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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G. ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf. Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.] A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop. 2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer. The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak. 3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena. Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith. 4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray. 5. A circular group of persons. And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton. 6. (Geom.) (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles. (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure. 7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite. 8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}. 9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc. The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A. Freeman. {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}. {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel. {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms. {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}. {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worthless. {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}. {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the ring is placed in marriage. {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See Illust. under {Benzene}. {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment of leather or of cloth. {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under {Micrometer}. {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}. {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}. {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck, especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and {P. Alexandri} of {Java}. {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The ringed dotterel. (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}). {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of an orange red. {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}. {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel. {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend; prize fighters, collectively. {The ring}. (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races. [Eng.] (b) The prize ring. | |
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Poplar \Pop"lar\, n. [OE. popler, OF. poplier, F. peuplier, fr. L. populus poplar.] (Bot.) 1. Any tree of the genus {Populus}; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses. Note: The aspen poplar is {Populus tremula} and {P. tremuloides}; Balsam poplar is {P. balsamifera}; Lombardy poplar ({P. dilatata}) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar is {Populus alba}. 2. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also {white poplar}. [U.S.] | |
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d8Pale89chinoidea \[d8]Pa`le*[89]ch`i*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Paleo-}, and {Echinoidea}.] (Zo[94]l.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also {Pal[91]echini}. [Written also {Pal[91]echinoidea}.] | |
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d8Pale89chinoidea \[d8]Pa`le*[89]ch`i*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Paleo-}, and {Echinoidea}.] (Zo[94]l.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also {Pal[91]echini}. [Written also {Pal[91]echinoidea}.] | |
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Paleog91an \Pa`le*o*g[91]"an\, a. [Paleo- + Gr. [?] the eart] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere. [Written also {pal[91]og[91]an}.] | |
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Paleog91an \Pa`le*o*g[91]"an\, a. [Paleo- + Gr. [?] the eart] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere. [Written also {pal[91]og[91]an}.] | |
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Palissander \Pal`is*san"der\, n. [F. palissandre.] (Bot.) (a) Violet wood. (b) Rosewood. | |
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Palsy \Pal"sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palsied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palsying}.] To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze. | |
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Paulician \Pau"li*cian\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Christian dualists originating in Armenia in the seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part of the New. | |
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Pelagian \Pe*la"gi*an\, a. [L. pelagius, Gr. [?], fr. [?] the sea: cf. F. p[82]lagien.] Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian shells. | |
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Pelagian \Pe*la"gi*an\, n. [L. Pelagianus: cf. F. p[82]lagien.] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace. | |
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Pelagian \Pe*la"gi*an\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]lagien.] Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines. | |
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Pelagianism \Pe*la"gi*an*ism\, n. [Cf. F. p[82]lagianisme.] The doctrines of Pelagius. | |
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Pelasgian \Pe*las"gi*an\, Pelasgic \Pe*las"gic\, a. [L. Pelasgus, Gr. [?] a Pelasgian.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Wandering. | |
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Pelecan \Pel"e*can\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pelican}. | |
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\, n. [F. p[82]lican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. [?], [?], [?], the woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr. [?] to hew with an ax, akin to Skr. para[cced]u.] [Written also {pelecan}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus {Pelecanus}, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored. Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({P. fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter, but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and British America. 2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation. Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms of distilling apparatus. {Frigate pelican} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. See under {Frigate}. {Pelican fish} (Zo[94]l.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx pelecanoides}) of the order {Lyomeri}, remarkable for the enormous development of the jaws, which support a large gular pouch. {Pelican flower} (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora}) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pelican ibis} (Zo[94]l.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black. {Pelican in her piety} (in heraldry and symbolical art), a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity. {Pelican's foot} (Zo[94]l.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus {Aporrhais}, esp. {Aporrhais pes-pelicani} of Europe. | |
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Pelecan \Pel"e*can\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pelican}. | |
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\, n. [F. p[82]lican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. [?], [?], [?], the woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr. [?] to hew with an ax, akin to Skr. para[cced]u.] [Written also {pelecan}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus {Pelecanus}, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored. Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({P. fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter, but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and British America. 2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation. Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms of distilling apparatus. {Frigate pelican} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. See under {Frigate}. {Pelican fish} (Zo[94]l.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx pelecanoides}) of the order {Lyomeri}, remarkable for the enormous development of the jaws, which support a large gular pouch. {Pelican flower} (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora}) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pelican ibis} (Zo[94]l.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black. {Pelican in her piety} (in heraldry and symbolical art), a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity. {Pelican's foot} (Zo[94]l.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus {Aporrhais}, esp. {Aporrhais pes-pelicani} of Europe. | |
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\, n. [F. p[82]lican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. [?], [?], [?], the woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr. [?] to hew with an ax, akin to Skr. para[cced]u.] [Written also {pelecan}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus {Pelecanus}, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored. Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({P. fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter, but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and British America. 2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation. Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms of distilling apparatus. {Frigate pelican} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. See under {Frigate}. {Pelican fish} (Zo[94]l.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx pelecanoides}) of the order {Lyomeri}, remarkable for the enormous development of the jaws, which support a large gular pouch. {Pelican flower} (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora}) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pelican ibis} (Zo[94]l.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black. {Pelican in her piety} (in heraldry and symbolical art), a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity. {Pelican's foot} (Zo[94]l.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus {Aporrhais}, esp. {Aporrhais pes-pelicani} of Europe. | |
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\, n. [F. p[82]lican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. [?], [?], [?], the woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr. [?] to hew with an ax, akin to Skr. para[cced]u.] [Written also {pelecan}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus {Pelecanus}, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored. Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({P. fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter, but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and British America. 2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation. Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms of distilling apparatus. {Frigate pelican} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. See under {Frigate}. {Pelican fish} (Zo[94]l.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx pelecanoides}) of the order {Lyomeri}, remarkable for the enormous development of the jaws, which support a large gular pouch. {Pelican flower} (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora}) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pelican ibis} (Zo[94]l.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black. {Pelican in her piety} (in heraldry and symbolical art), a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity. {Pelican's foot} (Zo[94]l.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus {Aporrhais}, esp. {Aporrhais pes-pelicani} of Europe. | |
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\, n. [F. p[82]lican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. [?], [?], [?], the woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr. [?] to hew with an ax, akin to Skr. para[cced]u.] [Written also {pelecan}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus {Pelecanus}, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored. Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({P. fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter, but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and British America. 2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation. Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms of distilling apparatus. {Frigate pelican} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. See under {Frigate}. {Pelican fish} (Zo[94]l.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx pelecanoides}) of the order {Lyomeri}, remarkable for the enormous development of the jaws, which support a large gular pouch. {Pelican flower} (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora}) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pelican ibis} (Zo[94]l.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black. {Pelican in her piety} (in heraldry and symbolical art), a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity. {Pelican's foot} (Zo[94]l.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus {Aporrhais}, esp. {Aporrhais pes-pelicani} of Europe. | |
