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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mastic \Mas"tic\, n. [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to chew, because of its being used in the East for chewing.] [Written also {mastich}.] 1. (Bot.) A low shrubby tree of the genus {Pistacia} ({P. Lentiscus}), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, {mastic tree}. 2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes. 3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc. {Barbary mastic} (Bot.), the {Pistachia Atlantica}. {Peruvian mastic tree} (Bot.), a small tree ({Schinus Molle}) with peppery red berries; -- called also {pepper tree}. {West Indian mastic} (Bot.), a lofty tree ({Bursera gummifera}) full of gum resin in every part. | |
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Palamate \Pal"a*mate\, a. [From {Palma}.] (Zo[94]l.) Web-footed. | |
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Screamer \Scream"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family {Anhimid[91]}, and the suborder {Palamede[91]}. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus {Chauna}. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is {Palamedea cornuta}. | |
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d8Anhima \[d8]An"hi*ma\, n. [Brazilian name.] A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi ({Palamedea cornuta}). See {Kamichi}. | |
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d8Chaja \[d8]Cha"ja\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The crested screamer of Brazil ({Palamedea, [or] Chauna, chavaria}), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also {chauna}, and {faithful kamichi}. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See {Kamichi}. | |
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Paleontographical \Pa`le*on`to*graph"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains. | |
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Paleontography \Pa`le*on*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Paleo- + Gr. [?] existing things + -graphy.] The description of fossil remains. | |
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Paleontological \Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to paleontology. -- {Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Paleontological \Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to paleontology. -- {Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Paleontologist \Pa`le*on*tol"o*gist\, n. [Cf. F. pal[82]ontologiste.] One versed in paleontology. | |
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10. (Mus.) (a) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music. (b) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major. (c) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Natural day}, the space of twenty-four hours. --Chaucer. {Natural fats}, {Natural gas}, etc. See under {Fat}, {Gas}. etc. {Natural Harmony} (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common chord. {Natural history}, in its broadest sense, a history or description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of {botany}, {zo[94]logy}, {geology}, {mineralogy}, {paleontology}, {chemistry}, and {physics}. In recent usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of botany and zo[94]logy collectively, and sometimes to the science of zoology alone. {Natural law}, that instinctive sense of justice and of right and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated human law. {Natural modulation} (Mus.), transition from one key to its relative keys. {Natural order}. (Nat. Hist.) See under {order}. {Natural person}. (Law) See under {person}, n. {Natural philosophy}, originally, the study of nature in general; in modern usage, that branch of physical science, commonly called {physics}, which treats of the phenomena and laws of matter and considers those effects only which are unaccompanied by any change of a chemical nature; -- contrasted with mental and moral philosophy. {Natural scale} (Mus.), a scale which is written without flats or sharps. Model would be a preferable term, as less likely to mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally natural with the so-called natural scale {Natural science}, natural history, in its broadest sense; -- used especially in contradistinction to mental or moral science. {Natural selection} (Biol.), a supposed operation of natural laws analogous, in its operation and results, to designed selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in the survival of the fittest. The theory of natural selection supposes that this has been brought about mainly by gradual changes of environment which have led to corresponding changes of structure, and that those forms which have become so modified as to be best adapted to the changed environment have tended to survive and leave similarly adapted descendants, while those less perfectly adapted have tended to die out though lack of fitness for the environment, thus resulting in the survival of the fittest. See {Darwinism}. {Natural system} (Bot. & Zo[94]l.), a classification based upon real affinities, as shown in the structure of all parts of the organisms, and by their embryology. It should be borne in mind that the natural system of botany is natural only in the constitution of its genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand divisions. --Gray. {Natural theology}, [or] {Natural religion}, that part of theological science which treats of those evidences of the existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from revealed religion. See Quotation under {Natural}, a., 3. {Natural vowel}, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir, her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest open position of the mouth organs. See {Neutral vowel}, under {Neutral} and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17. Syn: See {Native}. | |
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Paleontology \Pa`le*on*tol"o*gy\, n. [Paleo- + Gr. [?] existing things + -logy. Cf. {Ontology}.] The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life. | |
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10. (Mus.) (a) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music. (b) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major. (c) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Natural day}, the space of twenty-four hours. --Chaucer. {Natural fats}, {Natural gas}, etc. See under {Fat}, {Gas}. etc. {Natural Harmony} (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common chord. {Natural history}, in its broadest sense, a history or description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of {botany}, {zo[94]logy}, {geology}, {mineralogy}, {paleontology}, {chemistry}, and {physics}. In recent usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of botany and zo[94]logy collectively, and sometimes to the science of zoology alone. {Natural law}, that instinctive sense of justice and of right and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated human law. {Natural modulation} (Mus.), transition from one key to its relative keys. {Natural order}. (Nat. Hist.) See under {order}. {Natural person}. (Law) See under {person}, n. {Natural philosophy}, originally, the study of nature in general; in modern usage, that branch of physical science, commonly called {physics}, which treats of the phenomena and laws of matter and considers those effects only which are unaccompanied by any change of a chemical nature; -- contrasted with mental and moral philosophy. {Natural scale} (Mus.), a scale which is written without flats or sharps. Model would be a preferable term, as less likely to mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally natural with the so-called natural scale {Natural science}, natural history, in its broadest sense; -- used especially in contradistinction to mental or moral science. {Natural selection} (Biol.), a supposed operation of natural laws analogous, in its operation and results, to designed selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in the survival of the fittest. The theory of natural selection supposes that this has been brought about mainly by gradual changes of environment which have led to corresponding changes of structure, and that those forms which have become so modified as to be best adapted to the changed environment have tended to survive and leave similarly adapted descendants, while those less perfectly adapted have tended to die out though lack of fitness for the environment, thus resulting in the survival of the fittest. See {Darwinism}. {Natural system} (Bot. & Zo[94]l.), a classification based upon real affinities, as shown in the structure of all parts of the organisms, and by their embryology. It should be borne in mind that the natural system of botany is natural only in the constitution of its genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand divisions. --Gray. {Natural theology}, [or] {Natural religion}, that part of theological science which treats of those evidences of the existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from revealed religion. See Quotation under {Natural}, a., 3. {Natural vowel}, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir, her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest open position of the mouth organs. See {Neutral vowel}, under {Neutral} and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17. Syn: See {Native}. | |
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Paleontology \Pa`le*on*tol"o*gy\, n. [Paleo- + Gr. [?] existing things + -logy. Cf. {Ontology}.] The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life. | |
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Palindrome \Pal"in*drome\, n. [Gr. [?] running back again; [?] again + [?] to run: cf. F. palindrome.] A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel. | |
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Palindromic \Pal`in*drom"ic\, Palindromical \Pal`in*drom"ic*al\, a. Of, pertaining to, or like, a palindrome. | |
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Palindromic \Pal`in*drom"ic\, Palindromical \Pal`in*drom"ic*al\, a. Of, pertaining to, or like, a palindrome. | |
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Palindromist \Pa*lin"dro*mist\, n. A writer of palindromes. | |
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Palinode \Pal"i*node\, n. [L. palinodia, from Gr. [?]; [?] again + [?] a song. See {Ode}.] 1. An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode. 2. A retraction; esp., a formal retraction. --Sandys. | |
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Palinodial \Pal`i*no"di*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction. --J. Q. Adams. | |
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Palinody \Pal"i*no*dy\, n. See {Palinode}. [Obs.] --Wood. | |
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Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede. | |
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Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede. | |
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Ricinoleate \Ric`in*o"le*ate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called {palmate}. | |
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Palmate \Pal"mate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.] | |
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Palmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.] 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. 2. (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. --Gray. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under {Aves}. (b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc. | |
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Ricinoleate \Ric`in*o"le*ate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called {palmate}. | |
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Palmate \Pal"mate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.] | |
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Palmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.] 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. 2. (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. --Gray. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under {Aves}. (b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc. | |
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Palmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.] 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. 2. (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. --Gray. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under {Aves}. (b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc. | |
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Palmately \Pal"mate*ly\, adv. In a palmate manner. | |
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Palmatifid \Pal*mat"i*fid\, a. [L. palmatus palmate + root of findere to split.] (Bot.) Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center. | |
