English Dictionary: pean | by the DICT Development Group |
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Sea bream \Sea" bream`\ (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species ({Pagellus centrodontus}), the Spanish ({P. Oweni}), and the black sea bream ({Cantharus lineatus}); -- called also {old wife}. | |
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P91an \P[91]"an\ (p[emac]`[ait]n), n. [L. paean, Gr. paia`n, fr. Paia`n the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Cf. {P[91]on}, {Peony}.] [Written also {pean}.] 1. An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities. 2. Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. --Dryden. [bd]Public p[91]ans of congratulation.[b8] --De Quincey. 3. See {P[91]on}. | |
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P91on \P[91]"on\ (p[emac]"[ocr]n), n. [L. paeon, Gr. paiw`n a solemn song, also, a p[91]on, equiv. to paia`n. See {P[91]an}.] (Anc. Poet.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. [Written also, less correctly, {p[91]an}.] | |
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P91an \P[91]"an\ (p[emac]`[ait]n), n. [L. paean, Gr. paia`n, fr. Paia`n the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Cf. {P[91]on}, {Peony}.] [Written also {pean}.] 1. An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities. 2. Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. --Dryden. [bd]Public p[91]ans of congratulation.[b8] --De Quincey. 3. See {P[91]on}. | |
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P91on \P[91]"on\ (p[emac]"[ocr]n), n. [L. paeon, Gr. paiw`n a solemn song, also, a p[91]on, equiv. to paia`n. See {P[91]an}.] (Anc. Poet.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. [Written also, less correctly, {p[91]an}.] | |
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P91on \P[91]"on\ (p[emac]"[ocr]n), n. [L. paeon, Gr. paiw`n a solemn song, also, a p[91]on, equiv. to paia`n. See {P[91]an}.] (Anc. Poet.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. [Written also, less correctly, {p[91]an}.] | |
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P91ony \P[91]"o*ny\ (p[emac]"[osl]*n[ycr]), n. (Bot.) See {Peony}. | |
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Peony \Pe"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Peonies}. [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. [?], fr. [?], [?], the god of healing. Cf. {P[91]an}.] (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus {P[91]onia}. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also {p[91]ony}, and {piony}.] | |
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P91ony \P[91]"o*ny\ (p[emac]"[osl]*n[ycr]), n. (Bot.) See {Peony}. | |
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Peony \Pe"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Peonies}. [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. [?], fr. [?], [?], the god of healing. Cf. {P[91]an}.] (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus {P[91]onia}. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also {p[91]ony}, and {piony}.] | |
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Paien \Pai"en\, n. & a. Pagan. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Pain \Pain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paining}.] [OE. peinen, OF. pener, F. peiner to fatigue. See {Pain}, n.] 1. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Acts xxii. 5). 2. To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him. Excess of cold, as well as heat, pains us. --Locke . 3. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents. I am pained at my very heart. --Jer. iv. 19. {To pain one's self}, to exert or trouble one's self; to take pains; to be solicitous. [Obs.] [bd]She pained her to do all that she might.[b8] --Chaucer. Syn: To disquiet; trouble; afflict; grieve; aggrieve; distress; agonize; torment; torture. | |
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Pain \Pain\, n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. [?] penalty. Cf. {Penal}, {Pine} to languish, {Punish}.] 1. Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty. --Chaucer. We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him. --Bacon. Interpose, on pain of my displeasure. --Dryden. None shall presume to fly, under pain of death. --Addison. 2. Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart. [bd]The pain of Jesus Christ.[b8] --Chaucer. Note: Pain may occur in any part of the body where sensory nerves are distributed, and it is always due to some kind of stimulation of them. The sensation is generally referred to the peripheral end of the nerve. 3. pl. Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth. She bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her. --1 Sam. iv. 19. 4. Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish. --Chaucer. In rapture as in pain. --Keble. 5. See {Pains}, labor, effort. {Bill of pains and penalties}. See under {Bill}. {To die in the pain}, to be tortured to death. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Pam \Pam\, n. [From {Palm} victory; cf. trump, fr. triumph.] The knave of clubs. [Obs.] --Pope. | |
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Pan \Pan\, v. i. 1. (Mining) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly. 2. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Pan \Pan\, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.] 1. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing. [bd]A bowl or a pan.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Manuf.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See {Vacuum pan}, under {Vacuum}. 3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming. 4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. --Chaucer. 5. (C[?]rp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. 6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See {Hard pan}, under {Hard}. 7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. {Flash in the pan}. See under {Flash}. {To savor of the pan}, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. --Ridley. Southey. | |
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Pan- \Pan-\, Panta- \Pan"ta-\, Panto- \Pan"to-\ [Gr. [?], m., [?],neut., gen. [?], all.] Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous. | |
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Pan \Pan\, n. [OE. See 2d {Pane}.] 1. A part; a portion. 2. (Fort.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle. 3. [Perh. a different word.] A leaf of gold or silver. | |
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Pan \Pan\, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. pan skirt, lappet, L. pannus a cloth, rag, W. panu to fur, to full.] To join or fit together; to unite. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
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Pan \Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Panned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Panning}.] (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. --Gen. W. T. Sherman. | |
