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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Palanquin \Pal`an*quin"\, n. [F. palanquin, Pg. palanquim, Javan. palangki, OJavan. palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr. parya[?]ka, palya[?]ka, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E. pref. peri-) + a[?]ka a hook, flank, probably akin to E. angle fishing tackle. Cf. {Palkee}.] An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place. [Written also {palankeen}.] | |
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Palanquin \Pal`an*quin"\, n. [F. palanquin, Pg. palanquim, Javan. palangki, OJavan. palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr. parya[?]ka, palya[?]ka, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E. pref. peri-) + a[?]ka a hook, flank, probably akin to E. angle fishing tackle. Cf. {Palkee}.] An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place. [Written also {palankeen}.] | |
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Paleness \Pale"ness\, n. The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness. The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look. --Pope. | |
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Palenque \Pa*len"que\, n. pl. (Ethnol.) A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras. | |
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Pale \Pale\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paling}.] To turn pale; to lose color or luster. --Whittier. Apt to pale at a trodden worm. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Paling \Pal"ing\, n. 1. Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure. They moved within the paling of order and decorum. --De Quincey. 2. The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Paling board}, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.] | |
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Paling \Pal"ing\, n. 1. Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure. They moved within the paling of order and decorum. --De Quincey. 2. The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Paling board}, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.] | |
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Palingenesis \Pal`in*gen"e*sis\, Palingenesy \Pal`in*gen"e*sy\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] again + [?] birth: cf. F. paling[82]n[82]sie. See {Genesis}.] 1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form. 2. (Biol.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zo[94]logy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc. | |
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Palingenesis \Pal`in*gen"e*sis\, Palingenesy \Pal`in*gen"e*sy\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] again + [?] birth: cf. F. paling[82]n[82]sie. See {Genesis}.] 1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form. 2. (Biol.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zo[94]logy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc. | |
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Palingenetic \Pal`in*ge*net"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process. -- {Pal`in*ge*net"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Palingenetic \Pal`in*ge*net"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process. -- {Pal`in*ge*net"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Pall \Pall\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Palled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palling}.] [Either shortened fr. appall, or fr. F. p[83]lir to grow pale. Cf. {Appall}, {Pale}, a.] To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in the eye, and palls upon the sense. --Addisin. | |
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d8Pallium \[d8]Pal"li*um\, n.; pl. L. {Pallia}([?]), E. {Palliums}. [L. See {Pall} the garment.] 1. (Anc. Costume) A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment. 2. (R.C.Ch.) A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall. Note: The wool is obtained from two lambs brought to the basilica of St. Agnes, Rome, and blessed. It is worn by the pope, and sent to patriarchs, primates, and archbishops, as a sign that they share in the plenitude of the episcopal office. Befoer it is sent, the pallium is laid on the tomb of St. Peter, where it remains all night. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The mantle of a bivalve. See {Mantle}. (b) The mantle of a bird. | |
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Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede. | |
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Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede. | |
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Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede. | |
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Purse \Purse\, n. [OE. purs, pors, OF. burse, borse, bourse, F. bourse, LL. bursa, fr. Gr. [?] hide, skin, leather. Cf. {Bourse}, {Bursch}, {Bursar}, {Buskin}.] 1. A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie. --Chaucer. Who steals my purse steals trash. --Shak. 2. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse. 3. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse. 4. A specific sum of money; as: (a) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters. (b) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans. {Light purse}, [or] {Empty purse}, poverty or want of resources. {Long purse}, [or] {Heavy purse}, wealth; riches. {Purse crab} (Zo[94]l.), any land crab of the genus {Birgus}, allied to the hermit crabs. They sometimes weigh twenty pounds or more, and are very strong, being able to crack cocoanuts with the large claw. They chiefly inhabit the tropical islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, living in holes and feeding upon fruit. Called also {palm crab}. {Purse net}, a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse. --Mortimer. {Purse pride}, pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth. --Bp. Hall. {Purse rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket gopher}, under {Pocket}. {Sword and purse}, the military power and financial resources of a nation. | |
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Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede. | |
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Purse \Purse\, n. [OE. purs, pors, OF. burse, borse, bourse, F. bourse, LL. bursa, fr. Gr. [?] hide, skin, leather. Cf. {Bourse}, {Bursch}, {Bursar}, {Buskin}.] 1. A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie. --Chaucer. Who steals my purse steals trash. --Shak. 2. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse. 3. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse. 4. A specific sum of money; as: (a) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters. (b) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans. {Light purse}, [or] {Empty purse}, poverty or want of resources. {Long purse}, [or] {Heavy purse}, wealth; riches. {Purse crab} (Zo[94]l.), any land crab of the genus {Birgus}, allied to the hermit crabs. They sometimes weigh twenty pounds or more, and are very strong, being able to crack cocoanuts with the large claw. They chiefly inhabit the tropical islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, living in holes and feeding upon fruit. Called also {palm crab}. {Purse net}, a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse. --Mortimer. {Purse pride}, pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth. --Bp. Hall. {Purse rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket gopher}, under {Pocket}. {Sword and purse}, the military power and financial resources of a nation. | |
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Palm Sunday \Palm" Sun`day\ (Eccl.) The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way. | |
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Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede. | |
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Palmic \Pal"mic\, a. [Cf. F. palmique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant ({Ricinus communis}, or {Palma Christi}); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid. [Obsoles.] | |
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Castor bean \Cas"tor bean`\ (Bot.) The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant ({Ricinus communis}, or {Palma Christi}.) | |
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Castor oil \Cas"tor oil\ (k[acr]s"t[etil]r oil`). A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the {Ricinus communis}, or {Palma Christi}. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid. {Castor-oil plant}. Same as {Palma Christi}. | |
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Palmaceous \Pal*ma"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms. | |
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Palmacite \Pal"ma*cite\, n. (Paleon.) A fossil palm. | |
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Palmcrist \Palm"crist\, n. The palma Christi. (--Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.) | |
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d8Palma Christi \[d8]Pal"ma Chris"ti\ [L., palm of Christ.] (Bot.) A plant ({Ricinus communis}) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also {castor-oil plant}. [Sometimes corrupted into {palmcrist}.] | |
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Palmcrist \Palm"crist\, n. The palma Christi. (--Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.) | |
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d8Palma Christi \[d8]Pal"ma Chris"ti\ [L., palm of Christ.] (Bot.) A plant ({Ricinus communis}) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also {castor-oil plant}. [Sometimes corrupted into {palmcrist}.] | |
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Palmic \Pal"mic\, a. [Cf. F. palmique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant ({Ricinus communis}, or {Palma Christi}); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid. [Obsoles.] | |
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Palmigrade \Pal"mi*grade\, a. [L. palma palm of the hand + gradi to walk.] (Zo[94]l.) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals. | |
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Palmister \Pal"mis*ter\, n. [From {Palm} of the hand.] One who practices palmistry --Bp. Hall. | |
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Palmistry \Pal`mis*try\, n.[See {Palmister}.] 1. The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy. --Ascham. Cowper. 2. A dexterous use or trick of the hand. --Addison. | |