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Palmatilobed \Pal*mat"i*lobed\, a. [L. palmatus palmate + E. lobed.] (Bot.) Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center. | |
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Palmatisect \Pal*mat"i*sect\, Palmatisected \Pal*mat`i*sect"ed\, a. [L. palmatus palmate + secare to cut.] (Bot.) Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted. | |
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Palmatisect \Pal*mat"i*sect\, Palmatisected \Pal*mat`i*sect"ed\, a. [L. palmatus palmate + secare to cut.] (Bot.) Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted. | |
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Palm \Palm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palming}.] 1. To handle. [Obs.] --Prior. 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. They palmed the trick that lost the game. --Prior. 3. To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off. For you may palm upon us new for old. --Dryden. | |
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Palmed \Palmed\, a. Having or bearing a palm or palms. {Palmed deer} (Zo[94]l.), a stag of full growth, bearing palms. See lst {Palm}, 4. | |
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Palmed \Palmed\, a. Having or bearing a palm or palms. {Palmed deer} (Zo[94]l.), a stag of full growth, bearing palms. See lst {Palm}, 4. | |
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Palmette \Pal*mette"\, n. [F., dim. of palme a palm.] A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called {the honeysuckle ornament}. | |
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Palmetto \Pal*met"to\, n. [Dim. of palm the tree: cf. Sp. palmito.] (Bot.) A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the {Cham[91]rops, [or] Sabal, Palmetto}, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See {Cabbage tree}, under {Cabbage}. | |
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Palmetto flag \Pal*met"to flag\ Any of several flags adopted by South California after its secession. That adopted in November, 1860, had a green cabbage palmetto in the center of a white field; the final one, January, 1861, had a white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a white crescent in the upper left-hand corner. | |
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Palmetto State \Palmetto State\ South California; -- a nickname alluding to the State Arms, which contain a representation of a palmetto tree. | |
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Palmitate \Pal"mi*tate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of palmitic acid. | |
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Palmite \Pal"mite\, n. [From {Palm}.] (Bot.) A South African plant ({Prionium Palmita}) of the Rush family, having long serrated leaves. The stems have been used for making brushes. | |
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Palmitic \Pal*mit"ic\, a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62[deg] C. | |
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Palmitin \Pal"mi*tin\, n. [So called because abundant in palm oil.] (Physiol. Chem.) A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called {tripalmitin}, or {glyceryl tripalmitate}. | |
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Palmitolic \Pal`mi*tol"ic\, a. [Palmitic + -oleic + ic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric with linoleic acid. | |
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Palmitone \Pal"mi*tone\, n. (Chem.) The ketone of palmitic acid. | |
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Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p[a0]mpano.] [Written also {pampano}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus {Trachynotus}, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also {palometa}. Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ({T. thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano ({T. Carolinus}) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast. 2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}), highly valued as a food fish. {Pompano shell} (Zo[94]l.), a small bivalve shell of the genus {Donax}; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [Florida] | |
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d8Pelma \[d8]Pel"ma\, n.; pl. {Pelmata}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) The under surface of the foot. | |
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Bean \Bean\ (b[emac]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[a0]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[omac]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[94]nne, Sw. b[94]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera {Faba}, {Phaseolus}, and {Dolichos}; also, to the herbs. Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in {Dolichos Sinensis}; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, {D. Lablab}; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in {Phaseolus vulgaris}; the lower bush bean, {Ph. vulgaris}, variety {nanus}; Lima bean, {Ph. lunatus}; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, {Ph. maltiflorus}; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, {Faba vulgaris}. As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables. 2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. {Bean aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Aphis fab[91]}) which infests the bean plant. {Bean fly} (Zo[94]l.), a fly found on bean flowers. {Bean goose} (Zo[94]l.), a species of goose ({Anser segetum}). {Bean weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in {Bruchus fab[91]}. {Florida bean} (Bot.), the seed of {Mucuna urens}, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. {Ignatius bean}, or {St. Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), a species of {Strychnos}. {Navy bean}, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. {Pea bean}, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. {Sacred bean}. See under {Sacred}. {Screw bean}. See under {Screw}. {Sea bean}. (a) Same as {Florida bean}. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament. {Tonquin bean}, or {Tonka bean}, the fragrant seed of {Dipteryx odorata}, a leguminous tree. {Vanilla bean}. See under {Vanilla}. | |
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Phal91nid \Pha*l[91]"nid\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a kind od moth.] (Zo[94]l.) Any moth of the family {Phal[91]nid[91]}, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid. | |
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Philander \Phi*lan"der\, v. i. [Gr. [?] fond of men; [?] loving + [?] man.] To make love to women; to play the male flirt. You can't go philandering after her again. --G. Eliot. | |
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Philander \Phi*lan"der\, n. A lover. [R.] --Congreve. | |
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Philander \Phi*lan"der\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A South American opossum ({Didelphys philander}). (b) An Australian bandicoot ({Perameles lagotis}). | |
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Philanderer \Phi*lan"der*er\, n. One who hangs about women; a male flirt. [R.] --C. Kingsley. | |
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Philanthrope \Phil"an*thrope\, n. [F.] A philanthropist. [Obs.] --R. North. | |
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Philanthropic \Phil`an*throp"ic\, Philanthropical \Phil`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. philanthropique.] Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. -- {Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Philanthropic \Phil`an*throp"ic\, Philanthropical \Phil`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. philanthropique.] Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. -- {Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Philanthropic \Phil`an*throp"ic\, Philanthropical \Phil`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. philanthropique.] Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. -- {Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Philanthropinism \Phil`an*throp"i*nism\, n. A system of education on so-called natural principles, attempted in Germany in the last century by Basedow, of Dessau. | |
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Philanthropinist \Phil`an*throp"i*nist\, n. An advocate of, or believer in, philanthropinism. | |
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Philanthropist \Phi*lan"thro*pist\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] loving + [?] man: cf. F. philanthrope.] One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others. | |
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Philanthropistic \Phi*lan`thro*pis"tic\, a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist. [R.] --Carlyle. | |
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Philanthropy \Phi*lan"thro*py\, n. [L. philanthropia, Gr. [?]: cf. F. philanthropie.] Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Philomath \Phil"o*math\, n. [Gr. [?]; fi`los loving, a friend + ma`qh learning, fr. [?], [?], to learn.] A lover of learning; a scholar. --Chesterfield. | |
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Philomathematic \Phil`o*math`e*mat"ic\, n. A philomath. | |
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Philomathic \Phil`o*math"ic\, a. [Cf. F. philomathique.] 1. Of or pertaining to philomathy. 2. Having love of learning or letters. | |
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Philomathy \Phi*lom"a*thy\, n. [Gr. [?], [?].] The love of learning or letters. | |
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Philomot \Phil"o*mot\, a. [See {Filemot}.] Of the color of a dead leaf. [Obs.] --Addison. | |
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d8Pilentum \[d8]Pi*len"tum\, n.; pl. {Pilenta}. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried. | |
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Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}. | |
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Dealing \Deal"ing\, n. The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person. {Double dealing}, insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity. {Plain dealing}, fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion. | |
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Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}. | |
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Plain-dealing \Plain"-deal`ing\, a. Practicing plain dealing; artless. See {Plain dealing}, under {Dealing}. --Shak. | |
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Plain \Plain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plaining}.] [Cf. {Plane}, v.] 1. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface. [R.] We would rake Europe rather, plain the East. --Wither. 2. To make plain or manifest; to explain. What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech. --Shak. | |
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Plaint \Plaint\, n. [OE. plainte, pleynte, F. plainte, fr. L. plangere, planctum (plancta, fem. p. p.), to beat, beat the breast, lament. Cf. {Complain}, {Plague}, {Plangent}.] 1. Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament. --Chaucer.[bd]The Psalmist's mournful plaint.[b8] --Wordsworth. 2. An accusation or protest on account of an injury. There are three just grounds of war with Spain: one of plaint, two upon defense. --Bacon. 3. (Law) A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing. --Blackstone. | |
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Plaintful \Plaint"ful\, a. Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice. [bd]My plaintful tongue.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Plaintiff \Plain"tiff\, n. [F. plaintif making complaint, plaintive; in Old French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See {Plaint}, and cf. {Plaintive}.] (Law) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to {defendant}. | |
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Plaintiff \Plain"tiff\, a. See {Plaintive}. [Obs.] --Prior. | |
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Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See {Plaintiff}, n.] 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. [bd]The most plaintive ditty.[b8] --Landor. -- {Plain"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Plain"tive*ness}, n. | |
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Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See {Plaintiff}, n.] 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. [bd]The most plaintive ditty.[b8] --Landor. -- {Plain"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Plain"tive*ness}, n. | |
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Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See {Plaintiff}, n.] 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. [bd]The most plaintive ditty.[b8] --Landor. -- {Plain"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Plain"tive*ness}, n. | |
