English Dictionary: potato mold | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jewbush \Jew"bush`\, n. (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus {Pedilanthus} ({P. tithymaloides}), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities. | |
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Pedetentous \Ped`e*ten"tous\, a. [L. pes, pedis, foot + tendere to stretch out: cf. L. tentim by degrees.] Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously. [R.] That pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves the wise and virtuous improver to walk. --Sydney Smith. | |
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Petit \Pet"it\, a. [F. See {Petty}.] Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as {Petty}. [Obs., except in legal language.] By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. --South. {Petit constable}, an inferior civil officer, subordinate to the high constable. {Petit jury}, a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes at the bar of a court; -- so called in distinction from the grand jury. {Petit larceny}, the stealing of goods of, or under, a certain specified small value; -- opposed to grand larceny. The distinction is abolished in England. {Petit ma[8c]tre}. [F., lit., little master.] A fop; a coxcomb; a ladies' man. --Goldsmith. {Petit serjeanty} (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc. {Petit treason}, formerly, in England, the crime of killing a person to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as one's husband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not distinguished from murder. | |
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Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petitioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petitioning}.] To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor. You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. --Shak. | |
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Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, n. [F. p[82]tition, L. petitio, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, ask, seek; perh. akin to E. feather, or find.] 1. A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer. A house of prayer and petition for thy people. --1 Macc. vii. 37. This last petition heard of all her prayer. --Dryden. 2. A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document. {Petition of right} (Law), a petition to obtain possession or restitution of property, either real or personal, from the Crown, which suggests such a title as controverts the title of the Crown, grounded on facts disclosed in the petition itself. --Mozley & W. {The Petition of Right} (Eng. Hist.), the parliamentary declaration of the rights of the people, assented to by Charles I. | |
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Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. i. To make a petition or solicitation. | |
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Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, n. [F. p[82]tition, L. petitio, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, ask, seek; perh. akin to E. feather, or find.] 1. A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer. A house of prayer and petition for thy people. --1 Macc. vii. 37. This last petition heard of all her prayer. --Dryden. 2. A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document. {Petition of right} (Law), a petition to obtain possession or restitution of property, either real or personal, from the Crown, which suggests such a title as controverts the title of the Crown, grounded on facts disclosed in the petition itself. --Mozley & W. {The Petition of Right} (Eng. Hist.), the parliamentary declaration of the rights of the people, assented to by Charles I. | |
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Petitionarily \Pe*ti"tion*a*ri*ly\, adv. By way of begging the question; by an assumption. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Petitionary \Pe*ti"tion*a*ry\, a. 1. Supplicatory; making a petition. Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. --Shak. 2. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle. --Swift. | |
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Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petitioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petitioning}.] To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor. You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. --Shak. | |
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Petitionee \Pe*ti`tion*ee"\, n. A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition. | |
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Petitioner \Pe*ti"tion*er\, n. One who presents a petition. | |
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Petitioning \Pe*ti"tion*ing\, n. The act of presenting apetition; a supplication. | |
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Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petitioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petitioning}.] To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor. You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. --Shak. | |
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Phototonus \Pho*tot"o*nus\, n. (Physiol.) An irritable condition of protoplasm, resulting in movement, due to a certain intensity of light. -- {Pho`to*ton"ic}, a. | |
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Phototonus \Pho*tot"o*nus\, n. [NL. See {Photo-}, and {Tone}.] (Bot.) A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to light. -- {Pho`to*ton"ic}, a. | |
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Phototonus \Pho*tot"o*nus\, n. (Physiol.) An irritable condition of protoplasm, resulting in movement, due to a certain intensity of light. -- {Pho`to*ton"ic}, a. | |
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Phototonus \Pho*tot"o*nus\, n. [NL. See {Photo-}, and {Tone}.] (Bot.) A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to light. -- {Pho`to*ton"ic}, a. | |
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Phytotomist \Phy*tot"o*mist\, n. One versed in phytotomy. | |
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Phytotomy \Phy*tot"o*my\, n. [Phyto- + Gr. [?] to cut.] The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy. | |
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Anatomy \A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl. {Anatomies}. [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. [?] dissection, fr. [?] to cut up; [?] + [?] to cut.] 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. 2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. --Dryden. Note: [bd]Animal anatomy[b8] is sometimes called {zomy}; [bd]vegetable anatomy,[b8] {phytotomy}; [bd]human anatomy,[b8] {anthropotomy}. {Comparative anatomy} compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals. 3. A treatise or book on anatomy. 4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. 5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. --Shak. | |
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Phytotomy \Phy*tot"o*my\, n. [Phyto- + Gr. [?] to cut.] The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy. | |
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Anatomy \A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl. {Anatomies}. [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. [?] dissection, fr. [?] to cut up; [?] + [?] to cut.] 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. 2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. --Dryden. Note: [bd]Animal anatomy[b8] is sometimes called {zomy}; [bd]vegetable anatomy,[b8] {phytotomy}; [bd]human anatomy,[b8] {anthropotomy}. {Comparative anatomy} compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals. 3. A treatise or book on anatomy. 4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. 5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. --Shak. | |
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d8Podetium \[d8]Po*de"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Podetia}, E. {Podetiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], foot.] (Bot.) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss. | |
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Potation \Po*ta"tion\, n. [L. potatio, fr. potare. See {Potable}.] 1. The act of drinking. --Jer. Taylor. 2. A draught. [bd]Potations pottle deep.[b8] --Shak. 3. Drink; beverage. [bd]Thin potations.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Putidity \Pu*tid"i*ty\, Putidness \Pu"tid*ness\, n. The quality or state of being putrid. | |
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Pottawatomie County, KS (county, FIPS 149) Location: 39.37954 N, 96.33389 W Population (1990): 16128 (6472 housing units) Area: 2186.7 sq km (land), 46.2 sq km (water) Pottawatomie County, OK (county, FIPS 125) Location: 35.20200 N, 96.94495 W Population (1990): 58760 (24528 housing units) Area: 2040.6 sq km (land), 14.3 sq km (water) | |
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Pottawattamie County, IA (county, FIPS 155) Location: 41.33965 N, 95.54589 W Population (1990): 82628 (32831 housing units) Area: 2471.7 sq km (land), 14.7 sq km (water) | |
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Pottawattomie Park, IN (town, FIPS 61488) Location: 41.72253 N, 86.86703 W Population (1990): 281 (110 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |