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Pad \Pad\, n. [Perh. akin to pod.] 1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing. 2. A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper. 3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame. 4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals. 6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant. 7. (Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc. 8. (Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. --W. C. Russel. 9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. [Eng.] --Simmonds. {Pad cloth}, a saddlecloth; a housing. {Pad saddle}. See def. 3, above. {Pad tree} (Harness Making), a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. --Knight. | |
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Patchouli \Pa*tchou"li\, Patchouly \Pa*tchou"ly\, n. [CF. F. patchouli; prob. of East Indian origin.] 1. (Bot.) A mintlike plant ({Pogostemon Patchouli}) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made. 2. The perfume made from this plant. {Patchouly camphor} (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling borneol, found in patchouly oil. | |
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Patchouli \Pa*tchou"li\, Patchouly \Pa*tchou"ly\, n. [CF. F. patchouli; prob. of East Indian origin.] 1. (Bot.) A mintlike plant ({Pogostemon Patchouli}) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made. 2. The perfume made from this plant. {Patchouly camphor} (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling borneol, found in patchouly oil. | |
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Patchouli \Pa*tchou"li\, Patchouly \Pa*tchou"ly\, n. [CF. F. patchouli; prob. of East Indian origin.] 1. (Bot.) A mintlike plant ({Pogostemon Patchouli}) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made. 2. The perfume made from this plant. {Patchouly camphor} (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling borneol, found in patchouly oil. | |
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Pd2cile \P[d2]"ci*le\, n. Same as {Poicile}. | |
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Poicile \Poi"ci*le\, [or] Pd2cile \P[d2]"ci*le\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] (sc. [?]); cf. L. poecile.] The frescoed porch or gallery in Athens where Zeno taught. --R. Browning. | |
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Pd2cilitic \P[d2]`ci*lit"ic\, a. [Gr. poiki`los many-colored, variegated.] (Geol.) (a) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said of certain rocks. (b) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors. [Also written {poikilitic}.] | |
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Pd2cilopod \P[d2]*cil"o*pod\, n. [Cf. F. p[d2]cilopode.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the P[d2]cilopoda. Also used adjectively. | |
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Pedicel \Ped"i*cel\, n. [F. p[82]dicelle. See {Pedicle}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See {Peduncle}, and Illust. of {Flower}. (b) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in alg[91], or a sporangium in ferns. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of {Aphis lion}. 3. (Anat.) (a) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra. (b) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals. | |
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Pediceled \Ped"i*celed\, a. Pedicellate. | |
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d8Pedicellaria \[d8]Ped`i*cel*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. {Pedicellari[91]}. [NL. See {Pedicel}.] (Zo[94]l.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Pedicellate \Ped"i*cel`late\, a. Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel. | |
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Pedicle \Ped"i*cle\, n. [L. pediculus a little foot, dim. of pes foot: cf. F. p[82]dicule. See {edal}, and cf. {Pedicel}.] Same as {Pedicel}. | |
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Pedicular \Pe*dic"u*lar\, a. [L. pedicularis, fr. pediculus a louse: cf. F. p[82]diculaire.] Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy. --Southey. | |
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Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak. 2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8] --Milton. 3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain. Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose and lignin, which are isomeric with starch. 4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses. {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically, acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}. {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa}) of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust. of {Anemone}. {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests. {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}. {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill. {Wood betony}. (Bot.) (a) Same as {Betony}. (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or purplish flowers. {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles, buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer}, under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}. (b) The larva of any one of various species of lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}), and of the goat moths. (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}. (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood, as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga. (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura terebrans}). {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth. --Knight. {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the principal constituent of woody fiber. {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods. [Poetic] --Coleridge. {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal. {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius sylvestris}). {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon. {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an engraving. {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove. {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods. {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}. (b) The hooded merganser. (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}). {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood. {Wood engraver}. (a) An engraver on wood. