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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
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Pachydactyl \Pach`y*dac"tyl\, n. [Pachy- + dactyl.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird or other animal having thick toes. | |
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Pachydactylous \Pach`y*dac"tyl*ous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having thick toes. | |
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Pagoda sleeve \Pa*go"da sleeve\ (Costume) A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining and an inner sleeve. | |
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--Tennyson. It still wore the majesty of expression so conspicuous in his portraits by the inimitable pencil of Titian. --Prescott. 5. A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression. 6. (Math.) The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs. {Past expression}, {Beyond expression}, beyond the power of description. [bd]Beyond expression bright.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Question \Ques"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See {Quest}, n.] 1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer. 2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question. There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- John iii. 25. It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith. -- Bacon. 3. Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture. --Blackstone. He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question. --Macaulay. 4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query. But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ? --Milton. 5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question. 6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] --Shak. {In question}, in debate; in the course of examination or discussion; as, the matter or point in question. {Leading question}. See under {Leading}. {Out of question}, unquestionably. [bd]Out of question, 't is Maria's hand.[b8] --Shak. {Out of the question}. See under {Out}. {Past question}, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly; unquestionably. {Previous question}, a question put to a parliamentary assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at once, without further debate, on the subject under consideration. Note: The form of the question is: [bd]Shall the main question be now put?[b8] If the vote is in the affirmative, the matter before the body must be voted upon as it then stands, without further general debate or the submission of new amendments. In the House of Representatives of the United States, and generally in America, a negative decision operates to keep the business before the body as if the motion had not been made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to postpone consideration for the day, and until the subject may be again introduced. In American practice, the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is made by a friend of the measure. In English practice, the object is to get rid of the subject for the time being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting against it. --Cushing. {To beg the question}. See under {Beg}. {To the question}, to the point in dispute; to the real matter under debate. Syn: Point; topic; subject. | |
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Pasty \Pas"ty\, n.; pl. {Pasties}. [OF. past[82], F. p[83]t[82]. See {Paste}, and cf. {Patty}.] A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie. [bd]If ye pinch me like a pasty.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Apple pasties.[b8] --Dickens. A large pasty baked in a pewter platter. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Pectic \Pec"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] curdled.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist. | |
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Pectize \Pec*tize"\, v. i. [Gr. [?] solid.] To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass. [R.] --H. Spencer. | |
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Pectose \Pec"tose`\, n. [Pectic + cellulose.] (Chem.) An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom, esp. in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and is converted into substances of the pectin group. | |
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Pectosic \Pec*to"sic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, pectose; specifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute largely ordinary pectin or vegetable jelly. | |
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Pectous \Pec"tous\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, pectose. | |
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Pequots \Pe"quots\, n. pl.; sing. {Pequot}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern Connecticut. [Written also {Pequods}.] | |
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Pequots \Pe"quots\, n. pl.; sing. {Pequot}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern Connecticut. [Written also {Pequods}.] | |
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Pesthouse \Pest`house"\, n. A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease. | |
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Phase displacement \Phase displacement\ (Elec.) A charge of phase whereby an alternating current attains its maximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a capacity would cause an advance, in phase. | |
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Tharos \Tha"ros\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Phycoides tharos}) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also {pearl crescent}. | |
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Picked \Pick"ed\, a. 1. Pointed; sharp. [bd]Picked and polished.[b8] --Chapman. Let the stake be made picked at the top. --Mortimer. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes. 3. Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men. 4. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. [Obs.] --Shak. {Picked dogfish}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Dogfish}. {Picked out}, ornamented or relieved with lines, or the like, of a different, usually a lighter, color; as, a carriage body dark green, picked out with red. | |
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5. A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. 6. A game at cards. See {Piquet}. {Inlying picket} (Mil.), a detachment of troops held in camp or quarters, detailed to march if called upon. {Picket fence}, a fence made of pickets. See def. 2, above. {Picket guard} (Mil.), a guard of horse and foot, always in readiness in case of alarm. {Picket line}. (Mil.) (a) A position held and guarded by small bodies of men placed at intervals. (b) A rope to which horses are secured when groomed. {Picketpin}, an iron pin for picketing horses. | |
