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Pains \Pains\, n. Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former. And all my pains is sorted to no proof. --Shak. The pains they had taken was very great. --Clarendon. The labored earth your pains have sowed and tilled. --Dryden. | |
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Panacea \Pan`a*ce"a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] all-healing; [?], [?], all + [?] to heal.] 1. A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction. 2. (Bot.) The herb allheal. | |
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Panache \Pa*nache"\, n. [F., fr. L. penna a feather. See {Pen} a feather.] A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers. A panache of variegated plumes. --Prescott. | |
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Pance \Pance\, n. (Bot.) The pansy. [Also {paunce}.] | |
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Panch \Panch\, n. (Naut.) See {Paunch}. | |
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Paunch \Paunch\, n. [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.] 1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See {Rumen}. 2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; -- called also {panch}. 3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. {Paunch mat} (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing. | |
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Panch \Panch\, n. (Naut.) See {Paunch}. | |
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Paunch \Paunch\, n. [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.] 1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See {Rumen}. 2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; -- called also {panch}. 3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. {Paunch mat} (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing. | |
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Panchway \Panch"way\, n. [Hind. pan[?]oi.] (Naut.) A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers. [Written also {panshway} and {paunchwas}.] --Malcom. | |
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Pancy \Pan"cy\, n. See {Pansy}. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Pang \Pang\, v. t. To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Pang \Pang\, n. [Prob. for older prange. Cf. {Prong}.] A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death. Syn: Agony; anguish; distress. See {Agony}. | |
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Panic \Pan"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] of or pertaining to [?] Pan, to whom the causing of sudden fright was ascribed: cf. F. panique.] Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. [bd]A panic fright.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Panic \Pan"ic\, n. [Gr. [?] (with or without [?] fear): cf. F. panigue. See {Panic}, a.] 1. A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic. 2. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs. | |
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Panic \Pan"ic\, n. [L. panicum.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Panicum}; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass. {Panic grass} (Bot.), any grass of the genus {Panicum}. | |
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Pannage \Pan"nage\, n. [OF. pasnage, LL. pasnadium, pastinaticum, fr. pastionare to feed on mast, as swine, fr. L. pastio a pasturing, grazing. See {Pastor}.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also {pawns}. (b) A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods. | |
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Pannose \Pan"nose`\, a. [See {Pannus}.] (Bot.) Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth. | |
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Panchway \Panch"way\, n. [Hind. pan[?]oi.] (Naut.) A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers. [Written also {panshway} and {paunchwas}.] --Malcom. | |
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Pansy \Pan"sy\, n.; pl. {Pansies}. [F. Pens[82]e thought, pansy, fr. penser to think, L. pensare to weigh, ponder. See {Pensive}.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Viola ({V. tricolor}) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also {heart's-ease}, {love-in-idleness}, and many other quaint names. | |
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Heart's-ease \Heart's"-ease`\, n. 1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. --Shak. 2. (Bot.) A species of violet ({Viola tricolor}); -- called also {pansy}. | |
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Pansy \Pan"sy\, n.; pl. {Pansies}. [F. Pens[82]e thought, pansy, fr. penser to think, L. pensare to weigh, ponder. See {Pensive}.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Viola ({V. tricolor}) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also {heart's-ease}, {love-in-idleness}, and many other quaint names. | |
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Heart's-ease \Heart's"-ease`\, n. 1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. --Shak. 2. (Bot.) A species of violet ({Viola tricolor}); -- called also {pansy}. | |
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Pance \Pance\, n. (Bot.) The pansy. [Also {paunce}.] | |
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Paunce \Paunce\, n. [See {Pansy}.] (Bot.) The pansy. [bd]The pretty paunce.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Pance \Pance\, n. (Bot.) The pansy. [Also {paunce}.] | |
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Paunce \Paunce\, n. [See {Pansy}.] (Bot.) The pansy. [bd]The pretty paunce.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Paunch \Paunch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paunched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paunching}.] 1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. --Shak. 2. To stuff with food. [Obs.] --Udall. | |
