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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bluebird \Blue"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small song bird ({Sialia sialis}), very common in the United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin. {Pairy bluebird} (Zo[94]l.), a brilliant Indian or East Indian bird of the genus {Irena}, of several species. | |
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Par \Par\, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See {Peer} an equal.] 1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper. 2. Equality of condition or circumstances. {At par}, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at a premium. {Above par}, at a premium. {Below par}, at a discount. {On a par}, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances, position, rank, etc.; as, their pretensions are on a par; his ability is on a par with his ambition. {Par of exchange}. See under {Exchange}. {Par value}, nominal value; face value. | |
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Parablast \Par"a*blast\, n. [Cf. Gr. [?] to grow beside. See {Para-}, and {-blast}.] (Biol.) A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, the cells of which are especially concerned in forming the first blood and blood vessels. --C. S. Minot. | |
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Parablastic \Par`a*blas"tic\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the parablast; as, the parablastic cells. | |
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Parable \Par"a*ble\, v. t. To represent by parable. [R.] Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. --Milton. | |
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Parable \Par"a*ble\, a. [L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide.] Procurable. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Parable \Par"a*ble\, n. [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. [?] a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. [?] to throw beside, compare; [?] beside + [?] to throw; cf. Skr. gal to drop. Cf. {Emblem}, {Gland}, {Palaver}, {Parabola}, {Parley}, {Parabole}, {Symbol}.] A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ. --Chaucer. Declare unto us the parable of the tares. --Matt. xiii. 36. Syn: See {Allegory}, and Note under {Apologue}. | |
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Parabola \Pa*rab"o*la\, n.; pl. {Parabolas}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; -- so called because its axis is parallel to the side of the cone. See {Parable}, and cf. {Parabole}.] (Geom.) (a) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See {Focus}. (b) One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = ax^{n} where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the {cubical parabola} n = 3; for the {semicubical parabola} n = [frac32]. See under {Cubical}, and {Semicubical}. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes. | |
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Parabola \Pa*rab"o*la\, n.; pl. {Parabolas}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; -- so called because its axis is parallel to the side of the cone. See {Parable}, and cf. {Parabole}.] (Geom.) (a) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See {Focus}. (b) One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = ax^{n} where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the {cubical parabola} n = 3; for the {semicubical parabola} n = [frac32]. See under {Cubical}, and {Semicubical}. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes. | |
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Parabolic \Par`a*bol"ic\, Parabolical \Par`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paraboliko`s figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See {Parable}.] 1. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction. 2. [From {Parabola}.] (Geom.) (a) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve. (b) Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. {Parabolic conoid}, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See {Conoid}. {Parabolic mirror} (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very distant objects) images free from aberration. It is used in reflecting telescopes. {Parabolic spindle}, the solid generated by revolving the portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an axis. {Parabolic spiral}, a spiral curve conceived to be formed by the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an analogy to the parabola. | |
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Parabolic \Par`a*bol"ic\, Parabolical \Par`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paraboliko`s figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See {Parable}.] 1. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction. 2. [From {Parabola}.] (Geom.) (a) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve. (b) Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. {Parabolic conoid}, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See {Conoid}. {Parabolic mirror} (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very distant objects) images free from aberration. It is used in reflecting telescopes. {Parabolic spindle}, the solid generated by revolving the portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an axis. {Parabolic spiral}, a spiral curve conceived to be formed by the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an analogy to the parabola. | |
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Parabolic \Par`a*bol"ic\, Parabolical \Par`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paraboliko`s figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See {Parable}.] 1. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction. 2. [From {Parabola}.] (Geom.) (a) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve. (b) Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. {Parabolic conoid}, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See {Conoid}. {Parabolic mirror} (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very distant objects) images free from aberration. It is used in reflecting telescopes. {Parabolic spindle}, the solid generated by revolving the portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an axis. {Parabolic spiral}, a spiral curve conceived to be formed by the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an analogy to the parabola. | |
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Parabolic \Par`a*bol"ic\, Parabolical \Par`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paraboliko`s figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See {Parable}.] 1. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction. 2. [From {Parabola}.] (Geom.) (a) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve. (b) Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. {Parabolic conoid}, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See {Conoid}. {Parabolic mirror} (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very distant objects) images free from aberration. It is used in reflecting telescopes. {Parabolic spindle}, the solid generated by revolving the portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an axis. {Parabolic spiral}, a spiral curve conceived to be formed by the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an analogy to the parabola. | |
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Parabolic \Par`a*bol"ic\, Parabolical \Par`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paraboliko`s figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See {Parable}.] 1. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction. 2. [From {Parabola}.] (Geom.) (a) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve. (b) Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. {Parabolic conoid}, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See {Conoid}. {Parabolic mirror} (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very distant objects) images free from aberration. It is used in reflecting telescopes. {Parabolic spindle}, the solid generated by revolving the portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an axis. {Parabolic spiral}, a spiral curve conceived to be formed by the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an analogy to the parabola. | |
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Parabolic \Par`a*bol"ic\, Parabolical \Par`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paraboliko`s figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See {Parable}.] 1. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction. 2. [From {Parabola}.] (Geom.) (a) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve. (b) Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. {Parabolic conoid}, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See {Conoid}. {Parabolic mirror} (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very distant objects) images free from aberration. It is used in reflecting telescopes. {Parabolic spindle}, the solid generated by revolving the portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an axis. {Parabolic spiral}, a spiral curve conceived to be formed by the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an analogy to the parabola. | |
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Parabolically \Par`a*bol"ic*al*ly\ (p[acr]r`[adot]*b[ocr]l"[icr]*k[ait]l*l[ycr]), adv. 1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner. 2. In the form of a parabola. | |
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Paraboliform \Par`a*bol"i*form\ (-[icr]*f[ocir]rm), a. [Parabola + -form.] Resembling a parabola in form. | |
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Parabolism \Pa*rab"o*lism\ (p[adot]*r[acr]b"[osl]*l[icr]z'm), n. [From {Parabola}.] (Alg.) The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term. [Obs.] | |
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Parabolist \Pa*rab"o*list\ (-l[icr]st), n. A narrator of parables. | |
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Paraboloid \Pa*rab"o*loid\ (-loid), n. [Parabola + -oid: cf. F. parabolo[8b]de.] (Geom.) The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas. Note: The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to the parabolas of the higher orders. --Hutton. | |
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Conoid \Co"noid\, n. [Gr. [?] conical; [?] cone + [?] from: cf. F. cono[8b]de.] 1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone. 2. (Geom.) (a) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called {paraboloid}, {ellipsoid}, etc. (b) A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane. --Math. Dict. | |
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Paraboloid \Pa*rab"o*loid\ (-loid), n. [Parabola + -oid: cf. F. parabolo[8b]de.] (Geom.) The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas. Note: The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to the parabolas of the higher orders. --Hutton. | |
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Conoid \Co"noid\, n. [Gr. [?] conical; [?] cone + [?] from: cf. F. cono[8b]de.] 1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone. 2. (Geom.) (a) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called {paraboloid}, {ellipsoid}, etc. (b) A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane. --Math. Dict. | |
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Paraboloidal \Par`a*bo*loid"al\, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid. | |
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d8Paraplegia \[d8]Par`a*ple"gi*a\, Paraplegy \Par"a*ple`gy\, n. [NL. paraplegia, fr. Gr. [?] hemiplegia, fr. [?] to strike at the side; [?] beside + [?] to strike: cf. F. parapl[82]gie.] (Med.) Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord. -- {Par`a*pleg"ic}, a. | |
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d8Paraplegia \[d8]Par`a*ple"gi*a\, Paraplegy \Par"a*ple`gy\, n. [NL. paraplegia, fr. Gr. [?] hemiplegia, fr. [?] to strike at the side; [?] beside + [?] to strike: cf. F. parapl[82]gie.] (Med.) Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord. -- {Par`a*pleg"ic}, a. | |
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d8Parapleura \[d8]Par`a*pleu"ra\, n.; pl. {Parapleur[91]}. [NL. See {Para-}, and 2d {Pleura}.] (Zo[94]l.) A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects. | |
