English Dictionary: pentatone | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paint \Paint\ (p[amac]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Painted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Painting}.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los many-colored, Skr. pi[cced] to adorn. Cf. {Depict}, {Picture}, {Pigment}, {Pint}.] 1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2 Kings ix. 30. 2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak. Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. --Shak. 3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape. 4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict. Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. --Shak. If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope. Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe. | |
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Painted \Paint"ed\, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. {Painted beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American butterfly ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors, {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}. {Painted lady} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See {Thistle butterfly}. {Painted turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. | |
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Painted \Paint"ed\, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. {Painted beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American butterfly ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors, {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}. {Painted lady} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See {Thistle butterfly}. {Painted turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. | |
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Painted \Paint"ed\, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. {Painted beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American butterfly ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors, {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}. {Painted lady} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See {Thistle butterfly}. {Painted turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. | |
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Nonpareil \Non`pa*reil"\, n. [See {Nonpareil}, a. ] 1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name. 2. [F. nonpareille.] (Print.) A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby). Note: This line is printed in the type called nonpareil. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beautifully colored finch ({Passerina ciris}), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also {painted finch}. (b) Any other similar bird of the same genus. | |
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Painted \Paint"ed\, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. {Painted beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American butterfly ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors, {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}. {Painted lady} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See {Thistle butterfly}. {Painted turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. | |
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Nonpareil \Non`pa*reil"\, n. [See {Nonpareil}, a. ] 1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name. 2. [F. nonpareille.] (Print.) A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby). Note: This line is printed in the type called nonpareil. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beautifully colored finch ({Passerina ciris}), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also {painted finch}. (b) Any other similar bird of the same genus. | |
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Painted \Paint"ed\, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. {Painted beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American butterfly ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors, {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}. {Painted lady} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See {Thistle butterfly}. {Painted turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. | |
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Painted \Paint"ed\, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. {Painted beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American butterfly ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors, {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}. {Painted lady} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See {Thistle butterfly}. {Painted turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. | |
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Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera {Cnicus}, {Craduus}, and {Onopordon}. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants. {Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. {Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. {Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. {Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}. {Fuller's thistle}, the teasel. {Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe}, {Melon}, etc. {Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre. {Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland. {Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}. {Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}. {Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}. {Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See {Cereus}. {Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}. {Thistle bird} (Zo[94]l.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under {Goldfinch}. {Thistle butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored American butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon thistles; -- called also {painted lady}. {Thistle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza militaria}). [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. {Thistle finch} (Zo[94]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth. | |
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Painted \Paint"ed\, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. {Painted beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American butterfly ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors, {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}. {Painted lady} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See {Thistle butterfly}. {Painted turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. | |
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Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera {Cnicus}, {Craduus}, and {Onopordon}. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants. {Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. {Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. {Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. {Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}. {Fuller's thistle}, the teasel. {Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe}, {Melon}, etc. {Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre. {Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland. {Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}. {Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}. {Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}. {Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See {Cereus}. {Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}. {Thistle bird} (Zo[94]l.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under {Goldfinch}. {Thistle butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored American butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon thistles; -- called also {painted lady}. {Thistle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza militaria}). [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. {Thistle finch} (Zo[94]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys acebra}) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also {potter}, {slider}, and {redfender}), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys palustris}), are the most important American species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Alligator terrapin}, the snapping turtle. {Mud terrapin}, any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus {Cinosternon}. {Painted terrapin}, the painted turtle. See under {Painted}. {Speckled terrapin}, a small fresh-water American terrapin ({Chelopus guttatus}) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; -- called also {spotted turtle}. | |
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Tortoise \Tor"toise\, n. [OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked, fr. L. tortus isted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere, tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca, tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called in allusion to its crooked feet. See {Torture}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata. Note: The term is applied especially to the land and fresh-water species, while the marine species are generally called turtles, but the terms tortoise and turtle are used synonymously by many writers. see {Testudinata}, {Terrapin}, and {Turtle}. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) Same as {Testudo}, 2. {Box tortoise}, {Land tortoise}, etc. See under {Box}, {Land}, etc. {Painted tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Painted turtle}, under {Painted}. {Soft-shell tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Trionyx}. {Spotted tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) A small American fresh-water tortoise ({Chelopus, [or] Nanemys, quttatus}) having a blackish carapace on which are scattered round yellow spots. {Tortoise beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small tortoise-shaped beetles. Many of them have a brilliant metallic luster. the larv[91] feed upon the leaves of various plants, and protect themselves beneath a mass of dried excrement held over the back by means of the caudal spines. The golden tortoise beetle ({Cassida aurichalcea}) is found on the morning-glory vine and allied plants. {Tortoise plant}. (Bot.) See {Elephant's foot}, under {Elephant}. {Tortoise shell}, the substance of the shell or horny plates of several species of sea turtles, especially of the hawkbill turtle. It is used in inlaying and in the manufacture of various ornamental articles. {Tortoise-shell butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of handsomely colored butterflies of the genus {Aglais}, as {A. Milberti}, and {A. urtic[91]}, both of which, in the larva state, feed upon nettles. {Tortoise-shell turtle} (Zo[94]l.), the hawkbill turtle. See {Hawkbill}. | |
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Painted \Paint"ed\, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. {Painted beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American butterfly ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors, {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}. {Painted lady} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See {Thistle butterfly}. {Painted turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. | |
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Pandit \Pan"dit\, n. See {Pundit}. | |
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Pundit \Pun"dit\, n. [Hind. pandit, Skr. pandita a learned man.] A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official. [Written also {pandit}.] [India] | |
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Pandit \Pan"dit\, n. See {Pundit}. | |
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Pundit \Pun"dit\, n. [Hind. pandit, Skr. pandita a learned man.] A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official. [Written also {pandit}.] [India] | |
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Pandowdy \Pan*dow"dy\, n. A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust. | |
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Pant \Pant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Panted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Panting}.] [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.] 1. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. --Dryden. 2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. --Ps. xlii. 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. --Pope. 3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. --Spenser. 4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic] The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. --Pope. | |
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Panteutonic \Pan`teu*ton"ic\, a. [Pan- + Teutonic.] Of or pertaining to all the Teutonic races. | |
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Pend \Pend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pending}.] [L. pendere.] 1. To hang; to depend. [R.] Pending upon certain powerful motions. --I. Taylor. 2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment. | |