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Woodpecker \Wood"peck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[91]}. Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larv[91] upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees (see {Sap sucker}, under {Sap}), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects. The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus major}), the lesser spotted woodpecker ({D. minor}), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see {Yaffle}). The best-known American species are the pileated woodpecker (see under {Pileated}), the ivory-billed woodpecker ({Campephilus principalis}), which is one of the largest known species, the red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes erythrocephalus}), the red-bellied woodpecker ({M. Carolinus}) (see {Chab}), the superciliary woodpecker ({M. superciliaris}), the hairy woodpecker ({Dryobates villosus}), the downy woodpecker ({D. pubescens}), the three-toed, woodpecker ({Picoides Americanus}), the golden-winged woodpecker (see {Flicker}), and the sap suckers. See also {Carpintero}. {Woodpecker hornbill} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white Asiatic hornbill ({Buceros pica}) which resembles a woodpecker in color. | |
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Pictish \Pict"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to Picts; resembling the Picts. [bd]The Pictish peer.[b8] --Byron. | |
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Pictograph \Pic"to*graph\, n. [See {Picture}, and {-graph}.] A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea. -- {Pic`to*graph"ic}, a. | |
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Pictograph \Pic"to*graph\, n. [See {Picture}, and {-graph}.] A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea. -- {Pic`to*graph"ic}, a. | |
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Picts \Picts\, n. pl.; sing. {Pict}. [L. Picti; cf. AS. Peohtas.] (Ethnol.) A race of people of uncertain origin, who inhabited Scotland in early times. | |
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Pig-sticking \Pig"-stick`ing\, n. Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians. [Colloq.] --Tackeray. | |
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Pigsty \Pig"sty`\, n.; pl. {Pigsties}. A pigpen. | |
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Pigwidgeon \Pig"wid`geon\, n. [Written also pigwidgin and pigwiggen.] A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy. | |
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Pistache \Pis*tache"\, n. [OE. pistace, fr. F. pistache. See {Pistachio}.] (Bot.) The anacardiaceous tree {Pistacia vera}, which yields the pistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extract prepared from it. | |
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Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho, F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. [?], [?], fr. Per. pistah. Cf. {Fistinut}.] (Bot.) The nut of the {Pistacia vera}, a tree of the order {Anacardiace[91]}, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; -- called also {pistachio nut}. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written also {pistachia}.] | |
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Mastic \Mas"tic\, n. [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to chew, because of its being used in the East for chewing.] [Written also {mastich}.] 1. (Bot.) A low shrubby tree of the genus {Pistacia} ({P. Lentiscus}), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, {mastic tree}. 2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes. 3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc. {Barbary mastic} (Bot.), the {Pistachia Atlantica}. {Peruvian mastic tree} (Bot.), a small tree ({Schinus Molle}) with peppery red berries; -- called also {pepper tree}. {West Indian mastic} (Bot.), a lofty tree ({Bursera gummifera}) full of gum resin in every part. | |
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Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. 1. The small anacardiaceous tree, of southern Europe and Asia Minor, which bears the pistachio nut. 2. (Cookery) The flavor of the pistachio nut, or an ice or confection flavored with it. 3. Pistachio green. | |
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Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho, F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. [?], [?], fr. Per. pistah. Cf. {Fistinut}.] (Bot.) The nut of the {Pistacia vera}, a tree of the order {Anacardiace[91]}, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; -- called also {pistachio nut}. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written also {pistachia}.] | |
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Pistachio green \Pistachio green\ A light yellowish green color resembling that of the pistachio nut. | |
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Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho, F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. [?], [?], fr. Per. pistah. Cf. {Fistinut}.] (Bot.) The nut of the {Pistacia vera}, a tree of the order {Anacardiace[91]}, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; -- called also {pistachio nut}. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written also {pistachia}.] | |
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d8Pistacia \[d8]Pis*ta"ci*a\, n. [NL. See {Pistachio}.] (Bot.) The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree ({Pistacia Lentiscus}), and the species ({P. Terebinthus}) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine. | |
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Turpentine \Tur"pen*tine\, n. [F. t[82]r[82]bentine, OF. also turbentine; cf. Pr. terebentina, terbentina, It. terebentina, trementina; fr. L. terebinthinus of the turpentine tree, from terebinthus the turpentine tree. Gr. [?], [?]. See {Terebinth}.] A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir. Note: There are many varieties of turpentine. Chian turpentine is produced in small quantities by the turpentine tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}). Venice, Swiss, or larch turpentine, is obtained from {Larix Europ[91]a}. It is a clear, colorless balsam, having a tendency to solidify. Canada turpentine, or Canada balsam, is the purest of all the pine turpentines (see under {Balsam}). The Carpathian and Hungarian varieties are derived from {Pinus Cembra} and {Pinus Mugho}. Carolina turpentine, the most abundant kind, comes from the long-leaved pine ({Pinus palustris}). Strasburg turpentine is from the silver fir ({Abies pectinata}). {Oil of turpentine} (Chem.), a colorless oily hydrocarbon, {C10H16}, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also {terebenthene}, {terpene}, etc. {Turpentine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths whose larv[91] eat the tender shoots of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or resin. {Turpentine tree} (Bot.), the terebinth tree, the original source of turpentine. See {Turpentine}, above. | |
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Chian \Chi"an\a. [L. chius, fr. Chios the island Chios, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the [92]gean Sea. {Chian earth}, a dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently as an astringent and a cosmetic. {Chian turpentine}, a fragrant, almost transparent turpentine, obtained from the {Pistacia Terebinthus}. | |
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Pistache \Pis*tache"\, n. [OE. pistace, fr. F. pistache. See {Pistachio}.] (Bot.) The anacardiaceous tree {Pistacia vera}, which yields the pistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extract prepared from it. | |
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Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho, F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. [?], [?], fr. Per. pistah. Cf. {Fistinut}.] (Bot.) The nut of the {Pistacia vera}, a tree of the order {Anacardiace[91]}, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; -- called also {pistachio nut}. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written also {pistachia}.] | |