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Paravail \Par`a*vail"\, a. [OF. par aval below; par through (L. per) + aval down; a- (L. ad) + val (L. vallis) a valley. Cf. {Paramount}.] (Eng. Law) At the bottom; lowest. --Cowell. Note: In feudal law, the tenant paravail is the lowest tenant of the fee, or he who is immediate tenant to one who holds over of another. --Wharton. | |
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Parboil \Par"boil`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parboiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parboiling}.] [OE. parboilen, OF. parbouillir to cook well; par through (see {Par}) + bouillir to boil, L. bullire. The sense has been influenced by E. part. See lst {Boil}.] 1. To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling. | |
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Parboil \Par"boil`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parboiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parboiling}.] [OE. parboilen, OF. parbouillir to cook well; par through (see {Par}) + bouillir to boil, L. bullire. The sense has been influenced by E. part. See lst {Boil}.] 1. To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling. | |
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Parboil \Par"boil`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parboiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parboiling}.] [OE. parboilen, OF. parbouillir to cook well; par through (see {Par}) + bouillir to boil, L. bullire. The sense has been influenced by E. part. See lst {Boil}.] 1. To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling. | |
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Parfleche \Par*fleche"\, n. [Prob. through Canadian F. fr. Amer. Indian.] A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried. | |
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Parvolin \Par"vo*lin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.) A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel. | |
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Parvoline \Par"vo*line\, n. (Chem.) A liquid base, C[?]H[?]N, of the pyridine group, found in coal tar; also, any one of the series of isometric substances of which it is the type. | |
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Pear \Pear\ (p[acir]r), n. [OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F. poire. Cf. {Perry}.] (Bot.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus communis}), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See {Pear family}, below. {Pear blight}. (a) (Bot.) A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees, both causing a destruction of the branches, viz., that caused by a minute insect ({Xyleborus pyri}), and that caused by the freezing of the sap in winter. --A. J. Downing. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A very small beetle ({Xyleborus pyri}) whose larv[91] bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them to wither. {Pear family} (Bot.), a suborder of rosaceous plants ({Pome[91]}), characterized by the calyx tube becoming fleshy in fruit, and, combined with the ovaries, forming a pome. It includes the apple, pear, quince, service berry, and hawthorn. {Pear gauge} (Physics), a kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; -- so called because consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel. {Pear shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus {Pyrula}, native of tropical seas; -- so called from the shape. {Pear slug} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a sawfly which is very injurious to the foliage of the pear tree. | |
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Perflable \Per"fla*ble\, a. [L. perflabilis. See {Perflate}.] Capable of being blown through. [Obs.] | |
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Perflate \Per*flate"\, v. t. [L. perflatus, p. p. of perflare to blow through.] To blow through. [Obs.] --Harvey. | |
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Perflation \Per*fla"tion\, n. [L. perflatio.] The act of perflating. [Obs.] --Woodward. | |
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Perfoliate \Per*fo"li*ate\, a. [Pref. per- + L. folium leaf.] 1. (Bot.) Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind. | |
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Periblast \Per"i*blast\, a. [Gr. [?] to grow around. See {Peri-}, and {-blast}.] (Biol.) The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation. -- {Per`i*blas"tic}, a. | |
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Periblast \Per"i*blast\, a. [Gr. [?] to grow around. See {Peri-}, and {-blast}.] (Biol.) The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation. -- {Per`i*blas"tic}, a. | |
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Periblem \Per"i*blem\, n. [Pref. peri- + root of Gr. [?] to sprout.] (Bot.) Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark. | |
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Periople \Per"i*o*ple\, n. [F. p[82]riople, from Gr. [?] about + [?] the hoof of a horse.] (Anat.) The external smooth horny layer of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. | |
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Perioplic \Per`i*op"lic\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the periople; connected with the periople. | |
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Periplast \Per"i*plast\, n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. [?] to mold, form.] (Biol.) Same as {Periblast}. -- {Per`i*plas"tic}, a. --Huxley. | |
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Periplast \Per"i*plast\, n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. [?] to mold, form.] (Biol.) Same as {Periblast}. -- {Per`i*plas"tic}, a. --Huxley. | |
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Silk \Silk\, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk', and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff.] 1. The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larv[91] of {Bombyx mori}. 2. Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material. 3. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize. {Raw silk}, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured. {Silk cotton}, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree. {Silk-cotton tree} (Bot.), a name for several tropical trees of the genera {Bombax} and {Eriodendron}, and belonging to the order {Bombace[91]}. The trees grow to an immense size, and have their seeds enveloped in a cottony substance, which is used for stuffing cushions, but can not be spun. {Silk flower}. (Bot.) (a) The silk tree. (b) A similar tree ({Calliandra trinervia}) of Peru. {Silk fowl} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of domestic fowls having silky plumage. {Silk gland} (Zo[94]l.), a gland which secretes the material of silk, as in spider or a silkworm; a sericterium. {Silk gown}, the distinctive robe of a barrister who has been appointed king's or queen's counsel; hence, the counsel himself. Such a one has precedence over mere barristers, who wear stuff gowns. [Eng.] {Silk grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa comata}) of the Western United States, which has very long silky awns. The name is also sometimes given to various species of the genera {Aqave} and {Yucca}. {Silk moth} (Zo[94]l.), the adult moth of any silkworm. See {Silkworm}. {Silk shag}, a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap. {Silk spider} (Zo[94]l.), a large spider ({Nephila plumipes}), native of the Southern United States, remarkable for the large quantity of strong silk it produces and for the great disparity in the sizes of the sexes. {Silk thrower}, {Silk throwster}, one who twists or spins silk, and prepares it for weaving. --Brande & C. {Silk tree} (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree ({Albizzia Julibrissin}) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; -- so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms. Also called {silk flower}. {Silk vessel}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Silk gland}, above. {Virginia silk} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Periploca Gr[ae]ca}) of the Milkweed family, having a silky tuft on the seeds. It is native in Southern Europe. | |
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Perplex \Per*plex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perplexed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perplexing}.] [L. perplexari. See {Perplex}, a.] 1. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. No artful wildness to perplex the scene. --Pope. What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view. --Locke. 2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. [bd]Perplexd beyond self-explication.[b8] --Shak. We are perplexed, but not in despair. --2 Cor. iv. 8. We can distinguish no general truths, or at least shall be apt to perplex the mind. --Locke. 3. To plague; to vex; to tormen. --Glanvill. Syn: To entangle; involve; complicate; embarrass; puzzle; bewilder; confuse; distract. See {Embarrass}. | |
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Perplex \Per*plex"\, a. [L. perplexus entangled, intricate; per + plectere, plexum, to plait, braid: cf. F. perplexe. See {Per-}, and {Plait}.] Intricate; difficult. [Obs.] --Glanvill. | |
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Perplex \Per*plex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perplexed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perplexing}.] [L. perplexari. See {Perplex}, a.] 1. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. No artful wildness to perplex the scene. --Pope. What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view. --Locke. 2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. [bd]Perplexd beyond self-explication.[b8] --Shak. We are perplexed, but not in despair. --2 Cor. iv. 8. We can distinguish no general truths, or at least shall be apt to perplex the mind. --Locke. 3. To plague; to vex; to tormen. --Glanvill. Syn: To entangle; involve; complicate; embarrass; puzzle; bewilder; confuse; distract. See {Embarrass}. | |
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Perplexed \Per*plexed"\, a. Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious. -- {Per*plex"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Per*plex"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Perplexed \Per*plexed"\, a. Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious. -- {Per*plex"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Per*plex"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Perplexed \Per*plexed"\, a. Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious. -- {Per*plex"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Per*plex"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Perplex \Per*plex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perplexed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perplexing}.] [L. perplexari. See {Perplex}, a.] 1. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. No artful wildness to perplex the scene. --Pope. What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view. --Locke. 2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. [bd]Perplexd beyond self-explication.[b8] --Shak. We are perplexed, but not in despair. --2 Cor. iv. 8. We can distinguish no general truths, or at least shall be apt to perplex the mind. --Locke. 3. To plague; to vex; to tormen. --Glanvill. Syn: To entangle; involve; complicate; embarrass; puzzle; bewilder; confuse; distract. See {Embarrass}. | |
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Perplexing \Per*plex"ing\, a. Embarrassing; puzzling; troublesome. [bd]Perplexing thoughts.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Perplexity \Per*plex"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Perplexities}. [L. perplexitas: cf. F. perplexit[82].] The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt. By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. --Milton. | |
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Perplexity \Per*plex"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Perplexities}. [L. perplexitas: cf. F. perplexit[82].] The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt. By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. --Milton. | |