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Plaintless \Plaint"less\, a. Without complaint; unrepining. [bd]Plaintless patience.[b8] --Savage. | |
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Plane \Plane\, n. [F. plane, L. plana. See {Plane}, v. & a.] 1. (Geom.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature. 2. (Astron.) An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator. 3. (Mech.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate. 4. (Joinery) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc. {Objective plane} (Surv.), the horizontal plane upon which the object which is to be delineated, or whose place is to be determined, is supposed to stand. {Perspective plane}. See {Perspective}. {Plane at infinity} (Geom.), a plane in which points infinitely distant are conceived as situated. {Plane iron}, the cutting chisel of a joiner's plane. {Plane of polarization}. (Opt.) See {Polarization}. {Plane of projection}. (a) The plane on which the projection is made, corresponding to the perspective plane in perspective; -- called also principal plane. (b) (Descriptive Geom.) One of the planes to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position in space. {Plane of refraction} [or] {reflection} (Opt.), the plane in which lie both the incident ray and the refracted or reflected ray. | |
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Plane \Plane\, a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See {Plan}, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. {Plane angle}, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane. {Plane chart}, {Plane curve}. See under {Chart} and {Curve}. {Plane figure}, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure. {Plane geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures. {Plane problem}, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only. {Plane sailing} (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane. {Plane scale} (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc. {Plane surveying}, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent. {Plane table}, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field. {Plane trigonometry}, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles. | |
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Plane table \Plane" ta`ble\ See under {Plane}, a. | |
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Plane tree \Plane" tree`\ (Bot.) Same as 1st {Plane}. | |
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Plane \Plane\, a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See {Plan}, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. {Plane angle}, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane. {Plane chart}, {Plane curve}. See under {Chart} and {Curve}. {Plane figure}, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure. {Plane geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures. {Plane problem}, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only. {Plane sailing} (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane. {Plane scale} (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc. {Plane surveying}, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent. {Plane table}, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field. {Plane trigonometry}, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles. | |
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Trigonometry \Trig`o*nom"e*try\, n.; pl. {-tries}. [Gr. [?] a triangle + -metry: cf. F. trigonom[82]trie. See {Trigon}.] 1. That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of deducing from certain given parts other required parts, and also of the general relations which exist between the trigonometrical functions of arcs or angles. 2. A treatise in this science. {Analytical trigonometry}, that branch of trigonometry which treats of the relations and properties of the trigonometrical functions. {Plane trigonometry}, and {Spherical trigonometry}, those branches of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles and spherical triangles respectively. | |
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Plane \Plane\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planing}.] [Cf. F. planer, L. planare, fr. planus. See {Plane}, a., {Plain}, a., and cf. {Planish}.] 1. To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank. 2. To efface or remove. He planed away the names . . . written on his tables. --Chaucer. 3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.] What student came but that you planed her path. --Tennyson. | |
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Planet \Plan"et\, n. [OE. planete, F. plan[8a]te, L. planeta, fr. Gr. [?], and [?] a planet; prop. wandering, fr. [?] to wander, fr. [?] a wandering.] 1. (Astron.) A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See {Solar system}. Note: The term planet was first used to distinguish those stars which have an apparent motion through the constellations from the fixed stars, which retain their relative places unchanged. The inferior planets are Mercury and Venus, which are nearer to the sun than is the earth; the superior planets are Mars, the asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which are farther from the sun than is the earth. Primary planets are those which revolve about the sun; secondary planets, or moons, are those which revolve around the primary planets as satellites, and at the same time revolve with them about the sun. 2. A star, as influencing the fate of a men. There's some ill planet reigns. --Shak. {Planet gear}. (Mach.) See {Epicyclic train}, under {Epicyclic}. {Planet wheel}, a gear wheel which revolves around the wheel with which it meshes, in an epicyclic train. | |
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Planet \Plan"et\, n. [OE. planete, F. plan[8a]te, L. planeta, fr. Gr. [?], and [?] a planet; prop. wandering, fr. [?] to wander, fr. [?] a wandering.] 1. (Astron.) A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See {Solar system}. Note: The term planet was first used to distinguish those stars which have an apparent motion through the constellations from the fixed stars, which retain their relative places unchanged. The inferior planets are Mercury and Venus, which are nearer to the sun than is the earth; the superior planets are Mars, the asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which are farther from the sun than is the earth. Primary planets are those which revolve about the sun; secondary planets, or moons, are those which revolve around the primary planets as satellites, and at the same time revolve with them about the sun. 2. A star, as influencing the fate of a men. There's some ill planet reigns. --Shak. {Planet gear}. (Mach.) See {Epicyclic train}, under {Epicyclic}. {Planet wheel}, a gear wheel which revolves around the wheel with which it meshes, in an epicyclic train. | |
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Planet \Plan"et\, n. [OE. planete, F. plan[8a]te, L. planeta, fr. Gr. [?], and [?] a planet; prop. wandering, fr. [?] to wander, fr. [?] a wandering.] 1. (Astron.) A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See {Solar system}. Note: The term planet was first used to distinguish those stars which have an apparent motion through the constellations from the fixed stars, which retain their relative places unchanged. The inferior planets are Mercury and Venus, which are nearer to the sun than is the earth; the superior planets are Mars, the asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which are farther from the sun than is the earth. Primary planets are those which revolve about the sun; secondary planets, or moons, are those which revolve around the primary planets as satellites, and at the same time revolve with them about the sun. 2. A star, as influencing the fate of a men. There's some ill planet reigns. --Shak. {Planet gear}. (Mach.) See {Epicyclic train}, under {Epicyclic}. {Planet wheel}, a gear wheel which revolves around the wheel with which it meshes, in an epicyclic train. | |
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Planetarium \Plan`e*ta"ri*um\, n. [NL.: cf. F. plan[82]taire. See {Planetary}.] An orrery. See {Orrery}. | |
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Planetary \Plan"et*a*ry\, a. [Cf. L. planetarius an astrologer, F. plan[82]taire planetary. See {Planet}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year. 2. Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system. 3. (Astrol.) Under the dominion or influence of a planet. [bd]Skilled in the planetary hours.[b8] --Drayton. 4. Caused by planets. [bd]A planetary plague.[b8] --Shak. 5. Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering. [bd]Erratical and planetary life.[b8] --Fuller. {Planetary days}, the days of the week as shared among the planets known to the ancients, each having its day. --Hutton. {Planetary nebula}, a nebula exhibiting a uniform disk, like that of a planet. | |
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Aberration \Ab`er*ra"tion\, n. [L. aberratio: cf. F. aberration. See {Aberrate}.] 1. The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. [bd]The aberration of youth.[b8] --Hall. [bd]Aberrations from theory.[b8] --Burke. 2. A partial alienation of reason. [bd]Occasional aberrations of intellect.[b8] --Lingard. Whims, which at first are the aberrations of a single brain, pass with heat into epidemic form. --I. Taylor. 3. (Astron.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called {annual aberration}, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or {diurnal aberration}, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. {Planetary aberration} is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth. 4. (Opt.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called {spherical aberration}, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and {chromatic aberration}, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus. 5. (Physiol.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it. 6. (Law) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B. Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; alienation; mania; dementia; hallucination; illusion; delusion. See {Insanity}. | |
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Planetary \Plan"et*a*ry\, a. [Cf. L. planetarius an astrologer, F. plan[82]taire planetary. See {Planet}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year. 2. Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system. 3. (Astrol.) Under the dominion or influence of a planet. [bd]Skilled in the planetary hours.[b8] --Drayton. 4. Caused by planets. [bd]A planetary plague.[b8] --Shak. 5. Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering. [bd]Erratical and planetary life.[b8] --Fuller. {Planetary days}, the days of the week as shared among the planets known to the ancients, each having its day. --Hutton. {Planetary nebula}, a nebula exhibiting a uniform disk, like that of a planet. | |
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Planetary \Plan"et*a*ry\, a. [Cf. L. planetarius an astrologer, F. plan[82]taire planetary. See {Planet}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year. 2. Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system. 3. (Astrol.) Under the dominion or influence of a planet. [bd]Skilled in the planetary hours.[b8] --Drayton. 4. Caused by planets. [bd]A planetary plague.[b8] --Shak. 5. Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering. [bd]Erratical and planetary life.[b8] --Fuller. {Planetary days}, the days of the week as shared among the planets known to the ancients, each having its day. --Hutton. {Planetary nebula}, a nebula exhibiting a uniform disk, like that of a planet. | |
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Precession \Pre*ces"sion\, n. [L. praecedere, praecessum, to go before: cf. F. pr[82]cession. See {Precede}.] The act of going before, or forward. {Lunisolar precession}. (Astron.) See under {Lunisolar}. {Planetary precession}, that part of the precession of the equinoxes which depends on the action of the planets alone. {Precession of the equinoxes} (Astron.), the slow backward motion of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic, at the rate of 50.2[sec] annually, caused by the action of the sun, moon, and planets, upon the protuberant matter about the earth's equator, in connection with its diurnal rotation; -- so called because either equinox, owing to its westerly motion, comes to the meridian sooner each day than the point it would have occupied without the motion of precession, and thus precedes that point continually with reference to the time of transit and motion. | |
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Planeted \Plan"et*ed\, a. Belonging to planets. [R.] --Young. | |
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Planetic \Pla*net"ic\, Planetical \Pla*net"ic*al\, a. [L. planeticus, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to planets. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Planetic \Pla*net"ic\, Planetical \Pla*net"ic*al\, a. [L. planeticus, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to planets. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Planetoid \Plan"et*oid\, n. [Planet + -oid.] (Astron.) A body resembling a planet; an asteroid. | |