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Paunch \Paunch\, n. [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.] 1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See {Rumen}. 2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; -- called also {panch}. 3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. {Paunch mat} (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing. | |
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Paunchy \Paunch"y\, a. Pot-bellied. [R.] --Dickens. | |
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Paw \Paw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pawing}.] 1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely. 2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot. His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. --Tickell. | |
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Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, n. pl.; sing. {Pawnee}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians (called also {Loups}) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also {Pani}. | |
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Pannage \Pan"nage\, n. [OF. pasnage, LL. pasnadium, pastinaticum, fr. pastionare to feed on mast, as swine, fr. L. pastio a pasturing, grazing. See {Pastor}.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also {pawns}. (b) A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods. | |
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Pay \Pay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.] 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants. May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P. Plowman. [She] pays me with disdain. --Dryden. 2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B. Jonson. 3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed). [bd]Pay me that thou owest.[b8] --Matt. xviii. 28. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. --Matt. xviii. 26. If they pay this tax, they starve. --Tennyson. 4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised. This day have I paid my vows. --Prov. vii. 14. 5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit. Not paying me a welcome. --Shak. {To pay off}. (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship. (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind. | |
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Payne's process \Payne's process\ A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. -- {Payn"ize}, v. t. | |
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Paynize \Payn"ize\, v. t. [From Mr. Payne, the inventor.] To treat or preserve, as wood, by a process resembling kyanizing. | |
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Peenge \Peenge\, v. i. To complain. [Scot.] | |
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Penny \Pen*ny\, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin.] 1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). Note: [bd]The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier.[b8] --R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see {Pennyweight}). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. --Shak. 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent? --Shak. 4. (Script.) See {Denarius}. {Penny cress} (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi arvense}). --Dr. Prior. {Penny dog} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. {Penny father}, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] --Robinson (More's Utopia). {Penny grass} (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] {Penny post}, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. {Penny wise}, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish. | |
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Pence \Pence\, n., pl. of {Penny}. See {Penny}. | |
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Penhouse \Pen"house`\, n. A penthouse. [Obs.] | |
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Penis \Pe"nis\ (p[emac]"n[icr]s), n. [L.] (Anat.) The male member, or organ of generation. | |
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Penk \Penk\, n. A minnow. See {Pink}, n., 4. [Prov. Eng.] --Walton. | |
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Pennach \Pen"nach\, n. [OF. pennache. See {Panache}.] A bunch of feathers; a plume. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Pennage \Pen"nage\, n. [L. penna feather.] Feathery covering; plumage. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Penny \Pen*ny\, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin.] 1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). Note: [bd]The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier.[b8] --R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see {Pennyweight}). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. --Shak. 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent? --Shak. 4. (Script.) See {Denarius}. {Penny cress} (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi arvense}). --Dr. Prior. {Penny dog} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. {Penny father}, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] --Robinson (More's Utopia). {Penny grass} (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] {Penny post}, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. {Penny wise}, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish. | |
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Penny \Pen*ny\, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin.] 1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). Note: [bd]The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier.[b8] --R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see {Pennyweight}). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. --Shak. 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent? --Shak. 4. (Script.) See {Denarius}. {Penny cress} (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi arvense}). --Dr. Prior. {Penny dog} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. {Penny father}, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] --Robinson (More's Utopia). {Penny grass} (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] {Penny post}, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. {Penny wise}, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish. | |