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Perplexiveness \Per*plex"ive*ness\, n. The quality of being perplexing; tendency to perplex. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Perplexly \Per*plex"ly\, adv. Perplexedly. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Pervial \Per"vi*al\, a. [See {Pervious}.] Pervious. [Obs.] -- {Per"vi*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
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Pervial \Per"vi*al\, a. [See {Pervious}.] Pervious. [Obs.] -- {Per"vi*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
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Poreblind \Pore"blind`\, a. [Probably influenced by pore, v. See {Purblind}.] Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Powerable \Pow"er*a*ble\, a. 1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. [R.] --J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. --Camden. | |
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Powerful \Pow"er*ful\, a. 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel. The powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. --Shak. 2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- {Pow"er*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pow"er*ful*ness}, n. | |
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Powerful \Pow"er*ful\, a. 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel. The powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. --Shak. 2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- {Pow"er*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pow"er*ful*ness}, n. | |
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Powerful \Pow"er*ful\, a. 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel. The powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. --Shak. 2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- {Pow"er*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pow"er*ful*ness}, n. | |
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Pr91floration \Pr[91]`flo*ra"tion\, n. Same as {Prefloration}. --Gray. | |
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Pr91foliation \Pr[91]*fo`li*a"tion\, n. Same as {Prefoliation}. --Gray. | |
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Prefloration \Pre`flo*ra"tion\, n. [Pref. pre- + L. flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) [92]stivation. | |
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Prefoliation \Pre*fo`li*a"tion\, n. [Pref. pre- + L. folium leaf.] (Bot.) Vernation. | |
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Prefulgency \Pre*ful"gen*cy\, n. [L. praefulgens, p. pr. of praefulgere to shine forth. See {Pre-}, and {Fulgent}.] Superior brightness or effulgency. [R.] --Barrow. | |
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Prepollence \Pre*pol"lence\, Prepollency \Pre*pol"len*cy\, n. [L. praepollentia.] The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance; prevalence. [R.] --Coventry. | |
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Prepollence \Pre*pol"lence\, Prepollency \Pre*pol"len*cy\, n. [L. praepollentia.] The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance; prevalence. [R.] --Coventry. | |
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Prepollent \Pre*pol"lent\, a. [L. praepollens, p. p. of praepollere to surpass in power; prae before + pollere to be powerful.] Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant. [R.] --Boyle. | |
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d8Prepollent \[d8]Pre*pol"lent\, n.; pl. {Prepollices}. [NL. See {Pre-}, {Pollex}.] (Anat.) An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex. | |
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Prevail \Pre*vail"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevailing}.] [F. pr[82]valoir, OF. prevaleir, L. praevalere; prae before + valere to be strong, able, or worth. See {Valiant}.] 1. To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against. When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. --Ex. xvii. 11. So David prevailed over the Philistine. --1 Sam. xvii. 50. This kingdom could never prevail against the united power of England. --Swift. 2. To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day. This custom makes the short-sighted bigots, and the warier skeptics, as far as it prevails. --Locke. 3. To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait. He was prevailed with to restrain the Earl. --Clarendon. Prevail upon some judicious friend to be your constant hearer, and allow him the utmost freedom. --Swift. | |
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Prevail \Pre*vail"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevailing}.] [F. pr[82]valoir, OF. prevaleir, L. praevalere; prae before + valere to be strong, able, or worth. See {Valiant}.] 1. To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against. When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. --Ex. xvii. 11. So David prevailed over the Philistine. --1 Sam. xvii. 50. This kingdom could never prevail against the united power of England. --Swift. 2. To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day. This custom makes the short-sighted bigots, and the warier skeptics, as far as it prevails. --Locke. 3. To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait. He was prevailed with to restrain the Earl. --Clarendon. Prevail upon some judicious friend to be your constant hearer, and allow him the utmost freedom. --Swift. | |
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Prevailing \Pre*vail"ing\, a. 1. Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive. --Shak. Saints shall assist thee with prevailing prayers. --Rowe. 2. Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion. Syn: Syn. See {Prevalent}. | |
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Prevail \Pre*vail"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevailing}.] [F. pr[82]valoir, OF. prevaleir, L. praevalere; prae before + valere to be strong, able, or worth. See {Valiant}.] 1. To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against. When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. --Ex. xvii. 11. So David prevailed over the Philistine. --1 Sam. xvii. 50. This kingdom could never prevail against the united power of England. --Swift. 2. To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day. This custom makes the short-sighted bigots, and the warier skeptics, as far as it prevails. --Locke. 3. To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait. He was prevailed with to restrain the Earl. --Clarendon. Prevail upon some judicious friend to be your constant hearer, and allow him the utmost freedom. --Swift. | |
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Prevailingly \Pre*vail"ing*ly\, adv. So as to prevail. | |
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Prevailment \Pre*vail"ment\, n. Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Prevalence \Prev"a*lence\, n. [L. praevalentia: cf. F. pr[82]valence. See {Prevail}.] The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor. The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence with him. --Clarendon. | |
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Prevalency \Prev"a*len*cy\, n. See {Prevalence}. | |
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Prevalent \Prev"a*lent\, a. [L. praevalens, -entis, p. pr. of praevalere. See {Prevail}.] 1. Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious. Brennus told the Roman embassadors, that prevalent arms were as good as any title. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Most generally received or current; most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease. This was the most received and prevalent opinion. --Woodward. Syn: Prevailing; predominant; successful; efficacious; powerful. Usage: {Prevalent}, {Prevailing}. What customarily prevails is prevalent; as, a prevalent fashion. What actually prevails is prevailing; as, the prevailing winds are west. Hence, prevailing is the livelier and more pointed word, since it represents a thing in action. It is sometimes the stronger word, since a thing may prevail sufficiently to be called prevalent, and yet require greater strength to make it actually prevailing. | |
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Prevalently \Prev"a*lent"ly\, adv. In a prevalent manner. --Prior. | |
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Preyful \Prey"ful\, a. 1. Disposed to take prey. [Obs.] The preyful brood of savage beasts. --Chapman. 2. Rich in prey. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Privilege \Priv"i*lege\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Privileged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Privileging}.] [Cf. F. privil[82]gier.] 1. To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest. To privilege dishonor in thy name. --Shak. 2. To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. He took this place for sanctuary, And it shall privilege him from your hands. --Shak. | |
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Privilege \Priv"i*lege\, n. [F. privil[8a]ge, L. privilegium an ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual; privus private + lex, legis, law. See {Private}, and {Legal}.] 1. A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise. He pleads the legal privilege of a Roman. --Kettlewell. The privilege birthright was a double portion. --Locke. A people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties. --Burke. 2. (Stockbroker's Cant) See {Call}, {Put}, {Spread}, etc. {Breach of privilege}. See under {Breach}. {Question of privilege} (Parliamentary practice), a question which concerns the security of a member of a legislative body in his special privileges as such. {Water privilege}, the advantage of having machinery driven by a stream, or a place affording such advantage. [ U. S.] {Writ of privilege} (Law), a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit. --Blackstone. Syn: Prerogative; immunity; franchise; right; claim; liberty. Usage: {Privilege}, {Prerogative}. Privilege, among the Romans, was something conferred upon an individual by a private law; and hence, it denotes some peculiar benefit or advantage, some right or immunity, not enjoyed by the world at large. Prerogative, among the Romans, was the right of voting first; and, hence, it denotes a right of precedence, or of doing certain acts, or enjoying certain privileges, to the exclusion of others. It is the privilege of a member of Congress not to be called in question elsewhere for words uttered in debate. It is the prerogative of the president to nominate judges and executive officers. It is the privilege of a Christian child to be instructed in the true religion. It is the prerogative of a parent to govern and direct his children. | |
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Privilege \Priv"i*lege\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Privileged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Privileging}.] [Cf. F. privil[82]gier.] 1. To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest. To privilege dishonor in thy name. --Shak. 2. To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. He took this place for sanctuary, And it shall privilege him from your hands. --Shak. | |
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Privileged \Priv"i*leged\, a. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity. {Privileged communication}. (Law) (a) A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their religious or medical advisers. (b) A communication which does not expose the party making it to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially as to the character of servants, etc. {Privileged debts} (Law), those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of the estate of an insolvent. --Wharton. --Burrill. {Privileged witnesses} (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally. | |
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Privileged \Priv"i*leged\, a. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity. {Privileged communication}. (Law) (a) A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their religious or medical advisers. (b) A communication which does not expose the party making it to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially as to the character of servants, etc. {Privileged debts} (Law), those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of the estate of an insolvent. --Wharton. --Burrill. {Privileged witnesses} (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally. | |