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Pan \Pan\, n. [Hind. p[be]n, Skr. parna leaf.] The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See {[?]etel}. | |
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Pan \Pan\, v. i. 1. (Mining) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly. 2. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Pan \Pan\, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.] 1. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing. [bd]A bowl or a pan.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Manuf.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See {Vacuum pan}, under {Vacuum}. 3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming. 4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. --Chaucer. 5. (C[?]rp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. 6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See {Hard pan}, under {Hard}. 7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. {Flash in the pan}. See under {Flash}. {To savor of the pan}, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. --Ridley. Southey. | |
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Pan- \Pan-\, Panta- \Pan"ta-\, Panto- \Pan"to-\ [Gr. [?], m., [?],neut., gen. [?], all.] Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous. | |
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Pan \Pan\, n. [OE. See 2d {Pane}.] 1. A part; a portion. 2. (Fort.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle. 3. [Perh. a different word.] A leaf of gold or silver. | |
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Pan \Pan\, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. pan skirt, lappet, L. pannus a cloth, rag, W. panu to fur, to full.] To join or fit together; to unite. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
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Pan \Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Panned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Panning}.] (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. --Gen. W. T. Sherman. | |
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Pan \Pan\, n. [Hind. p[be]n, Skr. parna leaf.] The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See {[?]etel}. | |
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Pan \Pan\, v. i. 1. (Mining) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly. 2. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Pan \Pan\, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.] 1. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing. [bd]A bowl or a pan.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Manuf.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See {Vacuum pan}, under {Vacuum}. 3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming. 4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. --Chaucer. 5. (C[?]rp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. 6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See {Hard pan}, under {Hard}. 7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. {Flash in the pan}. See under {Flash}. {To savor of the pan}, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. --Ridley. Southey. | |
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Pan- \Pan-\, Panta- \Pan"ta-\, Panto- \Pan"to-\ [Gr. [?], m., [?],neut., gen. [?], all.] Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous. | |
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Pan \Pan\, n. [OE. See 2d {Pane}.] 1. A part; a portion. 2. (Fort.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle. 3. [Perh. a different word.] A leaf of gold or silver. | |
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Pan \Pan\, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. pan skirt, lappet, L. pannus a cloth, rag, W. panu to fur, to full.] To join or fit together; to unite. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
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Pan \Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Panned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Panning}.] (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. --Gen. W. T. Sherman. | |
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Pan \Pan\, n. [Hind. p[be]n, Skr. parna leaf.] The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See {[?]etel}. | |
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Pane \Pane\, n. [OE. pan part, portion of a thing, F. pan a skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side, fr. L. pannus a cloth, fillet, rag; akin to E. vane. See {Vane}, and cf. {Panel}, {Pawn} pledge.] 1. A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern. 2. One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown. 3. (Arch.) (a) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes. (b) Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash. 4. In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain. 5. (a) One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides. (b) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond. | |
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Pane \Pane\, n. [F. panne.] The narrow edge of a hammer head. See {Peen}. | |
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Peen \Peen\, n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also {pane}, {pein}, and {piend}.] | |
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Pane \Pane\, n. [OE. pan part, portion of a thing, F. pan a skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side, fr. L. pannus a cloth, fillet, rag; akin to E. vane. See {Vane}, and cf. {Panel}, {Pawn} pledge.] 1. A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern. 2. One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown. 3. (Arch.) (a) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes. (b) Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash. 4. In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain. 5. (a) One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides. (b) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond. | |
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Pane \Pane\, n. [F. panne.] The narrow edge of a hammer head. See {Peen}. | |
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Peen \Peen\, n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also {pane}, {pein}, and {piend}.] | |
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Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, n. pl.; sing. {Pawnee}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians (called also {Loups}) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also {Pani}. | |
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Paum \Paum\, v. t. & i. [See {Palm} to cheat.] To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards. [Obs.] --Swift. | |
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Paune \Paune\, n. A kind of bread. See {Pone}. | |