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\, n. [F. p[82]lican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. [?], [?], [?], the woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr. [?] to hew with an ax, akin to Skr. para[cced]u.] [Written also {pelecan}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus {Pelecanus}, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored. Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({P. fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter, but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and British America. 2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation. Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms of distilling apparatus. {Frigate pelican} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. See under {Frigate}. {Pelican fish} (Zo[94]l.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx pelecanoides}) of the order {Lyomeri}, remarkable for the enormous development of the jaws, which support a large gular pouch. {Pelican flower} (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora}) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pelican ibis} (Zo[94]l.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black. {Pelican in her piety} (in heraldry and symbolical art), a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity. {Pelican's foot} (Zo[94]l.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus {Aporrhais}, esp. {Aporrhais pes-pelicani} of Europe. | |
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\, n. [F. p[82]lican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. [?], [?], [?], the woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr. [?] to hew with an ax, akin to Skr. para[cced]u.] [Written also {pelecan}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus {Pelecanus}, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored. Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({P. fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter, but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and British America. 2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation. Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms of distilling apparatus. {Frigate pelican} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. See under {Frigate}. {Pelican fish} (Zo[94]l.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx pelecanoides}) of the order {Lyomeri}, remarkable for the enormous development of the jaws, which support a large gular pouch. {Pelican flower} (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora}) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pelican ibis} (Zo[94]l.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black. {Pelican in her piety} (in heraldry and symbolical art), a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity. {Pelican's foot} (Zo[94]l.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus {Aporrhais}, esp. {Aporrhais pes-pelicani} of Europe. | |
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\, n. [F. p[82]lican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. [?], [?], [?], the woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr. [?] to hew with an ax, akin to Skr. para[cced]u.] [Written also {pelecan}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus {Pelecanus}, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored. Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({P. fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter, but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and British America. 2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation. Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms of distilling apparatus. {Frigate pelican} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. See under {Frigate}. {Pelican fish} (Zo[94]l.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx pelecanoides}) of the order {Lyomeri}, remarkable for the enormous development of the jaws, which support a large gular pouch. {Pelican flower} (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora}) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pelican ibis} (Zo[94]l.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black. {Pelican in her piety} (in heraldry and symbolical art), a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity. {Pelican's foot} (Zo[94]l.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus {Aporrhais}, esp. {Aporrhais pes-pelicani} of Europe. | |
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Pelican State \Pel"i*can State\ Louisiana; -- a nickname alluding to the device on its seal. | |
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\, n. [F. p[82]lican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. [?], [?], [?], the woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr. [?] to hew with an ax, akin to Skr. para[cced]u.] [Written also {pelecan}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus {Pelecanus}, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored. Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({P. fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter, but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and British America. 2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation. Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms of distilling apparatus. {Frigate pelican} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. See under {Frigate}. {Pelican fish} (Zo[94]l.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx pelecanoides}) of the order {Lyomeri}, remarkable for the enormous development of the jaws, which support a large gular pouch. {Pelican flower} (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora}) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pelican ibis} (Zo[94]l.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black. {Pelican in her piety} (in heraldry and symbolical art), a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity. {Pelican's foot} (Zo[94]l.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus {Aporrhais}, esp. {Aporrhais pes-pelicani} of Europe. | |
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Phallism \Phal"lism\, n. The worship of the generative principle in nature, symbolized by the phallus. | |
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Phellogen \Phel"lo*gen\, n. [Gr. [?] cork + -gen.] (Bot.) The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells. | |
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Phillygenin \Phil*lyg"e*nin\, n. [Phillyrin + -gen + -in.] (Chem.) A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin. | |
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Philogynist \Phi*log"y*nist\, n. [See {Philogyny}.] A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to {misogynist}. | |
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Philogyny \Phi*log"y*ny\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] loving + [?] woman.] Fondness for women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to {misogyny}. [R.] --Byron. | |
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Silkworm \Silk"worm`\, n. [AS. seolcwyrm.] (Zo[94]l.) The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa. Note: The common species ({Bombyx mori}) feeds on the leaves of the white mulberry tree. It is native of China, but has long been introduced into other countries of Asia and Europe, and is reared on a large scale. In America it is reared only to small extent. The Ailanthus silkworm ({Philosamia cynthia}) is a much larger species, of considerable importance, which has been introduced into Europe and America from China. The most useful American species is the Polyphemus. See {Polyphemus}. {Pernyi silkworm}, the larva of the Pernyi moth. See {Pernyi moth}. {Silkworm gut}, a substance prepared from the contents of the silk glands of silkworms and used in making lines for angling. See {Gut}. {Silkworm rot}, a disease of silkworms; muscardine. | |
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Phlegm \Phlegm\, n. [F. phlegme, flegme, L. phlegma, fr. Gr. [?] a flame, inflammation, phlegm, a morbid, clammy humor in the body, fr. [?] to burn. Cf. {Phlox}, {Flagrant}, {Flame}, {Bleak}, a., and {Fluminate}.] 1. One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See {Humor}. --Arbuthnot. 2. (Physiol.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages. 3. (Old Chem.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor. --Crabb. 4. Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness. They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm. --Pope. | |
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Phlegmagogue \Phleg"ma*gogue\, n. [Gr. [?] carrying of phlegm; [?] phlegm + [?] to lead.] (Old Med.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm. | |
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Phlegmatic \Phleg*mat"ic\, a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. phlegmatique.] 1. Watery. [Obs.] [bd]Aqueous and phlegmatic.[b8] --Sir I. Newton. 2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. --Harvey. 3. Generating or causing phlegm. [bd]Cold and phlegmatic habitations.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. 4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. --Addison. {Phlegmatic temperament} (Old Physiol.), lymphatic temperament. See under {Lymphatic}. | |
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Phlegmatic \Phleg*mat"ic\, a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. phlegmatique.] 1. Watery. [Obs.] [bd]Aqueous and phlegmatic.[b8] --Sir I. Newton. 2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. --Harvey. 3. Generating or causing phlegm. [bd]Cold and phlegmatic habitations.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. 4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. --Addison. {Phlegmatic temperament} (Old Physiol.), lymphatic temperament. See under {Lymphatic}. | |
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Phlegmatical \Phleg*mat"ic*al\, a. Phlegmatic. --Ash. | |
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Phlegmatically \Phleg*mat"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a phlegmatic manner. | |
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Phlegmaticly \Phleg*mat"ic*ly\, a. Phlegmatically. [Obs.] | |
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Phlegmon \Phleg"mon\, n. [L. phlegmone, phlegmon, inflammation beneath the skin, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to burn: cf. F. phlegmon.] (Med.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue. | |
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Phlegmonous \Phleg"mon*ous\, a. [Cf. F. phlegmoneux.] Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia. --Harvey. | |
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Phyllocyanin \Phyl`lo*cy"a*nin\, n. [Phyllo- + cyanin.] (Chem.) A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [Written also {phyllocyanine}.] | |
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Phyllocyanin \Phyl`lo*cy"a*nin\, n. [Phyllo- + cyanin.] (Chem.) A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [Written also {phyllocyanine}.] | |
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Glass-crab \Glass"-crab`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larval state ({Phyllosoma}) of the genus {Palinurus} and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See {Phyllosoma}. | |
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Xanthophyll \Xan"tho*phyll\, n. [Xantho- + Gr. fy`llon leaf.] (Bot.) A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn leaves, and also produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly called also {phylloxanthin}. | |
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Phylloxanthin \Phyl`lo*xan"thin\, n. [Phyllo- + Gr. [?] yellow.] (Bot.) A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. | |
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Xanthophyll \Xan"tho*phyll\, n. [Xantho- + Gr. fy`llon leaf.] (Bot.) A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn leaves, and also produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly called also {phylloxanthin}. | |