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Paulian \Pau"li*an\, Paulianist \Pau"li*an*ist\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ. | |
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Supple-jack \Sup"ple-jack`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub ({Berchemia volubilus}) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b) A somewhat similar tropical American plant ({Paullinia Curassavica}); also, a walking stick made from its stem. He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. --W. Irving. Note: This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies. | |
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d8Guarana \[d8]Gua"ra*na`\, n. [Pg.] (Med.) A preparation from the seeds of {Paullinia sorbilis}, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache. | |
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Peal \Peal\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pealing}.] 1. To utter or give out loud sounds. There let the pealing organ blow. --Milton. 2. To resound; to echo. And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. --Longfellow. | |
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Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peeled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Peeling}.] [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip, to peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair; or perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr. L. pellis skin (cf. {Fell} skin). Cf. {Peruke}.] 1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange. The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands. --Shak. 2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc. | |
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Phalangeal \Pha*lan"ge*al\, Phalangal \Pha*lan"gal\, a. Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See {Phalanx}, 2. | |
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Phalangeal \Pha*lan"ge*al\, Phalangal \Pha*lan"gal\, a. Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See {Phalanx}, 2. | |
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Phalanger \Pha*lan"ger\, n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See {Phalanx}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any marsupial belonging to {Phalangista}, {Cuscus}, {Petaurus}, and other genera of the family {Phalangistid[91]}. They are arboreal, and the species of {Petaurus} are furnished with lateral parachutes. See {Flying phalanger}, under {Flying}. | |
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Phalanx \Pha"lanx\, n.; pl. {Phalanxes}, L. {Phalanges}. [L., from Gr. [?].] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. [bd]In cubic phalanx firm advanced.[b8] --Milton. The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. --Pope. 2. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union. At present they formed a united phalanx. --Macaulay. The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed, All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed. --Cowper. 3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. 4. (Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. 5. [pl. {Phalanges}.] (Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers. | |
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Phalangial \Pha*lan"gi*al\, Phalangian \Pha*lan"gi*an\, a. (Anat.) Phalangeal. | |
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Phalangial \Pha*lan"gi*al\, Phalangian \Pha*lan"gi*an\, a. (Anat.) Phalangeal. | |
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Phalangid \Pha*lan"gid\, n.; pl. {Phalangides}. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Phalangoidea. | |
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d8Phalangoidea \[d8]Phal`an*goi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs (see {Phalangious}) + Gr. [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman ({Phalangium}) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by trache[91]. Called also {Phalangides}, {Phalangidea}, {Phalangiida}, and {Opilionea}. | |
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Phalangid \Pha*lan"gid\, n.; pl. {Phalangides}. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Phalangoidea. | |
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d8Phalangoidea \[d8]Phal`an*goi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs (see {Phalangious}) + Gr. [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman ({Phalangium}) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by trache[91]. Called also {Phalangides}, {Phalangidea}, {Phalangiida}, and {Opilionea}. | |
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d8Phalangoidea \[d8]Phal`an*goi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs (see {Phalangious}) + Gr. [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman ({Phalangium}) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by trache[91]. Called also {Phalangides}, {Phalangidea}, {Phalangiida}, and {Opilionea}. | |
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Phalangious \Pha*lan"gi*ous\, a. [L. phalangium a kind of venomous spider, Gr. [?], fr. [?] a spider. Cf. {Phalanx}.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea. | |
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Phalangist \Pha*lan"gist\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any arboreal marsupial of the genus {Phalangista}. The vulpine phalangist ({P. vulpina}) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail. | |
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Vulpine \Vul"pine\ (?; 277), a. [L. vulpinus, from vulpes a fox.] Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful. {Vulpine phalangist} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian carnivorous marsupial ({Phalangista, [or] Trichosurus, vulpina}); -- called also {vulpine phalanger}, and {vulpine opossum}. | |
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Phalangister \Phal`an*gis"ter\, Phalangistine \Phal`an*gis"tine\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Phalangist}. | |
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Phalangister \Phal`an*gis"ter\, Phalangistine \Phal`an*gis"tine\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Phalangist}. | |
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Phalangite \Phal"an*gite\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. phalangite.] A soldier belonging to a phalanx. [Obs.] | |
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d8Phalangoidea \[d8]Phal`an*goi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs (see {Phalangious}) + Gr. [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman ({Phalangium}) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by trache[91]. Called also {Phalangides}, {Phalangidea}, {Phalangiida}, and {Opilionea}. | |
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Phalansterian \Phal`an*ste"ri*an\, a. [F. phalanst[82]rien, a. & n.] Of or pertaining to phalansterianism. | |
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Phalansterian \Phal`an*ste"ri*an\, n. One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier. | |
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Phalansterism \Pha*lan"ster*ism\, Phalansterianism \Phal`an*ste"ri*an*ism\, n. A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism. | |
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Phalansterism \Pha*lan"ster*ism\, Phalansterianism \Phal`an*ste"ri*an*ism\, n. A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism. | |
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Phalanstery \Phal"an*ster*y\, n.; pl. {-ies}. [F. phalanst[8a]re, fr. Gr. [?] a phalanx + [?] firm, solid.] 1. An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See {Fourierism}. 2. The dwelling house of a Fourierite community. | |
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Phalanx \Pha"lanx\, n.; pl. {Phalanxes}, L. {Phalanges}. [L., from Gr. [?].] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. [bd]In cubic phalanx firm advanced.[b8] --Milton. The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. --Pope. 2. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union. At present they formed a united phalanx. --Macaulay. The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed, All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed. --Cowper. 3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. 4. (Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. 5. [pl. {Phalanges}.] (Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers. | |
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Phalanx \Pha"lanx\, n.; pl. {Phalanxes}, L. {Phalanges}. [L., from Gr. [?].] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. [bd]In cubic phalanx firm advanced.[b8] --Milton. The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. --Pope. 2. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union. At present they formed a united phalanx. --Macaulay. The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed, All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed. --Cowper. 3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. 4. (Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. 5. [pl. {Phalanges}.] (Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers. | |
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Phial \Phi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phialed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Phialing}.] To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust. --Shenstone. | |
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Philomusical \Phil`o*mu"sic*al\, a. [Philo- + musical.] Loving music. [R.]Busby. | |
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Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. Heb. Y[?]r[?]sh[be]laim.] The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ. {Jerusalem artichoke} [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e., sunflower, or turnsole. See {Gyre}, {Solar}.] (Bot.) (a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower ({Helianthus tuberosus}), whose tubers are sometimes used as food. (b) One of the tubers themselves. {Jerusalem cherry} (Bot.), the popular name of either of either of two species of {Solanum} ({S. Pseudo-capsicum} and {S. capsicastrum}), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries. {Jerusalem oak} (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot ({Chenopodium Botrys}), common about houses and along roadsides. {Jerusalem sage} (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family ({Phlomis tuberosa}). {Jerusalem thorn} (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree ({Parkinsonia aculeata}), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges. {The New Jerusalem}, Heaven; the Celestial City. | |