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Pone \Pone\ (p[omac]n), n. [Of Amer. Indian origin.] A kind of johnnycake. [Written also {paune}.] [Southern U. S.] | |
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Paune \Paune\, n. A kind of bread. See {Pone}. | |
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Pone \Pone\ (p[omac]n), n. [Of Amer. Indian origin.] A kind of johnnycake. [Written also {paune}.] [Southern U. S.] | |
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Pawn \Pawn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pawning}.] 1. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch. | |
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Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OE. paune, poun, OF. peon, poon, F. pion, LL. pedo a foot soldier, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Pioneer}, {Peon}.] (Chess) A man or piece of the lowest rank. | |
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Pawn \Pawn\, n. See {Pan}, the masticatory. | |
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Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See {Pane}.] 1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See {Pledge}, n., 1. As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i. e., interest]. --Bacon. 2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise. [R.] Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown. --Shak. As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness. --Donne. 3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic] My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. --Shak. {In pawn}, {At pawn}, in the state of being pledged. [bd]Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn.[b8] --Shak. {Pawn ticket}, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged. | |
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Pawnee \Pawn*ee"\, n. (Law) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn. | |
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Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, n. pl.; sing. {Pawnee}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians (called also {Loups}) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also {Pani}. | |
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Payen \Pay"en\, n. & a. Pagan. [F.] [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Payn \Payn\, n. [OF. & F. pain, fr. L. panis bread.] Bread. Having --Piers Plowman. | |
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Peahen \Pea"hen`\, n. [See {Peacock}.] (Zo[94]l.) The hen or female peafowl. | |
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P91an \P[91]"an\ (p[emac]`[ait]n), n. [L. paean, Gr. paia`n, fr. Paia`n the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Cf. {P[91]on}, {Peony}.] [Written also {pean}.] 1. An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities. 2. Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. --Dryden. [bd]Public p[91]ans of congratulation.[b8] --De Quincey. 3. See {P[91]on}. | |
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Pean \Pean\, n. [OF. pene, F. panne.] (Her.) One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or. | |
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Pean \Pe"an\, n. A song of praise and triumph. See {P[91]an}. | |
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P91an \P[91]"an\ (p[emac]`[ait]n), n. [L. paean, Gr. paia`n, fr. Paia`n the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Cf. {P[91]on}, {Peony}.] [Written also {pean}.] 1. An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities. 2. Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. --Dryden. [bd]Public p[91]ans of congratulation.[b8] --De Quincey. 3. See {P[91]on}. | |
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Pean \Pean\, n. [OF. pene, F. panne.] (Her.) One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or. | |
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Pean \Pe"an\, n. A song of praise and triumph. See {P[91]an}. | |
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Peen \Peen\, n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also {pane}, {pein}, and {piend}.] | |
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Peen \Peen\, v. t. To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge. | |
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Peen \Peen\, n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also {pane}, {pein}, and {piend}.] | |
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Pein \Pein\, n. See {Peen}. | |
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Peen \Peen\, n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also {pane}, {pein}, and {piend}.] | |
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Pein \Pein\, n. See {Peen}. | |
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Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. [bd]A prayer elaborately penned.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {Pent} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See {Pin}, n. & v.] To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. [bd]Away with her, and pen her up.[b8] --Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton. | |
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Pen \Pen\, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. A wing. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving. Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock. --Job xix. 24. 4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. [bd]Those learned pens.[b8] --Fuller. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The internal shell of a squid. 6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) A female swan. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Pen \Pen\, n. [From {Pen} to shut in.] A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs. My father stole two geese out of a pen. --Shak. | |
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{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}. {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines. {Drawing}, [or] {Ruling}, {pen}, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}. {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. {Pen and ink}, [or] {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.] {Pen name}. See under {Name}. {Sea pen} (Zo[94]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.] | |
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Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. [bd]A prayer elaborately penned.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {Pent} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See {Pin}, n. & v.] To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. [bd]Away with her, and pen her up.[b8] --Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton. | |
