English Dictionary: pig laurel | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cockatoo \Cock`a*too\, n. [Malayan kakat[d4]a.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily {Cacatuin[91]}, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested ({Plictolophus, [or] Cacatua, cristatus}), the sulphur-crested ({P. galeritus}), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is {Microglossus aterrimus}. | |
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Pasquiler \Pas"quil*er\, n. A lampooner. [R.] --Burton. | |
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Peculiarize \Pe*cul"iar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pecularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pecularizing}.] To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. [R.] --Dr. John Smith. | |
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Peculiarize \Pe*cul"iar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pecularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pecularizing}.] To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. [R.] --Dr. John Smith. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, a. [L. peculiaris, fr. peculium private property, akin to pecunia money: cf. OF. peculier. See {Pecuniary}.] 1. One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation. And purify unto himself a peculiar people. --Titus ii. 14. Hymns . . . that Christianity hath peculiar unto itself. --Hooker. 2. Particular; individual; special; appropriate. While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat. --Milton. My fate is Juno's most peculiar care. --Dryden. 3. Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance. Syn: {Peculiar}, {Special}, {Especial}. Usage: Peculiar is from the Roman peculium, which was a thing emphatically and distinctively one's own, and hence was dear. The former sense always belongs to peculiar (as, a peculiar style, peculiar manners, etc.), and usually so much of the latter as to involve feelings of interest; as, peculiar care, watchfulness, satisfaction, etc. Nothing of this kind belongs to special and especial. They mark simply the relation of species to genus, and denote that there is something in this case more than ordinary; as, a special act of Congress; especial pains, etc. Beauty, which, either walking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces. --Milton. For naught so vile that on the earth doth live, But to the earth some special good doth give. --Shak. | |
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Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, n. 1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic. Revenge is . . . the peculiar of Heaven. --South. 2. (Eng. Canon Law) A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary. {Court of Peculiars} (Eng. Law), a branch of the Court of Arches having cognizance of the affairs of peculiars. --Blackstone. {Dean of peculiars}. See under {Dean}, 1. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Peculiarity \Pe*cul`iar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Peculiarities}. 1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. --Swift. 2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. The smallest peculiarity of temper on manner. --Macaulay. 3. Exclusive possession or right. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Peculiarity \Pe*cul`iar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Peculiarities}. 1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. --Swift. 2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. The smallest peculiarity of temper on manner. --Macaulay. 3. Exclusive possession or right. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Peculiarize \Pe*cul"iar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pecularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pecularizing}.] To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. [R.] --Dr. John Smith. | |
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Peculiarly \Pe*cul"iar*ly\, adv. In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually. | |
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Peculiarness \Pe*cul"iar*ness\, n. The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. --Mede. | |
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Koala \Ko*a"la\, n. A tailless marsupial ({Phascolarctos cinereus}), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also {Australian bear}, {native bear}, and {native sloth}. | |
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d8Physalia \[d8]Phy*sa"li*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a bladder, fr. [?] a bellows.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war. Note: It has a large air sac, or float, with a sail-like crest on its upper side. Numerous zooids of different kinds are attached to the under side of the float. Some of the zooids have very long tentacles; some have a mouth and digest food; others produce gonophores. The American species ({Physalia arethusa}) is brilliantly colored, the float being pink or purple, and bright blue; the zooids blue. It is noted for its virulent stinging powers, as well as for its beautiful colors, graceful motions, and its ability to sail to windward. | |
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Piacular \Pi*ac"u*lar\, a. [L. piacularis: cf. F. piaculaire.] 1. Expiatory; atoning. --Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad. [bd]Piacular pollution.[b8] --De Quincey. | |
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Piacularity \Pi*ac`u*lar"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being piacular; criminality; wickedness. --De Quincey. | |
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Pickle-herring \Pic"kle-her"ring\, n. 1. A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. A merry-andrew; a buffoon. [Obs.] --Addison. | |
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Pickler \Pic"kler\, n. One who makes pickles. | |
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Negro \Ne"gro\, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black. {Negro bug} (Zo[94]l.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable flavor. {negro corn}, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. see {Durra}. --McElrath. {Negro fly} (Zo[94]l.), a black dipterous fly ({Psila ros[91]}) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also {carrot fly}. {Negro head} (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath. {Negro monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the moor monkey. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Peculiar, MO (city, FIPS 56756) Location: 38.72309 N, 94.45786 W Population (1990): 1777 (673 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64078 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pascal/R {Pascal} with {relational database} constructs added. The first successful integrated {database} language. ["Pascal/R Report", J.W. Schmidt et al, U Hamburg, Fachbereich Informatik, Report 66, Jan 1980]. (1994-10-19) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Peculiar as used in the phrase "peculiar people" in 1 Pet. 2:9, is derived from the Lat. peculium, and denotes, as rendered in the Revised Version ("a people for God's own possession"), a special possession or property. The church is the "property" of God, his "purchased possession" (Eph. 1:14; R.V., "God's own possession"). |