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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p[a0]mpano.] [Written also {pampano}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus {Trachynotus}, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also {palometa}. Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ({T. thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano ({T. Carolinus}) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast. 2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}), highly valued as a food fish. {Pompano shell} (Zo[94]l.), a small bivalve shell of the genus {Donax}; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [Florida] | |
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Pampiniform \Pam*pin"i*form\, a. [L. pampinus a tendril + -form.] (Anat.) In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins. | |
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Pimpinel \Pim"pi*nel\, n. [See {Pimpernel}.] (Bot.) The burnet saxifrage. See under {Saxifrage}. | |
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Anise \An"ise\ ([acr]n"[icr]s), n. [OE. anys, F. anis, L. anisum, anethum, fr. Gr. 'a`nison, 'a`nhqon.] 1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({Pimpinella anisum}) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds. 2. The fruit or seeds of this plant. | |
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Saxifrage \Sax"i*frage\ (?; 48), n. [L. saxifraga, from saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break: cf. F. saxifrage. See {Fracture}, and cf. {Sassafras}, {Saxon}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions. {Burnet saxifrage}, a European umbelliferous plant ({Pimpinella Saxifraga}). {Golden saxifrage}, a low half-succulent herb ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium}) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, {C. Americanum}, common in the United States. See also under {Golden}. {Meadow saxifrage}, or {Pepper saxifrage}. See under {Meadow}. | |
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Pimping \Pimp"ing\, a. [Cf. G. pimpelig, pimpelnd, sickly, weak.] 1. Little; petty; pitiful. [Obs.] --Crabbe. 2. Puny; sickly. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Pimp \Pimp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pimped} (p[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Pimping}.] To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander. --Dryden. | |
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]: | |
Pinefinch \Pine"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small American bird ({Spinus, [or] Chrysomitris, spinus}); -- called also {pine siskin}, and {American siskin}. (b) The pine grosbeak. | |
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Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p[a0]mpano.] [Written also {pampano}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus {Trachynotus}, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also {palometa}. Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ({T. thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano ({T. Carolinus}) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast. 2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}), highly valued as a food fish. {Pompano shell} (Zo[94]l.), a small bivalve shell of the genus {Donax}; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [Florida] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p[a0]mpano.] [Written also {pampano}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus {Trachynotus}, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also {palometa}. Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ({T. thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano ({T. Carolinus}) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast. 2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}), highly valued as a food fish. {Pompano shell} (Zo[94]l.), a small bivalve shell of the genus {Donax}; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [Florida] | |
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Pompeian \Pom*pe"ian\, a. [L. Pompeianus.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Pompeii, an ancient city of Italy, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a. d., and partly uncovered by modern excavations. | |
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Pompeian red \Pompeian red\ (Art) A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated from the color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which were decorated during the last age of the Republic. | |
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Pompion \Pom"pi*on\, n. [OF. pompon. See {Pumpkin}.] See {Pumpion}. | |
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Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] A Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar drumming sound in action. Sometimes, any of other similar automatic cannons. | |
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Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. (a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose. | |
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Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.] 1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet. 2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather. | |
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Poonah painting \Poo"nah paint`ing\ [From Poona, in Bombay Province, India.] A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work. Note: Hence: {Poonah brush}, {paper}, {painter}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: for various kinds of pumps, see {Air pump}, {Chain pump}, and {Force pump}; also, under {Lifting}, {Plunger}, {Rotary}, etc. {Circulating pump} (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser. {Pump brake}. See {Pump handle}, below. {Pump dale}. See {Dale}. {Pump gear}, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten. {Pump handle}, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump. {Pump hood}, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump. {Pump rod}, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod. {Pump room}, a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.] {Pump spear}. Same as {Pump rod}, above. {Pump stock}, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump. {Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}. | |
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Pumping \Pump"ing\, a. & n. from {pump}. {Pumping engine}, a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See {Steam engine}. | |
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Pump \Pump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pumped} (p[ucr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {pumping}.] 1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. 2. To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship. 3. Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc. But pump not me for politics. --Otway. | |
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Pumping \Pump"ing\, a. & n. from {pump}. {Pumping engine}, a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See {Steam engine}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pump \Pump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pumped} (p[ucr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {pumping}.] 1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. 2. To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship. 3. Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc. But pump not me for politics. --Otway. | |
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Pumping \Pump"ing\, a. & n. from {pump}. {Pumping engine}, a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See {Steam engine}. | |
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Pumpion \Pump"ion\, n. (Bot.) See {Pumpkin}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pembina, ND (city, FIPS 61580) Location: 48.96800 N, 97.24566 W Population (1990): 642 (265 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Pembina County, ND (county, FIPS 67) Location: 48.76843 N, 97.54561 W Population (1990): 9238 (4294 housing units) Area: 2897.7 sq km (land), 7.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pembine, WI Zip code(s): 54156 | |
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Pine Haven, WY (town, FIPS 61610) Location: 44.34883 N, 104.81008 W Population (1990): 141 (122 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 82721 | |
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Piney Point, MD Zip code(s): 20674 | |
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Piney Point Village, TX (city, FIPS 57800) Location: 29.75990 N, 95.51551 W Population (1990): 3197 (1188 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pompano Beach, FL (city, FIPS 58050) Location: 26.23687 N, 80.13286 W Population (1990): 72411 (42719 housing units) Area: 52.7 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33060, 33062, 33068, 33069, 33071, 33073, 33076 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pompano Beach Highlands, FL (CDP, FIPS 58075) Location: 26.28605 N, 80.11510 W Population (1990): 17915 (7946 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |