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Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?] greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also {barfish}. {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under {Persian}. {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}. {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Cham[91]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also {copiapite}. {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}. {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}. {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}, and 3d {Flag}. {Yellow jack}. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}. (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}. {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite. {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel. {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}. {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye. {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover. {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}. {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also {yellow crake}. {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle}, and {Rocket}. {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. {Yellow spot}. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See {Eye}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5. {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}. {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler. | |
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Buttonwood \But"ton*wood`\, n. (Bot.) The {Platanus occidentalis}, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also {buttonball tree}, and, in some parts of the United States, {sycamore}. The California buttonwood is {P. racemosa}. | |
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Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P. resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P. Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}. {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the {Araucaria excelsa}. {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into pine trees. {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary. {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and {alligator}. {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}. (b) The American sable. See {Sable}. {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See {Pinus}. {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below). {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine. {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc. {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood wool}. | |
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Wombat \Wom"bat\, n. [From the native name, womback, wombach, in Australia.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus {Phascolomys}, especially the common species ({P. ursinus}). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots. | |
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Cherry \Cher"ry\, n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. [?], perh. fr. [?] horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from M[82]doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, {Prunus serotina} (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; {P. Virginiana} (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; {P. avium} and {P. Padus}, European trees (bird cherry). 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. {Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}. {Cherry bird} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. {Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar. {Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. {Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({C. cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. {Cherry pit}. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. --Shak. (b) A cherry stone. {Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the European spotted flycatcher ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper} {cherry snipe}. {Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries. {Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}. | |
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Paracentric \Par`a*cen"tric\, Paracentrical \Par`a*cen"tric*al\, a. [Pref. para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. paracentrique.] Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center. {Paracentric curve} (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a {paracentric}. {Paracentric motton} [or] {velocity}, the motion or velocity of a revolving body, as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction. | |
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Paracentric \Par`a*cen"tric\, Paracentrical \Par`a*cen"tric*al\, a. [Pref. para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. paracentrique.] Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center. {Paracentric curve} (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a {paracentric}. {Paracentric motton} [or] {velocity}, the motion or velocity of a revolving body, as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction. | |
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Paracentric \Par`a*cen"tric\, Paracentrical \Par`a*cen"tric*al\, a. [Pref. para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. paracentrique.] Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center. {Paracentric curve} (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a {paracentric}. {Paracentric motton} [or] {velocity}, the motion or velocity of a revolving body, as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction. | |
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Paracentric \Par`a*cen"tric\, Paracentrical \Par`a*cen"tric*al\, a. [Pref. para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. paracentrique.] Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center. {Paracentric curve} (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a {paracentric}. {Paracentric motton} [or] {velocity}, the motion or velocity of a revolving body, as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction. | |
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Paracentric \Par`a*cen"tric\, Paracentrical \Par`a*cen"tric*al\, a. [Pref. para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. paracentrique.] Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center. {Paracentric curve} (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a {paracentric}. {Paracentric motton} [or] {velocity}, the motion or velocity of a revolving body, as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction. | |