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Pistacite \Pis"ta*cite\, n. [Cf. F. pistacite. So called from its green color. See {Pistachio}.] (Min.) Epidote. | |
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Pistazite \Pis"ta*zite\, n. (Min.) Same as {Pistacite}. | |
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Water lettuce \Wa"ter let"tuce\ (Bot.) A plant ({Pistia stratiotes}) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). | |
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Pistic \Pis"tic\, a. [L. pisticus, Gr. [?].] Pure; genuine. [R.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. | |
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Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Emberiza}, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family {Fringillid[91]}). Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting ({Emberiza miliaria}); the ortolan ({E. hortulana}); the cirl ({E. cirlus}); and the black-headed ({Granitivora melanocephala}). American species are the bay-winged or grass ({Po[94]c[91]tes or Po[d2]cetes gramineus}); the black-throated ({Spiza Americana}); the towhee bunting or chewink ({Pipilo}); the snow bunting ({Plectrophanax nivalis}); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See {Ortolan}, {Chewick}, {Snow bunting}, {Lark bunting}. | |
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Chronometer \Chro*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] time + -meter: cf. F. chronom[8a]tre.] 1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper. 2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc. 3. (Mus.) A metronome. {Box chronometer}. See under {Box}. {Pocket chronometer}, a chronometer in the form of a large watch. {To rate a chronometer}. See {Rate}, v. t. | |
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Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.] 1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth. 2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven. 3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc. Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity, the articles being sold by actual weight. 4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like. 5. (Mining.) (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. (b) A hole containing water. 6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace. 7. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pouch}. Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation of compound words usually of obvious signification; as, pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc. {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep. {Pocket borough}, a borough [bd]owned[b8] by some person. See under {Borough}. [Eng.] {Pocket gopher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys}, family {Geomyd[91]}. They have large external cheek pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}. {Pocket mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of American mice of the family {Saccomyid[91]}. They have external cheek pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc. {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not spent. {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket. {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges in the exchequer. --Burrill. | |
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Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See {Gauffer}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family {Geomyid[91]}; -- called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched rat}. See {Pocket gopher}, and {Tucan}. Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth. 2. One of several western American species of the genus {Spermophilus}, of the family {Sciurid[91]}; as, the gray gopher ({Spermophilus Franklini}) and the striped gopher ({S. tridecemlineatus}); -- called also {striped prairie squirrel}, {leopard marmot}, and {leopard spermophile}. See {Spermophile}. 3. A large land tortoise ({Testudo Carilina}) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows. 4. A large burrowing snake ({Spilotes Couperi}) of the Southern United States. {Gopher drift} (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. --Raymond. | |
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Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.] 1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth. 2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven. 3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc. Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity, the articles being sold by actual weight. 4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like. 5. (Mining.) (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. (b) A hole containing water. 6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace. 7. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pouch}. Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation of compound words usually of obvious signification; as, pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc. {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep. {Pocket borough}, a borough [bd]owned[b8] by some person. See under {Borough}. [Eng.] {Pocket gopher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys}, family {Geomyd[91]}. They have large external cheek pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}. {Pocket mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of American mice of the family {Saccomyid[91]}. They have external cheek pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc. {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not spent. {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket. {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges in the exchequer. --Burrill. | |
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Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See {Gauffer}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family {Geomyid[91]}; -- called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched rat}. See {Pocket gopher}, and {Tucan}. Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth. 2. One of several western American species of the genus {Spermophilus}, of the family {Sciurid[91]}; as, the gray gopher ({Spermophilus Franklini}) and the striped gopher ({S. tridecemlineatus}); -- called also {striped prairie squirrel}, {leopard marmot}, and {leopard spermophile}. See {Spermophile}. 3. A large land tortoise ({Testudo Carilina}) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows. 4. A large burrowing snake ({Spilotes Couperi}) of the Southern United States. {Gopher drift} (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. --Raymond. | |