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Planetoidal \Plan"et*oid*al\, a. Pertaining to a planetoid. | |
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Asteroid \As"ter*oid\, n. [Gr. [?] starlike, starry; 'asth`r star + [?] form: cf. F. ast[82]ro[8b]de. See {Aster}.] A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also {planetoids} and {minor planets}. | |
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Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. sta[a1]rn[d3], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r, 'a`stron, Skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter, Skr. st[rsdot], L. sternere (cf. {Stratum}), and originally applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as being scatterers or spreaders of light. [fb]296. Cf. {Aster}, {Asteroid}, {Constellation}, {Disaster}, {Stellar}.] 1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebul[91]. His eyen twinkled in his head aright, As do the stars in the frosty night. --Chaucer. Note: The stars are distinguished as {planets}, and {fixed stars}. See {Planet}, {Fixed stars} under {Fixed}, and {Magnitude of a star} under {Magnitude}. 2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak. 3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune. O malignant and ill-brooding stars. --Shak. Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison. 4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. On whom . . . Lavish Honor showered all her stars. --Tennyson. 5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc. 6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance. 7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc. Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words generally of obvious signification: as, star-aspiring, star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting, star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed, star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed; star-sprinkled, star-wreathed. | |
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Planet-stricken \Plan"et-strick`en\, Planet-struck \Plan"et-struck`\, a. Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. --Milton. Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten to the core By strong compunction and remorse. --Wordsworth. | |
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Planet-stricken \Plan"et-strick`en\, Planet-struck \Plan"et-struck`\, a. Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. --Milton. Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten to the core By strong compunction and remorse. --Wordsworth. | |
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Planetule \Plan"et*ule\, n. A little planet. [R.] --Conybeare. | |
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Plan \Plan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planning}.] 1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram. 2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. Even in penance, planning sins anew. --Goldsmith. | |
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Plant \Plant\, n. [AS. plante, L. planta.] 1. A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule. Note: Plants are divided by their structure and methods of reproduction into two series, ph[91]nogamous or flowering plants, which have true flowers and seeds, and cryptogamous or flowerless plants, which have no flowers, and reproduce by minute one-celled spores. In both series are minute and simple forms and others of great size and complexity. As to their mode of nutrition, plants may be considered as self-supporting and dependent. Self-supporting plants always contain chlorophyll, and subsist on air and moisture and the matter dissolved in moisture, and as a general rule they excrete oxygen, and use the carbonic acid to combine with water and form the material for their tissues. Dependent plants comprise all fungi and many flowering plants of a parasitic or saprophytic nature. As a rule, they have no chlorophyll, and subsist mainly or wholly on matter already organized, thus utilizing carbon compounds already existing, and not excreting oxygen. But there are plants which are partly dependent and partly self-supporting. The movements of climbing plants, of some insectivorous plants, of leaves, stamens, or pistils in certain plants, and the ciliary motion of zo[94]spores, etc., may be considered a kind of voluntary motion. 2. A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff. [bd]A plant of stubborn oak.[b8] --Dryden. 3. The sole of the foot. [R.] [bd]Knotty legs and plants of clay.[b8] --B. Jonson. 4. (Com.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad. 5. A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick. [Slang] It was n't a bad plant, that of mine, on Fikey. --Dickens. 6. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth. (b) A young oyster suitable for transplanting. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Plant \Plant\, v. i. To perform the act of planting. I have planted; Apollos watered. --1 Cor. iii. 6. | |
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Plant \Plant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planting}.] [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See {Plant}, n.] 1. To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize. 2. To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees. --Deut. xvi. 21. 3. To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest. 4. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of. It engenders choler, planteth anger. --Shak. 5. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony. Planting of countries like planting of woods. --Bacon. 6. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen. 7. To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face. 8. To set up; to install; to instate. We will plant some other in the throne. --Shak. | |
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{Plant bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous hemipterous insects which injure the foliage of plants, as {Lygus lineolaris}, which damages wheat and trees. {Plant cutter} (Zo[94]l.), a South American passerine bird of the genus {Phytotoma}, family {Phytotomid[91]}. It has a serrated bill with which it cuts off the young shoots and buds of plants, often doing much injury. {Plant louse} (Zo[94]l.), any small hemipterous insect which infests plants, especially those of the families {Aphid[91]} and {Psyllid[91]}; an aphid. | |
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{Plant bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous hemipterous insects which injure the foliage of plants, as {Lygus lineolaris}, which damages wheat and trees. {Plant cutter} (Zo[94]l.), a South American passerine bird of the genus {Phytotoma}, family {Phytotomid[91]}. It has a serrated bill with which it cuts off the young shoots and buds of plants, often doing much injury. {Plant louse} (Zo[94]l.), any small hemipterous insect which infests plants, especially those of the families {Aphid[91]} and {Psyllid[91]}; an aphid. | |
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{Plant bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous hemipterous insects which injure the foliage of plants, as {Lygus lineolaris}, which damages wheat and trees. {Plant cutter} (Zo[94]l.), a South American passerine bird of the genus {Phytotoma}, family {Phytotomid[91]}. It has a serrated bill with which it cuts off the young shoots and buds of plants, often doing much injury. {Plant louse} (Zo[94]l.), any small hemipterous insect which infests plants, especially those of the families {Aphid[91]} and {Psyllid[91]}; an aphid. | |
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Plantable \Plant"a*ble\, a. Capable of being planted; fit to be planted. --B. Edwards. | |
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Plantage \Plant"age\, n. A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted. As true as steel, as plantage to the moon. --Shak. (Troil. iii. sc. 2). | |
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Buck's-horn \Buck's"-horn`\, n. (Bot.) A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn ({Plantago Coronopus}); also, {Lobelia coronopifolia}. | |
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Hartshorn \Harts"horn`\, n. 1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer. 2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts. {Hartshorn plantain} (Bot.), an annual species of plantain ({Plantago Coronopus}); -- called also {duck's-horn}. --Booth. {Hartshorn shavings}, originally taken from the horns of harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. --Hebert. {Salt of hartshorn} (Chem.), an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts. --Brande & C. {Spirits of hartshorn} (Chem.), a solution of ammonia in water; -- so called because formerly obtained from hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. Similar ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the same name. | |
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Kemps \Kemps\, n. pl. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain ({Plantago Lanceolata}). --Dr. Prior. | |
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Ribwort \Rib"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A species of plantain ({Plantago lanceolata}) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also {rib grass}, {ripple grass}, {ribwort plantain}. | |
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Kemps \Kemps\, n. pl. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain ({Plantago Lanceolata}). --Dr. Prior. | |
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Ribwort \Rib"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A species of plantain ({Plantago lanceolata}) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also {rib grass}, {ripple grass}, {ribwort plantain}. | |
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Waybread \Way"bread`\, n. [AS. wegbr[?]de. See {Way}, and {Broad}.] (Bot.) The common dooryard plantain ({Plantago major}). | |
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Fleawort \Flea"wort`\, n. (Bot.) An herb used in medicine ({Plantago Psyllium}), named from the shape of its seeds. --Loudon. | |
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Plantain \Plan"tain\, n. [Cf. F. plantain-arbre, plantanier, Sp. pl[a0]ntano, pl[a0]tano; prob. same word as plane tree.] 1. (Bot.) A treelike perennial herb ({Musa paradisiaca}) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See {Musa}. | |
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Plantain \Plan"tain\, n. [F., fr. L. plantago. Cf. {Plant}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Plantago}, but especially the {P. major}, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world. {Indian plantain}. (Bot.) See under {Indian}. {Mud plantain}, a homely North American aquatic plant ({Heteranthera reniformis}), having broad, reniform leaves. {Rattlesnake plantain}, an orchidaceous plant ({Goodyera pubescens}), with the leaves blotched and spotted with white. {Ribwort plantain}. See {Ribwort}. {Robin's plantain}, the {Erigeron bellidifolium}, a common daisylike plant of North America. {Water plantain}, a plant of the genus {Alisma}, having acrid leaves, and formerly regarded as a specific against hydrophobia. --Loudon. | |
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{Plantain cutter}, [or] {Plantain eater} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large African birds of the genus {Musophaga}, or family {Musophagid[91]}, especially {Musophaga violacea}. See {Turaco}. They are allied to the cuckoos. {Plantain squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a Java squirrel ({Sciurus plantani}) which feeds upon plantains. {Plantain tree} (Bot.), the treelike herb {Musa paradisiaca}. See def. 1 (above). | |
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{Plantain cutter}, [or] {Plantain eater} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large African birds of the genus {Musophaga}, or family {Musophagid[91]}, especially {Musophaga violacea}. See {Turaco}. They are allied to the cuckoos. {Plantain squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a Java squirrel ({Sciurus plantani}) which feeds upon plantains. {Plantain tree} (Bot.), the treelike herb {Musa paradisiaca}. See def. 1 (above). | |
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{Plantain cutter}, [or] {Plantain eater} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large African birds of the genus {Musophaga}, or family {Musophagid[91]}, especially {Musophaga violacea}. See {Turaco}. They are allied to the cuckoos. {Plantain squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a Java squirrel ({Sciurus plantani}) which feeds upon plantains. {Plantain tree} (Bot.), the treelike herb {Musa paradisiaca}. See def. 1 (above). | |