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Privileged \Priv"i*leged\, a. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity. {Privileged communication}. (Law) (a) A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their religious or medical advisers. (b) A communication which does not expose the party making it to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially as to the character of servants, etc. {Privileged debts} (Law), those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of the estate of an insolvent. --Wharton. --Burrill. {Privileged witnesses} (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally. | |
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Witness \Wit"ness\, n. [AS. witness, gewitnes, from witan to know. [root]133. See {Wit}, v. i.] 1. Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony. May we with . . . the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge? --Shak. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. --John v. 31. 2. That which furnishes evidence or proof. Laban said to Jacob, . . . This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness. --Gen. xxxi. 51, 52. 3. One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness. [bd]Thyself art witness I am betrothed.[b8] --Shak. Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret. --R. Hall. 4. (Law) (a) One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts. (b) One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like. {Privileged witnesses}. (Law) See under {Privileged}. {With a witness}, effectually; to a great degree; with great force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony. [Colloq.] This, I confess, is haste with a witness. --South. | |
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Privileged \Priv"i*leged\, a. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity. {Privileged communication}. (Law) (a) A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their religious or medical advisers. (b) A communication which does not expose the party making it to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially as to the character of servants, etc. {Privileged debts} (Law), those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of the estate of an insolvent. --Wharton. --Burrill. {Privileged witnesses} (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally. | |
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Privilege \Priv"i*lege\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Privileged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Privileging}.] [Cf. F. privil[82]gier.] 1. To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest. To privilege dishonor in thy name. --Shak. 2. To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. He took this place for sanctuary, And it shall privilege him from your hands. --Shak. | |
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Privily \Priv"i*ly\, adv. In a privy manner; privately; secretly. --Chaucer. --2 Pet. ii. 1. | |
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Probal \Pro"bal\, a. Approved; probable. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Probality \Pro*bal"i*ty\, n. Probability. [Obs.] [bd]With as great probality.[b8] --Holland. | |
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Problem \Prob"lem\, n. [F. probl[8a]me, L. problema, fr. Gr. [?] anything thrown forward, a question proposed for solution, fr. [?] to throw or lay before; [?] before, forward + [?] to throw. Cf. {Parable}. ] 1. A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt. --Bacon. 2. (Math.) Anything which is required to be done; as, in geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find an unknown quantity. Note: Problem differs from theorem in this, that a problem is something to be done, as to bisect a triangle, to describe a circle, etc.; a theorem is something to be proved, as that all the angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles. {Plane problem} (Geom.), a problem that can be solved by the use of the rule and compass. {Solid problem} (Geom.), a problem requiring in its geometric solution the use of a conic section or higher curve. | |
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Problematic \Prob`lem*at"ic\, Problematical \Prob`lem*at"ic*al\, a. [L. problematicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. probl[82]matique.] Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful. -- {Prob`lem*at"ic*al*ly}, adv. Diligent inquiries into remote and problematical guilt leave a gate wide open to . . . informers. --Swift. | |
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Problematic \Prob`lem*at"ic\, Problematical \Prob`lem*at"ic*al\, a. [L. problematicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. probl[82]matique.] Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful. -- {Prob`lem*at"ic*al*ly}, adv. Diligent inquiries into remote and problematical guilt leave a gate wide open to . . . informers. --Swift. | |
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Problematic \Prob`lem*at"ic\, Problematical \Prob`lem*at"ic*al\, a. [L. problematicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. probl[82]matique.] Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful. -- {Prob`lem*at"ic*al*ly}, adv. Diligent inquiries into remote and problematical guilt leave a gate wide open to . . . informers. --Swift. | |
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Problematist \Prob"lem*a*tist\, n. One who proposes problems. [R.] --Evelyn. | |
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Problematize \Prob"lem*a*tize\, v. t. To propose problems. [R.] [bd]Hear him problematize.[b8] --B. Jonson. | |
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Profile \Pro"file\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profiling}] [Cf. F. profiler, It. profilare. See {Profile}, n.] 1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member. 2. (Mech.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it. {Profiling machine}, a jigging machine. | |
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Profile \Pro"file\, n. [It. profilo, fr. L. pro before + filum a thread, an outline, shape: cf. F. profil. See {File} arow, and cf. {Purfle}, {Purl}, a fringe.] 1. An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple. 2. (Paint & Sculp.) A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face. 3. (a) (Arch.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like. (b) (Civil Engin.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc. | |
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{Profile paper} (Civil Engin.), paper ruled with vertical and horizontal lines forming small oblong rectangles, adapted for drawing profiles. | |
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Profile \Pro"file\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profiling}] [Cf. F. profiler, It. profilare. See {Profile}, n.] 1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member. 2. (Mech.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it. {Profiling machine}, a jigging machine. | |
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Profile \Pro"file\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profiling}] [Cf. F. profiler, It. profilare. See {Profile}, n.] 1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member. 2. (Mech.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it. {Profiling machine}, a jigging machine. | |
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Profiling \Pro"fil*ing\, n. (Fort.) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points. | |
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Profile \Pro"file\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profiling}] [Cf. F. profiler, It. profilare. See {Profile}, n.] 1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member. 2. (Mech.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it. {Profiling machine}, a jigging machine. | |
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Profilist \Pro"fil*ist\, n. One who takes profiles. | |
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Profligacy \Prof"li*ga*cy\, n. [See {Profligate}, a.] The quality of state of being profligate; a profligate or very vicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice; dissoluteness. | |
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Profligate \Prof"li*gate\, v. t. To drive away; to overcome. Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --Harvey. | |
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Profligate \Prof"li*gate\, a. [L. profligatus, p. p. of profligare to strike or dash to the ground, to destroy; pro before + a word akin to fligere to strike. See {Afflict}.] 1. Overthrown; beaten; conquered. [Obs.] The foe is profligate, and run. --Hudibras. 2. Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch. A race more profligate than we. --Roscommon. Made prostitute and profligate muse. --Dryden. Syn: Abandoned; corrupt; dissolute; vitiated; depraved; vicious; wicked. See {Abandoned}. | |
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Profligate \Prof"li*gate\, n. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person. [bd]Such a profligate as Antony.[b8] --Swift. | |
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Profligately \Prof"li*gate*ly\, adv. In a profligate manner. | |
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Profligateness \Prof"li*gate*ness\, n. The quality of being profligate; an abandoned course of life; profligacy. | |
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Profligation \Prof`li*ga"tion\, n. [L. profligatio.] Defeat; rout; overthrow. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Profluence \Prof"lu*ence\, n. [L. profluentia.] Quality of being profluent; course. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Profluent \Prof"lu*ent\, a. [L. profluens, p. pr. of profluere; pro forward + fluere to flow.] Flowing forward, [R.] [bd]In the profluent stream.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Profulgent \Pro*ful"gent\, a. [Pref. pro- + L. fulgere to shine.] Shining forth; brilliant; effulgent. [Obs.] [bd]Profulgent in preciousness.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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{Proof charge} (Firearms), a charge of powder and ball, greater than the service charge, fired in an arm, as a gun or cannon, to test its strength. {Proof impression}. See under {Impression}. {Proof load} (Engin.), the greatest load than can be applied to a piece, as a beam, column, etc., without straining the piece beyond the elastic limit. {Proof sheet}. See {Proof}, n., 5. {Proof spirit} (Chem.), a strong distilled liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing not less than a standard amount of alcohol. In the United States [bd]proof spirit is defined by law to be that mixture of alcohol and water which contains one half of its volume of alcohol, the alcohol when at a temperature of 60[deg] Fahrenheit being of specific gravity 0.7939 referred to water at its maximum density as unity. Proof spirit has at 60[deg] Fahrenheit a specific gravity of 0.93353, 100 parts by volume of the same consisting of 50 parts of absolute alcohol and 53.71 parts of water,[b8] the apparent excess of water being due to contraction of the liquids on mixture. In England proof spirit is defined by Act 58, George III., to be such as shall at a temperature of 51[deg] Fahrenheit weigh exactly the [frac12x13] part of an equal measure of distilled water. This contains 49.3 per cent by weight, or 57.09 by volume, of alcohol. Stronger spirits, as those of about 60, 70, and 80 per cent of alcohol, are sometimes called second, third, and fourth proof spirits respectively. {Proof staff}, a straight-edge used by millers to test the flatness of a stone. {Proof stick} (Sugar Manuf.), a rod in the side of a vacuum pan, for testing the consistency of the sirup. {Proof text}, a passage of Scripture used to prove a doctrine. | |
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Proofless \Proof"less\, a. Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved. --Boyle. -- {Proof"less*ly}, adv. | |
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Proofless \Proof"less\, a. Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved. --Boyle. -- {Proof"less*ly}, adv. | |
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Propel \Pro*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Propelling}.] [L. propellere, propulsum; pro forward + pellere to drive. See {Pulse} a beating.] To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder. | |