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Statute \Stat"ute\, n. [F. statut, LL. statutum, from L. statutus, p. p. of statuere to set, station, ordain, fr. status position, station, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {Constitute}, {Destitute}.] 1. An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom {common law}. See {Common law}, under {Common}, a. --Bouvier. Note: Statute is commonly applied to the acts of a legislative body consisting of representatives. In monarchies, legislature laws of the sovereign are called edicts, decrees, ordinances, rescripts, etc. In works on international law and in the Roman law, the term is used as embracing all laws imposed by competent authority. Statutes in this sense are divided into statutes real, statutes personal, and statutes mixed; statutes real applying to immovables; statutes personal to movables; and statutes mixed to both classes of property. 2. An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university. 3. An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also {statute fair}. [Eng.] Cf. 3d {Mop}, 2. --Halliwell. {Statute book}, a record of laws or legislative acts. --Blackstone. {Statute cap}, a kind of woolen cap; -- so called because enjoined to be worn by a statute, dated in 1571, in behalf of the trade of cappers. [Obs.] --Halliwell. {Statute fair}. See {Statute}, n., 3, above. {Statute labor}, a definite amount of labor required for the public service in making roads, bridges, etc., as in certain English colonies. {Statute merchant} (Eng. Law), a bond of record pursuant to the stat. 13 Edw. I., acknowledged in form prescribed, on which, if not paid at the day, an execution might be awarded against the body, lands, and goods of the debtor, and the obligee might hold the lands until out of the rents and profits of them the debt was satisfied; -- called also a {pocket judgment}. It is now fallen into disuse. --Tomlins. --Bouvier. {Statute mile}. See under {Mile}. {Statute of limitations} (Law), a statute assigned a certain time, after which rights can not be enforced by action. {Statute staple}, a bond of record acknowledged before the mayor of the staple, by virtue of which the creditor may, on nonpayment, forthwith have execution against the body, lands, and goods of the debtor, as in the statute merchant. It is now disused. --Blackstone. Syn: Act; regulation; edict; decree. See {Law}. | |
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Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.] 1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth. 2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven. 3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc. Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity, the articles being sold by actual weight. 4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like. 5. (Mining.) (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. (b) A hole containing water. 6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace. 7. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pouch}. Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation of compound words usually of obvious signification; as, pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc. {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep. {Pocket borough}, a borough [bd]owned[b8] by some person. See under {Borough}. [Eng.] {Pocket gopher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys}, family {Geomyd[91]}. They have large external cheek pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}. {Pocket mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of American mice of the family {Saccomyid[91]}. They have external cheek pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc. {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not spent. {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket. {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges in the exchequer. --Burrill. | |
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Pocketknife \Pock"et*knife`\, n.; pl. {-knives}. A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket. | |
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Postal \Post"al\, a. [Cf. F. postal.] Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities. {Postal card}, [or] {Post card}, a card sold by the government for transmission through the mails, at a lower rate of postage than a sealed letter. The message is written on one side of the card, and the direction on the other. {Postal money order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}. {Postal note}, an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money (in the United States less than five dollars under existing law), issued from one post office and payable at another specified office. {Postal Union}, a union for postal purposes entered into by the most important powers, or governments, which have agreed to transport mail matter through their several territories at a stipulated rate. | |
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Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post. (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. 2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman. In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. --Abp. Abbot. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak. 3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. --Pope. 4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak. 5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. [Obs.] He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. --Palfrey. 6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under {Paper}. {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. --B. Jonson. {Post bag}, a mail bag. {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster. {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post. {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs. {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton. {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens. {Post office}. (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are received and distributed; a place appointed for attending to all business connected with the mail. (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter. {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}. {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the mail is carried. {Post town}. (a) A town in which post horses are kept. (b) A town in which a post office is established by law. {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as possible. {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses are attached at each stopping place. | |
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Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post. (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. 2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman. In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. --Abp. Abbot. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak. 3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. --Pope. 4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak. 5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. [Obs.] He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. --Palfrey. 6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under {Paper}. {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. --B. Jonson. {Post bag}, a mail bag. {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster. {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post. {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs. {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton. {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens. {Post office}. (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are received and distributed; a place appointed for attending to all business connected with the mail. (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter. {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}. {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the mail is carried. {Post town}. (a) A town in which post horses are kept. (b) A town in which a post office is established by law. {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as possible. {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses are attached at each stopping place. | |