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Phylloxanthin \Phyl`lo*xan"thin\, n. [Phyllo- + Gr. [?] yellow.] (Bot.) A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. | |
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Phylogenesis \Phy`lo*gen"e*sis\, Phylogeny \Phy*log"e*ny\, n. [Gr. [?] tribe + E. genesis, or root of Gr. [?] to be born.] The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally. | |
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Phylogenetic \Phy*lo*ge*net"ic\, a. Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism. -- {Phy*lo*ge*net"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Phylogenetic \Phy*lo*ge*net"ic\, a. Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism. -- {Phy*lo*ge*net"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Phylogenesis \Phy`lo*gen"e*sis\, Phylogeny \Phy*log"e*ny\, n. [Gr. [?] tribe + E. genesis, or root of Gr. [?] to be born.] The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally. | |
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Pillage \Pil"lage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pillaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pillaging}.] To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy. Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Sham \Sham\, n. [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See {Shame}, n.] 1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug. [bd]A mere sham.[b8] --Bp. Stillingfleet. Believe who will the solemn sham, not I. --Addison. 2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering. {Pillow sham}, a covering to be laid on a pillow. | |
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Pillow \Pil"low\, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.] 1. Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material. [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak. 2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.] 3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit. 4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian. {Lace pillow}, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace. {Pillow bier} [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b[81]re a pillowcase], a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Pillow block} (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also {pillar block}, or {plumber block}. {Pillow lace}, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace pillow. {Pillow of a plow}, a crosspiece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam. {Pillow sham}, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when not in use. {Pillow slip}, a pillowcase. | |
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Place \Place\, n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[rsdot]thu, Lith. platus. Cf. {Flawn}, {Piazza}, {Plate}, {Plaza}.] 1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. Here is the place appointed. --Shak. What place can be for us Within heaven's bound? --Milton. The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. --Locke. 2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. [bd]Hangman boys in the market place.[b8] --Shak. 3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. Are you native of this place? --Shak. 4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. [bd]The enervating magic of place.[b8] --Hawthorne. Men in great place are thrice servants. --Bacon. I know my place as I would they should do theirs. --Shak. 5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). [bd]In place of Lord Bassanio.[b8] --Shak. 6. A definite position or passage of a document. The place of the scripture which he read was this. --Acts viii. 32. 7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place. 8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. My word hath no place in you. --John viii. 37. 9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. {Place of arms} (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --Wilhelm. {High place} (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered. [bd]Him that offereth in the high place.[b8] --Jer. xlviii. 35. {In place}, in proper position; timely. {Out of place}, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were out of place. {Place kick} (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground. {Place name}, the name of a place or locality. --London Academy. {To give place}, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. [bd]Neither give place to the devil.[b8] --Eph. iv. 27. [bd]Let all the rest give place.[b8] --Shak. {To have place}, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desires can have no place in a good heart. {To take place}. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. --Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. [bd]If your doctrine takes place.[b8] --Berkeley. [bd]But none of these excuses would take place.[b8] --Spenser. {To take the place of}, to be substituted for. Syn: Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location; site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust; ground; room; stead. | |
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Placeman \Place"man\, n.; pl. {Placemen}. One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Placeman \Place"man\, n.; pl. {Placemen}. One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Placement \Place"ment\, n. [Cf. F. placement.] 1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. | |
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Placenta \Pla*cen"ta\, n.; pl. L. {Placent[91]}, E. {Placentas}. [L., a cake, Gr. [?] a flat cake, from [?] flat, fr. [?], [?], anything flat and broad.] 1. (Anat.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi on its surface penetrate the blood vessels of the parental uterus, and thus establish a nutritive and excretory connection between the blood of the fetus and that of the parent, though the blood itself does not flow from one to the other. 2. (Bot.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached. | |
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Placenta \Pla*cen"ta\, n.; pl. L. {Placent[91]}, E. {Placentas}. [L., a cake, Gr. [?] a flat cake, from [?] flat, fr. [?], [?], anything flat and broad.] 1. (Anat.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi on its surface penetrate the blood vessels of the parental uterus, and thus establish a nutritive and excretory connection between the blood of the fetus and that of the parent, though the blood itself does not flow from one to the other. 2. (Bot.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached. | |
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Placental \Pla*cen"tal\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Placentalia. | |
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Placental \Pla*cen"tal\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Placentalia. | |
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d8Mammalia \[d8]Mam*ma"li*a\, n. pl. [NL., from L. mammalis. See {Mammal}.] (Zo[94]l.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother. Note: Mammalia are divided into three subclasses; -- I. {Placentalia}. This subclass embraces all the higher orders, including man. In these the fetus is attached to the uterus by a placenta. II. {Marsupialia}. In these no placenta is formed, and the young, which are born at an early state of development, are carried for a time attached to the teats, and usually protected by a marsupial pouch. The opossum, kangaroo, wombat, and koala are examples. III. {Monotremata}. In this group, which includes the genera {Echidna} and {Ornithorhynchus}, the female lays large eggs resembling those of a bird or lizard, and the young, which are hatched like those of birds, are nourished by a watery secretion from the imperfectly developed mamm[91]. | |
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Placentary \Pla*cen"ta*ry\, a. Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification. | |
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Placenta \Pla*cen"ta\, n.; pl. L. {Placent[91]}, E. {Placentas}. [L., a cake, Gr. [?] a flat cake, from [?] flat, fr. [?], [?], anything flat and broad.] 1. (Anat.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi on its surface penetrate the blood vessels of the parental uterus, and thus establish a nutritive and excretory connection between the blood of the fetus and that of the parent, though the blood itself does not flow from one to the other. 2. (Bot.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached. | |
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Placentation \Plac`en*ta"tion\, n. 1. (Anat.) The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals. 2. (Bot.) The mode in which the placenta is arranged or composed; as, axile placentation; parietal placentation. | |
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Placentiferous \Plac`en*tif"er*ous\, a. [Placenta + -ferous.] (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Having or producing a placenta. | |
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Placentiform \Pla*cen"ti*form\, a. [Placenta + -form.] (Bot.) Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle. | |
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Placentious \Pla*cen"tious\, a. [See {Please}.] Pleasing; amiable. [Obs.] [bd]A placentious person.[b8] --Fuller. | |
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Place \Place\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Placed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Placing}.] [Cf. F. placer. See {Place}, n.] 1. To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. --Shak. 2. To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed. Place such over them to be rulers. --Ex. xviii. 21. 3. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank. 4. To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend. [bd]My resolution 's placed.[b8] --Shak. 5. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down. Place it for her chief virtue. --Shak. {To place} (a person), to identify him. [Colloq. U.S.] Syn: See {Put}. | |
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{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. {Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3 (b) . (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary. {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}. {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster. {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] | |
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Plagionite \Pla"gi*o*nite\, n. [Gr. [?] oblique. So called in allusion to its usually oblique crystallization.] (Min.) A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster. | |
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Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to Gr. [?], fr. [?] to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf. {Plaint}.] 1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. --Shak. And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail. --Wyclif. The different plague of each calamity. --Shak. 2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague. [bd]A plague upon the people fell.[b8] --Tennyson. {Cattle plague}. See {Rinderpest}. {Plague mark}, {Plague spot}, a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable. | |
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Plague \Plague\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plagued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plaguing}.] 1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. Thus were they plagued And worn with famine. --Milton. 2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. She will plague the man that loves her most. --Spenser. Syn: To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy; tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex. | |
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Plaice \Plaice\, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See {Place}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European food fish ({Pleuronectes platessa}), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. (b) A large American flounder ({Paralichthys dentatus}; called also {brail}, {puckermouth}, and {summer flounder}. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also {plaise}.] {Plaice mouth}, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Plaisance \Plai`sance"\, n. [F.] See {Pleasance}. | |
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Plash \Plash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plashing}.] [OF. plaissier, plessier, to bend. Cf. {Pleach}.] To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. --Evelyn. | |