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate furrows in the wood often more or less resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus xylographus}. {Wood engraving}. (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography. (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from such an engraving. {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}. {Wood fiber}. (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue. (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty mass. {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the bark, of trees. {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown, with a black stripe on each side of the head. {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}. {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity. {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}. {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The capercailzie. (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}. {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.] {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and allied species. (b) The American woodcock. {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but have a curved beak, and a longer tail. {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus loculator}) is common in Florida. {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on trees. {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne Laureola}). {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley. {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising. {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill bug}, under {Pill}. (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless, pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]}, which live in the crevices of walls and among old books and papers. Some of the species are called also {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}. {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in woods, on tree trunks and stones. {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law) (a) Formerly, the forest court. (b) The court of attachment. {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}. {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade. {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert. {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species, as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves of the grapevine. (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored South American humming birds belonging to the genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or green and blue. {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar. We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh. x. 34. {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See {Gurjun}. {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having some resemblance to wood. {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp}, below. {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but is smaller. {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker, especially the European great spotted woodpecker. {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the family {Columbid[91]}. (b) The ringdove. {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse. {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale. {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red hairlike feathers. {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail. {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea}) growing in moist woods. {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.] {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula}, differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus} chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule. {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}. {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood. {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser. {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2. {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World singing birds belonging to {Grallina}, {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes, but feed upon both insects and berries. {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American woodcock. (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}). {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood. {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}. {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of {Shamrock}. {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}. {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood, for impressing figures or colors on fabrics. {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small South American humming birds belonging to the genus {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue, purple, and other colors. {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle. {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white beneath. {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker. {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}. {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}. (b) The missel thrush. {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary. {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}. {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest. {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See under {Sculptured}. {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony. {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above. {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}. (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); -- called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow wren}. {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood borer. {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The wood warbler. (b) The willow warbler. | |
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Pediculate \Pe*dic"u*late\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Pediculati. | |
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Pediculation \Pe*dic`u*la"tion\, n. (Med.) Phthiriasis. | |
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Pedicule \Ped"i*cule\, n. [See {Pedicle}.] A pedicel. | |
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d8Pediculus \[d8]Pe*dic"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Pediculi}. [L., a louse.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See {Louse}. | |
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Pediculous \Pe*dic"u*lous\, a. [L. pediculosus.] Pedicular. | |