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Piling \Pil"ing\, n. [See {Pile} a heap.] 1. The act of heaping up. 2. (Iron Manuf.) The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc. | |
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Piling \Pil"ing\, n. [See {Pile} a stake.] A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge. {Pug piling}, sheet piles connected together at the edges by dovetailed tongues and grooves. {Sheet piling}, a series of piles made of planks or half logs driven edge to edge, -- used to form the walls of cofferdams, etc. | |
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Pinnywinkles \Pin"ny*win`kles\, n. pl. An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs. [Written also {pilliewinkles}.] [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Pill \Pill\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pilling}.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take. Cf. {Peel} to plunder.] To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See {Peel}, to plunder. [Obs.] --Spenser. Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill and to rob. --Sir T. Malroy. | |
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Pillow \Pil"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pillowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pillowing}.] To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head. Pillows his chin upon an orient wave. --Milton. | |
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Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}. | |
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Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}. | |
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Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}. | |
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Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}. | |
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Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}. | |
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Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}. | |
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Plainness \Plain"ness\, n. The quality or state of being plain. | |
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Plainsman \Plains"man\, n.; pl. {-men}. One who lives in the plains. | |
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Plain-spoken \Plain"-spo`ken\, a. Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. --Dryden. | |
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Planch \Planch\, n. [F. planche.] A plank. [Obs.] --Ld. Berners. | |
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Planch \Planch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planching}.] [F. planche a board, plank. See {Plank}.] To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank. [Obs.] [bd]To that vineyard is a planched gate.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Planch \Planch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planching}.] [F. planche a board, plank. See {Plank}.] To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank. [Obs.] [bd]To that vineyard is a planched gate.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Plancher \Planch"er\, n. [F., planche. See {Planch}.] 1. A floor of wood; also, a plank. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. (Arch.) The under side of a cornice; a soffit. | |
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Plancher \Planch"er\, v. t. To form of planks. [Obs.] --Golding. | |
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Planchet \Planch"et\, n. [F. planchette a small board, dim. of planche. See {Planch}.] A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin. | |
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Planchette \Plan`chette"\, n. [F. See {Planchet}.] 1. A circumferentor. See {Circumferentor}. 2. A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import. | |
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Planch \Planch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planching}.] [F. planche a board, plank. See {Plank}.] To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank. [Obs.] [bd]To that vineyard is a planched gate.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Planching \Planch"ing\, n. The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks. | |
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Plane \Plane\, a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See {Plan}, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. {Plane angle}, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane. {Plane chart}, {Plane curve}. See under {Chart} and {Curve}. {Plane figure}, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure. {Plane geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures. {Plane problem}, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only. {Plane sailing} (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane. {Plane scale} (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc. {Plane surveying}, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent. {Plane table}, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field. {Plane trigonometry}, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles. | |
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Chart \Chart\, n. [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See {Card}, and cf. {Charter}.] 1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart. 2. A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts. 3. A written deed; a charter. {Globular chart}, a chart constructed on a globular projection. See under {Globular}. {Heliographic chart}, a map of the sun with its spots. {Mercator's chart}, a chart constructed on the principle of Mercator's projection. See {Projection}. {Plane chart}, a representation of some part of the superficies of the globe, in which its spherical form is disregarded, the meridians being drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude at equal distances. {Selenographic chart}, a map representing the surface of the moon. {Topographic chart}, a minute delineation of a limited place or region. | |
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Plane \Plane\, a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See {Plan}, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. {Plane angle}, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane. {Plane chart}, {Plane curve}. See under {Chart} and {Curve}. {Plane figure}, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure. {Plane geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures. {Plane problem}, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only. {Plane sailing} (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane. {Plane scale} (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc. {Plane surveying}, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent. {Plane table}, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field. {Plane trigonometry}, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles. | |
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Curve \Curve\, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. {Axis of a curve}. See under {Axis}. {Curve of quickest descent}. See {Brachystochrone}. {Curve tracing} (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation. {Plane curve} (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a {curve of double curvature}, or a {twisted curve}. | |
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Plane \Plane\, a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See {Plan}, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. {Plane angle}, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane. {Plane chart}, {Plane curve}. See under {Chart} and {Curve}. {Plane figure}, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure. {Plane geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures. {Plane problem}, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only. {Plane sailing} (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane. {Plane scale} (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc. {Plane surveying}, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent. {Plane table}, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field. {Plane trigonometry}, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles. | |
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Plane \Plane\, a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See {Plan}, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. {Plane angle}, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane. {Plane chart}, {Plane curve}. See under {Chart} and {Curve}. {Plane figure}, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure. {Plane geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures. {Plane problem}, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only. {Plane sailing} (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane. {Plane scale} (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc. {Plane surveying}, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent. {Plane table}, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field. {Plane trigonometry}, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles. | |
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Plane \Plane\, a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See {Plan}, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. {Plane angle}, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane. {Plane chart}, {Plane curve}. See under {Chart} and {Curve}. {Plane figure}, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure. {Plane geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures. {Plane problem}, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only. {Plane sailing} (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane. {Plane scale} (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc. {Plane surveying}, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent. {Plane table}, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field. {Plane trigonometry}, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles. | |
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Surveying \Sur*vey"ing\, n. That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys. {Geodetic surveying}, geodesy. {Maritime}, [or] {Nautical}, {surveying}, that branch of surveying which determines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the position of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water, etc. {Plane surveying}. See under {Plane}, a. {Topographical surveying}, that branch of surveying which involves the process of ascertaining and representing upon a plane surface the contour, physical features, etc., of any portion of the surface of the earth. | |