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Plashing \Plash"ing\, n. 1. The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges. 2. The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc. | |
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Plash \Plash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plashing}.] [Cf. D. plassen, G. platschen. Cf. {Splash}.] To dabble in water; to splash. [bd]Plashing among bedded pebbles.[b8] --Keats. Far below him plashed the waters. --Longfellow. | |
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Plasm \Plasm\, n. [L. plasma anything formed or molded, that which is molded, Gr. [?], [?], from [?] to form, mold: cf. F. plasme. Cf. {Plasma}.] 1. A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape. [R.] --Woodward. 2. (Biol.) Same as {Plasma}. | |
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Plasma \Plas"ma\, n. [See {Plasm}.] 1. (Min.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments. 2. (Biol.) The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm. 3. Unorganized material; elementary matter. 4. (Med.) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments. --U. S. Disp. | |
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Plasmatic \Plas*mat"ic\, Plasmatical \Plas*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].] 1. Forming; shaping; molding. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. 2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma. | |
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Plasmatic \Plas*mat"ic\, Plasmatical \Plas*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].] 1. Forming; shaping; molding. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. 2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma. | |
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Plasmation \Plas*ma"tion\, n. [L. plasmatio.] The act of forming or molding. [R.] --Grafton. | |
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Plasmator \Plas*ma"tor\, n. [L.] A former; a fashioner. [R.] [bd]The sovereign plasmator, God Almighty.[b8] --Urquhart. | |
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Plasmature \Plas"ma*ture\, n. Form; mold. [R.] | |
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Plasmic \Plas"mic\, a. Of, pertaining to, or connected with, plasma; plasmatic. | |
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Plasmin \Plas"min\, n. (Physiol. Chem.) A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood plasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen. | |
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d8Plasmodium \[d8]Plas*mo"di*um\, n.; pl. {Plasmodia}. [NL. See {Plasma}.] 1. (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of am[d2]boid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several am[d2]balike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms. | |
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Plasmodial \Plas*mo"di*al\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle. | |
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Plasmogen \Plas"mo*gen\, n. [Plasma + -gen.] (Biol.) The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen. | |
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Plasmon \Plas"mon\, n. [Cf. {Plasma}.] A flourlike food preparation made from skim milk, and consisting essentially of the unaltered proteid of milk. It is also used in making biscuits and crackers, for mixing with cocoa, etc. A mixture of this with butter, water, and salt is called | |
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Plasmon butter \Plasmon butter\, and resembles clotted cream in appearance. Plate \Plate\, n. 1. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a player on completing a run; -- called also {home base}, or {home plate}. 2. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal. 3. A very light steel racing horsehoe. 4. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a stake. 5. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's Cant] 6. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool, musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body of which is of an inferior substance. | |
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Playgame \Play"game`\, n. Play of children. --Locke. | |
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Playgoing \Play"go`ing\, a. Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public. -- n. The practice of going to plays. | |
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Playsome \Play"some\, a. Playful; wanton; sportive. [R.] --R. Browning. -- {Play"some*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Playsome \Play"some\, a. Playful; wanton; sportive. [R.] --R. Browning. -- {Play"some*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Pleach \Pleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pleaching}.] [Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind together. Cf. {Plash} to pleach.] To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock. [bd]The pleached bower.[b8] --Shak. | |
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3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition. 4. The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state. 5. (Rhet.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed. 6. (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary. 7. (Mus.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. {Retardation}. {Pleas in suspension} (Law), pleas which temporarily abate or suspend a suit. {Points of suspension} (Mech.), the points, as in the axis or beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which they are suspended. {Suspension bridge}, a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground beyond. {Suspension of arms} (Mil.), a short truce or cessation of operations agreed on by the commanders of contending armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for surrender or for peace, etc. {Suspension scale}, a scale in which the platform hangs suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it. Syn: Delay; interruption; intermission; stop. | |
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Pleasance \Pleas"ance\, n. [F. plaisance. See {Please}.] 1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. [Archaic] --Shak. [bd]Full great pleasance.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]A realm of pleasance.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. A secluded part of a garden. [Archaic] The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses. --Ruskin. | |
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Pleasant \Pleas"ant\, a. [F. plaisant. See {Please}.] 1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather. Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! --Ps. cxxxiii. 1. 2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow. From grave to light, from pleasant to serve. --Dryden. Syn: Pleasing; gratifying; agreeable; cheerful; good-humored; enlivening; gay; lively; merry; sportive; humorous; jocose; amusing; witty. Usage: {Pleasant}, {Pleasing}, {Agreeable}. Agreeable is applied to that which agrees with, or is in harmony with, one's tastes, character, etc. Pleasant and pleasing denote a stronger degree of the agreeable. Pleasant refers rather to the state or condition; pleasing, to the act or effect. Where they are applied to the same object, pleasing is more energetic than pleasant; as, she is always pleasant and always pleasing. The distinction, however, is not radical and not rightly observed. | |
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Pleasant \Pleas"ant\, n. A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.] | |
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Pleasantly \Pleas"ant*ly\, adv. In a pleasant manner. | |
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Pleasantness \Pleas"ant*ness\, n. The state or quality of being pleasant. | |
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Pleasantry \Pleas"ant*ry\, n.; pl. {Pleasantries}. [F. plaisanterie. See {Pleasant}.] That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage. The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees and points of wit. --Addison. The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a finished man of the world. --Macaulay. | |
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Pleasantry \Pleas"ant*ry\, n.; pl. {Pleasantries}. [F. plaisanterie. See {Pleasant}.] That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage. The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees and points of wit. --Addison. The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a finished man of the world. --Macaulay. | |
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Pleasant-tongued \Pleas"ant-tongued`\, a. Of pleasing speech. | |
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Pleaseman \Please"man\, n. An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pleasing}.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. {Complacent}, {Placable}, {Placid}, {Plea}, {Plead}, {Pleasure}.] 1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy. I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer. What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. --Milton. 2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will. Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps. cxxxv. 6. A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards. 3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally. [bd]It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell.[b8] --Col. i. 19. To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak. {To be pleased in} [or] {with}, to have complacency in; to take pleasure in. {To be pleased to do a thing}, to take pleasure in doing it; to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it. --Dryden. | |
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Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners. [bd]Pleasing harmony.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Pleasing features.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Pleas"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Pleas"ing*ness}, n. Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See {Pleasant}. | |
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Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, n. An object of pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners. [bd]Pleasing harmony.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Pleasing features.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Pleas"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Pleas"ing*ness}, n. Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See {Pleasant}. | |
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Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners. [bd]Pleasing harmony.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Pleasing features.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Pleas"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Pleas"ing*ness}, n. Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See {Pleasant}. | |
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Pleiocene \Plei"o*cene\, a. (Geol.) See {Pliocene}. | |
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Plesance \Ples"ance\, n. Pleasance. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Plesimorphism \Ple`si*mor"phism\, n. [Gr. [?] near + [?] form.] (Crystallog.) The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition. | |
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Plesiomorphous \Ple`si*o*mor"phous\, a. Nearly alike in form. | |
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Plessimeter \Ples*sim"e*ter\, n. See {Pleximeter}. | |
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Pleximeter \Plex*im"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] stroke, percussion (from [?] to strike) + -meter.] (Med.) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion. [Written also {plexometer}.] | |
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Pleximeter \Plex*im"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] stroke, percussion (from [?] to strike) + -meter.] (Med.) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion. [Written also {plexometer}.] | |
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Pliocene \Pli"o*cene\, a. [Written also pleiocene.] [Gr. [?] more + [?] new, recent.] (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age. | |
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Pliocene \Pli"o*cene\, n. (Geol.) The Pliocene period or deposits. | |