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Louse \Louse\ (lous), n.; pl. {Lice} (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS. l[umac]s, pl. l[ymac]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG. l[umac]s, Icel. l[umac]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe ({Pediculina}), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man ({Pediculus capitis}), the body louse ({P. vestimenti}), and the crab louse ({Phthirius pubis}), and many others. See {Crab louse}, {Dog louse}, {Cattle louse}, etc., under {Crab}, {Dog}, etc. 2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See {Mallophaga}. 3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See {Aphid}. 4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See {Branchiura}, and {Ichthvophthira}. Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites; as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse. {Louse fly} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee louse. {Louse mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of mites which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like lice. They belong to {Myobia}, {Dermaleichus}, {Mycoptes}, and several other genera. | |
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Body \Bod"y\, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. --1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. --Spenser. 2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc. Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together? --Shak. The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince. --Clarendon. Rivers that run up into the body of Italy. --Addison. 3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. --Col. ii. 17. 4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody. A dry, shrewd kind of a body. --W. Irving. 5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. --Prescott. 6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity. 7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a[89]riform body. [bd]A body of cold air.[b8] --Huxley. By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire. --Milton. 8. Amount; quantity; extent. 9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs. 10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body. 11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body. 12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure. 13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body. Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color. {After body} (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat. {Body cavity} (Anat.), the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the c[91]lum; -- in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities. {Body of a church}, the nave. {Body cloth}; pl. {Body cloths}, a cloth or blanket for covering horses. {Body clothes}. (pl.) 1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing. 2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison. {Body coat}, a gentleman's dress coat. {Body color} (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash. {Body of a law} (Law), the main and operative part. {Body louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Pediculus vestimenti}), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See {Grayback}. {Body plan} (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length. {Body politic}, the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of [bd]people[b8], or [bd]nation[b8]. --Bouvier. {Body servant}, a valet. {The bodies seven} (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the planets. [Obs.] Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper. --Chaucer. {Body snatcher}, one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist. {Body snatching} (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection. | |
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Petechial \Pe*tech"i*al\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]t[82]chial, LL. petecchialis.] (Med.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechi[91]; spotted. {Petechial fever}, a malignant fever, accompanied with livid spots on the skin. | |
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Petechial \Pe*tech"i*al\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]t[82]chial, LL. petecchialis.] (Med.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechi[91]; spotted. {Petechial fever}, a malignant fever, accompanied with livid spots on the skin. | |
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Pettish \Pet"tish\, a. [From {Pet}.] Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. [bd]A pettish kind of humor.[b8] --Sterne. -- {Pet"tish*ly}, adv. -- {Pet"tish*ness}, n. | |
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Photogalvanography \Pho`to*gal`va*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Photo- + galvanography.] The art or process of making photo-electrotypes. --Sir D. Brewster. | |
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Photoglyphic \Pho`to*glyph"ic\, a. [Photo- + Gr. [?] to engrave.] Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light. [Written also {photoglyptic}.] {Photoglyphic engraving}, a process of etching on copper, steel, or zinc, by means of the action of light and certain chemicals, so that from the plate impressions may be taken. --Sir D. Brewster. | |
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Photoglyphic \Pho`to*glyph"ic\, a. [Photo- + Gr. [?] to engrave.] Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light. [Written also {photoglyptic}.] {Photoglyphic engraving}, a process of etching on copper, steel, or zinc, by means of the action of light and certain chemicals, so that from the plate impressions may be taken. --Sir D. Brewster. | |
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Photoglyphy \Pho*tog"ly*phy\, n. Photoglyphic engraving. See under {Photoglyphic}. | |
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Photoglyphic \Pho`to*glyph"ic\, a. [Photo- + Gr. [?] to engrave.] Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light. [Written also {photoglyptic}.] {Photoglyphic engraving}, a process of etching on copper, steel, or zinc, by means of the action of light and certain chemicals, so that from the plate impressions may be taken. --Sir D. Brewster. | |
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Photoglyptic \Pho`to*glyp"tic\, a. Same as {Photoglyphic}. | |
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Photoglyphic \Pho`to*glyph"ic\, a. [Photo- + Gr. [?] to engrave.] Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light. [Written also {photoglyptic}.] {Photoglyphic engraving}, a process of etching on copper, steel, or zinc, by means of the action of light and certain chemicals, so that from the plate impressions may be taken. --Sir D. Brewster. | |
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Photoglyptic \Pho`to*glyp"tic\, a. Same as {Photoglyphic}. | |