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Plane \Plane\, a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See {Plan}, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. {Plane angle}, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane. {Plane chart}, {Plane curve}. See under {Chart} and {Curve}. {Plane figure}, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure. {Plane geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures. {Plane problem}, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only. {Plane sailing} (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane. {Plane scale} (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc. {Plane surveying}, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent. {Plane table}, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field. {Plane trigonometry}, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles. | |
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Plangency \Plan"gen*cy\, n. The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound. [R.] | |
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Plangent \Plan"gent\, a. [L. plangens, -entis, fr. plangere to beat. See {Plaint}.] Beating; dashing, as a wave. [R.] [bd]The plangent wave.[b8] --H. Taylor. | |
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Planish \Plan"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planishing}.] [OF. planir, F. planer. See {Plane}, v., and {-ish}.] To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer. | |
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Planish \Plan"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planishing}.] [OF. planir, F. planer. See {Plane}, v., and {-ish}.] To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer. | |
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Planisher \Plan"ish*er\, n. One who, or that which, planishes. --Weale. | |
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Planishing \Plan"ish*ing\, a. & vb. n. from {Planish}, v. t. {Planishing rolls} (Coining), rolls between which metal strips are passed while cold, to bring them to exactly the required thickness. | |
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Planish \Plan"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planishing}.] [OF. planir, F. planer. See {Plane}, v., and {-ish}.] To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer. | |
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Planishing \Plan"ish*ing\, a. & vb. n. from {Planish}, v. t. {Planishing rolls} (Coining), rolls between which metal strips are passed while cold, to bring them to exactly the required thickness. | |
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Planisphere \Plan"i*sphere\, n. [Plani- + sphere: cf. F. planisph[8a]re. See {Plain}, and {Sphere}.] The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour. | |
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Planispheric \Plan`i*spher"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a planisphere. | |
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Plank \Plank\, n. [OE. planke, OF. planque, planche, F. planche, fr. L. planca; cf. Gr. [?], [?], anything flat and broad. Cf. {Planch}.] 1. A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See {Board}. 2. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer. His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot. --Southey. 3. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. [Cant] {Plank road}, [or] {Plank way}, a road surface formed of planks. [U.S.] {To walk the plank}, to walk along a plank laid across the bulwark of a ship, until one overbalances it and falls into the sea; -- a method of disposing of captives practiced by pirates. | |
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Plank \Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planking}.] 1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. [bd]Planked with pine.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.] 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. 4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. {Planked shad}, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire. | |
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Plank \Plank\, n. [OE. planke, OF. planque, planche, F. planche, fr. L. planca; cf. Gr. [?], [?], anything flat and broad. Cf. {Planch}.] 1. A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See {Board}. 2. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer. His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot. --Southey. 3. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. [Cant] {Plank road}, [or] {Plank way}, a road surface formed of planks. [U.S.] {To walk the plank}, to walk along a plank laid across the bulwark of a ship, until one overbalances it and falls into the sea; -- a method of disposing of captives practiced by pirates. | |
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Plank \Plank\, n. [OE. planke, OF. planque, planche, F. planche, fr. L. planca; cf. Gr. [?], [?], anything flat and broad. Cf. {Planch}.] 1. A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See {Board}. 2. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer. His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot. --Southey. 3. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. [Cant] {Plank road}, [or] {Plank way}, a road surface formed of planks. [U.S.] {To walk the plank}, to walk along a plank laid across the bulwark of a ship, until one overbalances it and falls into the sea; -- a method of disposing of captives practiced by pirates. | |
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Plank \Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planking}.] 1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. [bd]Planked with pine.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.] 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. 4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. {Planked shad}, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire. | |
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Plank \Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planking}.] 1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. [bd]Planked with pine.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.] 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. 4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. {Planked shad}, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire. | |
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Plank \Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planking}.] 1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. [bd]Planked with pine.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.] 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. 4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. {Planked shad}, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire. | |
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Planking \Plank"ing\, n. 1. The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel. 2. The act of splicing slivers. See {Plank}, v. t., 4. | |
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Plank-sheer \Plank"-sheer`\, n. (Shipbuilding) The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame. | |
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d8Plankton \[d8]Plank"ton\ (pl[acr][nsm]k"t[ocr]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr. plagto`n, neut. of plagto`s wandering, pla`zesqai to wander.] (Biol.) All the animals and plants, taken collectively, which live at or near the surface of salt or fresh waters. -- {Plank*ton"ic}, a. | |
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Plano-concave \Pla"no-con"cave\, a. [Plano- + concave.] Plane or flat on one side, and concave on the other; as, a plano-concave lens. See {Lens}. | |
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Plano-conical \Pla"no-con"ic*al\, a. [Plano- + conical.] Plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other. --Grew. | |
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Plano-convex \Pla"no-con"vex\, a. [Plano- + convex.] Plane or flat on one side, and convex on the other; as, a plano-convex lens. See {Convex}, and {Lens}. | |
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Planogamete \Plan"o*ga*mete`\, n. [Gr. [?] wandering + E. gamete.] (Bot.) One of the motile ciliated gametes, or zo[94]gametes, found in isogamous plants, as many green alg[91] (Chlorophyce[91]). | |
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Plano-subulate \Pla"no-su"bu*late\, a. [Plano- + subulate.] Smooth and awl-shaped. See {Subulate}. | |
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Planxty \Planx"ty\, n. [Cf. L. plangere to mourn aloud.] (Mus.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character. | |
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Play \Play\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Played}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Playing}.] [OE. pleien, AS. plegian, plegan, to play, akin to plega play, game, quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G. pflegen; of unknown origin. [root]28. Cf. {Plight}, n.] 1. To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot. As Cannace was playing in her walk. --Chaucer. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play! --Pope. And some, the darlings of their Lord, Play smiling with the flame and sword. --Keble. 2. To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless. [bd]Nay,[b8] quod this monk, [bd]I have no lust to pleye.[b8] --Chaucer. Men are apt to play with their healths. --Sir W. Temple. 3. To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes. 4. To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute. One that . . . can play well on an instrument. --Ezek. xxxiii. 32. Play, my friend, and charm the charmer. --Granville. 5. To act; to behave; to practice deception. His mother played false with a smith. --Shak. 6. To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain plays. The heart beats, the blood circulates, the lungs play. --Cheyne. 7. To move gayly; to wanton; to disport. Even as the waving sedges play with wind. --Shak. The setting sun Plays on their shining arms and burnished helmets. --Addison. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. --Pope. 8. To act on the stage; to personate a character. A lord will hear your play to-night. --Shak. Courts are theaters where some men play. --Donne. {To play into a person's hands}, to act, or to manage matters, to his advantage or benefit. {To play off}, to affect; to feign; to practice artifice. {To play upon}. (a) To make sport of; to deceive. Art thou alive? Or is it fantasy that plays upon our eyesight. --Shak. (b) To use in a droll manner; to give a droll expression or application to; as, to play upon words. | |