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Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post. (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. 2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman. In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. --Abp. Abbot. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak. 3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. --Pope. 4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak. 5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. [Obs.] He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. --Palfrey. 6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under {Paper}. {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. --B. Jonson. {Post bag}, a mail bag. {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster. {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post. {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs. {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton. {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens. {Post office}. (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are received and distributed; a place appointed for attending to all business connected with the mail. (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter. {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}. {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the mail is carried. {Post town}. (a) A town in which post horses are kept. (b) A town in which a post office is established by law. {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as possible. {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses are attached at each stopping place. | |
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}. | |
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Postact \Post"act`\, n. An act done afterward. | |
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Postage \Post"age\, n. The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post. {Postage stamp}, a government stamp required to be put upon articles sent by mail in payment of the postage, esp. an adhesive stamp issued and sold for that purpose. | |
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Postage \Post"age\, n. The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post. {Postage stamp}, a government stamp required to be put upon articles sent by mail in payment of the postage, esp. an adhesive stamp issued and sold for that purpose. | |
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Postaxial \Post*ax"i*al\, a. [Pref. post- + axial.] (Anat.) Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb. | |
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Post-captain \Post"-cap`tain\, n. A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was [bd]posted,[b8] in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse. | |
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d8Postcava \[d8]Post"ca`va\, n.; pl. {Postcav[91]} . [NL. See {Post-}, and {Cave}, n.] (Anat.) The inferior vena cava. -- {Post"ca`val}, a. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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d8Postcava \[d8]Post"ca`va\, n.; pl. {Postcav[91]} . [NL. See {Post-}, and {Cave}, n.] (Anat.) The inferior vena cava. -- {Post"ca`val}, a. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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Postclavicle \Post*clav"i*cle\, n. [Pref. post- + clavicle.] (Anat.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle. -- {Post`*cla*vic"u*lar}, a. | |
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Postclavicle \Post*clav"i*cle\, n. [Pref. post- + clavicle.] (Anat.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle. -- {Post`*cla*vic"u*lar}, a. | |
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Postcomminion \Post`com*min"ion\, n. [Pref. post- + communion.] 1. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) The concluding portion of the communion service. 2. (R. C. Ch.) A prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions. | |
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Postcommissure \Post*com"mis*sure\, n. [Pref. post- + commisure.] (Anat.) A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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d8Postcornu \[d8]Post*cor"nu\, n.; pl. {Postcornua}. [NL. See {Post-}, and {Cornu}.] (Anat.) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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Post-disseizin \Post"-dis*sei"zin\, n. [Pref. post- + disseizin.] (O. Eng. Law) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished. --Burrill. Tomlins. | |
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Post-disseizor \Post`-dis*sei"zor\, n. [Pref. post- + disseizor.] (O. Eng. Law) A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor. --Blackstone. | |
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Postexilian \Post`ex*il"i*an\, Postexilic \Post`ex*il"ic\, a.] After the exile; specif. (Jewish Hist.), belonging to a period subsequent to the Babylonian captivity or exile (b. c. 597 or about 586-about 537). | |
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Postexilian \Post`ex*il"i*an\, Postexilic \Post`ex*il"ic\, a.] After the exile; specif. (Jewish Hist.), belonging to a period subsequent to the Babylonian captivity or exile (b. c. 597 or about 586-about 537). | |
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Postexist \Post`ex*ist"\, v. i. [Pref. post- + exist.] To exist after; to live subsequently. [Obs. or R.] | |
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Postexistence \Post`ex*ist"ence\, n. Subsequent existence. | |
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Postexistent \Post`ex*ist"ent\, a. Existing or living after. [R.] [bd]Postexistent atoms.[b8] --Cudworth. | |
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Postgeniture \Post*gen"i*ture\ (?; 135), n. [Pref. post- + L. genitura birth, geniture.] The condition of being born after another in the same family; -- distinguished from primogeniture. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Postglacial \Post*gla"cial\, a. (Geol.) (a) Formed or occurring after the last glacial epoch of the Pleistocene period, or at a locality within the area of Pleistocene glaciation after the final disappearance of the glacier from the locality. (b) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an epoch after the last Glacial and before the Terrace epoch. [R.] | |
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Postglenoid \Post*gle"noid\, a. [Pref. post- + glenoid.] (Anat.) Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone. | |
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Postgraduate \Post*grad"u*ate\, a. [Pref. post- + graduate.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a college; graduate. -- n. A student who pursues such studies. Note: Most careful writers consider the word graduate to be the proper word to use in this sense. | |
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Posthaste \Post`haste"\, n. Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier. --Shak. | |
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Posthaste \Post`haste\, adv. With speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send posthaste. --Shak. | |
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Posthouse \Post"house`\, n. 1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office. | |