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Pen \Pen\, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. A wing. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving. Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock. --Job xix. 24. 4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. [bd]Those learned pens.[b8] --Fuller. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The internal shell of a squid. 6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) A female swan. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Pen \Pen\, n. [From {Pen} to shut in.] A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs. My father stole two geese out of a pen. --Shak. | |
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{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}. {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines. {Drawing}, [or] {Ruling}, {pen}, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}. {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. {Pen and ink}, [or] {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.] {Pen name}. See under {Name}. {Sea pen} (Zo[94]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.] | |
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d8Penna \[d8]Pen"na\, n.; pl. {Penn[91]}. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) A perfect, or normal, feather. | |
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Penny \Pen"ny\, a. [Perh. a corruption of pun, for pound.] Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds. | |
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Penny \Pen*ny\, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin.] 1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). Note: [bd]The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier.[b8] --R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see {Pennyweight}). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. --Shak. 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent? --Shak. 4. (Script.) See {Denarius}. {Penny cress} (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi arvense}). --Dr. Prior. {Penny dog} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. {Penny father}, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] --Robinson (More's Utopia). {Penny grass} (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] {Penny post}, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. {Penny wise}, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish. | |
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Penny \Pen"ny\, a. Worth or costing one penny. | |
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Peon \Pe"on\, n. See {Poon}. | |
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Peon \Pe"on\, n. [Sp. peon, or Pg. pe[?]o, one who travels on foot, a foot soldier, a pawn in chess. See {Pawn} in chess.] 1. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger. [India] 2. A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt. 3. (Chess) See 2d {Pawn}. | |
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Poon \Poon\, n. [Canarese ponne.] A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as {Calophyllum angustifolium}, {C. inophullum}, and {Sterculia f[d2]tida}; -- called also {peon}. | |
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Peon \Pe"on\, n. See {Poon}. | |
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Peon \Pe"on\, n. [Sp. peon, or Pg. pe[?]o, one who travels on foot, a foot soldier, a pawn in chess. See {Pawn} in chess.] 1. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger. [India] 2. A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt. 3. (Chess) See 2d {Pawn}. | |
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Poon \Poon\, n. [Canarese ponne.] A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as {Calophyllum angustifolium}, {C. inophullum}, and {Sterculia f[d2]tida}; -- called also {peon}. | |
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Peony \Pe"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Peonies}. [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. [?], fr. [?], [?], the god of healing. Cf. {P[91]an}.] (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus {P[91]onia}. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also {p[91]ony}, and {piony}.] | |
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Phane \Phane\, n. See {Fane}. [Obs.] --Joye. | |
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Phene \Phene\, n. (Chem.) Benzene. [Obs.] | |
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Pheon \Phe"on\, n. [Prob. from Old French.] (Her.) A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge. | |
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Phono- \Pho"no-\ A combining form from Gr. [?] sound, tone; as, phonograph, phonology. | |
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Phono \Phono\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American butterfly ({Ithonia phono}) having nearly transparent wings. | |
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Phono- \Pho"no-\ A combining form from Gr. [?] sound, tone; as, phonograph, phonology. | |
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Phono \Phono\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American butterfly ({Ithonia phono}) having nearly transparent wings. | |
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Pia4on \Pi[a4]"on\, n. [Sp. pi[a4]on.] (Bot.) (a) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as {Pinus Pinea} of Southern Europe, and {P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla}, the nut pines of Western North America. (b) See {Monkey's puzzle}. [Written also {pignon}.] | |
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Yaws \Yaws\, n. [African yaw a raspberry.] (Med.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as {framb[d2]sia}, {pian}, {verrugas}, and {crab-yaws}. | |
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Piano \Pi*an"o\, Pianoforte \Pi*an"o*for`te\, n. [It. piano soft (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see {Plain}, a.) + It. forte strong, fr. L. fortis (see {Fort}).] (Mus.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys. {Dumb piano}. See {Digitorium}. {Grand piano}. See under {Grand}. {Square piano}, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong case. {Upright piano}, one with an upright frame and vertical wires. | |
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Pin \Pin\, v. t. (Metal Working) To peen. | |
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Pin \Pin\, v. t. [Cf. {Pen} to confine, or {Pinfold}.] To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound. | |