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Paracmastic \Par`ac*mas"tic\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Para-}, and {Acme}.] (Med.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper. --Dunglison. | |
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Paraconic \Par`a*con"ic\, a. [Pref. para- + aconitic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as a deliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids. | |
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Paraconine \Par`a*co"nine\, n. [Pref. para- + conine.] (Chem.) A base resembling and isomeric with conine, and obtained as a colorless liquid from butyric aldehyde and ammonia. | |
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Paracyanogen \Par`a*cy*an"o*gen\, n. [Pref. para- + cyanogen.] (Chem.) A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide. | |
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Paracymene \Par`a*cy"mene\, n. [Pref. para- + cymene.] (Chem.) Same as {Cymene}. | |
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Cymene \Cy"mene\ (s?"m?n), n. (Chem.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, {CH3.C6H4.C3H7}, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also {paracymene}, and formerly {camphogen}. | |
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Paracymene \Par`a*cy"mene\, n. [Pref. para- + cymene.] (Chem.) Same as {Cymene}. | |
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Cymene \Cy"mene\ (s?"m?n), n. (Chem.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, {CH3.C6H4.C3H7}, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also {paracymene}, and formerly {camphogen}. | |
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Paragenesis \Par`a*gen"e*sis\ (p[acr]r`[adot]*j[ecr]n"[esl]*s[icr]s), n. [Pref. para- + genesis.] (Min.) The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin. | |
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Paragenic \Par`a*gen"ic\ (-[icr]k), a. [Pref. para- + the root of ge`nos birth.] (Biol.) Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure, character, etc. | |
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Paragnath \Par"ag*nath\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Paragnathus}. | |
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d8Paragnathus \[d8]Pa*rag"na*thus\, n.; pl. {Paragnathi}. [NL. See {Para-}, and {Gnathic}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea. (b) One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids. | |
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Paragnathous \Pa*rag"na*thous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds. | |
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Paragon \Par"a*gon\, v. i. To be equal; to hold comparison. [R.] Few or none could . . . paragon with her. --Shelton. | |
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Paragon \Par"a*gon\, n. [OF. paragon, F. parangon; cf. It. paragone, Sp. paragon, parangon; prob. fr. Gr. [?] to rub against; [?] beside + [?] whetstone; cf. LGr. [?] a polishing stone.] 1. A companion; a match; an equal. [Obs.] --Spenser. Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. Emulation; rivalry; competition. [Obs.] Full many feats adventurous Performed, in paragon of proudest men. --Spenser. 3. A model or pattern; a pattern of excellence or perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence. --Udall. Man, . . . the paragon of animals ! --Shak. The riches of sweet Mary's son, Boy-rabbi, Israel's paragon. --Emerson. 4. (Print.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under {Type}. | |
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Paragon \Par"a*gon\, v. t. [Cf. OF. paragonner, F. parangonner.] 1. To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To compare with; to equal; to rival. [R.] --Spenser. In arms anon to paragon the morn, The morn new rising. --Glover. 3. To serve as a model for; to surpass. [Obs.] He hath achieved a maid That paragons description and wild fame. --Shak. | |
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Paragonite \Pa*rag"o*nite\, n. [From Gr. [?], p. pr. of [?] to mislead.] (Min.) A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps. | |
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Paraguayan \Par`a*guay"an\, a. Of or pertaining to Paraguay. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Paraguay. | |
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Parasang \Par"a*sang\, n. [L. parasanga, Gr. [?], from Old Persian; cf. Per. farsang.] A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles. | |
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d8Parascenium \[d8]Par`a*sce"ni*um\, n.; pl. {Parascenia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] beside + [?] stage.] (Greek & Rom. Antiq.) One of two apartments adjoining the stage, probably used as robing rooms. | |
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Paraschematic \Par`a*sche*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] to change from the true form.] Of or pertaining to a change from the right form, as in the formation of a word from another by a change of termination, gender, etc. --Max M[81]ller. | |
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Parasynthetic \Par`a*syn*thet"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Para-}, and {Synthetic}.] Formed from a compound word. [bd]Parasynthetic derivatives.[b8] --Dr. Murray. | |
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Paraxanthin \Par`a*xan"thin\, n. [Pref. Para- + xanthin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present in small quantity in urine. | |
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Parcenary \Par"ce*na*ry\, n. [See {Parcener}, {partner}.] (Law) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship. Note: It differs in many respects from joint tenancy, which is created by deed or devise. In the United States there is no essential distinction between parcenary and tenancy in common. --Wharton. Kent. | |
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Parcener \Par"ce*ner\, n. [Of. par[cced]onnier, parsonnier, fr. parzon, par[cced]un, parcion, part, portion, fr. L. partitio a division. See {Partition}, and cf. {Partner}.] (Law) A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate. | |
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Parching \Parch"ing\ (p[aum]rch"[icr]ng), a. Scorching; burning; drying. [bd]Summer's parching heat.[b8] --Shak. -- {Parch"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Parch \Parch\ (p[aum]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parching}.] [OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier, F. percer. See {Pierce}.] 1. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn. Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev. xxiii. 14. 2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever. The ground below is parched. --Dryden. | |
