminating power. | |
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Photometric \Pho`to*met"ric\, Photometrical \Pho`to*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. photom[82]trique.] Of or pertaining to photometry, or to a photometer. | |
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Photometric \Pho`to*met"ric\, Photometrical \Pho`to*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. photom[82]trique.] Of or pertaining to photometry, or to a photometer. | |
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Photometrician \Pho*tom`e*tri"cian\, Photometrist \Pho*tom"e*trist\, n. A specialist in photometry. | |
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Photometrician \Pho*tom`e*tri"cian\, n. One engaged in the scientific measurement of light. | |
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Photometrician \Pho*tom`e*tri"cian\, Photometrist \Pho*tom"e*trist\, n. A specialist in photometry. | |
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Photometry \Pho*tom"e*try\, n. [Cf. F. photom[82]trie.] That branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light. | |
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Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. [bd]Pied coats.[b8] --Burton. [bd]Meadows trim with daisies pied.[b8] --Milton. {Pied antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bontebok. {Pied-billed grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the dabchick. {Pied blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus {Turdulus}. {Pied finch} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chaffinch. (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.] {Pied flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a common European flycatcher ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white. | |
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Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot. 2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug. 3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. [bd]Give her a pot and a cake.[b8] --De Foe. 4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot. 5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot. 6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc. 7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight. 8. A size of paper. See {Pott}. {Jack pot}. See under 2d {Jack}. {Pot cheese}, cottage cheese. See under {Cottage}. {Pot companion}, a companion in drinking. {Pot hanger}, a pothook. {Pot herb}, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. {Pot hunter}, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market. {Pot metal}. (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure. (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot. --Knight. {Pot plant} (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot. {Pot wheel} (Hydraul.), a noria. {To go to pot}, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G. Saxe. | |
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Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot. 2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug. 3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. [bd]Give her a pot and a cake.[b8] --De Foe. 4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot. 5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot. 6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc. 7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight. 8. A size of paper. See {Pott}. {Jack pot}. See under 2d {Jack}. {Pot cheese}, cottage cheese. See under {Cottage}. {Pot companion}, a companion in drinking. {Pot hanger}, a pothook. {Pot herb}, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. {Pot hunter}, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market. {Pot metal}. (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure. (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot. --Knight. {Pot plant} (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot. {Pot wheel} (Hydraul.), a noria. {To go to pot}, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G. Saxe. | |
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Potamian \Po*ta"mi*an\, n. [Gr. [?] river.] (Zo[94]l.) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises ({Potamites}, or {Trionychoidea}) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See {Trionyx}. | |
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Potent \Po"tent\, n. 1. A prince; a potentate. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. [See {Potence}.] A staff or crutch. [Obs.] 3. (Her.) One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned. {Counter potent} (Her.), a fur differing from potent in the arrangement of the patches. | |
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Potent \Po"tent\, a. [L. potens, -entis, p. pr. of posse to be able, to have power, fr. potis able, capable (akin to Skr. pati master, lord) + esse to be. See {Host} a landlord, {Am}, and cf. {Despot}, {Podesta}, {Possible}, {Power}, {Puissant}.] 1. Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine. [bd]Harsh and potent injuries.[b8] --Shak. Moses once more his potent rod extends. --Milton. 2. Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince. [bd]A potent dukedom.[b8] --Shak. Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors. --Shak. 3. Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument. {Cross potent}. (Her.) See Illust. (7) of {Cross}. Syn: Powerful; mighty; puissant; strong; able; efficient; forcible; efficacious; cogent; influential. | |
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Potentacy \Po"ten*ta*cy\, n. [See {Potentate}.] Sovereignty. [Obs.] | |
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Potentate \Po"ten*tate\, n. [LL. potentatus, fr. potentare to exercise power: cf. F. potentat. See {Potent}, a.] One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch. The blessed and only potentate. --1 Tim. vi. 15. Cherub and seraph, potentates and thrones. --Milton. | |
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Potential \Po*ten"tial\, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See {Potency}.] 1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. [Obs.] [bd]And hath in his effect a voice potential.[b8] --Shak. 2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. [bd]A potential hero.[b8] --Carlyle. Potential existence means merely that the thing may be at ome time; actual existence, that it now is. --Sir W. Hamilton. {Potential cautery}. See under {Cautery}. {Potential energy}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Energy}. {Potential mood}, [or] {mode} (Gram.), that form of the verb which is used to express possibility, liberty, power, will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can, must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can write. | |
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Potential \Po*ten"tial\, n. 1. Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially. --Bacon. 2. (Math.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the co[94]rdinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called {potential function}, or {force function}. It is called also {Newtonian potential} when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center. 3. (Elec.) The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force. | |
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Potential \Po*ten"tial\, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See {Potency}.] 1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. [Obs.] [bd]And hath in his effect a voice potential.[b8] --Shak. 2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. [bd]A potential hero.[b8] --Carlyle. Potential existence means merely that the thing may be at ome time; actual existence, that it now is. --Sir W. Hamilton. {Potential cautery}. See under {Cautery}. {Potential energy}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Energy}. {Potential mood}, [or] {mode} (Gram.), that form of the verb which is used to express possibility, liberty, power, will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can, must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can write. | |
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Cautery \Cau"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Cauteries}. [L. cauterium, Gr. [?]. See {Cauter}.] 1. (Med.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue. 2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing. {Actual cautery}, a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so effected. {Potential cautery}, a substance which cauterizes by chemical action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced by such substance. | |