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Propel \Pro*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Propelling}.] [L. propellere, propulsum; pro forward + pellere to drive. See {Pulse} a beating.] To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder. | |
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Tractor screw \Tractor screw\ [or] propeller \propeller\ (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an a[89]roplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, {Tractor monoplane}, {Tractor biplane}, etc. | |
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Propeller \Pro*pel"ler\, n. 1. One who, or that which, propels. 2. A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel. | |
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Tractor screw \Tractor screw\ [or] propeller \propeller\ (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an a[89]roplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, {Tractor monoplane}, {Tractor biplane}, etc. | |
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Propeller \Pro*pel"ler\, n. 1. One who, or that which, propels. 2. A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel. | |
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3. A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer. {Propeller wheel},the screw, usually having two or more blades, used in propelling a vessel. | |
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Propel \Pro*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Propelling}.] [L. propellere, propulsum; pro forward + pellere to drive. See {Pulse} a beating.] To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder. | |
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Prophylactic \Proph`y*lac"tic\, n. [Cf. F. prophylactique.] (Med.) A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive. | |
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Prophylactic \Proph`y*lac"tic\, Prophylactical \Proph`y*lac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to guard against; [?] before + [?] to guard: cf. F. prophylactique.] (Med.) Defending or preserving from disease; preventive. --Coxe. | |
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Prophylactic \Proph`y*lac"tic\, Prophylactical \Proph`y*lac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to guard against; [?] before + [?] to guard: cf. F. prophylactique.] (Med.) Defending or preserving from disease; preventive. --Coxe. | |
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Propiolate \Pro"pi*o*late\, n. A salt of propiolic acid. | |
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Propiolic \Pro`pi*ol"ic\, a. [Propionic + tetrolic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also propargylic acid) of the acetylene or tetrolic series, analogous to propionic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Proplasm \Pro"plasm\, n. [L. proplasma, Gr. [?]; [?] before + [?] a thing formed, fr. [?] to mold.] A mold; a matrix. [R.] --Woodward. | |
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Proplastic \Pro*plas"tic\, a. Forming a mold. | |
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Proplastics \Pro*plas"tics\, n. The art of making molds for castings. [R.] | |
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Proleg \Pro"leg\, n. [Pref. pro- for, in place of + leg.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larv[91] of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also {proped}, {propleg}, and {falseleg}. | |
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Propleg \Prop"leg`\, n. [So called because it props up or supports the body.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Proleg}. | |
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Proleg \Pro"leg\, n. [Pref. pro- for, in place of + leg.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larv[91] of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also {proped}, {propleg}, and {falseleg}. | |
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Propleg \Prop"leg`\, n. [So called because it props up or supports the body.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Proleg}. | |
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Propolis \Pro"po*lis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] before + [?] city.] Same as {Bee glue}, under {Bee}. | |
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Bee \Bee\ (b[emac]), n. [AS. be[a2]; akin to D. bij and bije, Icel. b[?], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and family {Apid[91]} (the honeybees), or family {Andrenid[91]} (the solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}. Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee ({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the {A. mellifica} there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the {A. ligustica} of Spain and Italy; the {A. Indica} of India; the {A. fasciata} of Egypt. The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and {Trigona}. 2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. --S. G. Goodrich. 3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be[a0]h ring, fr. b[?]gan to bend. See 1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also {bee blocks}. {Bee beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius}) parasitic in beehives. {Bee bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. {Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus {Ophrys} ({O. apifera}), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects. {Bee fly} (Zo[94]l.), a two winged fly of the family {Bombyliid[91]}. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees. {Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an apiary. --Mortimer. {Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also {propolis}. {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard. {Bee killer} (Zo[94]l.), a large two-winged fly of the family {Asilid[91]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon the honeybee. See {Robber fly}. {Bee louse} (Zo[94]l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect ({Braula c[91]ca}) parasitic on hive bees. {Bee martin} (Zo[94]l.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus Carolinensis}) which occasionally feeds on bees. {Bee moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose larv[91] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. {Bee wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of {Bee beetle}. {To have a bee in the head} [or] {in the bonnet}. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson. (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. [bd]She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Propolis \Pro"po*lis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] before + [?] city.] Same as {Bee glue}, under {Bee}. | |
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Bee \Bee\ (b[emac]), n. [AS. be[a2]; akin to D. bij and bije, Icel. b[?], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and family {Apid[91]} (the honeybees), or family {Andrenid[91]} (the solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}. Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee ({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the {A. mellifica} there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the {A. ligustica} of Spain and Italy; the {A. Indica} of India; the {A. fasciata} of Egypt. The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and {Trigona}. 2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. --S. G. Goodrich. 3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be[a0]h ring, fr. b[?]gan to bend. See 1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also {bee blocks}. {Bee beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius}) parasitic in beehives. {Bee bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. {Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus {Ophrys} ({O. apifera}), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects. {Bee fly} (Zo[94]l.), a two winged fly of the family {Bombyliid[91]}. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees. {Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an apiary. --Mortimer. {Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also {propolis}. {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard. {Bee killer} (Zo[94]l.), a large two-winged fly of the family {Asilid[91]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon the honeybee. See {Robber fly}. {Bee louse} (Zo[94]l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect ({Braula c[91]ca}) parasitic on hive bees. {Bee martin} (Zo[94]l.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus Carolinensis}) which occasionally feeds on bees. {Bee moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose larv[91] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. {Bee wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of {Bee beetle}. {To have a bee in the head} [or] {in the bonnet}. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson. (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. [bd]She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Propulsation \Pro`pul*sa"tion\, n. [L. propulsatio. See {Propulse}.] The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Propulse \Pro*pulse"\, v. t. [L. propulsare, v. intens. from propellere to propel. See {Propel}.] To repel; to drive off or away. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. | |
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Propulsion \Pro*pul"sion\, n. [Cf. F. propulsion. See {Propel}.] 1. The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion. 2. An impelling act or movement. God works in all things; all obey His first propulsion. --Whittier. | |
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Propulsive \Pro*pul"sive\, a. Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging. [bd][The] propulsive movement of the verse.[b8] --Coleridge. | |
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Propulsory \Pro*pul"so*ry\, a. Propulsive. | |
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Propyl \Pro"pyl\, n. [Propionic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {C3H7}, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds. | |
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Propane \Pro"pane\, n. [Propyl + methane.] (Chem.) A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, {C3H8}, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also {propyl hydride}. | |
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d8Propyl91um \[d8]Prop`y*l[91]"um\, n.; pl. {Propyl[91]a}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] before + [?] a gate.] (Anc. Classical Arch.) Any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure. | |
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d8Propylon \[d8]Prop"y*lon\, n.; pl. {Propyla}. [NL., from Gr. [?]; [?] before + [?] a gate.] (Anc. Arch.) The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice. | |
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Propylene \Pro"pyl*ene\, n. [Cf. F. propyl[8a]ne.] (Chem.) A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon ({C3H6}) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also {propene}. | |
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Propylic \Pro*pyl"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, propyl; as, propylic alcohol. | |
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Propidene \Pro"pi*dene\, n. [Propyl + ethylidene.] (Chem.) The unsymmetrical hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, {CH3.CH2.CH}, analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also {propylidene}. | |
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Propylidene \Pro*pyl"i*dene\, n. (Chem.) See {Propidene}. | |
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Propidene \Pro"pi*dene\, n. [Propyl + ethylidene.] (Chem.) The unsymmetrical hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, {CH3.CH2.CH}, analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also {propylidene}. | |
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Propylidene \Pro*pyl"i*dene\, n. (Chem.) See {Propidene}. | |
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Pry \Pry\, n. [Corrupted fr. prize a lever. See {Prize}, n.] A lever; also, leverage. [Local, U. S. & Eng.] {Pry pole}, the pole which forms the prop of a hoisting gin, and stands facing the windlass. | |