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Photosculpture \Pho`to*sculp"ture\, n. [Photo- + sculpture.] A process in which, by means of a number of photographs simultaneously taken from different points of view on the same level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal may be made with great expedition. | |
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Photoxylography \Pho`to*xy*log"ra*phy\, n. [Photo- + xylography.] The process of producing a representation of an object on wood, by photography, for the use of the wood engraver. | |
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Phthisiology \Phthis`i*ol"o*gy\, n. [Phthisis + -logy.] (Med.) A treatise on phthisis. --Dunglison. | |
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Phytoglyphic \Phy`to*glyph"ic\, a. Relating to phytoglyphy. | |
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Phytoglyphy \Phy*tog"ly*phy\, n. [Phyto- + Gr. [?] to engrave.] See {Nature printing}, under {Nature}. | |
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Pit \Pit\, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit. (b) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit. (c) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit. Tumble me into some loathsome pit. --Shak. 2. Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades. Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained. --Milton. He keepth back his soul from the pit. --Job xxxiii. 18. 3. A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits. --Lam. iv. 20. 4. A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body; as: (a) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit. (b) See {Pit of the stomach} (below). (c) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox. 5. Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater. 6. An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. [bd]As fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit.[b8] --Locke. 7. [Cf. D. pit, akin to E. pith.] (Bot.) (a) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc. (b) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct. {Cold pit} (Hort.), an excavation in the earth, lined with masonry or boards, and covered with glass, but not artificially heated, -- used in winter for the storing and protection of half-hardly plants, and sometimes in the spring as a forcing bed. {Pit coal}, coal dug from the earth; mineral coal. {Pit frame}, the framework over the shaft of a coal mine. {Pit head}, the surface of the ground at the mouth of a pit or mine. {Pit kiln}, an oven for coking coal. {Pit martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. [Prov. Eng.] {Pit of the stomach} (Anat.), the depression on the middle line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression. {Pit saw} (Mech.), a saw worked by two men, one of whom stands on the log and the other beneath it. The place of the latter is often in a pit, whence the name. {Pit viper} (Zo[94]l.), any viperine snake having a deep pit on each side of the snout. The rattlesnake and copperhead are examples. {Working pit} (Min.), a shaft in which the ore is hoisted and the workmen carried; -- in distinction from a shaft used for the pumps. | |
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Pit \Pit\, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit. (b) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit. (c) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit. Tumble me into some loathsome pit. --Shak. 2. Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades. Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained. --Milton. He keepth back his soul from the pit. --Job xxxiii. 18. 3. A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits. --Lam. iv. 20. 4. A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body; as: (a) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit. (b) See {Pit of the stomach} (below). (c) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox. 5. Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater. 6. An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. [bd]As fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit.[b8] --Locke. 7. [Cf. D. pit, akin to E. pith.] (Bot.) (a) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc. (b) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct. {Cold pit} (Hort.), an excavation in the earth, lined with masonry or boards, and covered with glass, but not artificially heated, -- used in winter for the storing and protection of half-hardly plants, and sometimes in the spring as a forcing bed. {Pit coal}, coal dug from the earth; mineral coal. {Pit frame}, the framework over the shaft of a coal mine. {Pit head}, the surface of the ground at the mouth of a pit or mine. {Pit kiln}, an oven for coking coal. {Pit martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. [Prov. Eng.] {Pit of the stomach} (Anat.), the depression on the middle line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression. {Pit saw} (Mech.), a saw worked by two men, one of whom stands on the log and the other beneath it. The place of the latter is often in a pit, whence the name. {Pit viper} (Zo[94]l.), any viperine snake having a deep pit on each side of the snout. The rattlesnake and copperhead are examples. {Working pit} (Min.), a shaft in which the ore is hoisted and the workmen carried; -- in distinction from a shaft used for the pumps. | |
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Pitch \Pitch\, n. 1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits. {Pitch and toss}, a game played by tossing up a coin, and calling [bd]Heads or tails;[b8] hence: {To play pitch and toss with (anything)}, to be careless or trust to luck about it. [bd]To play pitch and toss with the property of the country.[b8] --G. Eliot. {Pitch farthing}. See {Chuck farthing}, under 5th {Chuck}. 2. (Cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled. 3. A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound. Driven headlong from the pitch of heaven, down Into this deep. --Milton. Enterprises of great pitch and moment. --Shak. To lowest pitch of abject fortune. --Milton. He lived when learning was at its highest pitch. --Addison. The exact pitch, or limits, where temperance ends. --Sharp. 4. Height; stature. [Obs.] --Hudibras. 5. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down. 6. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof. 7. (Mus.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low. Note: Musical tones with reference to absolute pitch, are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet; with reference to relative pitch, in a series of tones called the scale, they are called one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Eight is also one of a new scale an octave higher, as one is eight of a scale an octave lower. 