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Playing \Play"ing\, a. & vb. n. of {Play}. {Playing cards}. See under {Card}. | |
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Card \Card\, n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. [?] a leaf of paper. Cf. {Chart}.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards. Our first cards were to Carabas House. --Thackeray. 2. A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair. 3. A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass. All the quartere that they know I' the shipman's card. --Shak. 4. (Weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See {Jacquard}. 5. An indicator card. See under {Indicator}. {Business card}, a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address. {Card basket} (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers. (b) A basket made of cardboard. {Card catalogue}. See {Catalogue}. {Card rack}, a rack or frame for holding and displaying business or visiting card. {Card table}, a table for use inplaying cards, esp. one having a leaf which folds over. {On the cards}, likely to happen; foretold and expected but not yet brought to pass; -- a phrase of fortune tellers that has come into common use; also, according to the programme. {Playing card}, cards used in playing games; specifically, the cards cards used playing which and other games of chance, and having each pack divided onto four kinds or suits called hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The full or whist pack contains fifty-two cards. {To have the cards in one's own hands}, to have the winning cards; to have the means of success in an undertaking. {To play one's cards well}, to make no errors; to act shrewdly. {To play snow one's cards}, to expose one's plants to rivals or foes. {To speak by the card}, to speak from information and definitely, not by guess as in telling a ship's bearing by the compass card. {Visiting card}, a small card bearing the name, and sometimes the address, of the person presenting it. | |
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Playing \Play"ing\, a. & vb. n. of {Play}. {Playing cards}. See under {Card}. | |
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Playmaker \Play"mak`er\, n. A playwright. [R.] | |
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Plenicorn \Ple"ni*corn\, n. [L. plenus full + cornu horn.] (Zo[94]l.) A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer. --Brande & C. | |
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Plenish \Plen"ish\, v. t. [See {Replenish}.] 1. To replenish. [Obs.] --T. Reeve. 2. To furnish; to stock, as a house or farm. [Scot.] | |
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Plenishing \Plen"ish*ing\, n. Household furniture; stock. [Scot.] | |
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Plenist \Ple"nist\, n. [L. plenus full; cf. F. pl[82]niste.] One who holds that all space is full of matter. | |
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Pleonasm \Ple"o*nasm\,, n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be more than enough, to abound, fr.[?], neut. of [?], more, compar. of [?] much. See {Full}, a., and cf. {Poly-}, {Plus}.] (Rhet.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes. | |
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Pleonast \Ple"o*nast\, n. One who is addicted to pleonasm. [R.] --C. Reade. | |
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Pleonaste \Ple"o*naste\, n. [Gr.[?] abundant, rich; cf. F. pl[82]onaste.] (Min.) A black variety of spinel. | |
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Ceylanite \Cey"lan*ite\, n. [F., fr. Ceylan Ceylon.] (Min.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called {pleonaste}. [Written also {ceylonite}.] | |
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Pleonaste \Ple"o*naste\, n. [Gr.[?] abundant, rich; cf. F. pl[82]onaste.] (Min.) A black variety of spinel. | |
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Ceylanite \Cey"lan*ite\, n. [F., fr. Ceylan Ceylon.] (Min.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called {pleonaste}. [Written also {ceylonite}.] | |
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Pleonastic \Ple`o*nas"tic\, Pleonastical \Ple`o*nas"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. pl[82]onastique.] Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant. | |
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Pleonastic \Ple`o*nas"tic\, Pleonastical \Ple`o*nas"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. pl[82]onastique.] Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant. | |
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Pleonastically \Ple`o*nas"tic*al*ly\, adv. In a pleonastic manner. | |
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Pliancy \Pli"an*cy\, n. The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod. [bd]Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind.[b8] --Wordsworth. | |
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Plimsoll's mark \Plim"soll's mark`\ (Naut.) A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured. | |
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Plonge \Plonge\, v. t. [See {Plunge}.] To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs. | |
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d8Plong82e \[d8]Plon`g[82]e"\, n. [F. See {Plunge}.] (Mil.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plong[82]e of a parapet; the plong[82]e of a shell in its course. [Sometimes written {plonge}.] | |
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Plonge \Plonge\, v. t. [See {Plunge}.] To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs. | |
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d8Plong82e \[d8]Plon`g[82]e"\, n. [F. See {Plunge}.] (Mil.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plong[82]e of a parapet; the plong[82]e of a shell in its course. [Sometimes written {plonge}.] | |
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Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plowed} (ploud) or {Ploughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plowing} or {Ploughing}.] 1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field. 2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. --Shak. With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope. 3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See {Plow}, n., 5. 4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc. {To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat. | |
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}. {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its round red drupes. {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than {Prunus}, are; {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of the same family with the persimmon. {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}. {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}. {Date plum}. See under {Date}. {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium macrophyllum}. {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime. {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}. {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European bullfinch. {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}. | |
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}. {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its round red drupes. {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than {Prunus}, are; {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of the same family with the persimmon. {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}. {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}. {Date plum}. See under {Date}. {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium macrophyllum}. {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime. {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}. {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European bullfinch. {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}. | |
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Plumage \Plum"age\, n. [F., from plume a feather.] (Zo[94]l.) The entire clothing of a bird. Note: It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, with their coverts; and the down which lies beneath the contour feathers. See Illust. under {Bird}. | |
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Plumassary \Plu*mas"sa*ry\, n. [Cf. F. plumasseau.] A plume or collection of ornamental feathers. | |
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Plumcot \Plum"cot\, n. [Plum + apricot.] (Hort.) A cross between the plum and apricot. | |
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Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora`llion.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of {Madreporaria}, and to the hydroid genus, {Millepora}. The red coral, used in jewelry, is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan corals}, {plume corals}, and {sea feathers} are species of {Gorgoniacea}, in which the axis is horny. Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus {Tubipora}, an Alcyonarian, and {black coral} is in part the axis of species of the genus {Antipathes}. See {Anthozoa}, {Madrepora}. 2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color. 3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. {Brain coral}, or {Brain stone coral}. See under {Brain}. {Chain coral}. See under {Chain}. {Coral animal} (Zo[94]l.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral insects}. {Coral fish}. See in the Vocabulary. {Coral reefs} (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as {fringing reefs}, when they border the land; {barrier reefs}, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; {atolls}, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See {Atoll}. {Coral root} (Bot.), a genus ({Corallorhiza}) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under {Coralloid}. {Coral snake}. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix scytale}). {Coral tree} (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is {Erythrina Corallodendron}. {Coral wood}, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath. | |