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Purblind \Pur"blind`\, a. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind. See {Pure}, and cf. {Poreblind}.] 1. Wholly blind. [bd]Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight.[b8] --Shak. 2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer. O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson. -- {Pur"blind`ly}, adv. -- {Pur"blind`ness}, n. | |
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Purblind \Pur"blind`\, a. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind. See {Pure}, and cf. {Poreblind}.] 1. Wholly blind. [bd]Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight.[b8] --Shak. 2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer. O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson. -- {Pur"blind`ly}, adv. -- {Pur"blind`ness}, n. | |
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Purblind \Pur"blind`\, a. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind. See {Pure}, and cf. {Poreblind}.] 1. Wholly blind. [bd]Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight.[b8] --Shak. 2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer. O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson. -- {Pur"blind`ly}, adv. -- {Pur"blind`ness}, n. | |
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Methylene \Meth"yl*ene\, n. [F. m[82]thyl[8a]ne, from Gr. [?] wine + [?] wood; -- a word coined to correspond to the name wood spirit.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, {CH2}, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, {CH2Br2}; -- formerly called also {methene}. {Methylene blue} (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; -- called also {pure blue}. | |
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Pure \Pure\, a. [Compar. {Purer}; superl. {Purest}.] [OE. pur, F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider, think, Skr. p[?] to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf. {Putative}.] 1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion. The pure fetters on his shins great. --Chaucer. A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. --I. Watts. 2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. [bd]Keep thyself pure.[b8] --1 Tim. v. 22. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience. --1 Tim. i. 5. 3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions. [bd]Pure religion and impartial laws.[b8] --Tickell. [bd]The pure, fine talk of Rome.[b8] --Ascham. Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records. --Macaulay. 4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services. Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. --Lev. xxiv. 6. 5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. {Pure-impure}, completely or totally impure. [bd]The inhabitants were pure-impure pagans.[b8] --Fuller. {Pure blue}. (Chem.) See {Methylene blue}, under {Methylene}. {Pure chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Pure mathematics}, that portion of mathematics which treats of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to applied mathematics, which treats of the application of the principles to the investigation of other branches of knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See {Mathematics}. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) {Pure villenage} (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain services at the will of the lord. --Blackstone. Syn: Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine; unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished; unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless; incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate; innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy. | |
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Methylene \Meth"yl*ene\, n. [F. m[82]thyl[8a]ne, from Gr. [?] wine + [?] wood; -- a word coined to correspond to the name wood spirit.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, {CH2}, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, {CH2Br2}; -- formerly called also {methene}. {Methylene blue} (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; -- called also {pure blue}. | |
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Pure \Pure\, a. [Compar. {Purer}; superl. {Purest}.] [OE. pur, F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider, think, Skr. p[?] to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf. {Putative}.] 1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion. The pure fetters on his shins great. --Chaucer. A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. --I. Watts. 2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. [bd]Keep thyself pure.[b8] --1 Tim. v. 22. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience. --1 Tim. i. 5. 3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions. [bd]Pure religion and impartial laws.[b8] --Tickell. [bd]The pure, fine talk of Rome.[b8] --Ascham. Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records. --Macaulay. 4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services. Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. --Lev. xxiv. 6. 5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. {Pure-impure}, completely or totally impure. [bd]The inhabitants were pure-impure pagans.[b8] --Fuller. {Pure blue}. (Chem.) See {Methylene blue}, under {Methylene}. {Pure chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Pure mathematics}, that portion of mathematics which treats of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to applied mathematics, which treats of the application of the principles to the investigation of other branches of knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See {Mathematics}. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) {Pure villenage} (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain services at the will of the lord. --Blackstone. Syn: Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine; unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished; unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless; incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate; innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy. | |
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Pure \Pure\, a. [Compar. {Purer}; superl. {Purest}.] [OE. pur, F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider, think, Skr. p[?] to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf. {Putative}.] 1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion. The pure fetters on his shins great. --Chaucer. A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. --I. Watts. 2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. [bd]Keep thyself pure.[b8] --1 Tim. v. 22. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience. --1 Tim. i. 5. 3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions. [bd]Pure religion and impartial laws.[b8] --Tickell. [bd]The pure, fine talk of Rome.[b8] --Ascham. Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records. --Macaulay. 4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services. Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. --Lev. xxiv. 6. 5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. {Pure-impure}, completely or totally impure. [bd]The inhabitants were pure-impure pagans.[b8] --Fuller. {Pure blue}. (Chem.) See {Methylene blue}, under {Methylene}. {Pure chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Pure mathematics}, that portion of mathematics which treats of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to applied mathematics, which treats of the application of the principles to the investigation of other branches of knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See {Mathematics}. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) {Pure villenage} (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain services at the will of the lord. --Blackstone. Syn: Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine; unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished; unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless; incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate; innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy. | |
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Purfile \Pur"file\, n. [See {Purfle}.] A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also {bobbinwork}. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. | |
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Purfle \Pur"fle\, v. t. [OF. pourfiler; pour for + fil a thread, L. filum. See {Profile}, and cf. {Purl} a border.] 1. To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white. --P. Plowman. A goodly lady clad in scarlet red, Purfled with gold and pearl of rich assay. --Spenser. 2. (Her.) To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings. | |
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Purfle \Pur"fle\, Purflew \Pur"flew\, n. 1. A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work. 2. (Her.) A border of any heraldic fur. | |
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Purfled \Pur"fled\, a. Ornamented; decorated; esp., embroidered on the edges. {Purfled work} (Arch.), delicate tracery, especially in Gothic architecture. | |
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Purfled \Pur"fled\, a. Ornamented; decorated; esp., embroidered on the edges. {Purfled work} (Arch.), delicate tracery, especially in Gothic architecture. | |
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Purfle \Pur"fle\, Purflew \Pur"flew\, n. 1. A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work. 2. (Her.) A border of any heraldic fur. | |
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Purfling \Pur"fling\, n. Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the inlaid border of a musical instrument, as a violin. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, n.; pl. {Purples}. [OE. purpre, pourpre, OF. purpre, porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. [?] the purple fish, a shell from the purple dye was obtained, purple dye; cf. [?] dark (said of the sea), purple, [?] to grow dark (said of the sea), to be troubled; perh. akin to L. furere to rage, E. fury: cf. AS. purpure. Cf. {Porphyry}, {Purpure}.] 1. A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue. Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. -- Milton. Note: The ancient words which are translated purple are supposed to have been used for the color we call crimson. In the gradations of color as defined in art, purple is a mixture of red and blue. When red predominates it is called violet, and when blue predominates, hyacinth. 2. Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple. Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple, and scarlet. --Ex. xxvi. 1. 3. Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. [bd]He was born in the purple.[b8] --Gibbon. 4. A cardinalate. See {Cardinal}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus {Basilarchia} (formerly {Limenitis}) as, the banded purple ({B. arthemis}). See Illust. under {Ursula}. 6. (Zo[94]l.) Any shell of the genus Purpura. 7. pl.(Med.) See {Purpura}. 8. pl. A disease of wheat. Same as {Earcockle}. Note: Purple is sometimes used in composition, esp. with participles forming words of obvious signification; as, purple-colored, purple-hued, purple-stained, purple-tinged, purple-tinted, and the like. {French purple}. (Chem.) Same as {Cudbear}. {Purple of Cassius}. See {Cassius}. {Purple of mollusca} (Zo[94]l.), a coloring matter derived from certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye. It is obtained from Ianthina, and from several species of Purpura, and Murex. {To be born in the purple}, to be of princely birth; to be highborn. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. 3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. {Purple bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European purple gallinule. See under {Gallinule}. {Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}. {Purple grackle} (Zo[94]l.), the crow blackbird. See under {Crow}. {Purple martin}. See under {Martin}. {Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}. {Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purpling}.] To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood. When morn Purples the east. --Milton. Reclining soft in blissful bowers, Purpled sweet with springing flowers. -- Fenton. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. 3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. {Purple bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European purple gallinule. See under {Gallinule}. {Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}. {Purple grackle} (Zo[94]l.), the crow blackbird. See under {Crow}. {Purple martin}. See under {Martin}. {Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}. {Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}. | |