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Postic \Pos"tic\, a. [L. posticus, fr. post after, behind.] Backward. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Postocular \Post*oc"u*lar\, a. & n. [Pref. post- + ocular.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Postorbital}. | |
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Postscapular \Post*scap"u*lar\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous. | |
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Postscribe \Post*scribe"\, v. t. [L. postscribere. See {Postscript}.] To make a postscript. [R.] --T. Adams. | |
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Postscript \Post"script\, n. [L. postscriptus, (assumed) p. p. of postscribere to write after; post after + scribere to write: cf. F. postscriptum. See {Post-}, and {Scribe}.] A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer. [Abbrev. P. S.] | |
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Postscripted \Post"script*ed\, a. Having a postscript; added in a postscript. [R.] --J. Q. Adams. | |
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Postsphenoid \Post*sphe"noid\, a. [Pref. post- + sphenoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone. | |
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Postticous \Post"ti*cous\, a. [L. posticus.] (Bot.) (a) Posterior. (b) Situated on the outer side of a filament; -- said of an extrorse anther. | |
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d8Postzygapophysis \[d8]Post*zyg`a*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Postzygapophyses}. [NL. See {Post-}, and {Zygapophysis}.] (Anat.) A posterior zygapophysis. | |
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Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat. (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher. (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels. {Pouched dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Zebra wolf}, under {Zebra}. {Pouched frog} (Zo[94]l.), the nototrema, the female of which has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage. {Pouched gopher}, [or] {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket gopher}, under {Pocket}. {Pouched mouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket mouse}, under {Pocket}. | |
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Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.] 1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth. 2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven. 3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc. Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity, the articles being sold by actual weight. 4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like. 5. (Mining.) (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. (b) A hole containing water. 6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace. 7. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pouch}. Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation of compound words usually of obvious signification; as, pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc. {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep. {Pocket borough}, a borough [bd]owned[b8] by some person. See under {Borough}. [Eng.] {Pocket gopher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys}, family {Geomyd[91]}. They have large external cheek pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}. {Pocket mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of American mice of the family {Saccomyid[91]}. They have external cheek pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc. {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not spent. {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket. {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges in the exchequer. --Burrill. | |
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Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat. (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher. (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels. {Pouched dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Zebra wolf}, under {Zebra}. {Pouched frog} (Zo[94]l.), the nototrema, the female of which has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage. {Pouched gopher}, [or] {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket gopher}, under {Pocket}. {Pouched mouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket mouse}, under {Pocket}. | |
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Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.] 1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth. 2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven. 3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc. Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity, the articles being sold by actual weight. 4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like. 5. (Mining.) (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. (b) A hole containing water. 6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace. 7. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pouch}. Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation of compound words usually of obvious signification; as, pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc. {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep. {Pocket borough}, a borough [bd]owned[b8] by some person. See under {Borough}. [Eng.] {Pocket gopher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys}, family {Geomyd[91]}. They have large external cheek pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}. {Pocket mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of American mice of the family {Saccomyid[91]}. They have external cheek pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc. {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not spent. {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket. {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges in the exchequer. --Burrill. | |
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Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat. (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher. (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels. {Pouched dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Zebra wolf}, under {Zebra}. {Pouched frog} (Zo[94]l.), the nototrema, the female of which has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage. {Pouched gopher}, [or] {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket gopher}, under {Pocket}. {Pouched mouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket mouse}, under {Pocket}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jakie \Ja"kie\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American striped frog ({Pseudis paradoxa}), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also {paradoxical frog}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudocarp \Pseu"do*carp\, n. [Pseudo- + Gr. [?] fruit.] (Bot.) That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudocd2le \Pseu"do*c[d2]le\, n. Same as {Pseudoc[d2]lia}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudo-china \Pseu`do-chi"na\, n. [Pseudo- + china.] (Bot.) The false china root, a plant of the genus {Smilax} ({S. Pseudo-china}), found in America. | |
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Pseudo-cone \Pseu"do-cone`\, n. [Pseudo- + cone.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others. | |