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Potential \Po*ten"tial\, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See {Potency}.] 1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. [Obs.] [bd]And hath in his effect a voice potential.[b8] --Shak. 2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. [bd]A potential hero.[b8] --Carlyle. Potential existence means merely that the thing may be at ome time; actual existence, that it now is. --Sir W. Hamilton. {Potential cautery}. See under {Cautery}. {Potential energy}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Energy}. {Potential mood}, [or] {mode} (Gram.), that form of the verb which is used to express possibility, liberty, power, will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can, must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can write. | |
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Potential \Po*ten"tial\, n. 1. Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially. --Bacon. 2. (Math.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the co[94]rdinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called {potential function}, or {force function}. It is called also {Newtonian potential} when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center. 3. (Elec.) The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force. | |
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Potential \Po*ten"tial\, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See {Potency}.] 1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. [Obs.] [bd]And hath in his effect a voice potential.[b8] --Shak. 2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. [bd]A potential hero.[b8] --Carlyle. Potential existence means merely that the thing may be at ome time; actual existence, that it now is. --Sir W. Hamilton. {Potential cautery}. See under {Cautery}. {Potential energy}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Energy}. {Potential mood}, [or] {mode} (Gram.), that form of the verb which is used to express possibility, liberty, power, will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can, must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can write. | |
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Potentiality \Po*ten`ti*al"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited. | |
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Potentially \Po*ten"tial*ly\, adv. 1. With power; potently. [Obs.] 2. In a potential manner; possibly, not positively. The duration of human souls is only potentially infinite. --Bentley. | |
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Potentiate \Po*ten"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Potentiating}.] To render active or potent. --Coleridge. | |
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Potentiate \Po*ten"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Potentiating}.] To render active or potent. --Coleridge. | |
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Potentiate \Po*ten"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Potentiating}.] To render active or potent. --Coleridge. | |
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Silverweed \Sil"ver*weed`\, n. (Bot.) A perennial rosaceous herb ({Potentilla Anserina}) having the leaves silvery white beneath. | |
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Hardhack \Hard"hack`\, n. (Bot.) A very astringent shrub ({Spir[91]a tomentosa}), common in pastures. The {Potentilla fruticosa} in also called by this name. | |
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Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See {Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also {marish}.] {Marsh asphodel} (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum}) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also {bog asphodel}. {Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris}) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger. {Marsh elder}. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus}). (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes ({Iva frutescens}). {Marsh five-finger}. (Bot.) See {Marsh cinquefoil} (above). {Marsh gas}. (Chem.) See under {Gas}. {Marsh grass} (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina}) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also {cord grass}. The tall {S. cynosuroides} is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low {S. juncea} is a common component of salt hay. {Marsh harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus [91]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk}, {moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}. {Marsh hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus}), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also {hen harrier}, and {mouse hawk}. (b) The marsh harrier. {Marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of fresh-water marshes, and {R. longirostris} of salt-water marshes. {Marsh mallow} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alth[91]a} ( {A. officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent. {Marsh marigold}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Marsh pennywort} (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Hydrocotyle}; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also {water pennywort}. {Marsh quail} (Zo[94]l.), the meadow lark. {Marsh rosemary} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Statice} ({S. Limonium}), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also {sea lavender}. {Marsh samphire} (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea}) found along seacoasts. See {Glasswort}. {Marsh St. John's-wort} (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. {Marsh tea}. (Bot.). Same as {Labrador tea}. {Marsh trefoil}. (Bot.) Same as {Buckbean}. {Marsh wren} (Zo[94]l.), any species of small American wrens of the genus {Cistothorus}, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes. | |
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Cinquefoil \Cinque"foil`\, n. [Cinque five + foil, F. feuille leaf. See {Foil}.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several different species of the genus {Potentilla}; -- also called {five-finger}, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand. 2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. --Gwilt. {Marsh cinquefoil}, the {Potentilla palustris}, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes. | |
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Tormentil \Tor"men*til\, n. [F. tormentille; cf. Pr., It., & NL. tormentilla, Sp. tormentila; all fr. L. tormentum pain. So called because it is said to allay pain. See {Torment}.] (Bot.) A rosaceous herb ({Potentilla Tormentilla}), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea. | |
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Potentiometer \Po*ten`ti*om"e*ter\, n. [Potential + -meter.] (Elec.) An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentials or electro-motive forces. | |
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Potentize \Po"ten*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Potentizing}.] To render the latent power of (anything) available. --Dunglison. | |
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Potentize \Po"ten*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Potentizing}.] To render the latent power of (anything) available. --Dunglison. | |
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Potentize \Po"ten*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Potentizing}.] To render the latent power of (anything) available. --Dunglison. | |
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Potently \Po"tent*ly\, adv. With great force or energy; powerfully; efficaciously. [bd]You are potently opposed.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Potentness \Po"tent*ness\, n. The quality or state of being potent; powerfulness; potency; efficacy. | |
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Pudendal \Pu*den"dal\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum. | |
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Anaconda \An`a*con"da\, n. [Of Ceylonese origin?] (Zo[94]l.) A large South American snake of the Boa family ({Eunectes murinus}), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent ({Python tigris}) of Ceylon. | |
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potential difference {voltage} |