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Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a feather.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast. --Milton. 2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. 3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. He . . . did not care a pin for her. --Spectator. 4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as: (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. (b) A linchpin. (c) A rolling-pin. (d) A clothespin. (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}. (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint. 5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. 6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. [Obs.] [bd]The very pin of his heart cleft.[b8] --Shak. 7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] [bd]In merry pin.[b8] --Cowper. 8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak. 9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. 10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang] {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion. {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}. {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation. {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure. {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}. Called also {pin rack}. {Pin wheel}. (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical pins. (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire. | |
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Pin \Pin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinning}.] [See {Pin}, n.] To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. [bd]As if she would pin her to her heart.[b8] --Shak. {To pin one's faith upon}, to depend upon; to trust to. | |
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Pina \Pi"na\ (pron. also [?]). (Metal.) A cone of silver amalgam prepared for retorting; also, the residuary cone of spongy silver left after the retorting. | |
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Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. poena penalty. See {Pain}.] Woe; torment; pain. [Obs.] [bd]Pyne of hell.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Pine \Pine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pining}.] [AS. p[c6]nan to torment, fr. p[c6]n torment. See 1st {Pine}, {Pain}, n. & v.] 1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak. That people that pyned him to death. --Piers Plowman. One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack. --Bp. Hall. 2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Pine \Pine\, v. i. 1. To suffer; to be afflicted. [Obs.] 2. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away. [bd]The roses wither and the lilies pine.[b8] --Tickell. 3. To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for. For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined. --Shak. Syn: To languish; droop; flag; wither; decay. | |
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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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Piney \Pin"ey\, a. See {Piny}. | |
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Piney \Pin"ey\, a. [Of East Indian origin.] A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the {Vateria Indica} or piney tree, of the order {Dipterocarpe[91]}, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products. {Piney dammar}, {Piney resin}, {Piney varnish}, a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney tree ({Vateria Indica}) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for amber. Called also {liquid copal}, and {white dammar}. {Piney tallow}, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the {Vateria Indica}; called also {dupada oil}. {Piney thistle} (Bot.), a plant ({Atractylis gummifera}), from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance exudes. | |
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Piny \Pin"y\, a. Abounding with pines. [Written also {piney}.] [bd]The piny wood.[b8] --Longfellow. | |
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Piney \Pin"ey\, a. See {Piny}. | |
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Piney \Pin"ey\, a. [Of East Indian origin.] A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the {Vateria Indica} or piney tree, of the order {Dipterocarpe[91]}, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products. {Piney dammar}, {Piney resin}, {Piney varnish}, a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney tree ({Vateria Indica}) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for amber. Called also {liquid copal}, and {white dammar}. {Piney tallow}, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the {Vateria Indica}; called also {dupada oil}. {Piney thistle} (Bot.), a plant ({Atractylis gummifera}), from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance exudes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piny \Pin"y\, a. Abounding with pines. [Written also {piney}.] [bd]The piny wood.[b8] --Longfellow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Pinna \[d8]Pin"na\, n.; pl. {Pinn[91]}, E. {Pinnas}. [L., a feather.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of {Bipinnate leaf}, under {Bipinnate}. (b) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ. 3. [L. pinna, akin to Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Pinna}, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity. 4. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear. See {Ear}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Pinna \[d8]Pin"na\, n.; pl. {Pinn[91]}, E. {Pinnas}. [L., a feather.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of {Bipinnate leaf}, under {Bipinnate}. (b) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ. 3. [L. pinna, akin to Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Pinna}, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity. 4. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear. See {Ear}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Byssus \[d8]Bys"sus\, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also {byss} and {byssin}.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the {Pinna} and {Mytilus}, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc. 3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads. 4. Asbestus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piny \Pin"y\, a. Abounding with pines. [Written also {piney}.] [bd]The piny wood.[b8] --Longfellow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Peony \Pe"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Peonies}. [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. [?], fr. [?], [?], the god of healing. Cf. {P[91]an}.] (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus {P[91]onia}. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also {p[91]ony}, and {piony}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piony \Pi"o*ny\, n. (Bot.) See {Peony}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Peony \Pe"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Peonies}. [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. [?], fr. [?], [?], the god of healing. Cf. {P[91]an}.] (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus {P[91]onia}. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also {p[91]ony}, and {piony}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Piony \Pi"o*ny\, n. (Bot.) See {Peony}. | |