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Pseudo-cumene \Pseu`do-cu"mene\, n. [Pseudo- + cumene.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudo-galena \Pseu`do-ga*le"na\, n. [Pseudo- + galena.] (Min.) False galena, or blende. See {Blende} (a) . | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudograph \Pseu"do*graph\, n. [See {Pseudography}.] A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudography \Pseu*dog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?]; pseydh`s false + [?] to write.] False writing; forgery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boletic \Bo*let"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the {Boletus}. {Boletic acid}, an acid obtained from the {Boletus fomentarius}, variety {pseudo-igniarius}. Same as {{Fumaric acid}}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudoscope \Pseu"do*scope\, n. [Pseudo- + -scope.] (Opt.) An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope. --Wheatstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudoscopic \Pseu`do*scop"ic\, a. (Opt.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudosphere \Pseu"do*sphere`\, n. [Pseudo- + sphere.] (Geom.) The surface of constant negative curvature generated by the revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in non-Euclidian space to the sphere in ordinary space. An important property of the surface is that any figure drawn upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or altering in size any of its elements. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudospore \Pseu"do*spore`\, n. [Pseudo- + spore.] (Bot.) A peculiar reproductive cell found in some fungi. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Pseudostoma \[d8]Pseu*dos"to*ma\, n.; pl. {Pseudostomata}. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Stoma}.] (Anat.) A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true aperture among them. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Persulphocyanogen \Per*sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.) An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also {pseudosulphocyanogen}, {perthiocyanogen}, and formerly {sulphocyanogen}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudo-symmetric \Pseu`do-sym*met"ric\, a. (Crystallog.) Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pseudo-symmetry \Pseu`do-sym"me*try\, n. [Pseudo- + symmetry.] (Crystallog.) A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Psittaceous \Psit*ta"ceous\, Psittacid \Psit"ta*cid\, a. [L. psittacus a parrot, Gr. [?]: cf. F. psittacide.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. -- n. One of the Psittaci. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Psittaceous \Psit*ta"ceous\, Psittacid \Psit"ta*cid\, a. [L. psittacus a parrot, Gr. [?]: cf. F. psittacide.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. -- n. One of the Psittaci. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Sarracenia \[d8]Sar`ra*ce"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant. Note: They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style. {Sarracenia purpurea}, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; {S. flava}, {rubra}, {Drummondii}, {variolaris}, and {psittacina} are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See {Illust}. of Sidesaddle flower, under {Sidesaddle}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Psitta-co-fulvine \Psit`ta-co-ful"*vine\, n. [Gr. [?] a parrot + L. fulvus yellow.] A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jako \Jak"o\ (j[acr]k"[osl]), n. (Zo[94]l.) An African parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also {gray parrot}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel. gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.] 1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite. {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara. {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite. {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite. {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon. {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}. {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See {Heath grouse}. {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell. {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ({M. capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M. Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}. {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America. {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}. {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See {Snapper}. {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback}, {devilfish}, and {hardhead}. | |
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Pastos, PR (comunidad, FIPS 60257) Location: 18.11971 N, 66.25905 W Population (1990): 1538 (480 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Pawcatuck, CT (CDP, FIPS 59140) Location: 41.37560 N, 71.85295 W Population (1990): 5289 (2324 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06379 | |
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Peshtigo, WI (city, FIPS 62175) Location: 45.05549 N, 87.74584 W Population (1990): 3154 (1217 housing units) Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54157 | |
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Pickett County, TN (county, FIPS 137) Location: 36.55824 N, 85.07904 W Population (1990): 4548 (2253 housing units) Area: 422.0 sq km (land), 30.2 sq km (water) | |
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Piscataquis County, ME (county, FIPS 21) Location: 45.84264 N, 69.29503 W Population (1990): 18653 (13194 housing units) Area: 10273.3 sq km (land), 1064.9 sq km (water) | |
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Pistakee Highlands, IL (CDP, FIPS 60144) Location: 42.40316 N, 88.21216 W Population (1990): 3848 (1336 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) | |
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Post Oak Bend City, TX (town, FIPS 59052) Location: 32.63207 N, 96.31326 W Population (1990): 264 (110 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Puget Sound Nava, WA Zip code(s): 98314 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
postcardware n. A kind of {shareware} that borders on {freeware}, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate `sales' in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
PostScript n. A Page Description Language ({PDL}), based on work originally done by John Gaffney at Evans and Sutherland in 1976, evolving through `JaM' (`John and Martin', Martin Newell) at {XEROX PARC}, and finally implemented in its current form by John Warnock et al. after he and Chuck Geschke founded Adobe Systems Incorporated in 1982. PostScript gets its leverage by using a full programming language, rather than a series of low-level escape sequences, to describe an image to be printed on a laser printer or other output device (in this it parallels {EMACS}, which exploited a similar insight about editing tasks). It is also noteworthy for implementing on-the fly rasterization, from Bezier curve descriptions, of high-quality fonts at low (e.g. 300 dpi) resolution (it was formerly believed that hand-tuned bitmap fonts were required for this task). Hackers consider PostScript to be among the most elegant hacks of all time, and the combination of technical merits and widespread availability has made PostScript the language of choice for graphical output. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
pseudosuit /soo'doh-s[y]oot`/ n. A {suit} wannabee; a hacker who has decided that he wants to be in management or administration and begins wearing ties, sport coats, and (shudder!) suits voluntarily. It's his funeral. See also {lobotomy}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