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Penock \Pen"ock\, n. See {Pend}. | |
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Pens \Pens\, n., pl. of {Penny}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Peonage \Pe"on*age\, n. The condition of a peon. | |
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Peony \Pe"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Peonies}. [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. [?], fr. [?], [?], the god of healing. Cf. {P[91]an}.] (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus {P[91]onia}. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also {p[91]ony}, and {piony}.] | |
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d8Pfennig \[d8]Pfen"nig\, n.; pl. {Pfennigs}, G. {Pfennige}. [G. See {Penny}.] A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency. | |
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d8Pfennig \[d8]Pfen"nig\, n.; pl. {Pfennigs}, G. {Pfennige}. [G. See {Penny}.] A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency. | |
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Phenic \Phe"nic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol. {Phenic acid} (Chem.), a phenol. [Obsoles.] | |
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Phenix \Phe"nix\, n.; pl. {Phenixes}. [L. phoenix, Gr. foi^nix.] [Written also {ph[d2]nix}.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality. 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. 3. A marvelous person or thing. [R.] --Latimer. | |
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Phenose \Phe"nose`\, n. [Phenyl + dextrose.] (Chem.) A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose. | |
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Phonic \Phon"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] sound: cf. F. phonique.] Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic. --Tyndall. | |
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Phonics \Phon"ics\, n. See {Phonetics}. | |
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Pi \Pi\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pieing}.] (Print.) To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to mix and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form. [Written also {pie}.] | |
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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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Pinch \Pinch\, v. t. To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest. [Slang] --Robert Barr. | |
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Pinch \Pinch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinching}.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin. Cf. {Piece}.] 1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies. 2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.] He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down. --Chapman. 3. To plait. [Obs.] Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. --Chaucer. 4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. --Sir W. Raleigh. 5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See {Pinch}, n., 4. | |
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Pinch \Pinch\, v. i. 1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches. 2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. [Obs.] 3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. --Gower. The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare. --Franklin. {To pinch at}, to find fault with; to take exception to. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Pinch \Pinch\, n. 1. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. 2. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. 3. Pian; pang. [bd]Necessary's sharp pinch.[b8] --Shak. 4. A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also {pinch bar}. {At a pinch}, {On a pinch}, in an emergency; as, he could on a pinch read a little Latin. | |
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Teetee \Tee"tee\, n. [Sp. tit[a1].] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to {Callithrix}, {Chrysothrix}, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee ({Callithrix torquatus}), and the squirrel teetee ({Chrysothrix sciurea}). Called also {pinche}, {titi}, and {saimiri}. See {Squirrel monkey}, under {Squirrel}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A diving petrel of Australia ({Halodroma wrinatrix}). | |
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Ping \Ping\, n. [Probably of imitative origin.] The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air. | |
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Ping \Ping\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pinged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinging}.] To make the sound called ping. | |
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Pinic \Pi"nic\, a. [L. pinus pine.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to the pine; obtained from the pine; formerly, designating an acid which is the chief constituent of common resin, -- now called abietic, or sylvic, acid. | |
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Pink \Pink\, n. [D. pink.] (Naut.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also {pinky}. --Sir W. Scott. {Pink stern} (Naut.), a narrow stern. | |
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Pink \Pink\, v. i. [D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with the eyes.] To wink; to blink. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. | |
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Pink \Pink\, a. Half-shut; winking. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Pink \Pink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinking}.] [OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form of pick.] 1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles. 2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. --Addison. 3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] --Herbert. | |