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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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Plowman \Plow"man\, Ploughman \Plough"man\, n.; pl. {-men}. 1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. --Chaucer. Macaulay. 2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer. {Plowman's spikenard} (Bot.), a European composite weed ({Conyza squarrosa}), having fragrant roots. --Dr. Prior. | |
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Plowgang \Plow"gang`\, Ploughgang \Plough"gang`\, n. Same as {Plowgate}. | |
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Pluckiness \Pluck"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being plucky. | |
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Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plucking}.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl[81]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. [?]27.] 1. To pull; to draw. Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution. --Je[?]. Taylor. 2. Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes. I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. --Milton. E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. --Goldsmith. 3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl. They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps. lxxx.[?]2. 4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for degrees. --C. Bront[82]. {To pluck away}, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away. {To pluck down}, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a lower state. {to pluck off}, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the skin. {to pluck up}. (a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17. (b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage. | |
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Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl[94]k, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.] 3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.] 4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.] 5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. {Fire plug}, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [U. S.] {Hawse plug} (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole. {Plug and feather}. (Stone Working) See {Feather}, n., 7. {Plug centerbit}, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. {Plug rod} (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine. {Plug valve} (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet. | |
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Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl[94]k, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.] 3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.] 4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.] 5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. {Fire plug}, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [U. S.] {Hawse plug} (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole. {Plug and feather}. (Stone Working) See {Feather}, n., 7. {Plug centerbit}, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. {Plug rod} (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine. {Plug valve} (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet. | |
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Plug \Plug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plugging}.] To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole. | |
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Plugging \Plug"ging\, n. 1. The act of stopping with a plug. 2. The material of which a plug or stopple is made. | |
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Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. [?] citizen, fr. [?] city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. 2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. 3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. 4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state [?] a camp as to cleanliness. {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. {Police constable}, [or] {Police officer}, a policeman. {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier. {Police justice}, [or] {Police magistrate}, a judge of a police court. {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction. {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. | |
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Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. [?] citizen, fr. [?] city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. 2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. 3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. 4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state [?] a camp as to cleanliness. {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. {Police constable}, [or] {Police officer}, a policeman. {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier. {Police justice}, [or] {Police magistrate}, a judge of a police court. {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction. {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. | |
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Policeman \Po*lice"man\, n.; pl. {Policemen}. A member of a body of police; a constable. | |
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Policeman \Po*lice"man\, n.; pl. {Policemen}. A member of a body of police; a constable. | |
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Police \Po*lice"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Policed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Policing}.] 1. To keep in order by police. 2. (Mil.) To make clean; as, to police a camp. | |
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Policy \Pol"i*cy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Policied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Policying}.] To regulate by laws; to reduce to order. [Obs.] [bd]Policying of cities.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Polish \Pol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Polishing}.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf. {Polite}, {-ish}] 1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc. 2. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. --Milton. {To polish off}, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] --W. H. Russell. | |
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Polishing \Pol"ish*ing\, a. & n. from {Polish}. {Polishing iron}, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries. {Polishing slate}. (a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. (b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate. {Polishing snake}, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. {Polishing wheel}, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface. | |
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Polishing \Pol"ish*ing\, a. & n. from {Polish}. {Polishing iron}, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries. {Polishing slate}. (a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. (b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate. {Polishing snake}, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. {Polishing wheel}, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface. | |
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Polishing \Pol"ish*ing\, a. & n. from {Polish}. {Polishing iron}, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries. {Polishing slate}. (a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. (b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate. {Polishing snake}, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. {Polishing wheel}, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface. | |
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Polishing \Pol"ish*ing\, a. & n. from {Polish}. {Polishing iron}, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries. {Polishing slate}. (a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. (b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate. {Polishing snake}, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. {Polishing wheel}, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface. | |
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Polishing \Pol"ish*ing\, a. & n. from {Polish}. {Polishing iron}, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries. {Polishing slate}. (a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. (b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate. {Polishing snake}, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. {Polishing wheel}, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface. | |
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Polishment \Pol"ish*ment\, n. The act of polishing, or the state of being polished. [R.] | |
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Polsyntheticism \Pol`*syn*thet"i*cism\, n. Polysynthesis. | |
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Polyconic \Pol`y*con"ic\, a. [Poly- + conic.] Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones. {Polyconic projection} (Map Making), a projection of the earth's surface, or any portion thereof, by which each narrow zone is projected upon a conical surface that touches the sphere along this zone, the conical surface being then unrolled. This projection differs from conic projection in that latter assumes but one cone for the whole map. Polyconic projection is that in use in the United States coast and geodetic survey. | |
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Polyconic \Pol`y*con"ic\, a. [Poly- + conic.] Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones. {Polyconic projection} (Map Making), a projection of the earth's surface, or any portion thereof, by which each narrow zone is projected upon a conical surface that touches the sphere along this zone, the conical surface being then unrolled. This projection differs from conic projection in that latter assumes but one cone for the whole map. Polyconic projection is that in use in the United States coast and geodetic survey. | |
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Polygamian \Pol`y*ga"mi*an\, a. (Bot.) Polygamous. | |
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Polygamist \Po*lyg"a*mist\, n. [Cf. F. polygamiste, polygame, Gr. [?], a.] One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness. | |
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Polygamize \Po*lyg"a*mize\, v. i. To practice polygamy; to marry several wives. --Sylvester. Coleridge. | |
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Polygamous \Po*lyg"a*mous\, a. [Gr. [?] living [?] polygamy; poly`s many + [?] marriage. Cf. {Bigamy}.] 1. Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to {monogamous}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Pairing with more than one female. Most deer, cattle, and sheep are polygamous. --Darwin. 3. (Bot.) Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. | |
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Polygamy \Po*lyg"a*my\, n. [Gr. [?]; cf. F. polygamie.] 1. The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under {Bigamy}, and cf. {Polyandry}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The state or habit of having more than one mate. 3. (Bot.) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers. | |
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Polygenesis \Pol`y*gen"e*sis\ (-j[ecr]n"[esl]*s[icr]s), Polygeny \Po*lyg"e*ny\ (p[osl]*l[icr]j"[esl]*n[ycr]), n. [Poly- + genesis, or root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Biol.) The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to {monogenesis}. | |
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Polygenetic \Pol`y*ge*net"ic\, a. 1. Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times. 2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic. {Polygenetic mountain range} (Geol.), one which is composite, or consists of two or more monogenetic ranges, each having had its own history of development. --Dana. | |
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Polygenetic \Pol`y*ge*net"ic\, a. 1. Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times. 2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic. {Polygenetic mountain range} (Geol.), one which is composite, or consists of two or more monogenetic ranges, each having had its own history of development. --Dana. | |
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Polygenic \Pol`y*gen"ic\ (-j[ecr]n"[icr]k), a. (Biol.) Of or relating to polygeny; polygenetic. | |
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Polygenism \Po*lyg"e*nism\ (p[osl]*l[icr]j"[esl]*n[icr]z'm), n. [Cf. F. polyg[82]nisme.] (Biol.) The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. | |
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Polygenist \Po*lyg"e*nist\ (-n[icr]st), n. (Biol.) One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; -- opposed to {monogenist}. | |
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Polygenous \Po*lyg"e*nous\, a. [Poly- + -genous: cf. Gr. [?] of many families.] Consisting of, or containing, many kinds; as, a polygenous mountain. --Kirwan. | |
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Polygenesis \Pol`y*gen"e*sis\ (-j[ecr]n"[esl]*s[icr]s), Polygeny \Po*lyg"e*ny\ (p[osl]*l[icr]j"[esl]*n[ycr]), n. [Poly- + genesis, or root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Biol.) The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to {monogenesis}. | |
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Polygon \Pol"y*gon\, n. [Gr. poly`gwnos polygonal; poly`s many + gwni`a angle: cf. F. polygone.] (Geom.) A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; any figure having many angles. {Polygon of forces} (Mech.), a polygonal figure, the sides of which, taken successively, represent, in length and direction, several forces acting simultaneously upon one point, so that the side necessary to complete the figure represents the resultant of those forces. Cf. {Parallelogram of forces}, under {Parallelogram}. | |
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Polygon \Pol"y*gon\, n. [Gr. poly`gwnos polygonal; poly`s many + gwni`a angle: cf. F. polygone.] (Geom.) A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; any figure having many angles. {Polygon of forces} (Mech.), a polygonal figure, the sides of which, taken successively, represent, in length and direction, several forces acting simultaneously upon one point, so that the side necessary to complete the figure represents the resultant of those forces. Cf. {Parallelogram of forces}, under {Parallelogram}. | |
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Polygonaceous \Pol`y*go*na"ceous\, a. [See {Polygonum}.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants ({Polygonace[91]}), of which the knotweeds (species of {Polygonum}) are the type, and which includes also the docks ({Rumex}), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape ({Coccoloba}), and several other genera. | |
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Polygonaceous \Pol`y*go*na"ceous\, a. [See {Polygonum}.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants ({Polygonace[91]}), of which the knotweeds (species of {Polygonum}) are the type, and which includes also the docks ({Rumex}), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape ({Coccoloba}), and several other genera. | |
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Polygonal \Po*lyg"o*nal\, a. Having many angles. {Polygonal numbers}, certain figurate numbers. See under {Figurate}. | |
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Polygonal \Po*lyg"o*nal\, a. Having many angles. {Polygonal numbers}, certain figurate numbers. See under {Figurate}. | |
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Solomon \Sol"o*mon\, n. One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man. -- {Sol`o*mon"ic}, a. {Solomon's seal} (Bot.), a perennial liliaceous plant of the genus {Polygonatum}, having simple erect or curving stems rising from thick and knotted rootstocks, and with white or greenish nodding flowers. The commonest European species is {Polygonatum multiflorum}. {P. biflorum} and {P. giganteum} are common in the Eastern United States. See Illust. of {Rootstock}. {False Solomon's seal} (Bot.), any plant of the liliaceous genus {Smilacina} having small whitish flowers in terminal racemes or panicles. | |
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Lady's seal \La"dy's seal"\(Bot.) (a) The European Solomon's seal ({Polygonatum verticillatum}). (b) The black bryony ({Tamus communis}). | |
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Polygoneutic \Pol`y*go*neu"tic\, a. [Poly- + Gr. [?] offspring.] (Zo[94]l.) Having two or more broods in a season. | |
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Violet-tip \Vi"o*let-tip"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A very handsome American butterfly ({Polygonia interrogationis}). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips. | |
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Progne \Prog"ne\, n. [L., a swallow, traditionally said to be fr. Progne (The sister of Philomela), who was changed into a swallow, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A swallow. (b) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See {Martin}. (c) An American butterfly ({Polygonia, [or] Vanessa, Progne}). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also {gray comma}. | |
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Polygonometry \Pol`y*go*nom"e*try\, n. [Polygon + -metry.] The doctrine of polygons; an extension of some of the principles of trigonometry to the case of polygons. | |
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Polygonous \Po*lyg"o*nous\, a. Polygonal. | |
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Polygonaceous \Pol`y*go*na"ceous\, a. [See {Polygonum}.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants ({Polygonace[91]}), of which the knotweeds (species of {Polygonum}) are the type, and which includes also the docks ({Rumex}), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape ({Coccoloba}), and several other genera. | |
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Jointweed \Joint"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A slender, nearly leafless, American herb ({Polygonum articulatum}), with jointed spikes of small flowers. | |
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Knotgrass \Knot"grass`\, n. (Bot.) (a) a common weed with jointed stems {(Polygonum aviculare)}; knotweed. (b) The dog grass. See under {Dog}. Note: An infusion of {Polygonum aviculare} was once supposed to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, [bd]hindering knotgrass.[b8] We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Swine \Swine\, n.sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. sw[c6]n; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. sw[c6]n, Icel. sv[c6]n, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See {Sow}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See {Hog}. [bd]A great herd of swine.[b8] --Mark v. 11. {Swine grass} (Bot.), knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}); -- so called because eaten by swine. {Swine oat} (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine. {Swine's cress} (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus {Senebiera} ({S. Coronopus}). {Swine's head}, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Swine thistle} (Bot.), the sow thistle. | |
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Bird's-tongue \Bird's"-tongue`\, n. (Bot.) The knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}). | |
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Centinody \Cen*tin"o*dy\, n. [L. centum a hundred + nodus knot: cf. F. centinode.] (Bot.) A weed with a stem of many joints ({Illecebrum verticillatum}); also, the {Polygonum aviculare} or knotgrass. | |
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{Goose grass}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), a favorite food of geese; -- called also {catchweed} and {cleavers}. (b) A species of knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}). (c) The annual spear grass ({Poa annua}). {Goose neck}, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast. {Goose quill}, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it. {Goose skin}. See {Goose flesh}, above. {Goose tongue} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands. {Sea goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Phalarope}. {Solan goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gannet}. | |
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Snakeweed \Snake"weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A kind of knotweed ({Polygonum Bistorta}). (b) The Virginia snakeroot. See {Snakeroot}. | |
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Adderwort \Ad"der*wort`\, n. (Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed ({Polygonum bistorta}). | |
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Snakeweed \Snake"weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A kind of knotweed ({Polygonum Bistorta}). (b) The Virginia snakeroot. See {Snakeroot}. | |
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Adderwort \Ad"der*wort`\, n. (Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed ({Polygonum bistorta}). | |
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Cornbind \Corn"bind`\ (k?rn"b?nd`), n. (Bot.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as {Convolvulus arvensis}, {Polygonum Convolvulus}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Lakeweed \Lake"weed`\, n. (Bot.) The water pepper ({Polygonum Hydropiper}), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America. | |
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Culrage \Cul"rage\ (k?l"r?j), n. [OE. culrage, culrache; prob. fr. F. cul the buttok + F. & E. rage; F. curage.] (Bot.) Smartweed ({Polygonum Hydropiper}). | |
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d8Hydropiper \[d8]Hy"dro*pi`per\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + L. piper a pepper.] (Bot.) A species ({Polygonum Hydropiper}) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed. | |
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Whitewort \White"wort`\, n. (Bot.) (a) Wild camomile. (b) A kind of Solomon's seal ({Polygonum officinale}). | |
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Prince \Prince\, n. [F., from L. princeps, -cipis, the first, chief; primus first + capere to take. See {Prime}, a., and {Capacious}.] 1. The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female. --Wyclif (Rev. i. 5). Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. --Milton. Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex. --Camden. 2. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. --Shak. 3. A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family. 4. The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is pre[89]minent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players. [bd]The prince of learning.[b8] --Peacham. {Prince-Albert coat}, a long double-breasted frock coat for men. {Prince of the blood}, {Prince consort}, {Prince of darkness}. See under {Blood}, {Consort}, and {Darkness}. {Prince of Wales}, the oldest son of the English sovereign. {Prince's feather} (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs ({Amarantus caudatus} and {Polygonum orientale}), with apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved panicled spikes. {Prince's metal}, {Prince Rupert's metal}. See under {Metal}. {Prince's pine}. (Bot.) See {Pipsissewa}. | |
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Ragged \Rag"ged\, a. [From {Rag}, n.] 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. 2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks. 3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.] [bd]A ragged noise of mirth.[b8] --Herbert. 4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow. 5. Rough; shaggy; rugged. What shepherd owns those ragged sheep ? --Dryden. {Ragged lady} (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella Damascena}). {Ragged robin} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Lychnis} ({L. Flos-cuculi}), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes. {Ragged sailor} (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum orientale}). {Ragged school}, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] -- {Rag"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rag"ged*ness}, n. | |
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Lady's thumb \La"dy's thumb"\ (Bot.) An annual weed ({Polygonum Persicaria}), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, n. 1. A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision. The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the work. --Moxon. These nails with scratches deform my breast. --Prior. God forbid a shallow scratch should drive The prince of Wales from such a field as this. --Shak. 2. (Pugilistic Matches) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch. [Cant] --Grose. 3. pl. (Far.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser). 4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head. 5. (Billiards) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke. [Cant, U. S.] {Scratch cradle}. See {Cratch cradle}, under {Cratch}. {Scratch grass} (Bot.), a climbing knotweed ({Polygonum sagittatum}) with a square stem beset with fine recurved prickles along the angles. {Scratch wig}. Same as {Scratch}, 4, above. --Thackeray. | |