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{Plantain cutter}, [or] {Plantain eater} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large African birds of the genus {Musophaga}, or family {Musophagid[91]}, especially {Musophaga violacea}. See {Turaco}. They are allied to the cuckoos. {Plantain squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a Java squirrel ({Sciurus plantani}) which feeds upon plantains. {Plantain tree} (Bot.), the treelike herb {Musa paradisiaca}. See def. 1 (above). | |
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Plantal \Plant"al\, a. [L. planta a plant.] Belonging to plants; as, plantal life. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Plantar \Plan"tar\, a. [L. plantaris, fr. planta the sole of the foot.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sole of the foot; as, the plantar arteries. | |
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Plantation \Plan*ta"tion\, n. [L. plantatio: cf. F. plantation.] 1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [R.] 2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation. 3. An original settlement in a new country; a colony. While these plantations were forming in Connecticut. --B. Trumbull. | |
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Plant-cane \Plant"-cane`\, n. A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon. | |
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Plant-eating \Plant"-eat`ing\, a. Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle. | |
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Plant \Plant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planting}.] [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See {Plant}, n.] 1. To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize. 2. To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees. --Deut. xvi. 21. 3. To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest. 4. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of. It engenders choler, planteth anger. --Shak. 5. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony. Planting of countries like planting of woods. --Bacon. 6. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen. 7. To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face. 8. To set up; to install; to instate. We will plant some other in the throne. --Shak. | |
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Planted \Plant"ed\, a. (Joinery) Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding. | |
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Planter \Plant"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter. 2. One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter. 3. A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia. | |
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Plantership \Plant"er*ship\, n. The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies. | |
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Planticle \Plant"i*cle\, n. [Dim. of {Plant}.] A young plant, or plant in embryo. --E. Darwin. | |
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Plantigrade \Plan"ti*grade\, a. [L. planta sole of the foot + gradi to walk: cf. F. plantigrade.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. (b) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright. | |
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Plantigrade \Plan"ti*grade\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears. | |
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Plant \Plant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planting}.] [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See {Plant}, n.] 1. To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize. 2. To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees. --Deut. xvi. 21. 3. To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest. 4. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of. It engenders choler, planteth anger. --Shak. 5. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony. Planting of countries like planting of woods. --Bacon. 6. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen. 7. To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face. 8. To set up; to install; to instate. We will plant some other in the throne. --Shak. | |
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Planting \Plant"ing\, n. 1. The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc. 2. That which is planted; a plantation. Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord. --Isa. lxi. 3. 3. (Arch.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation. [Eng.] | |
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Plantless \Plant"less\, a. Without plants; barren of vegetation. | |
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Plantlet \Plant"let\, n. A little plant. | |
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Plantocracy \Plan*toc"ra*cy\, n. [Planter + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government by planters; planters, collectively. [R.] | |
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Plantule \Plant"ule\, n. [F., dim. of plante a plant, L. planta.] (Bot.) The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination. | |
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Playmate \Play"mate`\, n. A companion in diversions; a playfellow. | |
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Plenitude \Plen"i*tude\, n. [L. plenitudo, fr. plenus full; cf. F. plenitude.] 1. The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power. 2. Animal fullness; repletion; plethora. [Obs.] | |
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Plenitudinarian \Plen`i*tu`di*na"ri*an\, n. A plenist. | |
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Plenitudinary \Plen`i*tu"di*na*ry\, a. Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough. [Obs.] | |
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Plenteous \Plen"te*ous\, a. [From {Plenty}.] 1. Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply. [bd]Reaping plenteous crop.[b8] --Milton. 2. Yielding abundance; productive; fruitful. [bd]The seven plenteous years.[b8] --Gen. xli. 34. 3. Having plenty; abounding; rich. The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods. --Deut. xxviii. 11. Syn: Plentiful; copious; full. {See Ample}. -- {Plen"te*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Plen"te*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Plenteous \Plen"te*ous\, a. [From {Plenty}.] 1. Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply. [bd]Reaping plenteous crop.[b8] --Milton. 2. Yielding abundance; productive; fruitful. [bd]The seven plenteous years.[b8] --Gen. xli. 34. 3. Having plenty; abounding; rich. The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods. --Deut. xxviii. 11. Syn: Plentiful; copious; full. {See Ample}. -- {Plen"te*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Plen"te*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Plenteous \Plen"te*ous\, a. [From {Plenty}.] 1. Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply. [bd]Reaping plenteous crop.[b8] --Milton. 2. Yielding abundance; productive; fruitful. [bd]The seven plenteous years.[b8] --Gen. xli. 34. 3. Having plenty; abounding; rich. The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods. --Deut. xxviii. 11. Syn: Plentiful; copious; full. {See Ample}. -- {Plen"te*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Plen"te*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Plentevous \Plen"te*vous\, a. Plenteous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Plenty \Plen"ty\, n.; pl. {Plenties}, in --Shak. [OE. plentee, plente, OF. plent[82], fr. L. plenitas, fr. plenus full. See {Full}, a., and cf. {Complete}.] Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. [bd]Plenty of corn and wine.[b8] --Gen. xxvii. 28. [bd]Promises Britain peace and plenty.[b8] --Shak. Houses of office stuffed with plentee. --Chaucer. The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. --Thomson. Syn: Abundance; exuberance. See {Abundance}. | |
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Plentiful \Plen"ti*ful\, a. 1. Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water. 2. Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful. If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year. --Bacon. 3. Lavish; profuse; prodigal. [Obs.] He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from --Bacon. -- {Plen"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Plen"ti*ful*ness}, n. | |
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Plentiful \Plen"ti*ful\, a. 1. Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water. 2. Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful. If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year. --Bacon. 3. Lavish; profuse; prodigal. [Obs.] He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from --Bacon. -- {Plen"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Plen"ti*ful*ness}, n. | |
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Plentiful \Plen"ti*ful\, a. 1. Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water. 2. Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful. If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year. --Bacon. 3. Lavish; profuse; prodigal. [Obs.] He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from --Bacon. -- {Plen"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Plen"ti*ful*ness}, n. | |
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Plenty \Plen"ty\, a. Plentiful; abundant. [Obs. or Colloq.] If reasons were as plenty as blackberries. --Shak. (Folio ed.) Those countries where shrubs are plenty. --Goldsmith. | |
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Plenty \Plen"ty\, n.; pl. {Plenties}, in --Shak. [OE. plentee, plente, OF. plent[82], fr. L. plenitas, fr. plenus full. See {Full}, a., and cf. {Complete}.] Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. [bd]Plenty of corn and wine.[b8] --Gen. xxvii. 28. [bd]Promises Britain peace and plenty.[b8] --Shak. Houses of office stuffed with plentee. --Chaucer. The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. --Thomson. Syn: Abundance; exuberance. See {Abundance}. | |
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Pliant \Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See {Ply}, v.] 1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South. 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] [bd]A pliant hour.[b8] --Shak. -- {Pli"ant*ly}, adv. -- {Pli"ant*ness}, n. | |
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Pliant \Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See {Ply}, v.] 1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South. 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] [bd]A pliant hour.[b8] --Shak. -- {Pli"ant*ly}, adv. -- {Pli"ant*ness}, n. | |
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Pliant \Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See {Ply}, v.] 1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South. 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] [bd]A pliant hour.[b8] --Shak. -- {Pli"ant*ly}, adv. -- {Pli"ant*ness}, n. | |
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Plinth \Plinth\, n. [L. plinthus, Gr. [?] a brick or tile, a plinth, perh. akin to E. flint: cf. F. plinthe.] (Arch.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of {Column}. | |
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Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[umac]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. [?], [?]. Cf. {Prune} a dried plum.] 1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus domestica}, and of several other species of {Prunus}; also, the tree itself, usually called {plum tree}. The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties of plum, of our gardens, although growing into thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G. Bentham. | |
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French \French\ (fr[ecr]nch), a. [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, fran[cced]ois, F. fran[cced]ais. See {Frank}, a., and cf. {Frankish}.] Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. {French bean} (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus vulgaris}). {French berry} (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn ({Rhamnus catharticus}), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment. {French casement} (Arch.) See {French window}, under {Window}. {French chalk} (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under {Chalk}. {French cowslip} (Bot.) The {Primula Auricula}. See {Bear's-ear}. {French fake} (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely. {French honeysuckle} (Bot.) a plant of the genus {Hedysarum} ({H. coronarium}); -- called also {garland honeysuckle}. {French horn}, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; -- called in France {cor de chasse}. {French leave}, an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts. {French pie} [French (here used in sense of [bd]foreign[b8]) + pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)] (Zo[94]l.), the European great spotted woodpecker ({Dryobstes major}); -- called also {wood pie}. {French polish}. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or shellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the above. {French purple}, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. --Ure. {French red} rouge. {French rice}, amelcorn. {French roof} (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope. {French tub}, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood; -- called also {plum tub}. --Ure. {French window}. See under {Window}. | |