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Pink \Pink\, a. Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th {Pink}, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. {Pink eye} (Med.), a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball. {Pink salt} (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a mordant for madder and cochineal. {Pink saucer}, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is covered with a pink pigment. | |
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Pink \Pink\, n. A stab. --Grose. | |
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Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Cf. {Pink}, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus {Dianthus}, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx. 2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower. --Dryden. 3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. [bd]The very pink of courtesy.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.] {Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}. {China}, [or] {Indian}, {pink}. See under {China}. {Clove pink} is {Dianthus Caryophyllus}, the stock from which carnations are derived. {Garden pink}. See {Pheasant's eye}. {Meadow pink} is applied to {Dianthus deltoides}; also, to the ragged robin. {Maiden pink}, {Dianthus deltoides}. {Moss pink}. See under {Moss}. {Pink needle}, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See {Alfilaria}. {Sea pink}. See {Thrift}. | |
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Pink \Pink\, n. [D. pink.] (Naut.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also {pinky}. --Sir W. Scott. {Pink stern} (Naut.), a narrow stern. | |
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Pink \Pink\, v. i. [D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with the eyes.] To wink; to blink. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. | |
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Pink \Pink\, a. Half-shut; winking. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Pink \Pink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinking}.] [OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form of pick.] 1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles. 2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. --Addison. 3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] --Herbert. | |
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Pink \Pink\, a. Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th {Pink}, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. {Pink eye} (Med.), a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball. {Pink salt} (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a mordant for madder and cochineal. {Pink saucer}, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is covered with a pink pigment. | |
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Pink \Pink\, n. A stab. --Grose. | |
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Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Cf. {Pink}, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus {Dianthus}, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx. 2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower. --Dryden. 3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. [bd]The very pink of courtesy.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.] {Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}. {China}, [or] {Indian}, {pink}. See under {China}. {Clove pink} is {Dianthus Caryophyllus}, the stock from which carnations are derived. {Garden pink}. See {Pheasant's eye}. {Meadow pink} is applied to {Dianthus deltoides}; also, to the ragged robin. {Maiden pink}, {Dianthus deltoides}. {Moss pink}. See under {Moss}. {Pink needle}, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See {Alfilaria}. {Sea pink}. See {Thrift}. | |
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Pink \Pink\, a. Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th {Pink}, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. {Pink eye} (Med.), a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball. {Pink salt} (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a mordant for madder and cochineal. {Pink saucer}, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is covered with a pink pigment. | |
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Pink \Pink\, n. [D. pink.] (Naut.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also {pinky}. --Sir W. Scott. {Pink stern} (Naut.), a narrow stern. | |
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Pinky \Pink"y\, n. (Naut.) See 1st {Pink}. | |
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Pink \Pink\, n. [D. pink.] (Naut.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also {pinky}. --Sir W. Scott. {Pink stern} (Naut.), a narrow stern. | |
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Pinky \Pink"y\, n. (Naut.) See 1st {Pink}. | |
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Pinnace \Pin"nace\, n. [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza, Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree, anything made of pine, e.g., a ship. Cf. {Pine} a tree.] 1. (Naut.) (a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, {spynace} or {spyne}. (b) A man-of-war's boat. Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. --Shak. 2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Pinnage \Pin"nage\, n. [Cf. {Pinfold}.] Poundage of cattle. See {Pound}. [Obs.] | |
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d8Pinna \[d8]Pin"na\, n.; pl. {Pinn[91]}, E. {Pinnas}. [L., a feather.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of {Bipinnate leaf}, under {Bipinnate}. (b) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ. 3. [L. pinna, akin to Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Pinna}, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity. 4. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear. See {Ear}. | |
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Pinnock \Pin"nock\, n. [Of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The tomtit. | |