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Phospham \Phos"pham\, n. [Phosphorus + ammonia.] (Chem.) An inert amorphous white powder, {PN2H}, obtained by passing ammonia over heated phosphorus. [Spelt also {phosphame}.] -- {Phos"pham"ic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Goose grass}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), a favorite food of geese; -- called also {catchweed} and {cleavers}. (b) A species of knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}). (c) The annual spear grass ({Poa annua}). {Goose neck}, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast. {Goose quill}, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it. {Goose skin}. See {Goose flesh}, above. {Goose tongue} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands. {Sea goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Phalarope}. {Solan goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gannet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Secular \Sec"u*lar\, a. [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. s[82]culier.] 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. The secular year was kept but once a century. --Addison. 2. Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe. 3. Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly. New foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. --Milton. 4. (Eccl.) Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest. He tried to enforce a stricter discipline and greater regard for morals, both in the religious orders and the secular clergy. --Prescett. 5. Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical. I speak of folk in secular estate. --Chaucer. {Secular equation} (Astron.), the algebraic or numerical expression of the magnitude of the inequalities in a planet's motion that remain after the inequalities of a short period have been allowed for. {Secular games} (Rom. Antiq.), games celebrated, at long but irregular intervals, for three days and nights, with sacrifices, theatrical shows, combats, sports, and the like. {Secular music}, any music or songs not adapted to sacred uses. {Secular hymn} [or] {poem}, a hymn or poem composed for the secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Poem \Po"em\, n. [L. po[89]ma, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. F. po[89]me.] 1. A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton. 2. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Secular \Sec"u*lar\, a. [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. s[82]culier.] 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. The secular year was kept but once a century. --Addison. 2. Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe. 3. Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly. New foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. --Milton. 4. (Eccl.) Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest. He tried to enforce a stricter discipline and greater regard for morals, both in the religious orders and the secular clergy. --Prescett. 5. Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical. I speak of folk in secular estate. --Chaucer. {Secular equation} (Astron.), the algebraic or numerical expression of the magnitude of the inequalities in a planet's motion that remain after the inequalities of a short period have been allowed for. {Secular games} (Rom. Antiq.), games celebrated, at long but irregular intervals, for three days and nights, with sacrifices, theatrical shows, combats, sports, and the like. {Secular music}, any music or songs not adapted to sacred uses. {Secular hymn} [or] {poem}, a hymn or poem composed for the secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Poem \Po"em\, n. [L. po[89]ma, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. F. po[89]me.] 1. A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton. 2. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pome \Pome\, v. i. [Cf. F. pommer. See {Pome}, n.] To grow to a head, or form a head in growing. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pome \Pome\, n. [L. pomum a fruit: cf. F. pomme apple. Cf. {Pomade}.] 1. (Bot.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear. 2. (R. C. Ch.) A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pomaceous \Po*ma"ceous\, a. [LL. ponum an apple.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Like an apple or pear; producing pomes. (b) Of or pertaining to a suborder ({Pome[91]}) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc. 2. Like pomace. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pomey \Pom"ey\, n.; pl. {Pomeys}. [F. pomm[82] grown round, or like an apple, p. p. of pommer to pome.] (Her.) A figure supposed to resemble an apple; a roundel, -- always of a green color. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pone \Po"ne\ (p[omac]"n[emac]), n. [L. pone, imper. of ponere to place.] 1. (a) An original writ, now superseded by the writ of certiorari, for removing a case from an inferior court into the Court of Exchequer. (b) An obsolete writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities. 2. (pron. p[omac]n) (Card Playing) The player who cuts the cards, being usually the player on the dealer's right. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pone \Pone\ (p[omac]n), n. [Of Amer. Indian origin.] A kind of johnnycake. [Written also {paune}.] [Southern U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pony \Po"ny\, n.; pl. {Ponies}. [Written also {poney}.] [Gael. ponaidh.] 1. A small horse. 2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.] 3. A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib. [College Cant] 4. A small glass of beer. [Slang] {Pony chaise}, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. {Pony engine}, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] {Pony truck} (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. {Pony truss} (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Horse \Horse\, n. (Student Slang) (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also {trot}, {pony}, {Dobbin}. (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pony \Po"ny\, n.; pl. {Ponies}. [Written also {poney}.] [Gael. ponaidh.] 1. A small horse. 2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.] 3. A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib. [College Cant] 4. A small glass of beer. [Slang] {Pony chaise}, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. {Pony engine}, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] {Pony truck} (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. {Pony truss} (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Horse \Horse\, n. (Student Slang) (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also {trot}, {pony}, {Dobbin}. (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pony \Po"ny\, n.; pl. {Ponies}. [Written also {poney}.] [Gael. ponaidh.] 1. A small horse. 2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.] 