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Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pluming}.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.] 1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving. 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden. 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. [bd]Farewell the plumed troop.[b8] --Shak. 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South. {Plumed adder} (Zo[94]l.), an African viper ({Vipera, [or] Clotho cornuta}), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also {horned viper} and {hornsman}. {Plumed partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the California mountain quail ({Oreortyx pictus}). See {Mountain quail}, under {Mountain}. | |
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Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pluming}.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.] 1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving. 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden. 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. [bd]Farewell the plumed troop.[b8] --Shak. 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South. {Plumed adder} (Zo[94]l.), an African viper ({Vipera, [or] Clotho cornuta}), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also {horned viper} and {hornsman}. {Plumed partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the California mountain quail ({Oreortyx pictus}). See {Mountain quail}, under {Mountain}. | |
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Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pluming}.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.] 1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving. 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden. 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. [bd]Farewell the plumed troop.[b8] --Shak. 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South. {Plumed adder} (Zo[94]l.), an African viper ({Vipera, [or] Clotho cornuta}), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also {horned viper} and {hornsman}. {Plumed partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the California mountain quail ({Oreortyx pictus}). See {Mountain quail}, under {Mountain}. | |
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Plummet \Plum"met\, n. [OE. plommet, OF. plommet, fr. plom, plum, lead, F. plomb. See {Plumb}.] 1. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water. I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded. --Shak. 2. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under {Plumb}, n. 3. Hence, any weight. 4. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. {Plummet line}, a line with a plummet; a sounding line. | |
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Plummet \Plum"met\, n. [OE. plommet, OF. plommet, fr. plom, plum, lead, F. plomb. See {Plumb}.] 1. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water. I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded. --Shak. 2. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under {Plumb}, n. 3. Hence, any weight. 4. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. {Plummet line}, a line with a plummet; a sounding line. | |
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Plunder \Plun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plundering}.] [G. pl[81]ndern to plunder, plunder frippery, baggage.] 1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. --South. 2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found. Syn: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob. | |
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Plunder \Plun"der\, n. 1. The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of {Pillage}. Inroads and plunders of the Saracens. --Sir T. North. 2. That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud. [bd]He shared in the plunder.[b8] --Cowper. 3. Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [Slang, Southwestern U.S.] | |
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Plunderage \Plun"der*age\, n. (Mar. Law) The embezzlement of goods on shipboard. --Wharton. | |
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Plunder \Plun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plundering}.] [G. pl[81]ndern to plunder, plunder frippery, baggage.] 1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. --South. 2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found. Syn: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob. | |
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Plunderer \Plun"der*er\, n. One who plunders or pillages. | |
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Plunder \Plun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plundering}.] [G. pl[81]ndern to plunder, plunder frippery, baggage.] 1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. --South. 2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found. Syn: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob. | |
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Plymouth Brethren \Plym"outh Breth"ren\ The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called {Brethren}, {Christian Brethren}, {Plymouthists}, etc. The {Darbyites} are a division of the Brethren. | |
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Plymouth Brethren \Plym"outh Breth"ren\ The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called {Brethren}, {Christian Brethren}, {Plymouthists}, etc. The {Darbyites} are a division of the Brethren. | |
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Polander \Po"land*er\, n. A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole. | |
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Polianite \Po"li*a*nite\, n. [Gr. [?] to become gray.] (Min.) Manganese dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly as hard as quartz. | |
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Tuberose \Tube"rose`\, n. [Cf. G. tuberose, F. tub[82]reuse, NL. Polianthes tuberosa. See {Tuberous}.] (Bot.) A plant ({Polianthes tuberosa}) with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant white blossoms. | |
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d8Spermatophyta \[d8]Sper`ma*toph"y*ta\, n. pl. [NL.; spermato- + Gr. [?] plant.] (Bot.) A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produce seeds; the seed plants, or flowering plants. They form the most numerous group, including over 120,000 species. In general, the group is characterized by the marked development of the sporophyte, with great differentiation of its parts (root, stem, leaves, flowers, etc.); by the extreme reduction of the gametophyte; and by the development of seeds. All the Spermatophyta are heterosporous; fertilization of the egg cell is either through a {pollen tube} emitted by the microspore or (in a few gymnosperms) by spermatozoids. Note: The phrase [bd]flowering plants[b8] is less distinctive than [bd]seed plants,[b8] since the conifers, grasses, sedges, oaks, etc., do not produce flowers in the popular sense. For this reason the terms {Anthrophyta}, {Ph[91]nogamia}, and {Panerogamia} have been superseded as names of the phylum by Spermatophyta. | |
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Pollen \Pol"len\, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. [?]] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] --Bailey. 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. {Pollen grain} (Bot.), a particle or call of pollen. {Pollen mass}, a pollinium. --Gray. {Pollen sac}, a compartment of an anther containing pollen, -- usually there are four in each anther. {Pollen tube}, a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule. | |
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d8Spermatophyta \[d8]Sper`ma*toph"y*ta\, n. pl. [NL.; spermato- + Gr. [?] plant.] (Bot.) A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produce seeds; the seed plants, or flowering plants. They form the most numerous group, including over 120,000 species. In general, the group is characterized by the marked development of the sporophyte, with great differentiation of its parts (root, stem, leaves, flowers, etc.); by the extreme reduction of the gametophyte; and by the development of seeds. All the Spermatophyta are heterosporous; fertilization of the egg cell is either through a {pollen tube} emitted by the microspore or (in a few gymnosperms) by spermatozoids. Note: The phrase [bd]flowering plants[b8] is less distinctive than [bd]seed plants,[b8] since the conifers, grasses, sedges, oaks, etc., do not produce flowers in the popular sense. For this reason the terms {Anthrophyta}, {Ph[91]nogamia}, and {Panerogamia} have been superseded as names of the phylum by Spermatophyta. | |
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Pollen \Pol"len\, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. [?]] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] --Bailey. 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. {Pollen grain} (Bot.), a particle or call of pollen. {Pollen mass}, a pollinium. --Gray. {Pollen sac}, a compartment of an anther containing pollen, -- usually there are four in each anther. {Pollen tube}, a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule. | |
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Pollened \Pol"lened\, a. Covered with pollen. --Tennyson. | |
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Pollinate \Pol"li*nate\, v. t. (Bot.) To apply pollen to (a stigma). -- {Pol`li*na"tion}, n. (Bot.) | |
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Pollinate \Pol"li*nate\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Pollinose. | |
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Pollinate \Pol"li*nate\, v. t. (Bot.) To apply pollen to (a stigma). -- {Pol`li*na"tion}, n. (Bot.) | |
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Polyandrian \Pol`y*an"dri*an\, a. (Bot.) Polyandrous. | |
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Polyandric \Pol`y*an"dric\, a. [Cf. polyandrique.] Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males. [bd]Polyandric societies.[b8] --H. Spencer. | |
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Polyandrous \Pol`y*an"drous\, a. (Bot.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle. | |
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Polyandry \Pol`y*an"dry\, n. [Poly- + Gr. [?], [?], man, male: cf. F. polyandrie.] The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with {monandry}. Note: In law, this falls under the head of polygamy. | |
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Polyanthus \Pol`y*an"thus\, n.; pl. {Polyanthuses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] rich in flowers; poly`s many + [?] flower.] [Written also {polyanthos}.] (Bot.) (a) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See {Oxlip}. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus {Narcissus} ({N. Tazetta}, or {N. polyanthus} of some authors). See Illust. of {Narcissus}. | |
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Polyanthus \Pol`y*an"thus\, n.; pl. {Polyanthuses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] rich in flowers; poly`s many + [?] flower.] [Written also {polyanthos}.] (Bot.) (a) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See {Oxlip}. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus {Narcissus} ({N. Tazetta}, or {N. polyanthus} of some authors). See Illust. of {Narcissus}. | |
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Polyanthus \Pol`y*an"thus\, n.; pl. {Polyanthuses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] rich in flowers; poly`s many + [?] flower.] [Written also {polyanthos}.] (Bot.) (a) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See {Oxlip}. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus {Narcissus} ({N. Tazetta}, or {N. polyanthus} of some authors). See Illust. of {Narcissus}. | |
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Polymathic \Pol`y*math"ic\, a. [Cf. F. polymathique. See {Polymathy}.] Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning. | |
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Polymathist \Po*lym"a*thist\, n. One versed in many sciences; a person of various learning. | |
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Polymathy \Po*lym"a*thy\, n. [Gr. [?]; poly`s much + [?], [?], to learn.] The knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning. --Johnson. | |
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Polymnite \Pol"ym*nite\, n. [Gr. [?] full of moss; poly`s much + [?] moss.] (Min.) A stone marked with dendrites and black lines, and so disposed as to represent rivers, marshes, etc. | |