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Pnyx \Pnyx\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?].] (Gr. Antiq.) The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc. | |
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Pomace \Pom"ace\ (?; 277), n. [L. ponum a fruit, LL., an apple: cf. LL. pomagium, pomacium.] The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding. | |
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Pomey \Pom"ey\, n.; pl. {Pomeys}. [F. pomm[82] grown round, or like an apple, p. p. of pommer to pome.] (Her.) A figure supposed to resemble an apple; a roundel, -- always of a green color. | |
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Pommage \Pom"mage\ (?; 48), n. See {Pomage}. | |
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Poncho \Pon"cho\, n.; pl. {Ponchos}. [Sp.] 1. A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service. 2. A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds. | |
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Pongee \Pon*gee"\, n. [Of East Indian origin.] A fabric of undyed silk from India and China. | |
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Ponghee \Pon*ghee"\, n. [From the native name.] A Buddhist priest of the higher orders in Burmah. --Malcom. | |
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Pongo \Pon"go\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any large ape; especially, the chimpanzee and the orang-outang. | |
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Pony \Po"ny\, n.; pl. {Ponies}. [Written also {poney}.] [Gael. ponaidh.] 1. A small horse. 2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.] 3. A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib. [College Cant] 4. A small glass of beer. [Slang] {Pony chaise}, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. {Pony engine}, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] {Pony truck} (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. {Pony truss} (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used. | |
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Poonac \Poo"nac\, n. A kind of oil cake prepared from the cocoanut. See {Oil cake}, under {Cake}. | |
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Pounce \Pounce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pouncing}.] To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern. | |
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Pounce \Pounce\, n. [Prob. through French, from an assumed LL. punctiare to prick, L. pungere, punctum. See {Puncheon}, {Punch}, v. t.] 1. The claw or talon of a bird of prey. --Spenser. Burke. 2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] [bd]A pounce to print money with.[b8] --Withals. 3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] --Homilies. | |
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Pounce \Pounce\, v. t. 1. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons. [Archaic] Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren. --Cowper. Now pounce him lightly, And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. --J. Fletcher. 2. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. | |
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Pounce \Pounce\, n. [F. ponce pumice, pounce, fr. L. pumex, -icis, pumice. See {Pumice}.] 1. A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript. | |
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Pounce \Pounce\, v. i. To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively. Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility. --Jeffrey. | |
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Pue \Pue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puing}.] To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. --Halliwell. | |
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Pumice \Pum"ice\, n. [L. pumex, pumicis, prob. akin to spuma foam: cf. AS. pumic-st[be]n. Cf. {Pounce} a powder, {Spume}.] (Min.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also {pumice stone}. | |
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Pummace \Pum"mace\, n. Same as {Pomace}. | |
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Center \Center\, [or] Centre \Centre\, punch \punch\ . (Mech.) (a) A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc. (b) A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. [Hind. p[be]nch five, Skr. pa[?]can. So called because composed of five ingredients, viz., sugar, arrack, spice, water, and lemon juice. See {Five}.] A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev, fr. punchinello.] The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show. {Punch and Judy}, a puppet show in which a comical little hunchbacked Punch, with a large nose, engages in altercation with his wife Judy. | |
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Punch \Punch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punching}.] [From {Punch}, n., a tool; cf. F. poin[cced]onner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. {Punching machine}, [or] {Punching press}, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also {punch press}. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. [Prov. E. Cf. {Punchy}.] 1. A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick. I . . . did hear them call their fat child punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short. --Pepys. 2. One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch. | |
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Punch \Punch\, v. t. [OE. punchen, perhaps the same word as E. punish: or cf. E. bunch.] To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. A thrust or blow. [Colloq.] | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.] 1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die. 2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. 3. A prop, as for the roof of a mine. {Bell punch}. See under {Bell}. {Belt punch} (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts. {Punch press}. See {Punching machine}, under {Punch}, v. i. {Punch pliers}, pliers having a tubular, sharp-edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating leather, paper, and the like. | |