3. A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib. [College Cant] 4. A small glass of beer. [Slang] {Pony chaise}, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. {Pony engine}, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] {Pony truck} (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. {Pony truss} (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Poon \Poon\, n. [Canarese ponne.] A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as {Calophyllum angustifolium}, {C. inophullum}, and {Sterculia f[d2]tida}; -- called also {peon}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Powan \Pow"an\, Powen \Pow"en\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small British lake whitefish ({Coregonus clupeoides}, or {C. ferus}); -- called also {gwyniad} and {lake herring}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gwiniad \Gwin"i*ad\ (gw[icr]n"[icr]*[acr]d), n. [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.] (Zool.) A fish ({Coregonus ferus}) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also {powan}, and {schelly}. [Written also {gwyniad}, {guiniad}, {gurniad}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Powan \Pow"an\, Powen \Pow"en\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small British lake whitefish ({Coregonus clupeoides}, or {C. ferus}); -- called also {gwyniad} and {lake herring}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gwiniad \Gwin"i*ad\ (gw[icr]n"[icr]*[acr]d), n. [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.] (Zool.) A fish ({Coregonus ferus}) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also {powan}, and {schelly}. [Written also {gwyniad}, {guiniad}, {gurniad}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Powan \Pow"an\, Powen \Pow"en\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small British lake whitefish ({Coregonus clupeoides}, or {C. ferus}); -- called also {gwyniad} and {lake herring}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[94]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the {American lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and {catamount}. See {Puma}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[94]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the {American lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and {catamount}. See {Puma}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stint \Stint\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India ({Tringa minuta}), etc. Called also {pume}. (b) A phalarope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pume \Pume\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A stint. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stint \Stint\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India ({Tringa minuta}), etc. Called also {pume}. (b) A phalarope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pume \Pume\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A stint. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pumy \Pu"my\, a. [Cf. Prov. E. pummer big, large, and E. pomey pommel.] Large and rounded. [Obs.] A gentle stream, whose murmuring wave did play Amongst the pumy stones. -- Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pun \Pun\, v. t. To persuade or affect by a pun. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pun \Pun\, v. t. [See {Pound} to beat.] To pound. [Obs.] He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pun \Pun\, n. [Cf. {Pun} to pound, {Pound} to beat.] A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation. --Addison. A better put on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay. --Walpole. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pun \Pun\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Punned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punning}.] To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puny \Pu"ny\, a. [Compar. {Punier}; superl. {Puniest}.] [F. pu[8c]t[82] younger, later born, OF. puisn[82]; puis afterwards (L. post; see {Post-}) + n[82] born, L. natus. See {Natal}, and cf. {Puisne}.] Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty. A puny subject strikes at thy great glory. --Shak. Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed. --Keble. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puny \Pu"ny\, n. A youth; a novice. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Pyemia \Py*e"mi*a\, n. (Med.) See {Py[92]mia}. | |
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Pyin \Py"in\, n. [Gr. [?] pus.] (Physiol. (Chem.) An albuminoid constituent of pus, related to mucin, possibly a mixture of substances rather than a single body. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyne \Pyne\, n. & v. See {Pine}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Pana, IL (city, FIPS 57472) Location: 39.38662 N, 89.07846 W Population (1990): 5796 (2542 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Payne, GA (city, FIPS 59584) Location: 32.85040 N, 83.67881 W Population (1990): 192 (101 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Payne, OH (village, FIPS 61322) Location: 41.07938 N, 84.72723 W Population (1990): 1244 (504 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45880 | |
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Penn, ND Zip code(s): 58362 Penn, PA (borough, FIPS 58872) Location: 40.32876 N, 79.64167 W Population (1990): 511 (203 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15675 | |
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Pewamo, MI (village, FIPS 63900) Location: 43.00126 N, 84.84646 W Population (1990): 520 (193 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48873 | |
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Pima, AZ (town, FIPS 55560) Location: 32.88814 N, 109.83332 W Population (1990): 1725 (637 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85543 | |
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Pine, CO Zip code(s): 80470 | |
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Piney, AR (CDP, FIPS 55610) Location: 34.50343 N, 93.14265 W Population (1990): 2500 (1300 housing units) Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) | |
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Pony, MT Zip code(s): 59747 | |
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Poyen, AR (town, FIPS 57080) Location: 34.32243 N, 92.64230 W Population (1990): 303 (137 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72128 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
peon n. A person with no special ({root} or {wheel}) privileges on a computer system. "I can't create an account on _foovax_ for you; I'm only a peon there." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
PM /P-M/ 1. v. (from `preventive maintenance') To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes. See {provocative maintenance}; see also {scratch monkey}. 2. n. Abbrev. for `Presentation Manager', an {elephantine} OS/2 graphical user interface. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
POM /P-O-M/ n. Common abbreviation for {phase of the moon}. Usage: usually in the phrase `POM-dependent', which means {flaky}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