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Pennate \Pen"nate\, Pennated \Pen"na*ted\, a. [L. pennatus feathered, winged, from penna feather, wing.] 1. Winged; plume-shaped. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Pinnate}. | |
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Pentad \Pen"tad\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a body of five, fr. [?] five.] (Chem.) Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds. | |
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Pentad \Pen"tad\, a. (Chem.) Having the valence of a pentad. | |
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Pentadactyl \Pen`ta*dac"tyl\, Pentadactyle \Pen`ta*dac"tyle\, a. [Gr. [?] with five fingers or toes. See {Penta-}, and {Dactyl}.] 1. (Anat.) Having five digits to the hand or foot. 2. Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes. | |
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Pentadactyl \Pen`ta*dac"tyl\, Pentadactyle \Pen`ta*dac"tyle\, a. [Gr. [?] with five fingers or toes. See {Penta-}, and {Dactyl}.] 1. (Anat.) Having five digits to the hand or foot. 2. Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentadactyloid \Pen`ta*dac"tyl*oid\, a. [Pentadactyl + -oid.] (Anat.) Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentadecane \Pen`ta*dec"ane\, n. [Penta- + Gr. [?] ten.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, ({C15H32}) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentadecatoic \Pen`ta*dec`a*to"ic\, a. [Penta- + decatoic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designating an acid related to it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentadecylic \Pen`ta*decyl"ic\, a. [Penta- + decylic.] (Chem.) Same as {Quindecylic} | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quindecylic \Quin`de*cyl"ic\, n. [L. quindecim fifteen + -yl.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also {pentadecylic} acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentadecylic \Pen`ta*decyl"ic\, a. [Penta- + decylic.] (Chem.) Same as {Quindecylic} | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quindecylic \Quin`de*cyl"ic\, n. [L. quindecim fifteen + -yl.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also {pentadecylic} acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentadelphous \Pen`ta*del"phous\, a. [Penta- + Gr. [?] brother.] (Bot.) Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing, capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable, from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven, invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active, vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E. wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.] 1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc. Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold. --Milton. 2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom. {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid. {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below. {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ({Theobroma}). {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}. {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}. {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}. {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. {Vegetable leather}. (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}. {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under {Oyster}. {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine. {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}. {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch. {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow}, obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentahedral \Pen`ta*he"dral\, a. Having five sides; as, a pentahedral figure. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentahedrical \Pen`ta*hed"ric*al\, a. Pentahedral. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentahedron \Pen`ta*he"dron\, n. [Penta- + Gr. "e`dra seat, base.] A solid figure having five sides. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentahedrous \Pen`ta*he"drous\, a. Pentahedral. --Woodward. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentateuch \Pen"ta*teuch\, n. [L. pentateuchus, Gr. [?]; [?] (see {Penta-}) + [?] a tool, implement, a book, akin to [?] to prepare, make ready, and perh. to E. text. See {Five}, and {Text}.] The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; -- called also the {Law of Moses}, {Book of the Law of Moses}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentateuchal \Pen`ta*teu"chal\, a. Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentathionic \Pen`ta*thi*on"ic\, a. [Penta- + thionic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained by leading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; -- so called because it contains five atoms of sulphur. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pentatomic \Pen`ta*tom"ic\, a. [Penta- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Having five atoms in the molecule. (b) Having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pinnate \Pin"nate\, Pinnated \Pin"na*ted\, a. [L. pinnatus feathered, fr. pinna a feather. See {Pin} a peg, {Pen} feather.] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See {Abruptly pinnate}, and Illust., under {Abruptly}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. {Pinnated grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie chicken. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pinnate \Pin"nate\, Pinnated \Pin"na*ted\, a. [L. pinnatus feathered, fr. pinna a feather. See {Pin} a peg, {Pen} feather.] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See {Abruptly pinnate}, and Illust., under {Abruptly}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. {Pinnated grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie chicken. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pintado \Pin*ta"do\, n. A fish ({Scomberomorus regalis}) similar to, but larger than, the Spanish mackerel, and having elongated spots, common about Florida and the West Indies. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pintado \Pin*ta"do\, n.; pl. {Pintados}. [Sp., painted, fr. pintar to paint.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Numida}. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See {Guinea fowl}, under {Guinea}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p[82]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. [?] a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family {Procellarid[91]}. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to {{Oceanites}}, {{Oceanodroma}}, {{Procellaria}}, and several allied genera. {Diving petrel}, any bird of the genus {Pelecanoides}. They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere. {Fulmar petrel}, {Giant petrel}. See {Fulmar}. {Pintado petrel}, the Cape pigeon. See under {Cape}. {Pintado petrel}, any one of several small petrels, especially {Procellaria pelagica}, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pintado \Pin*ta"do\, n.; pl. {Pintados}. [Sp., painted, fr. pintar to paint.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Numida}. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See {Guinea fowl}, under {Guinea}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Point \Point\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pointing}.] [Cf. F. pointer. See {Point}, n.] 1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral. 2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort. 3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope. 4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition. 5. To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points. 6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out. --Pope. He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens. 7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. 8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. 9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. {To point a rope} (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles. {To point a sail} (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet holes of the reefs. {To point off}, to divide into periods or groups, or to separate, by pointing, as figures. {To point the yards} (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pointed \Point"ed\, a. 1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope. {Pointed arch} (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown. {Pointed style} (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; -- more commonly called {Gothic}. -- {Point"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Point"ed*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pointed \Point"ed\, a. 1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope. {Pointed arch} (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown. {Pointed style} (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; -- more commonly called {Gothic}. -- {Point"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Point"ed*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pointed \Point"ed\, a. 1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope. {Pointed arch} (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown. {Pointed style} (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; -- more commonly called {Gothic}. -- {Point"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Point"ed*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.] 1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of the epidermis which covers them. 2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma. Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A. Duhring. {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}. {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes. {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia Helioscopia}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pointed \Point"ed\, a. 1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope. {Pointed arch} (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown. {Pointed style} (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; -- more commonly called {Gothic}. -- {Point"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Point"ed*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pointed \Point"ed\, a. 1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope. {Pointed arch} (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown. {Pointed style} (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; -- more commonly called {Gothic}. -- {Point"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Point"ed*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pondweed \Pond"weed`\, n. (Bot.) Any aquatic plant of the genus {Potamogeton}, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers. {Choke pondweed}, an American water weed ({Anarcharis, [or] Elodea, Canadensis}.) See {Anacharis}. {Horned pondweed}, the {Zannichellia palustris}, a slender, branching aquatic plant, having pointed nutlets. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pickerel \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of {Pike}.] [Written also {pickerell}.] 1. A young or small pike. [Obs.] Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel. --Chaucer. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus {Esox}, esp. the smaller species. (b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See {Wall-eye}. Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel ({Esox reticulatus}) and the brook pickerel ({E. Americanus}) are the most common American species. They are used for food, and are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the pike is called pickerel. {Pickerel weed} (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant ({Pontederia cordata}) having large arrow-shaped leaves. So called because common in slow-moving waters where pickerel are often found. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pounce \Pounce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pouncing}.] To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pound \Pound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pounding}.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. {Pun} a play on words.] 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks. --Dryden. 2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pundit \Pun"dit\, n. [Hind. pandit, Skr. pandita a learned man.] A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official. [Written also {pandit}.] [India] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punt-out \Punt"-out`\, n. (American Football) A punt made from the goal line by a player of the side which has made a touchdown to one of his own side for a fair catch, from which an attempt to kick a goal may be made. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Painted Post, NY (village, FIPS 56088) Location: 42.16290 N, 77.09187 W Population (1990): 1950 (888 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14870 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pentwater, MI (village, FIPS 63540) Location: 43.77943 N, 86.43094 W Population (1990): 1050 (935 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49449 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pond Eddy, NY Zip code(s): 12770 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pontotoc, MS (city, FIPS 59160) Location: 34.24851 N, 89.00667 W Population (1990): 4570 (1972 housing units) Area: 24.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38863 Pontotoc, TX Zip code(s): 76869 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pontotoc County, MS (county, FIPS 115) Location: 34.22751 N, 89.03682 W Population (1990): 22237 (9001 housing units) Area: 1288.3 sq km (land), 9.3 sq km (water) Pontotoc County, OK (county, FIPS 123) Location: 34.72362 N, 96.69403 W Population (1990): 34119 (15094 housing units) Area: 1864.0 sq km (land), 15.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