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Center \Center\, [or] Centre \Centre\, punch \punch\ . (Mech.) (a) A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc. (b) A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. [Hind. p[be]nch five, Skr. pa[?]can. So called because composed of five ingredients, viz., sugar, arrack, spice, water, and lemon juice. See {Five}.] A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev, fr. punchinello.] The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show. {Punch and Judy}, a puppet show in which a comical little hunchbacked Punch, with a large nose, engages in altercation with his wife Judy. | |
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Punch \Punch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punching}.] [From {Punch}, n., a tool; cf. F. poin[cced]onner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. {Punching machine}, [or] {Punching press}, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also {punch press}. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. [Prov. E. Cf. {Punchy}.] 1. A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick. I . . . did hear them call their fat child punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short. --Pepys. 2. One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch. | |
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Punch \Punch\, v. t. [OE. punchen, perhaps the same word as E. punish: or cf. E. bunch.] To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. A thrust or blow. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.] 1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die. 2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. 3. A prop, as for the roof of a mine. {Bell punch}. See under {Bell}. {Belt punch} (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts. {Punch press}. See {Punching machine}, under {Punch}, v. i. {Punch pliers}, pliers having a tubular, sharp-edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating leather, paper, and the like. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punchy \Punch"y\, a. [Perhaps for paunchy, from paunch. See 3d {Punch}.] Short and thick, or fat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punese \Pu"nese\, n. [F. punaise, fr. punais stinking, fr. L. putere.] (Zo[94]l.) A bedbug. [R or Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pung \Pung\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners. [U.S.] Sledges or pungs, coarsely framed of split saplings, and surmounted with a large crockery crate. -- Judd. They did not take out the pungs to-day. -- E. E. Hale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pungy \Pung"y\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punic \Pu"nic\, a. [L. Punicus pertaining to Carthage, or its inhabitants, fr. Poeni the Carthaginians.] 1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians. 2. Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith. Yes, yes, his faith attesting nations own; 'T is Punic all, and to a proverb known. -- H. Brooke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punice \Pu"nice\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Punese}. [Obs. or R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punice \Pu"nice\, v. t. To punish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punish \Pun"ish\, v. t. To deal with roughly or harshly; -- chiefly used with regard to a contest; as, our troops punished the enemy. [Colloq. or Slang] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punish \Pun"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punishing}.] [OE. punischen, F. punir, from L. punire, punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. See {Pain}, and {-ish}.] 1. To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience. A greater power Now ruled him, punished in the shape he sinned. --Milton. 2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death. 3. To injure, as by beating; to pommel. [Low] Syn: To chastise; castigate; scourge; whip; lash; correct; discipline. See {Chasten}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punk \Punk\, n. [Cf. {Spunk}.] 1. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood. 2. A fungus ({Polyporus fomentarius}, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric. 3. An artificial tinder. See {Amadou}, and {Spunk}. 4. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obsoles.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Punka \[d8]Pun"ka\, n. [Hind. pankh[be] fan.] A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord. [Hindostan] [Written also {punkah}.] --Malcom. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Punkie \Punk"ie\, n. [Orig. unknown.] A minute biting fly of the genus {Ceratopogon} or allied genus of the family {Chironomid[91]}, found in swarms in various densely wooded or mountaneous regions. [U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Py91mia \[d8]Py*[91]"mi*a\, d8Pyemia \[d8]Py*e"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] pus + [?] blood.] (Med.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion. -- {Py*[91]"mic}, {Py*e"mic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Py91mic \Py*[91]"mic\, a. Of or pertaining to py[91]mia; of the nature of py[91]mia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Py91mia \[d8]Py*[91]"mi*a\, d8Pyemia \[d8]Py*e"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] pus + [?] blood.] (Med.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion. -- {Py*[91]"mic}, {Py*e"mic}, a. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Panacea, FL Zip code(s): 32346 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pansey, AL Zip code(s): 36370 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Penasco, NM (CDP, FIPS 55900) Location: 36.17120 N, 105.69191 W Population (1990): 648 (280 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 87553 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pence, WI Zip code(s): 54550 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Penhook, VA Zip code(s): 24137 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pennock, MN (city, FIPS 50344) Location: 45.14632 N, 95.17534 W Population (1990): 476 (166 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56279 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Penokee, KS Zip code(s): 67659 | |