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Coneflower \Cone"flow`er\, n. Any plant of the genus {Rudbeckia}; -- so called from the cone-shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related genera {Ratibida} and {Brauneria}, the latter usually known as {purple coneflower}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purple \Pur"ple\, a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. 3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. {Purple bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European purple gallinule. See under {Gallinule}. {Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}. {Purple grackle} (Zo[94]l.), the crow blackbird. See under {Crow}. {Purple martin}. See under {Martin}. {Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}. {Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}. | |
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Bornite \Bor"nite\, n. [Named after Von Born, a mineralogist.] (Min.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called {purple copper ore} (or {erubescite}), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. 3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. {Purple bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European purple gallinule. See under {Gallinule}. {Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}. {Purple grackle} (Zo[94]l.), the crow blackbird. See under {Crow}. {Purple martin}. See under {Martin}. {Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}. {Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}. | |
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Bornite \Bor"nite\, n. [Named after Von Born, a mineralogist.] (Min.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called {purple copper ore} (or {erubescite}), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface. | |
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Emperor \Em"per*or\, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative}, {Empress}.] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. {Emperor goose} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome goose ({Philacte canagica}), found in Alaska. {Emperor moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropia moth ({Platysamia cecropia}), and the European species ({Saturnia pavonia}). {Emperor paper}. See under {Paper}. {Purple emperor} (Zo[94]l.), a large, strong British butterfly ({Apatura iris}). | |
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}. {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its round red drupes. {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than {Prunus}, are; {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of the same family with the persimmon. {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}. {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}. {Date plum}. See under {Date}. {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium macrophyllum}. {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime. {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}. {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European bullfinch. {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. 3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. {Purple bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European purple gallinule. See under {Gallinule}. {Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}. {Purple grackle} (Zo[94]l.), the crow blackbird. See under {Crow}. {Purple martin}. See under {Martin}. {Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}. {Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}. | |
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Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr[?]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[?]e; cf. Icel. kr[?]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[?]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus {Corvus}, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See {Caw}. Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {C. corone}. The common American crow is {C. Americanus}. See {Carrion crow}, and Illustr., under {Carrion}. 2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. --Shak. 3. The cry of the cock. See {Crow}, v. i., 1. 4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers. {Carrion crow}. See under {Carrion}. {Crow blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Quiscalus quiscula}); -- called also {purple grackle}. {Crow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See {Coucal}. {Crow shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the genera {Gymnorhina}, {Craticus}, or {Strepera}, mostly from Australia. {Red-legged crow}. See {Crough}. {As the crow flies}, in a direct line. {To pick a crow}, {To pluck a crow}, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one). | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. 3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. {Purple bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European purple gallinule. See under {Gallinule}. {Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}. {Purple grackle} (Zo[94]l.), the crow blackbird. See under {Crow}. {Purple martin}. See under {Martin}. {Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}. {Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}. | |
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Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr[?]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[?]e; cf. Icel. kr[?]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[?]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus {Corvus}, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See {Caw}. Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {C. corone}. The common American crow is {C. Americanus}. See {Carrion crow}, and Illustr., under {Carrion}. 2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. --Shak. 3. The cry of the cock. See {Crow}, v. i., 1. 4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers. {Carrion crow}. See under {Carrion}. {Crow blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Quiscalus quiscula}); -- called also {purple grackle}. {Crow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See {Coucal}. {Crow shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the genera {Gymnorhina}, {Craticus}, or {Strepera}, mostly from Australia. {Red-legged crow}. See {Crough}. {As the crow flies}, in a direct line. {To pick a crow}, {To pluck a crow}, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one). | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. 3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. {Purple bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European purple gallinule. See under {Gallinule}. {Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}. {Purple grackle} (Zo[94]l.), the crow blackbird. See under {Crow}. {Purple martin}. See under {Martin}. {Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}. {Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, n.; pl. {Purples}. [OE. purpre, pourpre, OF. purpre, porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. [?] the purple fish, a shell from the purple dye was obtained, purple dye; cf. [?] dark (said of the sea), purple, [?] to grow dark (said of the sea), to be troubled; perh. akin to L. furere to rage, E. fury: cf. AS. purpure. Cf. {Porphyry}, {Purpure}.] 1. A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue. Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. -- Milton. Note: The ancient words which are translated purple are supposed to have been used for the color we call crimson. In the gradations of color as defined in art, purple is a mixture of red and blue. When red predominates it is called violet, and when blue predominates, hyacinth. 2. Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple. Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple, and scarlet. --Ex. xxvi. 1. 3. Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. [bd]He was born in the purple.[b8] --Gibbon. 4. A cardinalate. See {Cardinal}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus {Basilarchia} (formerly {Limenitis}) as, the banded purple ({B. arthemis}). See Illust. under {Ursula}. 6. (Zo[94]l.) Any shell of the genus Purpura. 7. pl.(Med.) See {Purpura}. 8. pl. A disease of wheat. Same as {Earcockle}. Note: Purple is sometimes used in composition, esp. with participles forming words of obvious signification; as, purple-colored, purple-hued, purple-stained, purple-tinged, purple-tinted, and the like. {French purple}. (Chem.) Same as {Cudbear}. {Purple of Cassius}. See {Cassius}. {Purple of mollusca} (Zo[94]l.), a coloring matter derived from certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye. It is obtained from Ianthina, and from several species of Purpura, and Murex. {To be born in the purple}, to be of princely birth; to be highborn. | |
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Cassius \Cas"sius\, n. [From the name of the discoverer, A. Cassius, a German physician of the 17th centry.] A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called {Purple of Cassius}. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, n.; pl. {Purples}. [OE. purpre, pourpre, OF. purpre, porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. [?] the purple fish, a shell from the purple dye was obtained, purple dye; cf. [?] dark (said of the sea), purple, [?] to grow dark (said of the sea), to be troubled; perh. akin to L. furere to rage, E. fury: cf. AS. purpure. Cf. {Porphyry}, {Purpure}.] 1. A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue. Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. -- Milton. Note: The ancient words which are translated purple are supposed to have been used for the color we call crimson. In the gradations of color as defined in art, purple is a mixture of red and blue. When red predominates it is called violet, and when blue predominates, hyacinth. 2. Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple. Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple, and scarlet. --Ex. xxvi. 1. 3. Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. [bd]He was born in the purple.[b8] --Gibbon. 4. A cardinalate. See {Cardinal}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus {Basilarchia} (formerly {Limenitis}) as, the banded purple ({B. arthemis}). See Illust. under {Ursula}. 6. (Zo[94]l.) Any shell of the genus Purpura. 7. pl.(Med.) See {Purpura}. 8. pl. A disease of wheat. Same as {Earcockle}. Note: Purple is sometimes used in composition, esp. with participles forming words of obvious signification; as, purple-colored, purple-hued, purple-stained, purple-tinged, purple-tinted, and the like. {French purple}. (Chem.) Same as {Cudbear}. {Purple of Cassius}. See {Cassius}. {Purple of mollusca} (Zo[94]l.), a coloring matter derived from certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye. It is obtained from Ianthina, and from several species of Purpura, and Murex. {To be born in the purple}, to be of princely birth; to be highborn. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. 3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. {Purple bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European purple gallinule. See under {Gallinule}. {Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}. {Purple grackle} (Zo[94]l.), the crow blackbird. See under {Crow}. {Purple martin}. See under {Martin}. {Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}. {Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purple \Pur"ple\, a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. 3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. {Purple bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European purple gallinule. See under {Gallinule}. {Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}. {Purple grackle} (Zo[94]l.), the crow blackbird. See under {Crow}. {Purple martin}. See under {Martin}. {Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}. {Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}. | |