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Plume \Plume\, n. [F., fr. L. pluma. Cf. {Fly}, v.] 1. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. Wings . . . of many a colored plume. --Milton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An ornamental tuft of feathers. 3. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers. His high plume, that nodded o'er his head. --Dryden. 4. A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward. [bd]Ambitious to win from me some plume.[b8] --Milton. 5. (Bot.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses. {Plume bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird that yields ornamental plumes, especially the species of Epimarchus from New Guinea, and some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of Florida ({Ardea candidissima}). {Plume grass}. (Bot) (a) A kind of grass ({Erianthus saccharoides}) with the spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in swamps in the Southern United States. (b) The still finer {E. Ravenn[91]} from the Mediterranean region. The name is sometimes extended to the whole genus. {Plume moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family {Pterophorid[91]}. Most of them have the wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes. Some species are injurious to the grapevine. {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), an aromatic Australian tree ({Atherosperma moschata}), whose numerous carpels are tipped with long plumose persistent styles. | |
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Plumicorn \Plu"mi*corn\, n. [L. pluma feather + cornu horn.] (Zo[94]l.) An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls. | |
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Plumigerous \Plu*mig"er*ous\, a. [L. plumiger; pluma a feather + gerere to bear.] Feathered; having feathers. --Bailey | |
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Plumose \Plu*mose"\, Plumous \Plu"mous\, a. [L. plumosus, fr. pluma feather: cf. F. plumeux.] 1. Having feathers or plumes. 2. Having hairs, or other p[a0]rts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles. | |
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Plumosite \Plu"mo*site\, n. (Min.) Same as {Jamesonite}. | |
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Plumosity \Plu*mos"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being plumose. | |
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Plumose \Plu*mose"\, Plumous \Plu"mous\, a. [L. plumosus, fr. pluma feather: cf. F. plumeux.] 1. Having feathers or plumes. 2. Having hairs, or other p[a0]rts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles. | |
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Plunge \Plunge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plunging}.] [OE. ploungen, OF. plongier, F. plonger, fr. (assumed) LL. plumbicare, fr. L. plumbum lead. See {Plumb}.] 1. To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war. [bd]To plunge the boy in pleasing sleep.[b8] --Dryden. Bound and plunged him into a cell. --Tennyson. We shall be plunged into perpetual errors. --I. Watts. 2. To baptize by immersion. 3. To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. [Obs.] Plunged and graveled with three lines of Seneca. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Plunge \Plunge\, v. i. 1. To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt. Forced to plunge naked in the raging sea. --Dryden. To plunge into guilt of a murther. --Tillotson. 2. To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. Some wild colt, which . . . flings and plunges. --Bp. Hall. 3. To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations. [Cant] {Plunging fire} (Gun.), firing directed upon an enemy from an elevated position. | |
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Plunge \Plunge\, n. 1. The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge. 2. Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. [R.] She was brought to that plunge, to conceal her husband's murder or accuse her son. --Sir P. Sidney. And with thou not reach out a friendly arm, To raise me from amidst this plunge of sorrows? --Addison. 3. The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. 4. Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. [Cant] {Plunge bath}, an immersion by plunging; also, a large bath in which the bather can wholly immerse himself. {Plunge}, [or] {plunging}, {battery} (Elec.), a voltaic battery so arranged that the plates can be plunged into, or withdrawn from, the exciting liquid at pleasure. | |
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Plunge \Plunge\, n. 1. The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge. 2. Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. [R.] She was brought to that plunge, to conceal her husband's murder or accuse her son. --Sir P. Sidney. And with thou not reach out a friendly arm, To raise me from amidst this plunge of sorrows? --Addison. 3. The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. 4. Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. [Cant] {Plunge bath}, an immersion by plunging; also, a large bath in which the bather can wholly immerse himself. {Plunge}, [or] {plunging}, {battery} (Elec.), a voltaic battery so arranged that the plates can be plunged into, or withdrawn from, the exciting liquid at pleasure. | |
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Plunge \Plunge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plunging}.] [OE. ploungen, OF. plongier, F. plonger, fr. (assumed) LL. plumbicare, fr. L. plumbum lead. See {Plumb}.] 1. To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war. [bd]To plunge the boy in pleasing sleep.[b8] --Dryden. Bound and plunged him into a cell. --Tennyson. We shall be plunged into perpetual errors. --I. Watts. 2. To baptize by immersion. 3. To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. [Obs.] Plunged and graveled with three lines of Seneca. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Plunger \Plun"ger\, n. 1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver. 2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. 3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. [Cant] 4. (Pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence. --Knight. 5. (Gun.) The firing pin of a breechloader. {Plunger bucket}, a piston, without a valve, in a pump. {Plunger pole}, the pump rod of a pumping engine. {Plunger pump}, a pump, as for water, having a plunger, instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be single-acting or double-acting | |
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Plunger \Plun"ger\, n. 1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver. 2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. 3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. [Cant] 4. (Pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence. --Knight. 5. (Gun.) The firing pin of a breechloader. {Plunger bucket}, a piston, without a valve, in a pump. {Plunger pole}, the pump rod of a pumping engine. {Plunger pump}, a pump, as for water, having a plunger, instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be single-acting or double-acting | |
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Plunger \Plun"ger\, n. 1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver. 2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. 3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. [Cant] 4. (Pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence. --Knight. 5. (Gun.) The firing pin of a breechloader. {Plunger bucket}, a piston, without a valve, in a pump. {Plunger pole}, the pump rod of a pumping engine. {Plunger pump}, a pump, as for water, having a plunger, instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be single-acting or double-acting | |
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Plunger \Plun"ger\, n. 1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver. 2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. 3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. [Cant] 4. (Pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence. --Knight. 5. (Gun.) The firing pin of a breechloader. {Plunger bucket}, a piston, without a valve, in a pump. {Plunger pole}, the pump rod of a pumping engine. {Plunger pump}, a pump, as for water, having a plunger, instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be single-acting or double-acting | |
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Plunge \Plunge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plunging}.] [OE. ploungen, OF. plongier, F. plonger, fr. (assumed) LL. plumbicare, fr. L. plumbum lead. See {Plumb}.] 1. To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war. [bd]To plunge the boy in pleasing sleep.[b8] --Dryden. Bound and plunged him into a cell. --Tennyson. We shall be plunged into perpetual errors. --I. Watts. 2. To baptize by immersion. 3. To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. [Obs.] Plunged and graveled with three lines of Seneca. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Plunge \Plunge\, n. 1. The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge. 2. Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. [R.] She was brought to that plunge, to conceal her husband's murder or accuse her son. --Sir P. Sidney. And with thou not reach out a friendly arm, To raise me from amidst this plunge of sorrows? --Addison. 3. The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. 4. Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. [Cant] {Plunge bath}, an immersion by plunging; also, a large bath in which the bather can wholly immerse himself. {Plunge}, [or] {plunging}, {battery} (Elec.), a voltaic battery so arranged that the plates can be plunged into, or withdrawn from, the exciting liquid at pleasure. | |
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Plunge \Plunge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plunging}.] [OE. ploungen, OF. plongier, F. plonger, fr. (assumed) LL. plumbicare, fr. L. plumbum lead. See {Plumb}.] 1. To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war. [bd]To plunge the boy in pleasing sleep.[b8] --Dryden. Bound and plunged him into a cell. --Tennyson. We shall be plunged into perpetual errors. --I. Watts. 2. To baptize by immersion. 3. To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. [Obs.] Plunged and graveled with three lines of Seneca. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Plunge \Plunge\, n. 1. The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge. 2. Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. [R.] She was brought to that plunge, to conceal her husband's murder or accuse her son. --Sir P. Sidney. And with thou not reach out a friendly arm, To raise me from amidst this plunge of sorrows? --Addison. 3. The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. 4. Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. [Cant] {Plunge bath}, an immersion by plunging; also, a large bath in which the bather can wholly immerse himself. {Plunge}, [or] {plunging}, {battery} (Elec.), a voltaic battery so arranged that the plates can be plunged into, or withdrawn from, the exciting liquid at pleasure. | |