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Polymyodous \Pol`y*my"o*dous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Polymyoid. | |
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Polymyoid \Po*lym"y*oid\, a. [Poly- + Gr. [?], [?], muscle + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Having numerous vocal muscles; of or pertaining to the Polymyod[91]. | |
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Polyommatous \Pol`y*om"ma*tous\, a. [Poly- + Gr. [?], [?], the eye.] Having many eyes. | |
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Pulmotor \Pul"mo`tor\, n. [L. pulmo lung + E. motor.] An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen or air or a mixture of the two into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, or the like, or of one who has been stunned by an electrical shock. | |
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Palm Desert, CA (city, FIPS 55184) Location: 33.73324 N, 116.37539 W Population (1990): 23252 (18248 housing units) Area: 49.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Palm Desert Country, CA (CDP, FIPS 55187) Location: 33.74058 N, 116.31465 W Population (1990): 5626 (4947 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Palmdale, CA (city, FIPS 55156) Location: 34.60538 N, 118.08627 W Population (1990): 68842 (24400 housing units) Area: 201.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
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Palmdale East, CA (CDP, FIPS 55170) Location: 34.58193 N, 118.07183 W Population (1990): 3052 (917 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Palmetto, FL (city, FIPS 54250) Location: 27.52185 N, 82.57762 W Population (1990): 9268 (4873 housing units) Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34221 Palmetto, GA (city, FIPS 58884) Location: 33.52613 N, 84.66166 W Population (1990): 2612 (1014 housing units) Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30268 Palmetto, LA (village, FIPS 58780) Location: 30.71779 N, 91.90796 W Population (1990): 229 (108 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71358 | |
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Palmetto Estates, FL (CDP, FIPS 54300) Location: 25.62113 N, 80.36220 W Population (1990): 12293 (4016 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Philomath, GA Zip code(s): 30660 Philomath, OR (city, FIPS 57450) Location: 44.54050 N, 123.35708 W Population (1990): 2983 (1145 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97370 | |
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Plain Dealing, LA (town, FIPS 60670) Location: 32.90678 N, 93.69892 W Population (1990): 1074 (494 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71064 | |
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Plainedge, NY (CDP, FIPS 58409) Location: 40.72442 N, 73.47782 W Population (1990): 8739 (2812 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Planada, CA (CDP, FIPS 57582) Location: 37.28810 N, 120.32328 W Population (1990): 3531 (1013 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Plandome, NY (village, FIPS 58475) Location: 40.80755 N, 73.70043 W Population (1990): 1347 (418 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11030 | |
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Plandome Heights, NY (village, FIPS 58486) Location: 40.80113 N, 73.70526 W Population (1990): 852 (303 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Plandome Manor, NY (village, FIPS 58497) Location: 40.81350 N, 73.69760 W Population (1990): 790 (275 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Plant City, FL (city, FIPS 57550) Location: 28.00579 N, 82.12847 W Population (1990): 22754 (9350 housing units) Area: 54.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33565, 33566, 33567 | |
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Plantation, FL (CDP, FIPS 57440) Location: 27.06788 N, 82.37315 W Population (1990): 1885 (1617 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Plantation, FL (city, FIPS 57425) Location: 26.12550 N, 80.26161 W Population (1990): 66692 (29399 housing units) Area: 56.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33317, 33324 Plantation, KY (city, FIPS 61554) Location: 38.28310 N, 85.59401 W Population (1990): 830 (328 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Plantation Key, FL (CDP, FIPS 57512) Location: 24.98431 N, 80.56122 W Population (1990): 4405 (2961 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 16.8 sq km (water) | |
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Plantersville, AL Zip code(s): 36758 Plantersville, MS (town, FIPS 58440) Location: 34.21153 N, 88.66575 W Population (1990): 1046 (397 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38862 Plantersville, TX Zip code(s): 77363 | |
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Plantsville, CT Zip code(s): 06479 | |
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Plentywood, MT (city, FIPS 58375) Location: 48.77402 N, 104.55465 W Population (1990): 2136 (1100 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59254 | |
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Plymouth, CA (city, FIPS 57834) Location: 38.47841 N, 120.84479 W Population (1990): 811 (359 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95669 Plymouth, CT Zip code(s): 06782 Plymouth, IA (city, FIPS 63885) Location: 43.24690 N, 93.12240 W Population (1990): 453 (176 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50464 Plymouth, IL (village, FIPS 60833) Location: 40.29118 N, 90.91700 W Population (1990): 521 (304 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Plymouth, IN (city, FIPS 60822) Location: 41.34701 N, 86.31446 W Population (1990): 8303 (3466 housing units) Area: 13.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Plymouth, MA (CDP, FIPS 54275) Location: 41.95812 N, 70.66430 W Population (1990): 7258 (3301 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 4.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02360 Plymouth, ME Zip code(s): 04969 Plymouth, MI (city, FIPS 65060) Location: 42.37115 N, 83.46742 W Population (1990): 9560 (4528 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48170 Plymouth, MN (city, FIPS 51730) Location: 45.02428 N, 93.46022 W Population (1990): 50889 (19616 housing units) Area: 85.3 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55441, 55442, 55446, 55447 Plymouth, NC (town, FIPS 53040) Location: 35.86085 N, 76.74840 W Population (1990): 4328 (1793 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27962 Plymouth, NE (village, FIPS 39590) Location: 40.30342 N, 96.98806 W Population (1990): 455 (201 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68424 Plymouth, NH (CDP, FIPS 62580) Location: 43.73865 N, 71.69834 W Population (1990): 3967 (1066 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 03264 Plymouth, NY Zip code(s): 13832 Plymouth, OH (village, FIPS 63800) Location: 40.99496 N, 82.66797 W Population (1990): 1942 (727 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44865 Plymouth, PA (borough, FIPS 61648) Location: 41.24110 N, 75.95019 W Population (1990): 7134 (3318 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18651 Plymouth, UT (town, FIPS 61260) Location: 41.87638 N, 112.14477 W Population (1990): 267 (98 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Plymouth, VT Zip code(s): 05056 Plymouth, WA Zip code(s): 99346 Plymouth, WI (city, FIPS 63700) Location: 43.74720 N, 87.97195 W Population (1990): 6769 (2817 housing units) Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53073 | |
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Plymouth County, IA (county, FIPS 149) Location: 42.73672 N, 96.21608 W Population (1990): 23388 (8806 housing units) Area: 2236.8 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Plymouth County, MA (county, FIPS 23) Location: 41.99072 N, 70.73738 W Population (1990): 435276 (168555 housing units) Area: 1710.9 sq km (land), 1121.2 sq km (water) | |
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Plymouth Meeting, PA (CDP, FIPS 61688) Location: 40.10875 N, 75.28082 W Population (1990): 6241 (2629 housing units) Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19462 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Plymouth Township, MI (CDP, FIPS 65085) Location: 42.37125 N, 83.49422 W Population (1990): 23646 (9209 housing units) Area: 41.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Plymouth Village, KY (city, FIPS 61914) Location: 38.24040 N, 85.64924 W Population (1990): 162 (78 housing units) Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Poland, IN Zip code(s): 47868 Poland, ME Zip code(s): 04273 Poland, NY (village, FIPS 58937) Location: 43.22612 N, 75.06148 W Population (1990): 444 (193 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13431 Poland, OH (village, FIPS 63954) Location: 41.02405 N, 80.61412 W Population (1990): 2992 (1144 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44514 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Poland Spring, ME Zip code(s): 04274 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
palmtop Computer", H/PC) A small general-purpose, programmable, battery-powered computer cabable of handling both numbers and text (in contrast to most {pocket calculators}) which can be operated comfortably while held in one hand. A palmtop is usually loaded with an {operating system} such as {Windows CE}. Data can be transferred between the palmtop and a desktop {PC}. A palmtop is very similar to a {Personal Digital Assistant} though a palmptop may have a larger keyboard and more {RAM} and is possibly more general purpose in concept, if not in practise. The {Psion Organiser} is one of the best known examples. [Was it the first?] (1998-04-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plain TeX {macros} for interaction with his {TeX} formatter. Dedicated TeX fans still prefer these over the more {user-friendly} {LaTeX} macros used by the majority of the TeX community. (1997-11-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plaintext decryption, i.e. in its usual form which anyone can read, as opposed to its encrypted form ("{ciphertext}"). (1995-05-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Planet ["An Experiment in Language Design for Distributed Systems", D. Crookes et al, Soft Prac & Exp 14(10):957-971 (Oct 1984)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PLANIT Programming LANguage for Interaction and Teaching. CAI language. "PLANIT - A Flexible Language Designed for Computer-Human Interaction", S.L. Feingold, Proc FJCC 31, AFIPS (Fall 1967) Sammet 1969, p.706. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plants ["The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants", Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Aristid Lindenmayer. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990. 3-54097297-8]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pull media content have to be requested by the user, e.g. normal use of {HTTP} on the {World-Wide Web}. Opposite: "{push media}". (1997-04-10) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Palm tree (Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12), tall (Cant. 7:7), "upright" (Jer. 10:5). Its branches are a symbol of victory (Rev. 7:9). "Rising with slender stem 40 or 50, at times even 80, feet aloft, its only branches, the feathery, snow-like, pale-green fronds from 6 to 12 feet long, bending from its top, the palm attracts the eye wherever it is seen." The whole land of Palestine was called by the Greeks and Romans Phoenicia, i.e., "the land of palms." Tadmor in the desert was called by the Greeks and Romans Palmyra, i.e., "the city of palms." The finest specimens of this tree grew at Jericho (Deut. 34:3) and Engedi and along the banks of the Jordan. Branches of the palm tree were carried at the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:40). At our Lord's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem the crowds took palm branches, and went forth to meet him, crying, "Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord" (Matt. 21:8; John 12:13). (See {DATE}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Palm trees, The city of the name given to Jericho (q.v.), Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16; 3:13. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Plane tree Heb. 