English Dictionary: pell-mell | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.] A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. Evelyn. | |
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Pailmall \Pail`mall"\, n. & a. See {Pall-mall}. [Obs.] | |
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Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.] A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. Evelyn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.] A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. Evelyn. | |
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Pell-mell \Pell`-mell"\, n. See {Pall-mall}. | |
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Pellmell \Pell`mell"\, adv. [F. p[88]le-m[88]le, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + m[88]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See {Pell} shovel, {Medley}.] In utter confusion; with confused violence. [bd]Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell.[b8] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.] A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. Evelyn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pell-mell \Pell`-mell"\, n. See {Pall-mall}. | |
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Pellmell \Pell`mell"\, adv. [F. p[88]le-m[88]le, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + m[88]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See {Pell} shovel, {Medley}.] In utter confusion; with confused violence. [bd]Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell.[b8] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.] A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. Evelyn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pell-mell \Pell`-mell"\, n. See {Pall-mall}. | |
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Pellmell \Pell`mell"\, adv. [F. p[88]le-m[88]le, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + m[88]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See {Pell} shovel, {Medley}.] In utter confusion; with confused violence. [bd]Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Philomel \Phil"o*mel\, n. Same as {Philomela}, the nightingale. [Poetic] --Milton. Cowper. | |
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Philomela \Phil`o*me"la\, n. [L. philomela, Gr. [?], according to the legend, from [?] Philomela (daughter of Pandion, king of Athens), who was changed into a nightingale.] 1. The nightingale; philomel. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of birds including the nightingales. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Plain-laid \Plain"-laid`\, a. (Naut.) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of {Cordage}. | |
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Plainly \Plain"ly\, adv. In a plain manner; clearly. | |
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Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; pl. {Loci}, & {Loca}. [L., place. Cf. {Allow}, {Couch}, {Lieu}, {Local}.] 1. A place; a locality. 2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law. {Plane locus}, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle. {Solid locus}, a locus that is one of the conic sections. | |
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Planless \Plan"less\, a. Having no plan. | |
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d8Planula \[d8]Plan"u*la\, n.; pl. {Planul[91]}. [L., a little plane.] 1. (Biol.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with {gastrula}. | |
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Plein \Plein\, a. [OF. & F., fr. L. plenus.] Full; complete. [Obs.] [bd]Plein remission.[b8] --Chaucer. -- {Plein"ly}, adv. | |
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Plenal \Ple"nal\, a. [L. plenus full. Cf. {Plenary}.] Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act. [Obs.] | |
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Plenilunary \Plen`i*lu"na*ry\, a. Of or pertaining to the full moon. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Plenilune \Plen"i*lune\, n. [L. plenilunium; plenus full + luna the moon.] The full moon. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Plumeless \Plume"less\, a. Without plumes. | |
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Plumelet \Plume"let\, n. [Plume + -let.] A small plume. When rosy plumelets tuft the larch. --Tennyson. | |
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Plumiliform \Plu*mil"i*form\, a. [L. plumula, or plumella a little feather (dim. of pluma feather) + -form.] Having the of a plume or feather. [R.] | |
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Plumulaceous \Plu`mu*la"ceous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Downy; bearing down. | |
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Plumular \Plu"mu*lar\, a. (Bot.) Relating to a plumule. | |
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Plumularian \Plu`mu*la"ri*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively. | |
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d8Plumularia \[d8]Plu`mu*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. L. {Plumularl[91]}, E. {Plumularias}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Any hydroid belonging to {Plumularia} and other genera of the family {Plumularid[91]}. They generally grow in plumelike forms. | |
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d8Plumularia \[d8]Plu`mu*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. L. {Plumularl[91]}, E. {Plumularias}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Any hydroid belonging to {Plumularia} and other genera of the family {Plumularid[91]}. They generally grow in plumelike forms. | |
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Plumule \Plu"mule\, n. [L. plumula, dim. of pluma a feather; cf. F. plumule.] 1. (Bot.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of {Radicle}. --Gray. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A down feather. (b) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under {Feather}. (c) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies. | |
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d8Plumula \[d8]Plu"mu*la\, n.; pl. L. {Plumule}, E.{-las}. [L. See {Plumule}.] 1. (Bot.) A plumule. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A down feather. | |
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Plumulose \Plu"mu*lose"\, a. Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather. | |
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Pall Mall, TN Zip code(s): 38577 | |
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Plainwell, MI (city, FIPS 64740) Location: 42.44514 N, 85.64408 W Population (1990): 4057 (1541 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49080 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Plain Old Documentation used to embed {documentation}, {literate programming}-style, in {Perl} programs. Pod readers and converters are part of the standard Perl distribution and the documentation provided with Perl is all in pod format. {The Pod Specification (http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/manual/html/pod/perlpod.html)}. (1998-12-18) | |
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Plain Old Telephone Service by phone companies, especially when opposed to data services. Note that the acronym POTS is sometimes expanded as "Plain Old Telephone System" in which sense it is synonymous to {Public Switched Telephone Network} but used somewhat derogatively. (1998-05-18) | |
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Plain Old Telephone System {Public Switched Telephone Network} | |
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Poly/ML {Motorola 68020} and {SPARC} by Abstract Hardware Ltd. (1999-11-23) |