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Phenix, VA (town, FIPS 61896) Location: 37.08069 N, 78.74891 W Population (1990): 260 (113 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23959 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Phoenicia, NY Zip code(s): 12464 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Phoenix, AZ (city, FIPS 55000) Location: 33.54255 N, 112.07140 W Population (1990): 983403 (422036 housing units) Area: 1087.6 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85003, 85004, 85006, 85007, 85008, 85009, 85012, 85013, 85014, 85015, 85016, 85017, 85018, 85019, 85020, 85021, 85022, 85023, 85024, 85028, 85029, 85031, 85032, 85033, 85034, 85035, 85037, 85039, 85040, 85041, 85043, 85044, 85051 Phoenix, IL (village, FIPS 59572) Location: 41.61235 N, 87.63047 W Population (1990): 2217 (776 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Phoenix, NY (village, FIPS 57661) Location: 43.23181 N, 76.29726 W Population (1990): 2435 (996 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13135 Phoenix, OR (city, FIPS 57500) Location: 42.27449 N, 122.81597 W Population (1990): 3239 (1425 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97535 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pinch, WV (CDP, FIPS 63772) Location: 38.40736 N, 81.47983 W Population (1990): 2695 (1065 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pink, OK (town, FIPS 59150) Location: 35.23208 N, 97.10677 W Population (1990): 1020 (377 housing units) Area: 67.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ponca, AR Zip code(s): 72670 Ponca, NE (city, FIPS 39695) Location: 42.56537 N, 96.70911 W Population (1990): 877 (403 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68770 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
ping [from the submariners' term for a sonar pulse] 1. n. Slang term for a small network message (ICMP ECHO) sent by a computer to check for the presence and alertness of another. The Unix command `ping(8)' can be used to do this manually (note that `ping(8)''s author denies the widespread folk etymology that the name was ever intended as acronym for `Packet INternet Groper'). Occasionally used as a phone greeting. See {ACK}, also {ENQ}. 2. vt. To verify the presence of. 3. vt. To get the attention of. 4. vt. To send a message to all members of a {mailing list} requesting an {ACK} (in order to verify that everybody's addresses are reachable). "We haven't heard much of anything from Geoff, but he did respond with an ACK both times I pinged jargon-friends." 5. n. A quantum packet of happiness. People who are very happy tend to exude pings; furthermore, one can intentionally create pings and aim them at a needy party (e.g., a depressed person). This sense of ping may appear as an exclamation; "Ping!" (I'm happy; I am emitting a quantum of happiness; I have been struck by a quantum of happiness). The form "pingfulness", which is used to describe people who exude pings, also occurs. (In the standard abuse of language, "pingfulness" can also be used as an exclamation, in which case it's a much stronger exclamation than just "ping"!). Oppose {blargh}. The funniest use of `ping' to date was described in January 1991 by Steve Hayman on the Usenet group comp.sys.next. He was trying to isolate a faulty cable segment on a TCP/IP Ethernet hooked up to a NeXT machine, and got tired of having to run back to his console after each cabling tweak to see if the ping packets were getting through. So he used the sound-recording feature on the NeXT, then wrote a script that repeatedly invoked `ping(8)', listened for an echo, and played back the recording on each returned packet. Result? A program that caused the machine to repeat, over and over, "Ping ... ping ... ping ..." as long as the network was up. He turned the volume to maximum, ferreted through the building with one ear cocked, and found a faulty tee connector in no time. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
panic 1. internal consistency checks fails in such a way that Unix cannot continue. The {kernel} attempts to print a short message on the {console} and write an image of memory into the {swap area} on disk. This can be analysed later using {adb}. The kernel will then either wait in a {tight loop} until the machine is rebooted or will initiate an automatic {reboot}. {Unix manual page}: panic(8). 2. Action taken by software which discovers some fatal problem which prevents it from continuing to run. (1995-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PANS {Pretty Amazing New Stuff}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ping {Packet InterNet Groper} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PMC {PCI Mezzanine Card} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PNG {Portable Network Graphics} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pong Bushnell. The game is a minimalist rendering of table tennis. Each of the two players are represented as a white slab, controllable by a knob, which deflects a bouncing ball. The goal of the game is to "AVOID MISSING BALL FOR HIGH SCORE". {Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Video_Games/Classic_Arcade_Games/Titles/Pong/)}. (1997-11-23) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pannag (Ezek. 27:17; marg. R.V., "perhaps a kind of confection") the Jews explain as the name of a kind of sweet pastry. Others take it as the name of some place, identifying it with Pingi, on the road between Damascus and Baalbec. "Pannaga" is the Sanscrit name of an aromatic plant (comp. Gen. 43:11). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Phenice properly Phoenix a palm-tree (as in the R.V.), a town with a harbour on the southern side of Crete (Acts 27:12), west of the Fair Havens. It is now called Lutro. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Phenicia (Acts 21:2) = Phenice (11:19; 15:3; R.V., Phoenicia), Gr. phoinix, "a palm", the land of palm-trees; a strip of land of an average breadth of about 20 miles along the shores of the Mediterranean, from the river Eleutherus in the north to the promotory of Carmel in the south, about 120 miles in length. This name is not found in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament it is mentioned only in the passages above referred to. "In the Egyptian inscriptions Phoenicia is called Keft, the inhabitants being Kefa; and since Keft-ur, or 'Greater Phoenicia,' was the name given to the delta of the Nile from the Phoenician colonies settled upon it, the Philistines who came from Caphtor or Keft-ur must have been of Phoenician origin" (comp. Deut. 2:23; Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7)., Sayce's Bible and the Monuments. Phoenicia lay in the very centre of the old world, and was the natural entrepot for commerce with foreign nations. It was the "England of antiquity." "The trade routes from all Asia converged on the Phoenician coast; the centres of commerce on the Euphrates and Tigris forwarding their goods by way of Tyre to the Nile, to Arabia, and to the west; and, on the other hand, the productions of the vast regions bordering the Mediterranean passing through the Canaanite capital to the eastern world." It was "situate at the entry of the sea, a merchant of the people for many isles" (Ezek. 27:3, 4). The far-reaching commercial activity of the Phoenicians, especially with Tarshish and the western world, enriched them with vast wealth, which introduced boundless luxury and developed among them a great activity in all manner of arts and manufactures. (See {TYRE}.) The Phoenicians were the most enterprising merchants of the old world, establishing colonies at various places, of which Carthage was the chief. They were a Canaanite branch of the race of Ham, and are frequently called Sidonians, from their principal city of Sidon. None could "skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians" (1 Kings 5:6). King Hiram rendered important service to Solomon in connection with the planning and building of the temple, casting for him all the vessels for the temple service, and the two pillars which stood in the front of the porch, and "the molten sea" (1 Kings 7:21-23). Singular marks have been found by recent exploration on the great stones that form the substructure of the temple. These marks, both painted and engraved, have been regarded as made by the workmen in the quarries, and as probably intended to indicate the place of these stones in the building. "The Biblical account (1 Kings 5:17, 18) is accurately descriptive of the massive masonry now existing at the south-eastern angle (of the temple area), and standing on the native rock 80 feet below the present surface. The Royal Engineers found, buried deeply among the rubbish of many centuries, great stones, costly and hewed stones, forming the foundation of the sanctuary wall; while Phoenician fragments of pottery and Phoenician marks painted on the massive blocks seem to proclaim that the stones were prepared in the quarry by the cunning workmen of Hiram, the king of Tyre." (See {TEMPLE}.) The Phoenicians have been usually regarded as the inventors of alphabetic writing. The Egyptians expressed their thoughts by certain symbols, called "hieroglyphics", i.e., sacred carvings, so styled because used almost exclusively on sacred subjects. The recent discovery, however, of inscriptions in Southern Arabia (Yemen and Hadramaut), known as Hemyaritic, in connection with various philogical considerations, has led some to the conclusion that the Phoenician alphabet was derived from the Mineans (admitting the antiquity of the kingdom of Ma'in, Judg. 10:12; 2 Chr. 26:7). Thus the Phoenician alphabet ceases to be the mother alphabet. Sayce thinks "it is more than possible that the Egyptians themselves were emigrants from Southern Arabia." (See MOABITE {STONE}.) "The Phoenicians were renowned in ancient times for the manufacture of glass, and some of the specimens of this work that have been preserved are still the wonder of mankind...In the matter of shipping, whether ship-building be thought of or traffic upon the sea, the Phoenicians surpassed all other nations." "The name Phoenicia is of uncertain origin, though it may be derived from Fenkhu, the name given in the Egyptian inscriptions to the natives of Palestine. Among the chief Phoenician cities were Tyre and Sidon, Gebal north of Beirut, Arvad or Arados and Zemar." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Phinehas mouth of brass, or from old Egypt, the negro. (1.) Son of Eleazar, the high priest (Ex. 6:25). While yet a youth he distinguished himself at Shittim by his zeal against the immorality into which the Moabites had tempted the people (Num. 25:1-9), and thus "stayed the plague" that had broken out among the people, and by which twenty-four thousand of them perished. For his faithfulness on that occasion he received the divine approbation (10-13). He afterwards commanded the army that went out against the Midianites (31:6-8). When representatives of the people were sent to expostulate with the two and a half tribes who, just after crossing Jordan, built an altar and departed without giving any explanation, Phinehas was their leader, and addressed them in the words recorded in Josh. 22:16-20. Their explanation follows. This great altar was intended to be all ages only a witness that they still formed a part of Israel. Phinehas was afterwards the chief adviser in the war with the Benjamites. He is commemorated in Ps. 106:30, 31. (See {ED}.) (2.) One of the sons of Eli, the high priest (1 Sam. 1:3; 2:12). He and his brother Hophni were guilty of great crimes, for which destruction came on the house of Eli (31). He died in battle with the Philistines (1 Sam. 4:4, 11); and his wife, on hearing of his death, gave birth to a son, whom she called "Ichabod," and then she died (19-22). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Phoenicia (Acts 21:2). (See {PHENICIA}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Phenice, Phoenicia, red; purple | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Phinehas, bold aspect; face of trust or protection |