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d8Ianthina \[d8]I*an"thi*na\, n.; pl. L. {Ianthin[91]}, E. {Ianthinas}. [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. [?]; [?] violet + [?] flower.] (Zo[94]l.) Any gastropod of the genus {Ianthina}, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also {purple shell}, and {violet snail}. [Written also {janthina}.] Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purple \Pur"ple\, a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. 3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. {Purple bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European purple gallinule. See under {Gallinule}. {Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}. {Purple grackle} (Zo[94]l.), the crow blackbird. See under {Crow}. {Purple martin}. See under {Martin}. {Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}. {Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Ianthina \[d8]I*an"thi*na\, n.; pl. L. {Ianthin[91]}, E. {Ianthinas}. [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. [?]; [?] violet + [?] flower.] (Zo[94]l.) Any gastropod of the genus {Ianthina}, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also {purple shell}, and {violet snail}. [Written also {janthina}.] Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purpling}.] To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood. When morn Purples the east. --Milton. Reclining soft in blissful bowers, Purpled sweet with springing flowers. -- Fenton. | |
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Purpleheart \Pur"ple*heart`\, n. (Bot.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus {Copaifera} ({C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis}). Used for decorative veneering. See {Copaiba}. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, n.; pl. {Purples}. [OE. purpre, pourpre, OF. purpre, porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. [?] the purple fish, a shell from the purple dye was obtained, purple dye; cf. [?] dark (said of the sea), purple, [?] to grow dark (said of the sea), to be troubled; perh. akin to L. furere to rage, E. fury: cf. AS. purpure. Cf. {Porphyry}, {Purpure}.] 1. A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue. Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. -- Milton. Note: The ancient words which are translated purple are supposed to have been used for the color we call crimson. In the gradations of color as defined in art, purple is a mixture of red and blue. When red predominates it is called violet, and when blue predominates, hyacinth. 2. Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple. Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple, and scarlet. --Ex. xxvi. 1. 3. Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. [bd]He was born in the purple.[b8] --Gibbon. 4. A cardinalate. See {Cardinal}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus {Basilarchia} (formerly {Limenitis}) as, the banded purple ({B. arthemis}). See Illust. under {Ursula}. 6. (Zo[94]l.) Any shell of the genus Purpura. 7. pl.(Med.) See {Purpura}. 8. pl. A disease of wheat. Same as {Earcockle}. Note: Purple is sometimes used in composition, esp. with participles forming words of obvious signification; as, purple-colored, purple-hued, purple-stained, purple-tinged, purple-tinted, and the like. {French purple}. (Chem.) Same as {Cudbear}. {Purple of Cassius}. See {Cassius}. {Purple of mollusca} (Zo[94]l.), a coloring matter derived from certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye. It is obtained from Ianthina, and from several species of Purpura, and Murex. {To be born in the purple}, to be of princely birth; to be highborn. | |
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Purplewood \Pur"ple*wood`\, n. Same as {Purpleheart}. | |
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Purple \Pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purpling}.] To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood. When morn Purples the east. --Milton. Reclining soft in blissful bowers, Purpled sweet with springing flowers. -- Fenton. | |
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Purplish \Pur"plish\, a. Somewhat purple. --Boyle. | |
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Pyrophyllite \Py*roph"yl*lite\, n. [Pyro- + Gr. [?] leaf.] (Min.) A mineral, usually of a white or greenish color and pearly luster, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina. | |
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Pyruvil \Py*ru"vil\, n. (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous compound obtained by heating together pyruvic acid and urea. | |
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Preble County, OH (county, FIPS 135) Location: 39.74238 N, 84.65225 W Population (1990): 40113 (15174 housing units) Area: 1100.3 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
profile n. 1. A control file for a program, esp. a text file automatically read from each user's home directory and intended to be easily modified by the user in order to customize the program's behavior. Used to avoid {hardcoded} choices (see also {dot file}, {rc file}). 2. [techspeak] A report on the amounts of time spent in each routine of a program, used to find and {tune} away the {hot spot}s in it. This sense is often verbed. Some profiling modes report units other than time (such as call counts) and/or report at granularities other than per-routine, but the idea is similar. 3.[techspeak] A subset of a standard used for a particular purpose. This sense confuses hackers who wander into the weird world of ISO standards no end! | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
propeller head n. Used by hackers, this is syn. with {computer geek}. Non-hackers sometimes use it to describe all techies. Prob. derives from SF fandom's tradition (originally invented by old-time fan Ray Faraday Nelson) of propeller beanies as fannish insignia (though nobody actually wears them except as a joke). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
propeller key n. [Mac users] See {feature key}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Purple Book n. 1. The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. Syn. {Wizard Book}. Donald Lewine's "POSIX Programmer's Guide" (O'Reilly, 1991, ISBN 0-937175-73-0). See also {{book titles}}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
purple wire n. [IBM] Wire installed by Field Engineers to work around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are called `purple wires' even when (as is frequently the case) their actual physical color is yellow.... Compare {blue wire}, {yellow wire}, and {red wire}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
perplexity The {geometric mean} of the number of words which may follow any given word for a certain {lexicon} and {grammar}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PowerBuilder from {Powersoft} for developing {client-server} {database} {applications}. It runs under {MS-DOS}(?) and {Microsoft Windows}. There are also versions for {Microsoft Windows}, {Windows NT}, {Macintosh}, and {Unix}. Applications can be built by creating {windows}, controls (such as {listboxes} and {buttons}), and {menus} within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, {PowerScript}, is loosely based on {BASIC}. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including {Sybase} and {Oracle}. It also has added support for {ODBC} database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend ({WATCOM} {SQL} 32-bit {relational database}). {Product information (http://www.powersoft.com/mktg/prodinfo/prodintr.html)}. {FAQ (ftp://ftp.oar.net/pub/psoft/pb01.faq)}. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.soft-sys.powerbuilder}. [Correct list of platforms?] (2001-03-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PowerFuL {logic programming}, using "angelic Powerdomains". (1998-06-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
privileged instruction A {machine code} instruction that may only be executed when the processor is running in {supervisor mode}. Privileged instructions include operations such as I/O and {memory management}. (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
problem state {IBM} jargon for {user mode}, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM {System 360}, 370 and 390 {mainframe}s {privileged instruction}s may only be executed in "supervisor state". {Application program}s request the {operating system} to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction. (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PROFILE Simple language for matching and scoring data. "User's Manual for the PROFILE System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (May 1974). [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
profile 1. A control file for a program, especially a text file automatically read from each user's home directory and intended to be easily modified by the user in order to customise the program's behaviour. Used to avoid {hard-coded} choices (see also {dot file}, {rc file}). 2. A report on the amounts of time spent in each routine of a program, used to find and {tune} away the {hot spot}s in it. This sense is often verbed. Some profiling modes report units other than time (such as call counts) and/or report at granularities other than per-routine, but the idea is similar. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PROFILE Simple language for matching and scoring data. "User's Manual for the PROFILE System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (May 1974). [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
profile 1. A control file for a program, especially a text file automatically read from each user's home directory and intended to be easily modified by the user in order to customise the program's behaviour. Used to avoid {hard-coded} choices (see also {dot file}, {rc file}). 2. A report on the amounts of time spent in each routine of a program, used to find and {tune} away the {hot spot}s in it. This sense is often verbed. Some profiling modes report units other than time (such as call counts) and/or report at granularities other than per-routine, but the idea is similar. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PROOF/L A {functional}, {object-oriented language} with {implicit parallelism}. [J Parallel Dist Comp 12:202-212 (1991)]. [Forthcoming Technical Report from {RADC}]. (1994-10-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
propeller head geek}. Non-hackers sometimes use it to describe all techies. Probably derives from SF fandom's tradition (originally invented by old-time fan Ray Faraday Nelson) of propeller beanies as fannish insignia (though nobody actually wears them except as a joke). [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
propeller key {feature key} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Purple Book 1. covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. See also {book titles}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
purple wire work around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are called "purple wires" even when (as is frequently the case) they are yellow. Compare {blue wire}, {yellow wire}, and {red wire}. (1995-04-11) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Parable (Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb (1 Sam. 10:12; 24:13; 2 Chr. 7:20), (2) a prophetic utterance (Num. 23:7; Ezek. 20:49), (3) an enigmatic saying (Ps. 78:2; Prov. 1:6). In the New Testament, (1) a proverb (Mark 7:17; Luke 4:23), (2) a typical emblem (Heb. 9:9; 11:19), (3) a similitude or allegory (Matt. 15:15; 24:32; Mark 3:23; Luke 5:36; 14:7); (4) ordinarily, in a more restricted sense, a comparison of earthly with heavenly things, "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning," as in the parables of our Lord. Instruction by parables has been in use from the earliest times. A large portion of our Lord's public teaching consisted of parables. He himself explains his reasons for this in his answer to the inquiry of the disciples, "Why speakest thou to them in parables?" (Matt. 13:13-15; Mark 4:11, 12; Luke 8:9, 10). He followed in so doing the rule of the divine procedures, as recorded in Matt. 13:13. The parables uttered by our Lord are all recorded in the synoptical (i.e., the first three) Gospels. The fourth Gospel contains no parable properly so called, although the illustration of the good shepherd (John 10:1-16) has all the essential features of a parable. (See List of Parables in Appendix.) |