'armon (Gen. 30:37; Ezek. 31:8), rendered "chesnut" in the Authorized Version, but correctly "plane tree" in the Revised Version and the LXX. This tree is frequently found in Palestine, both on the coast and in the north. It usually sheds its outer bark, and hence its Hebrew name, which means "naked." (See {CHESTNUT}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Pelonite, falling; secret | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Poland Poland:Geography Location: Central Europe, east of Germany Map references: Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe, Europe Area: total area: 312,680 sq km land area: 304,510 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than New Mexico Land boundaries: total 3,114 km, Belarus 605 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 428 km Coastline: 491 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: defined by international treaties territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers Terrain: mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border Natural resources: coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt Land use: arable land: 46% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 13% forest and woodland: 28% other: 12% Irrigated land: 1,000 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: forest damage due to air pollution and resulting acid rain; improper means for disposal of large amounts of hazardous and industrial waste; severe water pollution from industrial and municipal sources; severe air pollution results from emissions of sulfur dioxide from coal-fired power plants, which also drifts into Germany and the Netherlands natural hazards: NA international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Antarctic Treaty, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Law of the Sea Note: historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European Plain Poland:People Population: 38,792,442 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 23% (female 4,349,467; male 4,559,536) 15-64 years: 66% (female 12,849,300; male 12,698,179) 65 years and over: 11% (female 2,693,407; male 1,642,553) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 0.36% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 13.34 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 9.23 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 12.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.13 years male: 69.15 years female: 77.33 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.92 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Pole(s) adjective: Polish Ethnic divisions: Polish 97.6%, German 1.3%, Ukrainian 0.6%, Byelorussian 0.5% (1990 est.) Religions: Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5% Languages: Polish Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1978) total population: 99% male: 99% female: 98% Labor force: 17.321 million (1993 annual average) by occupation: industry and construction 32.0%, agriculture 27.6%, trade, transport, and communications 14.7%, government and other 25.7% (1992) Poland:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Poland conventional short form: Poland local long form: Rzeczpospolita Polska local short form: Polska Digraph: PL Type: democratic state Capital: Warsaw Administrative divisions: 49 provinces (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo); Biala Podlaska, Bialystok, Bielsko Biala, Bydgoszcz, Chelm, Ciechanow, Czestochowa, Elblag, Gdansk, Gorzow, Jelenia Gora, Kalisz, Katowice, Kielce, Konin, Koszalin, Krakow, Krosno, Legnica, Leszno, Lodz, Lomza, Lublin, Nowy Sacz, Olsztyn, Opole, Ostroleka, Pila, Piotrkow, Plock, Poznan, Przemysl, Radom, Rzeszow, Siedlce, Sieradz, Skierniewice, Slupsk, Suwalki, Szczecin, Tarnobrzeg, Tarnow, Torun, Walbrzych, Warszawa, Wloclawek, Wroclaw, Zamosc, Zielona Gora Independence: 11 November 1918 (independent republic proclaimed) National holiday: Constitution Day, 3 May (1791) Constitution: interim "small constitution" came into effect in December 1992 replacing the Communist-imposed constitution of 22 July 1952; new democratic constitution being drafted Legal system: mixture of Continental (Napoleonic) civil law and holdover Communist legal theory; changes being gradually introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Lech WALESA (since 22 December 1990); election first round held 25 November 1990, second round held 9 December 1990 (next to be held NA November 1995); results - second round Lech WALESA 74.7%, Stanislaw TYMINSKI 25.3% head of government: Prime Minister Jozef OLEKSY (since 6 March 1995); Deputy Prime Ministers Roman JAGIELINSKI, Grzegorz KOLODKO, and Aleksander LUCZAK (since NA) cabinet: Council of Ministers; responsible to the president and the Sejm Legislative branch: bicameral National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe) Senate (Senat): elections last held 19 September 1993 (next to be held no later than NA October 1997); seats - (100 total) Communist origin or linked (PSL 34, SLD 37), post-Solidarity parties (UW 6, NSZZ 12, BBWR 2), non-Communist, non-Solidarity (independents 7, unaffiliated 1, vacant 1) Diet (Sejm): elections last held 19 September 1993 (next to be held no later than NA October 1997); seats - (460 total) Communist origin or linked (SLD 171, PSL 132), post-Solidarity parties (UW 74, UP 41, BBWR 16), non-Communist, non-Solidarity (KPN 22) note: 4 seats are constitutionally assigned to ethnic German parties Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: post-Solidarity parties: Freedom Union (UW; Democratic Union and Liberal Democratic Congress merged to form Freedom Union), Leszek BALCEROWICZ; Christian-National Union (ZCHN), Ryszard CZARNECKI; Centrum (PC), Jaroslaw KACZYNSKI; Peasant Alliance (PL), Gabriel JANOWSKI; Solidarity Trade Union (NSZZ), Marian KRZAKLEWSKI; Union of Labor (UP), Ryszard BUGAJ; Christian-Democratic Party (PCHD), Pawel LACZKOWSKI; Conservative Party, Alexander HALL; Nonparty Bloc for the Support of the Reforms (BBWR) non-Communist, non-Solidarity: Confederation for an Independent Poland (KPN), Leszek MOCZULSKI; Polish Economic Program (PPG), Janusz REWINSKI; Christian Democrats (CHD), Andrzej OWSINSKI; German Minority (MN), Henryk KROL; Union of Real Politics (UPR), Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE; Democratic Party (SD), Antoni MACKIEWICZ Communist origin: Polish Peasant Party (PSL), Waldemar PAWLAK; Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI Other political or pressure groups: powerful Roman Catholic Church; Solidarity (trade union); All Poland Trade Union Alliance (OPZZ), populist program Member of: Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CCC, CE, CEI, CERN, EBRD, ECE, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, NACC, NAM (guest), NSG, OAS (observer), OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNAMIR, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UNOMIG, UNPROFOR, UPU, WCL, WEU (associate partner), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jerzy KOZMINSKI chancery: 2640 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 234-3800 through 3802 FAX: [1] (202) 328-6271 consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Nicholas Andrew REY embassy: Aleje Ujazdowskie 29/31, Warsaw mailing address: American Embassy Warsaw, Box 5010, Unit 1340, APO AE 09213-1340 telephone: [48] (2) 628-30-41 FAX: [48] (2) 628-82-98 consulate(s) general: Krakow, Poznan Flag: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; similar to the flags of Indonesia and Monaco which are red (top) and white Economy Overview: Poland continues to make good progress in the difficult transition to a market economy that began on 1 January 1990, when the new democratic government instituted "shock therapy" by decontrolling prices, slashing subsidies, and drastically reducing import barriers. Real GDP fell sharply in 1990 and 1991, but in 1992 Poland became the first country in the region to resume economic growth with a 2.6% increase. Growth increased to 3.8% in 1993 and 5.5% in 1994 - the highest rate in Europe except for Albania. All of the growth since 1991 has come from the booming private sector, which now accounts for at least 55% of GDP, even though privatization of the state-owned enterprises is proceeding slowly and most industry remains in state hands. Industrial production increased 12% in 1994 - led by 50% jumps in the output of motor vehicles, radios and televisions, and pulp and paper - and is now well above the 1990 level. Inflation, which had approached 1,200% annually in early 1990, was down to about 30% in 1994, as the government held the budget deficit to 1.5% of GDP. After five years of steady increases, unemployment has leveled off at about 16% nationwide, although it approaches 30% in some regions. The trade deficit was sharply reduced in 1994, due mainly to increased exports to Western Europe, Poland's main customer. The leftist government elected in September 1993 gets generally good marks from foreign observers for its management of the budget but is often criticized for not moving faster on privatization. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $191.1 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 5.5% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $4,920 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 30% (1994) Unemployment rate: 16.1% (November 1994) Budget: revenues: $27.1 billion expenditures: $30 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1994 est.) Exports: $16.3 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: intermediate goods 26.5%, machinery and transport equipment 18.1%, miscellaneous manufactures 16.7%, foodstuffs 9.4%, fuels 8.4% (1993) partners: Germany 33.4%, Russia 10.2%, Italy 5.3%, UK 4.3% (1993) Imports: $18.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: machinery and transport equipment 29.6%, intermediate goods 18.5%, chemicals 13.3%, fuels 12.5%, miscellaneous manufactures 10.1% partners: Germany 35.8%, Italy 9.2%, Russia 8.5%, UK 6.6% (1993) External debt: $47 billion (1993); note - Poland's Western government creditors promised in 1991 to forgive 30% of Warsaw's $35 billion official debt immediately and to forgive another 20% in 1994; foreign banks agreed in early 1994 to forgive 45% of their $12 billion debt claim Industrial production: growth rate 12% (1994 est.) Electricity: capacity: 31,120,000 kW production: 124 billion kWh consumption per capita: 2,908 kWh (1993) Industries: machine building, iron and steel, extractive industries, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles Agriculture: accounts for 7% of GDP; 75% of output from private farms, 25% from state farms; productivity remains low by European standards; leading European producer of rye, rapeseed, and potatoes; wide variety of other crops and livestock; major exporter of pork products; normally self-sufficient in food Illicit drugs: illicit producer of opium for domestic consumption and amphetamines for the international market; transshipment point for Asian and Latin American illicit drugs to Western Europe; producer of precursor chemicals Economic aid: donor: bilateral aid to non-Communist less developed countries (1954-89), $2.2 billion recipient: Western governments and institutions have pledged $8 billion in grants and loans since 1989, but most of the money has not been disbursed Currency: 1 zloty (Zl) = 100 groszy Exchange rates: zlotych (Zl) per US$1 - 2.45 (January 1995; a currency reform on 1 January 1995 replaced 10,000 old zlotys with 1 new zloty), 22,723 (1994), 18,115 (1993), 13,626 (1992), 10,576 (1991), 9,500 (1990) Fiscal year: calendar year Poland:Transportation Railroads: total: 25,528 km broad gauge: 659 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 23,014 km 1.435-m gauge (11,496 km electrified; 8,978 km double track) narrow gauge: 1,855 km various gauges including 1.000-m, 0.785-m, 0.750-m, and 0.600-m (1994) Highways: total: 367,000 km (excluding farm, factory and forest roads) paved: 235,247 km (257 km of which are limited access expressways) unpaved: 131,753 km (1992) Inland waterways: 3,997 km navigable rivers and canals (1991) Pipelines: crude oil 1,986 km; petroleum products 360 km; natural gas 4,600 km (1992) Ports: Gdansk, Gdynia, Gliwice, Kolobrzeg, Szczecin, Swinoujscie, Ustka, Warsaw, Wrocaw Merchant marine: total: 152 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,186,405 GRT/3,270,914 DWT ships by type: bulk 89, cargo 38, chemical tanker 4, container 7, oil tanker 1, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8, short-sea passenger 4 note: in addition, Poland owns 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 76,501 DWT that operate under Bahamian, Liberian, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Vanuatu, Panamanian, and Cypriot registry Airports: total: 134 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 30 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 27 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3 with paved runways under 914 m: 7 with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 10 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 32 with unpaved runways under 914 m: 18 Poland:Communications Telephone system: 4.9 million telephones; 12.7 phones/100 residents (1994); severely underdeveloped and outmoded system; exchanges are 86% automatic (1991) local: NA intercity: cable, open wire, and microwave international: INTELSAT, EUTELSAT, INMARSAT, and Intersputnik earth stations Radio: broadcast stations: AM 27, FM 27, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 40 (Russian repeaters 5) televisions: 9.6 million Poland:Defense Forces Branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force Manpower availability: males age 15-49 10,181,069; males fit for military service 7,940,634; males reach military age (19) annually 323,133 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: 50.7 billion zlotych, NA% of GNP (1994 est.); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results |