pointy hat n. See {wizard hat}. This synonym specifically refers to the wizards of Unseen University in Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" serious of humorous fantasies; these books are extremely popular among hackers. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pointed domain is defined to have a {bottom} element and {algebraic} {CPO}s without bottoms are called "{predomains}". David Schmidt's domains do not have this requirement and he calls a domain with a bottom "pointed". (1999-07-07) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pentateuch the five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Probably that was done by the LXX. translators. Some modern critics speak of a Hexateuch, introducing the Book of Joshua as one of the group. But this book is of an entirely different character from the other books, and has a different author. It stands by itself as the first of a series of historical books beginning with the entrance of the Israelites into Canaan. (See {JOSHUA}.) The books composing the Pentateuch are properly but one book, the "Law of Moses," the "Book of the Law of Moses," the "Book of Moses," or, as the Jews designate it, the "Torah" or "Law." That in its present form it "proceeds from a single author is proved by its plan and aim, according to which its whole contents refer to the covenant concluded between Jehovah and his people, by the instrumentality of Moses, in such a way that everything before his time is perceived to be preparatory to this fact, and all the rest to be the development of it. Nevertheless, this unity has not been stamped upon it as a matter of necessity by the latest redactor: it has been there from the beginning, and is visible in the first plan and in the whole execution of the work.", Keil, Einl. i.d. A. T. A certain school of critics have set themselves to reconstruct the books of the Old Testament. By a process of "scientific study" they have discovered that the so-called historical books of the Old Testament are not history at all, but a miscellaneous collection of stories, the inventions of many different writers, patched together by a variety of editors! As regards the Pentateuch, they are not ashamed to attribute fraud, and even conspiracy, to its authors, who sought to find acceptance to their work which was composed partly in the age of Josiah, and partly in that of Ezra and Nehemiah, by giving it out to be the work of Moses! This is not the place to enter into the details of this controversy. We may say frankly, however, that we have no faith in this "higher criticism." It degrades the books of the Old Testament below the level of fallible human writings, and the arguments on which its speculations are built are altogether untenable. The evidences in favour of the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch are conclusive. We may thus state some of them briefly: (1.) These books profess to have been written by Moses in the name of God (Ex. 17:14; 24:3, 4, 7; 32:7-10, 30-34; 34:27; Lev. 26:46; 27:34; Deut. 31:9, 24, 25). (2.) This also is the uniform and persistent testimony of the Jews of all sects in all ages and countries (comp. Josh. 8:31, 32; 1 Kings 2:3; Jer. 7:22; Ezra 6:18; Neh. 8:1; Mal. 4:4; Matt. 22:24; Acts 15:21). (3.) Our Lord plainly taught the Mosaic authorship of these books (Matt. 5:17, 18; 19:8; 22:31, 32; 23:2; Mark 10:9; 12:26; Luke 16:31; 20:37; 24:26, 27, 44; John 3:14; 5:45, 46, 47; 6:32, 49; 7:19, 22). In the face of this fact, will any one venture to allege either that Christ was ignorant of the composition of the Bible, or that, knowing the true state of the case, he yet encouraged the people in the delusion they clung to? (4.) From the time of Joshua down to the time of Ezra there is, in the intermediate historical books, a constant reference to the Pentateuch as the "Book of the Law of Moses." This is a point of much importance, inasmuch as the critics deny that there is any such reference; and hence they deny the historical character of the Pentateuch. As regards the Passover, e.g., we find it frequently spoken of or alluded to in the historical books following the Pentateuch, showing that the "Law of Moses" was then certainly known. It was celebrated in the time of Joshua (Josh. 5:10, cf. 4:19), Hezekiah (2 Chr. 30), Josiah (2 Kings 23; 2 Chr. 35), and Zerubbabel (Ezra 6:19-22), and is referred to in such passages as 2 Kings 23:22; 2 Chr. 35:18; 1 Kings 9:25 ("three times in a year"); 2 Chr. 8:13. Similarly we might show frequent references to the Feast of Tabernacles and other Jewish institutions, although we do not admit that any valid argument can be drawn from the silence of Scripture in such a case. An examination of the following texts, 1 Kings 2:9; 2 Kings 14:6; 2 Chr. 23:18; 25:4; 34:14; Ezra 3:2; 7:6; Dan. 9:11, 13, will also plainly show that the "Law of Moses" was known during all these centuries. Granting that in the time of Moses there existed certain oral traditions or written records and documents which he was divinely led to make use of in his history, and that his writing was revised by inspired successors, this will fully account for certain peculiarities of expression which critics have called "anachronisms" and "contradictions," but in no way militates against the doctrine that Moses was the original author of the whole of the Pentateuch. It is not necessary for us to affirm that the whole is an original composition; but we affirm that the evidences clearly demonstrate that Moses was the author of those books which have come down to us bearing his name. The Pentateuch is certainly the basis and necessary preliminary of the whole of the Old Testament history and literature. (See {DEUTERONOMY}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Pentateuch, the five books of Moses |