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Plunge \Plunge\, v. i. 1. To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt. Forced to plunge naked in the raging sea. --Dryden. To plunge into guilt of a murther. --Tillotson. 2. To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. Some wild colt, which . . . flings and plunges. --Bp. Hall. 3. To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations. [Cant] {Plunging fire} (Gun.), firing directed upon an enemy from an elevated position. | |
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Plunk \Plunk\, v. i. [Chiefly Colloq.] 1. To make a quick, hollow, metallic, or harsh sound, as by pulling hard on a taut string and quickly releasing it; of a raven, to croak. 2. To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump. 3. To play truant, or [bd]hooky[b8]. [Scot.] | |
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Plunk \Plunk\, n. 1. Act or sound of plunking. [Colloq.] 2. [Slang] (a) A large sum of money. [Obs.] (b) A dollar. [U. S.] | |
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Plunk \Plunk\, v. t. [Imitative.] [Chiefly Colloq.] 1. To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang. 2. To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as, to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike. 3. To be a truant from (school). [Scot.] | |
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Plunket \Plun"ket\, n. A kind of blue color; also, anciently, a kind of cloth, generally blue. | |
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Ply \Ply\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plying}.] [OE. plien, F. plier to fold, to bend, fr. L. plicare; akin to Gr. [?], G. flechten. Cf. {Apply}, {Complex}, {Display}, {Duplicity}, {Employ}, {Exploit}, {Implicate}, {Plait}, {Pliant}, {Flax}.] 1. To bend. [Obs.] As men may warm wax with handes plie. --Chaucer. 2. To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink. And plies him with redoubled strokes --Dryden. He plies the duke at morning and at night. --Shak. 3. To employ diligently; to use steadily. Go ply thy needle; meddle not. --Shak. 4. To practice or perform with diligence; to work at. Their bloody task, unwearied, still they ply. --Waller. | |
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Pole \Pole\, n. [As. p[be]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make fast. Cf. {Pale} a stake, {Pact}.] 1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See {Maypole}. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained. 2. A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5[?] yards, or a square measure equal to 30[?] square yards; a rod; a perch. --Bacon. {Pole bean} (Bot.), any kind of bean which is customarily trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean. {Pole flounder} (Zo[94]l.), a large deep-water flounder ({Glyptocephalus cynoglossus}), native of the northern coasts of Europe and America, and much esteemed as a food fish; -- called also {craig flounder}, and {pole fluke}. {Pole lathe}, a simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord passing around it, one end being fastened to the treadle, and the other to an elastic pole above. {Pole mast} (Naut.), a mast formed from a single piece or from a single tree. {Pole of a lens} (Opt.), the point where the principal axis meets the surface. {Pole plate} (Arch.), a horizontal timber resting on the tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters. It differs from the plate in not resting on the wall. | |
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Polemic \Po*lem"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] warlike, fr.[?] war: cf. F. pol[82]mique.] 1. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology. 2. Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer. --South. | |
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Polemic \Po*lem"ic\, n. 1. One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. The sarcasms and invectives of the young polemic. --Macaulay. 2. A polemic argument or controversy. | |
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Polemical \Po*lem"ic*al\, a. Polemic; controversial; disputatious. -- {Po*lem"ic*al*ly}, adv. Polemical and impertinent disputations. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Polemical \Po*lem"ic*al\, a. Polemic; controversial; disputatious. -- {Po*lem"ic*al*ly}, adv. Polemical and impertinent disputations. --Jer. Taylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polemicist \Po*lem"i*cist\, n. A polemic. [R.] | |
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Polemics \Po*lem"ics\, n. [Cf. F. pol[82]mique.] The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polemist \Pol"e*mist\, n. A polemic. [R.] | |
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Polemoscope \Po*lem"o*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] war + -scope: cf. F. pol[82]moscope.] An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also {diagonal, [or] side, opera glass}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pole \Pole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poling}.] 1. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops. 2. To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn. 3. To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat. 4. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Poling \Pol"ing\, n. [From {Pole} a stick.] 1. The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles; as, the poling of beans; the poling of a boat. 2. (Gardening) The operation of dispersing worm casts over the walks with poles. 3. One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pollen \Pol"len\, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. [?]] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] --Bailey. 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. {Pollen grain} (Bot.), a particle or call of pollen. {Pollen mass}, a pollinium. --Gray. {Pollen sac}, a compartment of an anther containing pollen, -- usually there are four in each anther. {Pollen tube}, a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pollen \Pol"len\, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. [?]] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] --Bailey. 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. {Pollen grain} (Bot.), a particle or call of pollen. {Pollen mass}, a pollinium. --Gray. {Pollen sac}, a compartment of an anther containing pollen, -- usually there are four in each anther. {Pollen tube}, a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pollen \Pol"len\, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. [?]] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] --Bailey. 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. {Pollen grain} (Bot.), a particle or call of pollen. {Pollen mass}, a pollinium. --Gray. {Pollen sac}, a compartment of an anther containing pollen, -- usually there are four in each anther. {Pollen tube}, a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pollenize \Pol"len*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pollenized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pollenizing}.] To supply with pollen; to impregnate with pollen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pollenize \Pol"len*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pollenized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pollenizing}.] To supply with pollen; to impregnate with pollen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pollenize \Pol"len*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pollenized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pollenizing}.] To supply with pollen; to impregnate with pollen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Poll \Poll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Polling}.] 1. To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree. When he [Absalom] pollled his head. --2 Sam. xiv. 26. His death did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs. --Sir T. North. 2. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass. Who, as he polled off his dart's head, so sure he had decreed That all the counsels of their war he would poll off like it. --Chapman. 3. To extort from; to plunder; to strip. [Obs.] Which polls and pills the poor in piteous wise. --Spenser. 4. To impose a tax upon. [Obs.] 5. To pay as one's personal tax. The man that polled but twelve pence for his head. --Dryden. 6. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one. Polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those of his three kingdoms. --Milton. 7. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent. And poll for points of faith his trusty vote. --Tickell. 8. (Law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See {Dee[?] poll}. --Burrill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polling \Poll"ing\, n. [See {Poll} the head.] 1. The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges. 2. Plunder, or extortion. [Obs.] --E. Hall. 3. The act of voting, or of registering a vote. {Polling booth}, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polling \Poll"ing\, n. [See {Poll} the head.] 1. The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges. 2. Plunder, or extortion. [Obs.] --E. Hall. 3. The act of voting, or of registering a vote. {Polling booth}, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pollinose \Pol"li*nose`\, a. [L. pollen, -inis, dust.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polonaise \Po`lo*naise"\, a. [F. polonais, polonaise, Polish.] Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. [Written also {Polonese}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polonaise \Po`lo*naise"\, n. [Written also Polonese and Polonoise.] 1. The Polish language. 2. An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece. 3. (Mus.) A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polonese \Po`lo*nese"\, a. & n. See {Polonaise}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polonaise \Po`lo*naise"\, a. [F. polonais, polonaise, Polish.] Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. [Written also {Polonese}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polymastism \Pol`y*mas"tism\, n. [Poly- + Gr. [?] a breast.] (Anat.) The condition of having more than two mamm[91], or breasts. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polynesian \Pol`y*ne"sian\, a. Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polynesians \Pol`y*ne"sians\, n. pl.; sing. {Polynesian}. (Ethnol.) The race of men native in Polynesia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polynesians \Pol`y*ne"sians\, n. pl.; sing. {Polynesian}. (Ethnol.) The race of men native in Polynesia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polynuclear \Pol`y*nu"cle*ar\, a. [Poly- + nuclear.] (Biol.) Containing many nuclei. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polynucleolar \Pol`y*nu*cle"o*lar\, a. [Poly- + nucleolar.] (Biol.) Having more than one nucleolus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pooling \Pool"ing\, n. (Law) The act of uniting, or an agreement to unite, an aggregation of properties belonging to different persons, with a view to common liabilities or profits. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pool \Pool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pooling}.] To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic. Finally, it favors the poolingof all issues. --U. S. Grant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pule \Pule\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puling}.] [F. piauler; cf. L. pipilare, pipire, to peep, pip, chirp, and E. peep to chirp.] 1. To cry like a chicken. --Bacon. 2. To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child. It becometh not such a gallant to whine and pule. --Barrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puling \Pul"ing\, n. A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering. Leave this faint puling and lament as I do. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puling \Pul"ing\, a. Whimpering; whining; childish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulingly \Pul"ing*ly\, adv. With whining or complaint. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pull \Pull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pulling}.] [AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael. peall, piol, spiol.] 1. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly. Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows. --Shak. He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in. --Gen. viii. 9. 2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend. He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. --Lam. iii. 11. 3. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch. 4. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar. 5. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled. 6. (Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever. 7. (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See {Pull}, n., 8. Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. --R. H. Lyttelton. {To pull and haul}, to draw hither and thither. [bd] Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable to do. [b8] --South. {To pull down}, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down a house. [bd] In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up.[b8] --Howell. [bd] To raise the wretched, and pull down the proud.[b8] --Roscommon. {To pull a finch}. See under {Finch}. {To pull off}, take or draw off. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmocutaneous \Pul`mo*cu*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. pulmo a lung + E. cutaneous.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmograde \Pul"mo*grade\, a. [L. pulmo a lung + gradi to walk.] (Zo[94]l.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medus[91]. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Pylangium \[d8]Py*lan"gi*um\, n.; pl. {Pylangia}. [NL., from Gr. [?] an entrance + [?] a vessel.] (Anat.) The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart. -- {Py*lan"gi*al}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Pylangium \[d8]Py*lan"gi*um\, n.; pl. {Pylangia}. [NL., from Gr. [?] an entrance + [?] a vessel.] (Anat.) The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart. -- {Py*lan"gi*al}, a. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Palm City, CA Zip code(s): 92260 Palm City, FL (CDP, FIPS 54175) Location: 27.16127 N, 80.26888 W Population (1990): 3925 (1921 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34990 | |
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Palm Coast, FL (CDP, FIPS 54200) Location: 29.57115 N, 81.21410 W Population (1990): 14287 (7522 housing units) Area: 51.5 sq km (land), 2.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32137 | |
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Palm Shores, FL (town, FIPS 54425) Location: 28.18629 N, 80.65753 W Population (1990): 210 (122 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Palm Springs, CA (city, FIPS 55254) Location: 33.77575 N, 116.52879 W Population (1990): 40181 (30517 housing units) Area: 198.3 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92262, 92264 Palm Springs, FL (village, FIPS 54450) Location: 26.63777 N, 80.09532 W Population (1990): 9763 (5431 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Palm Springs North, FL (CDP, FIPS 54500) Location: 25.93253 N, 80.33310 W Population (1990): 5300 (1618 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
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Palma Sola, FL Zip code(s): 34209 | |
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Palmas, PR (comunidad, FIPS 58365) Location: 17.98904 N, 66.02574 W Population (1990): 2254 (901 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Palms, MI Zip code(s): 48465 | |
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Palomas, PR (comunidad, FIPS 58967) Location: 18.23803 N, 66.25062 W Population (1990): 1833 (545 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Palomas, PR (comunidad, FIPS 59053) Location: 18.01542 N, 66.86873 W Population (1990): 2393 (779 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Pawling, NY (village, FIPS 56814) Location: 41.56334 N, 73.59989 W Population (1990): 1974 (810 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12564 | |
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Plain City, OH (village, FIPS 63030) Location: 40.10680 N, 83.26999 W Population (1990): 2278 (926 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43064 Plain City, UT (city, FIPS 60710) Location: 41.29888 N, 112.07513 W Population (1990): 2722 (754 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Plains, GA (city, FIPS 61628) Location: 32.03309 N, 84.39466 W Population (1990): 716 (245 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31780 Plains, KS Zip code(s): 67869 Plains, MT (town, FIPS 58150) Location: 47.46040 N, 114.88347 W Population (1990): 992 (468 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59859 Plains, PA (CDP, FIPS 61112) Location: 41.27350 N, 75.85389 W Population (1990): 4694 (1999 housing unitNo definitions found for "Plankalkül" s) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Plains, TX (town, FIPS 57968) Location: 33.19015 N, 102.82709 W Population (1990): 1422 (593 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79355 | |
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Plains City, KS (city, FIPS 56100) Location: 37.26364 N, 100.58990 W Population (1990): 957 (431 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Plainsboro, NJ Zip code(s): 08536 | |
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Plankinton, SD (city, FIPS 50020) Location: 43.71567 N, 98.48414 W Population (1990): 604 (306 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57368 | |
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Plum City, WI (village, FIPS 63600) Location: 44.63297 N, 92.19179 W Population (1990): 534 (222 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54761 | |
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Plum Grove, TX (city, FIPS 58448) Location: 30.19853 N, 95.08737 W Population (1990): 480 (188 housing units) Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Plum Springs, KY (city, FIPS 61860) Location: 37.02138 N, 86.38276 W Population (1990): 361 (135 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42101 | |
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Plumas County, CA (county, FIPS 63) Location: 40.01079 N, 120.83414 W Population (1990): 19739 (11942 housing units) Area: 6614.8 sq km (land), 154.8 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
plain-ASCII /playn-as'kee/ Syn. {flat-ASCII}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
plingnet /pling'net/ n. Syn. {UUCPNET}. Also see {{Commonwealth Hackish}}, which uses `pling' for {bang} (as in {bang path}). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
plonk excl.,vt. [Usenet: possibly influenced by British slang `plonk' for cheap booze, or `plonker' for someone behaving stupidly (latter is lit. equivalent to Yiddish `schmuck')] The sound a {newbie} makes as he falls to the bottom of a {kill file}. While it originated in the {newsgroup} talk.bizarre, this term (usually written "*plonk*") is now (1994) widespread on Usenet as a form of public ridicule. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plain ASCII /playn-as'kee/ {flat ASCII}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PLANS Programming Language for Allocation and Network Scheduling. A PL/I preprocessor, used for developing scheduling algorithms. "A User's Guide to the Programming Language for Allocation and Network Scheduling", H.R. Ramsey et al, TR SAI-77-068-DEN, Science Applications Inc (Jun 1977). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Play, Inc. Snapshot}. {Home (http://www.play.com)}. (1997-07-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pleonasm Redundancy of expression; tautology. (1995-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pling [Does anyone call {vertical bar} ("|", broken or unbroken) "pling"?] (1998-09-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plingnet {UUCPNET}. See also {pling}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PLMK (1999-09-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plonk "plonk" for cheap booze, or "plonker" for someone behaving stupidly; usually written "*plonk*") The sound a {newbie} makes as he falls to the bottom of a {kill file}. While this term originated in the {Usenet} {newsgroup} {news:talk.bizarre}, by 1994 it was widespread on Usenet and mailing lists as a form of public ridicule. Another theory is that it is an acronym for "Person with Little Or No Knowledge". (2002-01-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
polling {poll} |