8. (Mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out. 9. (Mech.) (a) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch. (b) The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller. (c) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates. {Concert pitch} (Mus.), the standard of pitch used by orchestras, as in concerts, etc. {Diametral pitch} (Gearing), the distance which bears the same relation to the pitch proper, or circular pitch, that the diameter of a circle bears to its circumference; it is sometimes described by the number expressing the quotient obtained by dividing the number of teeth in a wheel by the diameter of its pitch circle in inches; as, 4 pitch, 8 pitch, etc. {Pitch chain}, a chain, as one made of metallic plates, adapted for working with a sprocket wheel. {Pitch line}, [or] {Pitch circle} (Gearing), an ideal line, in a toothed gear or rack, bearing such a relation to a corresponding line in another gear, with which the former works, that the two lines will have a common velocity as in rolling contact; it usually cuts the teeth at about the middle of their height, and, in a circular gear, is a circle concentric with the axis of the gear; the line, or circle, on which the pitch of teeth is measured. {Pitch of a roof} (Arch.), the inclination or slope of the sides expressed by the height in parts of the span; as, one half pitch; whole pitch; or by the height in parts of the half span, especially among engineers; or by degrees, as a pitch of 30[f8], of 45[f8], etc.; or by the rise and run, that is, the ratio of the height to the half span; as, a pitch of six rise to ten run. Equilateral pitch is where the two sloping sides with the span form an equilateral triangle. {Pitch of a plane} (Carp.), the slant of the cutting iron. {Pitch pipe}, a wind instrument used by choristers in regulating the pitch of a tune. {Pitch point} (Gearing), the point of contact of the pitch lines of two gears, or of a rack and pinion, which work together. | |
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Piteous \Pit"e*ous\, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See {Pity}.] 1. Pious; devout. [Obs.] The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. --Wyclif. 2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. [bd][She] piteous of his case.[b8] --Pope. She was so charitable and so pitous. --Chaucer. 3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. --Spenser. The most piteous tale of Lear. --Shak. 4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. [bd]Piteous amends.[b8] --Milton. Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful; sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful; compassionate. -- {Pit"e*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Pit"e*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Tamarind \Tam"a*rind\, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[c6], literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. {Hindu}.] (Bot.) 1. A leguminous tree ({Tamarindus Indica}) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated. 2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink. {Tamarind fish}, a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit. {Velvet tamarind}. (a) A West African leguminous tree ({Codarium acutifolium}). (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone. {Wild tamarind} (Bot.), a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the {Lysiloma latisiliqua} of Southern Florida, and the {Pithecolobium filicifolium} of the West Indies. | |
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Shagbark \Shag"bark`\, n. (Bot.) A rough-barked species of hickory ({Carya alba}), its nut. Called also {shellbark}. See {Hickory}. (b) The West Indian {Pithecolobium micradenium}, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod. | |
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d8Zamang \[d8]Za*mang"\, n. (Bot.) An immense leguminous tree ({Pithecolobium Saman}) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called {rain tree}. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). | |
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Pithy \Pith"y\, a. [Compar. {Pithier}; superl. {Pithiest}.] 1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit. 2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent. This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed. --Dryden. In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. --Addison. {Pithy gall} (Zo[94]l.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly ({Diastrophus nebulosus}). | |
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Pittacal \Pit"ta*cal\ (p[icr]t"t[adot]*k[acr]l), n. [Gr. pi`tta, pi`ssa, pitch + kalo`s beautiful: cf. F. pittacale.] (Chem.) A dark blue substance obtained from wood tar. It consists of hydrocarbons which when oxidized form the orange-yellow eupittonic compounds, the salts of which are dark blue. | |
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Podical \Pod"i*cal\, a. [L. podex, podicis, the anus.] (Zo[94]l.) Anal; -- applied to certain organs of insects. | |
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Poetic \Po*et"ic\, Poetical \Po*et"ic*al\, a. [L. po[89]ticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. po[82]tiquee.] 1. Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments. --Shak. 2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose. {Poetic license}. See {License}, n., 4. | |
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Poetic \Po*et"ic\, Poetical \Po*et"ic*al\, a. [L. po[89]ticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. po[82]tiquee.] 1. Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments. --Shak. 2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose. {Poetic license}. See {License}, n., 4. | |
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Poetically \Po*et"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a poetic manner. | |
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Poeticule \Po*et"i*cule\, n. A poetaster. --Swinburne. | |
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Platinous \Plat"i*nous\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a lower valence, as contrasted with the platinic compounds; as, platinous chloride ({PtCl2}). | |
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Platinic \Pla*tin"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with the platinous compounds; as, platinic chloride ({PtCl4}). | |
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Padge \Padge\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The barn owl; -- called also {pudge}, and {pudge owl}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Pudical \Pu"dic*al\, a. (Anat.) Pudic. | |
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