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Parching \Parch"ing\ (p[aum]rch"[icr]ng), a. Scorching; burning; drying. [bd]Summer's parching heat.[b8] --Shak. -- {Parch"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Parchment \Parch"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. [OE. parchemin, perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was first used.] 1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See {Vellum}. But here's a parchment with the seal of C[91]sar. --Shak. 2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}. | |
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Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess. | |
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Parchment \Parch"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. [OE. parchemin, perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was first used.] 1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See {Vellum}. But here's a parchment with the seal of C[91]sar. --Shak. 2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}. | |
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Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc. {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper. {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}. {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula papyracea}). {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper. {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. --Forney. {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings. {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant] {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry. {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}. {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta. {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange. {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}. {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above. {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked. | |
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Parchmentize \Parch"ment*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-ized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-izing}.] To convert to a parchmentlike substance, esp. by sulphuric acid. | |
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Parigenin \Pa*rig"e*nin\, n. [Parillin + -gen + -in.] (Chem.) A curdy white substance, obtained by the decomposition of parillin. | |
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Parishen \Par"ish*en\, n. A parishioner. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Parishional \Pa*rish"ion*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial. [R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Parishioner \Pa*rish"ion*er\, n. [F. paroissien, LL. parochianus.] One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish. | |
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Parisian \Pa*ri"sian\, n. [Cf. F. parisen.] A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France. | |
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Parisian \Pa*ri"sian\, a. Of or pertaining to Paris. | |
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Park \Park\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parking}.] 1. To inclose in a park, or as in a park. How are we parked, and bounded in a pale. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc. | |
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Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. Heb. Y[?]r[?]sh[be]laim.] The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ. {Jerusalem artichoke} [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e., sunflower, or turnsole. See {Gyre}, {Solar}.] (Bot.) (a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower ({Helianthus tuberosus}), whose tubers are sometimes used as food. (b) One of the tubers themselves. {Jerusalem cherry} (Bot.), the popular name of either of either of two species of {Solanum} ({S. Pseudo-capsicum} and {S. capsicastrum}), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries. {Jerusalem oak} (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot ({Chenopodium Botrys}), common about houses and along roadsides. {Jerusalem sage} (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family ({Phlomis tuberosa}). {Jerusalem thorn} (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree ({Parkinsonia aculeata}), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges. {The New Jerusalem}, Heaven; the Celestial City. | |
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Parochian \Pa*ro"chi*an\, a. [See {Parochial}, {Parishioner}.] Parochial. [Obs.] [bd]Parochian churches.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Parochian \Pa*ro"chi*an\, n. [LL. parochianus.] A parishioner. [Obs.] --Ld. Burleigh. | |
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Parsimonious \Par`si*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See {Parsimony}.] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. -- {Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness}, n. A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious. --Bacon. Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money. --Addison. Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving; mean; stingy; frugal. See {Avaricious}. | |
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Parsimonious \Par`si*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See {Parsimony}.] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. -- {Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness}, n. A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious. --Bacon. Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money. --Addison. Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving; mean; stingy; frugal. See {Avaricious}. | |
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Parsimonious \Par`si*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See {Parsimony}.] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. -- {Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness}, n. A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious. --Bacon. Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money. --Addison. Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving; mean; stingy; frugal. See {Avaricious}. | |