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Polygony \Po*lyg"o*ny\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Polygonum. | |
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Polygyn \Pol"y*gyn\, n. [Cf. F. polygyne. See {Polygyny}.] (Bot.) A plant of the order Polygynia. | |
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Polygynian \Pol`y*gyn"i*an\, Polygynous \Po*lyg"y*nous\, a. (Bot.) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia. | |
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Polygynist \Po*lyg"y*nist\, n. One who practices or advocates polygyny. --H. Spenser. | |
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Polygynian \Pol`y*gyn"i*an\, Polygynous \Po*lyg"y*nous\, a. (Bot.) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia. | |
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Polygyny \Po*lyg"y*ny\, n. [Poly- + Gr. [?] woman, wife.] The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives. --H. Spenser. | |
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Polyschematist \Pol`y*sche"ma*tist\, a. [Poly- + Gr. [?] form, manner.] Having, or existing in, many different forms or fashions; multiform. | |
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Polysyndetic \Pol`y*syn*det"ic\, a. Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication of conjunctions. -- {Pol`y*syn*det"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Polysyndetic \Pol`y*syn*det"ic\, a. Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication of conjunctions. -- {Pol`y*syn*det"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Polysynthesis \Pol`y*syn"the*sis\, n. [Poly- + synthesis.] 1. The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole. 2. (Philol.) The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination. --Latham. | |
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Polysynthetic \Pol`y*syn*thet"ic\, a. [Poly- + synthetic.] Characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative. {Polysynthetic twinning} (Min.), repeated twinning, like that of the triclinic feldspar, producing fine parallel bands in alternately reversed positions. | |
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Polysynthetic \Pol`y*syn*thet"ic\, a. [Poly- + synthetic.] Characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative. {Polysynthetic twinning} (Min.), repeated twinning, like that of the triclinic feldspar, producing fine parallel bands in alternately reversed positions. | |
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Twinning \Twin"ning\, n. (Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about. {Polysynthetic twinning}, repeated twinning of crystal lamell[91], as that of the triclinic feldspars. {Repeated twinning}, twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals. {Twinning axis}, {Twinning plane}. See the Note under {Twin}, n. | |
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Polyzoan \Pol`y*zo"an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of Polyzoa; one of the Polyzoa. (b) A polyzo[94]n. | |
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Polyzonal \Pol`y*zon"al\, a. [Poly- + zonal.] Consisting of many zones or rings. {Polyzonal lens} (Opt.), a lens made up of pieces arranged zones or rings, -- used in the lanterns of lighthouses. | |
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Lens \Lens\ (l[ecr]nz), n.; pl. {Lenses} (-[ecr]z). [L. lens a lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Cf. {Lentil}.] (Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure. Lenses Note: Of spherical lenses, there are six varieties, as shown in section in the figures herewith given: viz., a plano-concave; b double-concave; c plano-convex; d double-convex; e converging concavo-convex, or converging meniscus; f diverging concavo-convex, or diverging meniscus. {Crossed lens} (Opt.), a double-convex lens with one radius equal to six times the other. {Crystalline lens}. (Anat.) See {Eye}. {Fresnel lens} (Opt.), a compound lens formed by placing around a central convex lens rings of glass so curved as to have the same focus; used, especially in lighthouses, for concentrating light in a particular direction; -- so called from the inventor. {Multiplying} {lens [or] glass} (Opt.), a lens one side of which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a number of plane faces inclined to one another, each of which presents a separate image of the object viewed through it, so that the object is, as it were, multiplied. {Polyzonal lens}. See {Polyzonal}. | |
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Polyzonal \Pol`y*zon"al\, a. [Poly- + zonal.] Consisting of many zones or rings. {Polyzonal lens} (Opt.), a lens made up of pieces arranged zones or rings, -- used in the lanterns of lighthouses. | |
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Pool \Pool\, n. [F. poule, properly, a hen. See {Pullet}.] [Written also {poule}.] 1. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes. 2. A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table. Note: This game is played variously, but commonly with fifteen balls, besides one cue ball, the contest being to drive the most balls into the pockets. He plays pool at the billiard houses. --Thackeray. 3. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners. 4. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join. 5. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool. 6. (Railroads) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement. 7. (Law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities. {Pin pool}, a variety of the game of billiards in which small wooden pins are set up to be knocked down by the balls. {Pool ball}, one of the colored ivory balls used in playing the game at billiards called pool. {Pool snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the European redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Pool table}, a billiard table with pockets. | |
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Dog \Dog\ (d[ocr]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({C. familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.) 2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch. What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? -- 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. ) 3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.] 4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius). 5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron. 6. (Mech.) (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them. (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill. (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool. Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog. It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox, a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; -- also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as, dog Latin. {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14. {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him. {Dog ape} (Zo[94]l.), a male ape. {Dog cabbage}, [or] {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum Cynocrambe}). {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}. {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.] {Dog flea} (Zo[94]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis}) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and {Aphaniptera}. {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same genus as wheat. {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy. {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina}) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath. {Dog louse} (Zo[94]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. {H[91]matopinus piliferus}; another species is {Trichodectes latus}. {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning. {Dog salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia}, and {hone}. {Dog shark}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dogfish}. {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal. {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary. {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass. {Dog whelk} (Zo[94]l.), any species of univalve shells of the family {Nassid[91]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of England. {To give, [or] throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as useless. [bd]Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.[b8] --Shak. {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined. | |
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Pulicene \Pu"li*cene\, a. [From L. pulex, pulicis, a flea.] Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose. | |
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Pulsimeter \Pul*sim"e*ter\, n. [Pulse + -meter.] (Physiol.) A sphygmograph. | |
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Pulsion \Pul"sion\, n. [L. pulsio, fr. pellere, pulsum, to drive: cf. F. pulsion.] The act of driving forward; propulsion; -- opposed to {suction} or {traction}. [R.] | |
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Pulsometer \Pul*som"e*ter\, n. [Pulse + -meter.] 1. A device, with valves, for raising water by steam, partly by atmospheric pressure, and partly by the direct action of the steam on the water, without the intervention of a piston; -- also called {vacuum pump}. | |
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Pelican, AK (city, FIPS 59650) Location: 57.95316 N, 136.20985 W Population (1990): 222 (98 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Pelican, LA Zip code(s): 71063 | |
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Pleasant Dale, NE (village, FIPS 39380) Location: 40.79180 N, 96.93272 W Population (1990): 253 (110 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68423 | |
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Pleasant Gap, PA (CDP, FIPS 61232) Location: 40.86457 N, 77.73795 W Population (1990): 1699 (724 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16823 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Garden, NC (CDP, FIPS 52760) Location: 35.96217 N, 79.77409 W Population (1990): 2228 (871 housing units) Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27313 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Grove, AL (city, FIPS 61008) Location: 33.48917 N, 86.97594 W Population (1990): 8458 (2992 housing units) Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35127 Pleasant Grove, AR Zip code(s): 72567 Pleasant Grove, CA Zip code(s): 95668 Pleasant Grove, MS Zip code(s): 38657 Pleasant Grove, OH (CDP, FIPS 63478) Location: 39.94964 N, 81.95959 W Population (1990): 2001 (780 housing units) Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pleasant Grove, UT (city, FIPS 60930) Location: 40.37040 N, 111.73332 W Population (1990): 13476 (3549 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84062 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Hall, PA Zip code(s): 17246 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Hill, CA (city, FIPS 57764) Location: 37.95365 N, 122.07419 W Population (1990): 31585 (13653 housing units) Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94523 Pleasant Hill, IA (city, FIPS 63525) Location: 41.58565 N, 93.51445 W Population (1990): 3671 (1322 housing units) Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50317 Pleasant Hill, IL (village, FIPS 60534) Location: 39.44465 N, 90.87293 W Population (1990): 1030 (475 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62366 Pleasant Hill, LA (village, FIPS 61055) Location: 31.81612 N, 93.51516 W Population (1990): 824 (340 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71065 Pleasant Hill, MO (city, FIPS 58394) Location: 38.79655 N, 94.26569 W Population (1990): 3827 (1544 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64080 Pleasant Hill, NC (CDP, FIPS 52920) Location: 36.25304 N, 80.88531 W Population (1990): 1114 (502 housing units) Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27866 Pleasant Hill, OH (village, FIPS 63534) Location: 40.05133 N, 84.34492 W Population (1990): 1066 (416 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45359 Pleasant Hill, OR Zip code(s): 97455 Pleasant Hill, PA (CDP, FIPS 61312) Location: 40.33673 N, 76.44724 W Population (1990): 1659 (704 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pleasant Hill, TN (town, FIPS 59240) Location: 35.97498 N, 85.19719 W Population (1990): 494 (228 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38578 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Hills, MD (CDP, FIPS 62175) Location: 39.48705 N, 76.39523 W Population (1990): 2591 (938 housing units) Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pleasant Hills, PA (borough, FIPS 61328) Location: 40.32865 N, 79.96110 W Population (1990): 8884 (3515 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Hope, MO (city, FIPS 58448) Location: 37.46178 N, 93.27358 W Population (1990): 360 (160 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65725 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Lake, IN Zip code(s): 46779 Pleasant Lake, MI Zip code(s): 49272 Pleasant Lake, MN (city, FIPS 51586) Location: 45.49904 N, 94.28496 W Population (1990): 79 (30 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pleasant Lake, ND Zip code(s): 58368 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Mount, PA Zip code(s): 18453 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Plain, IA (city, FIPS 63615) Location: 41.14737 N, 91.85970 W Population (1990): 128 (47 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pleasant Plain, OH (village, FIPS 63576) Location: 39.27972 N, 84.10932 W Population (1990): 138 (45 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45162 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Plains, AR (town, FIPS 56270) Location: 35.55064 N, 91.62695 W Population (1990): 256 (105 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72568 Pleasant Plains, IL (village, FIPS 60599) Location: 39.87321 N, 89.92002 W Population (1990): 701 (281 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pleasant Plains, NJ (CDP, FIPS 59490) Location: 39.99696 N, 74.21896 W Population (1990): 2577 (1037 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Prairie, WI (village, FIPS 63300) Location: 42.52405 N, 87.88182 W Population (1990): 11961 (4347 housing units) Area: 83.