English Dictionary: phenylketonuria | by the DICT Development Group |
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Painless \Pain"less\, a. Free from pain; without pain. -- {Pain"less*ly}, adv. -- {Pain"less*ness}, n. | |
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Painless \Pain"less\, a. Free from pain; without pain. -- {Pain"less*ly}, adv. -- {Pain"less*ness}, n. | |
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Painless \Pain"less\, a. Free from pain; without pain. -- {Pain"less*ly}, adv. -- {Pain"less*ness}, n. | |
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2. (Law) (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. --Blackstone. (b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. --Burrill. 3. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing. 4. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door. 5. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. --Gwilt. 6. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted. 7. (Mining) (a) A heap of dressed ore. (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal. 8. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament. 9. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss. {Panel game}, a method of stealing money in a panel house. {Panel house}, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates. {Panel saw}, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc. {Panel thief}, one who robs in a panel house. | |
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2. (Law) (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. --Blackstone. (b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. --Burrill. 3. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing. 4. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door. 5. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. --Gwilt. 6. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted. 7. (Mining) (a) A heap of dressed ore. (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal. 8. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament. 9. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss. {Panel game}, a method of stealing money in a panel house. {Panel house}, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates. {Panel saw}, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc. {Panel thief}, one who robs in a panel house. | |
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2. (Law) (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. --Blackstone. (b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. --Burrill. 3. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing. 4. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door. 5. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. --Gwilt. 6. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted. 7. (Mining) (a) A heap of dressed ore. (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal. 8. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament. 9. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss. {Panel game}, a method of stealing money in a panel house. {Panel house}, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates. {Panel saw}, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc. {Panel thief}, one who robs in a panel house. | |
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Paneless \Pane"less\, a. Without panes. To patch his paneless window. --Shenstone. | |
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Paneulogism \Pan*eu"lo*gism\, n. [See {Pan-}, {Eulogy}.] Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise. [R.] Her book has a trace of the cant of paneulogism. --National Rev. | |
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Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. p[82]nal. See {Pain}.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains and penal fire.[b8] --Milton. {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them. {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties. | |
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Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. p[82]nal. See {Pain}.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains and penal fire.[b8] --Milton. {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them. {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties. | |
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Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. p[82]nal. See {Pain}.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains and penal fire.[b8] --Milton. {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them. {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties. | |
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Servitude \Serv"i*tude\, n. [L. servitudo: cf. F. servitude.] 1. The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence. You would have sold your king to slaughter, His princes and his peers to servitude. --Shak. A splendid servitude; . . . for he that rises up early, and goe[?] to bed late, only to receive addresses, is really as much abridged in his freedom as he that waits to present one. --South. 2. Servants, collectively. [Obs.] After him a cumbrous train Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude. --Milton. 3. (Law) A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right. Note: The object of a servitude is either to suffer something to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with respect to a thing. The easements of the English correspond in some respects with the servitudes of the Roman law. Both terms are used by common law writers, and often indiscriminately. The former, however, rather indicates the right enjoyed, and the latter the burden imposed. --Ayliffe. Erskine. E. Washburn. {Penal servitude}. See under {Penal}. {Personal servitude} (Law), that which arises when the use of a thing is granted as a real right to a particular individual other than the proprietor. {Predial servitude} (Law), that which one estate owes to another estate. When it related to lands, vineyards, gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it related to houses and buildings, it is called urban. | |
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Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. p[82]nal. See {Pain}.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains and penal fire.[b8] --Milton. {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them. {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties. | |
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Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. p[82]nal. See {Pain}.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains and penal fire.[b8] --Milton. {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them. {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties. | |
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Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. p[82]nal. See {Pain}.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains and penal fire.[b8] --Milton. {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them. {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties. | |
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Penalize \Pe"nal*ize\, v. t. 1. To make penal. 2. (Sport.) To put a penalty on. See {Penalty}, 3. [Eng.] | |
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Penniless \Pen"ni*less\, a. [From {Penny}.] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- {Pen"ni*less*ness}, n. | |
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Penniless \Pen"ni*less\, a. [From {Penny}.] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- {Pen"ni*less*ness}, n. | |
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Penological \Pen`o*log"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to penology. | |
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Penologist \Pe*nol"o*gist\, n. One versed in, or a student of, penology. | |
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Penology \Pe*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?], or L. poena, punishment + -logy.] The science or art of punishment. [Written also {p[oe]nology}.] | |
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Phenol \Phe"nol\, n. [Gr. [?] to show + -ol: cf. F. ph[82]nol.] (Chem.) 1. A white or pinkish crystalline substance, {C6H5OH}, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar. Note: It has a peculiar odor, somewhat resembling creosote, which is a complex mixture of phenol derivatives. It is of the type of alcohols, and is called also {phenyl alcohol}, but has acid properties, and hence is popularly called {carbolic acid}, and was formerly called {phenic acid}. It is a powerful caustic poison, and in dilute solution has been used as an antiseptic. 2. Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type. {Glacial phenol} (Chem.), pure crystallized phenol or carbolic acid. {Phenol acid} (Chem.), any one of a series of compounds which are at once derivatives of both phenol and some member of the fatty acid series; thus, salicylic acid is a phenol acid. | |
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Stycerin \Sty"cer*in\, n. [Styryl + glycerin.] (Chem.) A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; -- called also {phenyl glycerin}. | |
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Oxanillamide \Ox`a*nill*am"ide\, n. [Oxanilic + amide.] (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also {phenyl oxamide}. | |