PPN /P-P-N/, /pip'n/ n. obs. [from `Project-Programmer Number'] A user-ID under {{TOPS-10}} and its various mutant progeny at SAIL, BBN, CompuServe, and elsewhere. Old-time hackers from the PDP-10 era sometimes use this to refer to user IDs on other systems as well. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pam Specification of Programming Languages: A Panoramic Primer", F.G. Pagan, P-H 1981. (1996-12-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PAM {Pluggable Authentication Module} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pam Specification of Programming Languages: A Panoramic Primer", F.G. Pagan, P-H 1981. (1996-12-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PAM {Pluggable Authentication Module} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PBEM {play by electronic mail} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PBM play by mail. See {play by electronic mail}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PEM {Privacy Enhanced Mail} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
peon privileges on a computer system. "I can't create an account on foovax for you; I'm only a peon there." [{Jargon File}] (2001-12-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pfm {program file manager} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PIM 1. {Personal Information Manager}. 2. {Product Information Management}. (1997-02-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PIN {Personal Identification Number} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pine Program for Internet News & Email. A tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic messages. It was designed specifically with novice computer users in mind, but can be tailored to accommodate the needs of "power users" as well. Pine uses {Internet} message {protocol}s (e.g. {RFC 822}, {SMTP}, {MIME}, {IMAP}, {NNTP}) and runs under {Unix} and {MS-DOS}. The guiding principles for Pine's user-interface were: careful limitation of features, one-character mnemonic commands, always-present command menus, immediate user feedback, and high tolerance for user mistakes. It is intended that Pine can be learned by exploration rather than reading manuals. Feedback from the {University of Washington} community and a growing number of {Internet} sites has been encouraging. Pine's message composition editor, {Pico}, is also available as a separate stand-alone program. Pico is a very simple and easy-to-use {text editor} offering paragraph justification, cut/paste, and a spelling checker. Pine features on-line help; a message index showing a message summary which includes the status, sender, size, date and subject of messages; commands to view and process messages; a message composer with easy-to-use editor and spelling checker; an address book for saving long complex addresses and personal distribution lists under a nickname; message attachments via {Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions}; {folder} management commands for creating, deleting, listing, or renaming message folders; access to remote message folders and archives via the {Interactive Mail Access Protocol} as defined in {RFC 1176}; access to {Usenet} news via {NNTP} or {IMAP}. Pine, {Pico} and {UW}'s {IMAP} {server} are copyrighted but freely available. {Unix} Pine runs on {Ultrix}, {AIX}, {SunOS}, {SVR4} and {PTX}. PC-Pine is available for {Packet Driver}, {Novell LWP}, {FTP PC/TCP} and {Sun} {PC/NFS}. A {Microsoft Windows}/{WinSock} version is planned, as are extensions for off-line use. Pine was originally based on {Elm} but has evolved much since ("Pine Is No-longer Elm"). Pine is the work of Mike Seibel, Mark Crispin, Steve Hubert, Sheryl Erez, David Miller and Laurence Lundblade (now at Virginia Tech) at the University of Washington Office of Computing and Communications. {(ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/pine.tar.Z)}. {(telnet://demo.cac.washington.edu/)} (login as "pinedemo"). E-mail: (21 Sep 93) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PM 1. {preventive maintenance}. 2. {Presentation Manager} 3. ["PM, A System for Polynomial Manipulations", G.E. Collins, CACM 9(8):578-589 (Aug 1966)]. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pm (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PM 1. {preventive maintenance}. 2. {Presentation Manager} 3. ["PM, A System for Polynomial Manipulations", G.E. Collins, CACM 9(8):578-589 (Aug 1966)]. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pm (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pm2 access machine (PRAM) and a parallel {Modula-2} compiler for the emulator. pm2 programming language is Modula-2/Pascal mixture having extensions for parallel execution in a PRAM. Parallelism is expressed by pardo-loop-structure. Additional features include private/shared variables, two synchronisation strategies, load balancing and parallel dynamic memory allocation. {(ftp://cs.joensuu.fi/pub/Software/pram/)}. E-mail: Simo Juvaste (1997-06-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pn (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
POM {phase of the moon} Usually used in the phrase "POM-dependent", which means {flaky}. (1995-04-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PPM {Portable Pixmap} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PPN Project-Programmer Number. A user-ID under {TOPS-10} and its various mutant progeny at {SAIL}, {BBN}, {CompuServe} and elsewhere. Old-time hackers from the {PDP-10} era sometimes use this to refer to user IDs on other systems as well. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PVM {Parallel Virtual Machine} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pan a vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament (Lev. 2:5; 6:21; Num. 11:8; 1 Sam. 2:14, etc.). The "ash-pans" mentioned in Ex. 27:3 were made of copper, and were used in connection with the altar of burnt-offering. The "iron pan" mentioned in Ezek. 4:3 (marg., "flat plate " or "slice") was probably a mere plate of iron used for baking. The "fire-pans" of Ex. 27:3 were fire-shovels used for taking up coals. The same Hebrew word is rendered "snuff-dishes" (25:38; 37:23) and "censers" (Lev. 10:1; 16:12; Num. 4:14, etc.). These were probably simply metal vessels employed for carrying burning embers from the brazen altar to the altar of incense. The "frying-pan" mentioned in Lev. 2:7; 7:9 was a pot for boiling. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Penny (Gr. denarion), a silver coin of the value of about 7 1/2d. or 8d. of our present money. It is thus rendered in the New Testament, and is more frequently mentioned than any other coin (Matt. 18:28; 20:2, 9, 13; Mark 6:37; 14:5, etc.). It was the daily pay of a Roman soldier in the time of Christ. In the reign of Edward III. an English penny was a labourer's day's wages. This was the "tribute money" with reference to which our Lord said, "Whose image and superscription is this?" When they answered, "Caesar's," he replied, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's" (Matt. 22:19; Mark 12:15). |