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Ridge, MI (city, FIPS 64900) Location: 42.47090 N, 83.14491 W Population (1990): 2775 (1085 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48069 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Run, OH (CDP, FIPS 63604) Location: 39.29085 N, 84.57241 W Population (1990): 4964 (1528 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Run Farm, OH (CDP, FIPS 63618) Location: 39.30297 N, 84.54804 W Population (1990): 4545 (1373 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Shade, TN Zip code(s): 37145 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant Valley, AK (CDP, FIPS 61120) Location: 64.88133 N, 146.86855 W Population (1990): 401 (185 housing units) Area: 56.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pleasant Valley, CT Zip code(s): 06063 Pleasant Valley, MO (city, FIPS 58520) Location: 39.21840 N, 94.48130 W Population (1990): 2731 (1083 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64068 Pleasant Valley, NY (CDP, FIPS 58684) Location: 41.74868 N, 73.82054 W Population (1990): 1688 (683 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12569 Pleasant Valley, TX (town, FIPS 58400) Location: 33.93749 N, 98.60096 W Population (1990): 378 (170 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasant View, CO Zip code(s): 81331 Pleasant View, KY Zip code(s): 40769 Pleasant View, TN Zip code(s): 37146 Pleasant View, UT (city, FIPS 61150) Location: 41.32370 N, 111.99868 W Population (1990): 3603 (1146 housing units) Area: 17.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasanton, CA (city, FIPS 57792) Location: 37.67245 N, 121.88907 W Population (1990): 50553 (19356 housing units) Area: 42.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94566, 94588 Pleasanton, IA (city, FIPS 63570) Location: 40.58237 N, 93.74289 W Population (1990): 58 (35 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50065 Pleasanton, KS (city, FIPS 56450) Location: 38.17521 N, 94.71301 W Population (1990): 1231 (578 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66075 Pleasanton, NE (village, FIPS 39450) Location: 40.97013 N, 99.08671 W Population (1990): 372 (153 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68866 Pleasanton, TX (city, FIPS 58280) Location: 28.96460 N, 98.49146 W Population (1990): 7678 (2980 housing units) Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78064 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasants County, WV (county, FIPS 73) Location: 39.37145 N, 81.16254 W Population (1990): 7546 (3134 housing units) Area: 338.6 sq km (land), 10.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pleasantville, IA (city, FIPS 63750) Location: 41.38902 N, 93.26736 W Population (1990): 1536 (643 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50225 Pleasantville, NJ (city, FIPS 59640) Location: 39.39045 N, 74.51881 W Population (1990): 16027 (6759 housing units) Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08232 Pleasantville, NY (village, FIPS 58728) Location: 41.13807 N, 73.78471 W Population (1990): 6592 (2556 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10570 Pleasantville, OH (village, FIPS 63716) Location: 39.80898 N, 82.52276 W Population (1990): 926 (331 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43148 Pleasantville, PA (borough, FIPS 61496) Location: 40.18034 N, 78.61333 W Population (1990): 215 (85 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pleasantville, PA (borough, FIPS 61512) Location: 41.59356 N, 79.57933 W Population (1990): 991 (371 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16341 Pleasantville, TN Zip code(s): 37147 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Polk County, AR (county, FIPS 113) Location: 34.47477 N, 94.22400 W Population (1990): 17347 (7732 housing units) Area: 2226.0 sq km (land), 7.8 sq km (water) Polk County, FL (county, FIPS 105) Location: 27.95978 N, 81.70007 W Population (1990): 405382 (186225 housing units) Area: 4856.1 sq km (land), 350.3 sq km (water) Polk County, GA (county, FIPS 233) Location: 33.99916 N, 85.18202 W Population (1990): 33815 (13585 housing units) Area: 805.9 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) Polk County, IA (county, FIPS 153) Location: 41.68080 N, 93.56895 W Population (1990): 327140 (135979 housing units) Area: 1475.0 sq km (land), 58.2 sq km (water) Polk County, MN (county, FIPS 119) Location: 47.77462 N, 96.39956 W Population (1990): 32498 (14275 housing units) Area: 5103.6 sq km (land), 71.0 sq km (water) Polk County, MO (county, FIPS 167) Location: 37.61678 N, 93.40052 W Population (1990): 21826 (8979 housing units) Area: 1650.5 sq km (land), 13.6 sq km (water) Polk County, NC (county, FIPS 149) Location: 35.27743 N, 82.16622 W Population (1990): 14416 (7273 housing units) Area: 616.0 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Polk County, NE (county, FIPS 143) Location: 41.18816 N, 97.57050 W Population (1990): 5675 (2742 housing units) Area: 1137.3 sq km (land), 5.2 sq km (water) Polk County, OR (county, FIPS 53) Location: 44.90635 N, 123.41718 W Population (1990): 49541 (18978 housing units) Area: 1919.4 sq km (land), 8.1 sq km (water) Polk County, TN (county, FIPS 139) Location: 35.12632 N, 84.51554 W Population (1990): 13643 (5659 housing units) Area: 1126.9 sq km (land), 18.9 sq km (water) Polk County, TX (county, FIPS 373) Location: 30.79751 N, 94.83044 W Population (1990): 30687 (18662 housing units) Area: 2738.6 sq km (land), 136.1 sq km (water) Polk County, WI (county, FIPS 95) Location: 45.46006 N, 92.44292 W Population (1990): 34773 (18562 housing units) Area: 2375.9 sq km (land), 101.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Polk Inlet, AK (CDP, FIPS 61940) Location: 55.34970 N, 132.54588 W Population (1990): 135 (36 housing units) Area: 34.6 sq km (land), 4.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Polson, MT (city, FIPS 58750) Location: 47.68979 N, 114.15788 W Population (1990): 3283 (1565 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59860 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Powell County, KY (county, FIPS 197) Location: 37.83027 N, 83.82603 W Population (1990): 11686 (4458 housing units) Area: 466.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Powell County, MT (county, FIPS 77) Location: 46.85034 N, 112.94127 W Population (1990): 6620 (2835 housing units) Area: 6024.3 sq km (land), 17.5 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
plug-and-pray adj.,vi. Parody of the techspeak term `plug-and-play', describing a PC peripheral card which is claimed to have no need for hardware configuration via DIP switches, and which should be work as soon as it is inserted in the PC. Unfortunately, even the PCI bus is not up to pulling this off reliably, and people who have to do installation or troubleshoot PCs soon find themselves longing for the DIP switches. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
polygon pusher n. A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing _lots_ of multi-colored polygons). Also `rectangle slinger'. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PLASMA PLAnner-like System Modelled on Actors. {Carl Hewitt}, 1975. The first {actor} language. Originally called Planner-73, and implemented in MacLisp. Lisp-like syntax, but with several kinds of parentheses and brackets. ["A PLASMA Primer", B. Smith et al, AI Lab Working Paper 92, MIT Oct 1975]. ["Viewing Control Structures as Patterns of Passing Messages", C. Hewitt, AI Lab Memo 410, MIT 1976]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plug and play ("plugged in"), can immediately be used ("played with"), as opposed to hardware or software which requires configuration. See also {turnkey}, {plug and pray}. 2. A new recruit who needs no training. "The new guy, John, is great. He's totally plug-and-play." (1997-03-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plug and pray {plug and play}, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new {hardware} under Windows 95. (1997-10-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Plug Compatible Manufacturer manufacturer's system can identify and work with. The PCM's device replaces the original manufacturer's. Most PCMs competed with {IBM}. PCM devices normally offer a cost-performance benefit over the original device. For example, several PCM versions of the {Direct-Access Storage Device} {IBM 3350} offered twice the storage and improved data access (dual port). Plug compatible devices include replacement {CPU}s, such as the {Hitachi 7/90} series (which could be substituted for {IBM 3090} series processors), {I/O} subsystems, and {dumb terminals} like the {IBM 3270}. [Used outside mainframe market?] (2003-06-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plug-in extend the operation of a parent {application program}. One of the first uses of this term was in {Silicon Beach}'s {SuperPaint} application (late 1980s?) for the {Macintosh}. It had a Plug-ins {folder} containing different tools and effects. The {Netscape Navigator} {World-Wide Web} {browser} supports plug-ins which display or interpret a particular file format or {protocol} such as {Shockwave}, {RealAudio}, {Adobe Systems, Inc.} {PDF}, {Corel CMX} ({vector graphics}). The file to be displayed is included in a {web page} using an EMBED {HTML} {tag}. Plug-ins, both commercially and indepently authored, can usually be downloaded for free and are stored locally. Plug-ins come in different versions specific to particular {operating systems} ({Microsoft Windows 3.1}, 3.2, and {Macintosh} are available). Compare {applet}. {Plug-in Plaza (http://www.browserwatch.com/plug-in.html)}. {PC Mag Plug-ins (http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/IU/plugins/plugins.htm)}. (1996-05-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
polygon pusher (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons). [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pelicans are frequently met with at the waters of Merom and the Sea of Galilee. The pelican is ranked among unclean birds (Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:17). It is of an enormous size, being about 6 feet long, with wings stretching out over 12 feet. The Hebrew name (kaath, i.e., "vomiter") of this bird is incorrectly rendered "cormorant" in the Authorized Version of Isa. 34:11 and Zeph. 2:14, but correctly in the Revised Version. It receives its Hebrew name from its habit of storing in its pouch large quantities of fish, which it disgorges when it feeds its young. Two species are found on the Syrian coast, the Pelicanus onocrotalus, or white pelican, and the Pelicanus crispus, or Dalmatian pelican. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Phlegon burning, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sent salutations (Rom. 16:14). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Phlegon, zealous; burning |