packed decimal {binary coded decimal} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Packet Assembler/Disassembler (PAD) Hardware or software device for splitting a data stream into discrete {packet}s for transmission over some medium and then reforming the stream(s) at the receiver. The term is most often used for interfaces to {X.25} lines. (1995-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
packet sniffer data {packets} and decodes them using built-in knowledge of common {protocols}. Sniffers are used to debug and monitor networking problems. (1995-03-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Packet Switch Node (PSN) A dedicated computer whose purpose is to accept, {route} and forward {packet}s in a {packet-switched} network. (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
packet switching (messages or fragments of messages) are individually {routed} between {nodes}, with no previously established communication path. Packets are routed to their destination through the most expedient route (as determined by some routing {algorithm}). Not all packets travelling between the same two hosts, even those from a single message, will necessarily follow the same route. The destination computer reassembles the packets into their appropriate sequence. Packet switching is used to optimise the use of the {bandwidth} available in a network and to minimise the {latency}. {X.25} is an international standard packet switching network. Also called {connectionless}. Opposite of {circuit switched} or {connection-oriented}. See also {virtual circuit}, {wormhole routing}. (1999-03-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
packet-switched {packet switching} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Page Description Language (PDL) A language such as {Adobe Systems, Inc.}'s {PostScript} or {Xerox}'s {Interpress} which allows the appearance of a printed page to be described in a high-level, device-independent way. Printing then becomes a two-stage process: an {application program} produces a description in the language, which is then interpreted by a specific output device. Such a language can therefore serve as an interchange standard for transmission and storage of printable documents. (1995-02-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PCCTS {Purdue Compiler-Construction Tool Set} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PicTeX A version of {TeX} for pictures. {(ftp://june.cs.washington.edu/tex/PiCTeX.tar.Z)}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pocket calculator for performing simple arithmetic operations on data input on a keypad and outputting the result (usually a single number) to a simple {LCD} or other display. The most sophisticated programmable calculators are really {pocket computers} which are limited to handling numerical data only. (1996-12-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pocket computer {palmtop} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
postcardware {Shareware} that borders on {freeware}, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.) [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
POSTGRES California at Berkeley} by a team led by Michael Stonebraker (1986-1994). Postgres was later taken by {Illustra} and developed into a commercial product, which in turn was bought by {Informix} and integrated into their product, {Universal Server}. {PostgreSQL} is a further development of the original POSTGRES code as a {free software} alternative to commercial {DBMS} vendor offerings. [Details? Reference? Relationship to {Ingres}?] (1999-07-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PostgreSQL {POSTGRES} {database} system. PostgreSQL is an advanced {relational database management system} with some {object oriented} approaches. PostgreSQL is developed and distributed as {free software}, and while retaining its freedom it remains technically and featurewise a worthy competitor to even the most advanced commercial alternatives. It was also one of the first databases to offer {MVCC} as opposed to {row-level locking} or {table locking}, thereby greatly improving multi-user performance. PostgreSQL implements an extended subset of {ANSI} {SQL} and runs on many {platforms}. It also has {interfaces} to many different {programming languages} and database {protocols}, like {ODBC} and {JDBC}. {Home (http://www.postgresql.org/)}. (1999-09-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
POSTQUEL POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the {POSTGRES} {database} system. ["The Design of POSTGRES", M. Stonebraker et al, Proc ACM SIGMOD Conf, June 1986]. {Version 4.0 (ftp://postgres.berkeley.edu/pub/postgresv4r0.tar.Z)}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PostScript on work originally done by John Gaffney at Evans and Sutherland in 1976, evolving through "JaM" ("John and Martin", Martin Newell) at {XEROX PARC}, and finally implemented in its current form by John Warnock et al. after he and Chuck Geschke founded {Adobe Systems, Inc.} in 1982. PostScript is an {interpreted}, {stack-based language} (like {FORTH}). It was used as a page description language by the {Apple LaserWriter}, and now many {laser printers} and on-screen graphics systems. Its primary application is to describe the appearance of text, graphical shapes, and sampled {images} on printed or displayed pages. A program in PostScript can communicate a document description from a composition system to a printing system in a device-independent way. PostScript is an unusually powerful printer language because it is a full programming language, rather than a series of low-level escape sequences. (In this it parallels {Emacs}, which exploited a similar insight about editing tasks). It is also noteworthy for implementing on-the fly {rasterisation}, from {Bezier curve} descriptions, of high-quality {fonts} at low (e.g. 300 dpi) resolution (it was formerly believed that hand-tuned {bitmap fonts} were required for this task). PostScript's combination of technical merits and widespread availability made it the language of choice for graphical output until {PDF} appeared. The {Postscript point}, 1/72 inch, is slightly different from other {point} units. {An introduction (http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/programming/postscript/postscript.html)}. ["PostScript Language Reference Manual" ("The Red Book"), Adobe Systems, A-W 1985]. [{Jargon File}] (2002-03-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Postscript point equal to 0.3527777778 mm, or 1/72 inch. (2002-03-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pseudocode A notation resembling a programming language but not intended for actual compilation. It usually combines some of the structure of a programming language with an informal natural-language description of the computations to be carried out. It is often produced by CASE systems as a basis for later hand coding. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PseudoScheme A translator from {Scheme} to {Common Lisp} by Jonathan Rees {R3RS} except {call/cc} and requires {Common Lisp}. Runs on {Lucid}, {Symbolics CL}, {VAX Lisp}, {Explorer CL}. Mailing list: info-clscheme-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu. (1994-10-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pseudosuit /soo'doh-s[y]oot"/ A {suit} wannabee; a hacker who has decided that he wants to be in management or administration and begins wearing ties, sport coats, and (shudder!) suits voluntarily. It's his funeral. See also {lobotomy}. [{Jargon File}] |