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Thiophenol \Thi`o*phe"nol\, n. [Thio- + phenol.] (Chem.) A colorless mobile liquid, {C6H5.SH}, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol; -- called also {phenyl sulphydrate}. | |
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Phenylic \Phe*nyl"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, phenyl. {Phenylic alcohol} (Chem.), phenol. | |
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Phenylic \Phe*nyl"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, phenyl. {Phenylic alcohol} (Chem.), phenol. | |
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Phonologer \Pho*nol"o*ger\, n. A phonologist. | |
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Phonologic \Pho`no*log"ic\, Phonological \Pho`no*log"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to phonology. | |
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Phonologic \Pho`no*log"ic\, Phonological \Pho`no*log"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to phonology. | |
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Phonologist \Pho*nol"o*gist\, n. One versed in phonology. | |
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Phonology \Pho*nol"o*gy\, n. [Phono- + -logy.] The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds. | |
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Pimelic \Pi*mel"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] fat.] (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids. (b) Designating the acid proper ({C5H10(CO2/H)2}) which is obtained from camphoric acid. | |
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Pimlico \Pim"li*co\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The friar bird. | |
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Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See {Brother}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b) Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary. 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. 3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides. {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. --Brande & C. {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood. {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare}) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl. {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. --Milton. {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate}, {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}. | |
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Pimlico \Pim"li*co\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The friar bird. | |
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Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See {Brother}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b) Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary. 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. 3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides. {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. --Brande & C. {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood. {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare}) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl. {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. --Milton. {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate}, {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}. | |
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Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a feather.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast. --Milton. 2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. 3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. He . . . did not care a pin for her. --Spectator. 4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as: (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. (b) A linchpin. (c) A rolling-pin. (d) A clothespin. (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}. (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint. 5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. 6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. [Obs.] [bd]The very pin of his heart cleft.[b8] --Shak. 7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] [bd]In merry pin.[b8] --Cowper. 8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak. 9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. 10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang] {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion. {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}. {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation. {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure. {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}. Called also {pin rack}. {Pin wheel}. (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical pins. (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P. resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P. Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}. {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the {Araucaria excelsa}. {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into pine trees. {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary. {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and {alligator}. {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}. (b) The American sable. See {Sable}. {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See {Pinus}. {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below). {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine. {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc. {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood wool}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pineal \Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pin[82]ale.] Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. {Pineal gland} (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also {pineal body}, {epiphysis}, {conarium}. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Penology \Pe*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?], or L. poena, punishment + -logy.] The science or art of punishment. [Written also {p[oe]nology}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pomological \Po`mo*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. pomologique.] Of or pertaining to pomology. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pomologist \Po*mol"o*gist\, n. One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pomology \Po*mol"o*gy\, n. [L. pomum fruit + -logy: cf. F. pomologie.] The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punnology \Pun*nol"o*gy\, n. [Pun + -logy.] The art or practice of punning; paronomasia. [R.] --Pope. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pamlico County, NC (county, FIPS 137) Location: 35.15032 N, 76.66760 W Population (1990): 11372 (6050 housing units) Area: 872.7 sq km (land), 593.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Panola County, MS (county, FIPS 107) Location: 34.36332 N, 89.94654 W Population (1990): 29996 (11482 housing units) Area: 1772.2 sq km (land), 54.2 sq km (water) Panola County, TX (county, FIPS 365) Location: 32.16281 N, 94.30687 W Population (1990): 22035 (9700 housing units) Area: 2074.5 sq km (land), 52.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Penalosa, KS (city, FIPS 55225) Location: 37.71583 N, 98.31973 W Population (1990): 21 (12 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67035 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Penn Hills, PA (CDP, FIPS 59040) Location: 40.47593 N, 79.82702 W Population (1990): 51430 (20439 housing units) Area: 49.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15235 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Penn Lake Park, PA (borough, FIPS 59054) Location: 41.11486 N, 75.77458 W Population (1990): 242 (206 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pen#uelas zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 61074) Location: 18.06151 N, 66.72140 W Population (1990): 5918 (1774 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pinal County, AZ (county, FIPS 21) Location: 32.90908 N, 111.34690 W Population (1990): 116379 (52732 housing units) Area: 13908.3 sq km (land), 11.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pine Hills, CA (CDP, FIPS 57204) Location: 40.73345 N, 124.15111 W Population (1990): 2947 (1105 housing units) Area: 26.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pine Hills, FL (CDP, FIPS 56825) Location: 28.58000 N, 81.46015 W Population (1990): 35322 (13336 housing units) Area: 20.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32808 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pine Lake, GA (city, FIPS 61040) Location: 33.79035 N, 84.20597 W Population (1990): 810 (378 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pine Lake, WA (CDP, FIPS 54455) Location: 47.57895 N, 122.04489 W Population (1990): 13940 (5197 housing units) Area: 27.5 sq km (land), 5.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pine Log, GA Zip code(s): 30171 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pinellas County, FL (county, FIPS 103) Location: 27.90262 N, 82.73895 W Population (1990): 851659 (458341 housing units) Area: 725.6 sq km (land), 848.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pinellas Park, FL (city, FIPS 56975) Location: 27.85720 N, 82.70602 W Population (1990): 43426 (20593 housing units) Area: 35.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34665, 34666 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pommels (2 Chr. 4:12, 13), or bowls (1 Kings 7:41), were balls or "rounded knobs" on the top of the chapiters (q.v.). |