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Parsimony \Par"si*mo*ny\, n. [L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf. parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie.] Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. --Bacon. Awful parsimony presided generally at the table. --Thackeray. Syn: Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness; closeness; stinginess. See {Economy}. | |
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Parse \Parse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parsing}.] [L. pars a part; pars orationis a part of speech. See {Part}, n.] (Gram.) To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically. Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. --Ascham. | |
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Parsnip \Pars"nip\, n. [OE. parsnepe, from a French form, fr. L. pastinaca; cf. pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of dibble; cf. OF. pastenade, pastenaque.] (Bot.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself. {Cow parsnip}. See {Cow parsnip}. {Meadow parsnip}, the European cow parsnip. {Poison parsnip}, the wild stock of the parsnip. {Water parsnip}, any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Sium}, the species of which are poisonous. | |
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Parson \Par"son\, n. [OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See {Person}.] 1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls. 2. Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher. He hears the parson pray and preach. --Longfellow. {Parson bird} (Zo[94]l.), a New Zealand bird ({Prosthemadera Nov[91]seelandi[91]}) remarkable for its powers of mimicry and its ability to articulate words. Its color is glossy black, with a curious tuft of long, curly, white feathers on each side of the throat. It is often kept as a cage bird. | |
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Parson \Par"son\, n. [OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See {Person}.] 1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls. 2. Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher. He hears the parson pray and preach. --Longfellow. {Parson bird} (Zo[94]l.), a New Zealand bird ({Prosthemadera Nov[91]seelandi[91]}) remarkable for its powers of mimicry and its ability to articulate words. Its color is glossy black, with a curious tuft of long, curly, white feathers on each side of the throat. It is often kept as a cage bird. | |
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Parsonage \Par"son*age\, n. 1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish. 2. The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor. 3. Money paid for the support of a parson. [Scot.] What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage and vicarage, for? --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Parsoned \Par"soned\, a. Furnished with a parson. | |
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Parsonic \Par*son"ic\, Parsonical \Par*son"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical. Vainglory glowed in his parsonic heart. --Colman. -- {Par*son"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Parsonic \Par*son"ic\, Parsonical \Par*son"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical. Vainglory glowed in his parsonic heart. --Colman. -- {Par*son"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Parsonic \Par*son"ic\, Parsonical \Par*son"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical. Vainglory glowed in his parsonic heart. --Colman. -- {Par*son"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Parsonish \Par"son*ish\, a. Appropriate to, or like, a parson; -- used in disparagement. [Colloq.] | |
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Turbine \Tur"bine\, n. A form of steam engine analogous in construction and action to the water turbine. There are practically only two distinct kinds, and they are typified in the de Laval and the Parsons and Curtis turbines. The {de Laval turbine} is an impulse turbine, in which steam impinges upon revolving blades from a flared nozzle. The flare of the nozzle causes expansion of the steam, and hence changes its pressure energy into kinetic energy. An enormous velocity (30,000 revolutions per minute in the 5 H. P. size) is requisite for high efficiency, and the machine has therefore to be geared down to be of practical use. Some recent development of this type include turbines formed of several de Laval elements compounded as in the ordinary expansion engine. The {Parsons turbine} is an impulse-and-reaction turbine, usually of the axial type. The steam is constrained to pass successively through alternate rows of fixed and moving blades, being expanded down to a condenser pressure of about 1 lb. per square inch absolute. The {Curtis turbine} is somewhat simpler than the Parsons, and consists of elements each of which has at least two rows of moving blades and one row of stationary. The bucket velocity is lowered by fractional velocity reduction. Both the Parsons and Curtis turbines are suitable for driving dynamos and steamships directly. In efficiency, lightness, and bulk for a given power, they compare favorably with reciprocating engines. | |
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Oxeye \Ox"eye`\, n. [Ox + eye.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The oxeye daisy. See under {Daisy}. (b) The corn camomile ({Anthemis arvensis}). (c) A genus of composite plants ({Buphthalmum}) with large yellow flowers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse ({Parus major}) and the blue titmouse ({P. c[d2]ruleus}). [Prov. Eng.] (b) The dunlin. (c) A fish; the bogue, or box. {Creeping oxeye} (Bot.) a West Indian composite plant ({Wedelia carnosa}). {Seaside oxeye} (Bot.), a West Indian composite shrub ({Borrichia arborescens}). | |
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Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf. {Far}, {For-}, {Pardon}, and cf. {Par}, prep.] Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words. {Per annum}, by the year; in each successive year; annually. {Per cent}, {Per centum}, by the hundred; in the hundred; -- used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; commonly used in the shortened form per cent. | |
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Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf. {Far}, {For-}, {Pardon}, and cf. {Par}, prep.] Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words. {Per annum}, by the year; in each successive year; annually. {Per cent}, {Per centum}, by the hundred; in the hundred; -- used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; commonly used in the shortened form per cent. | |
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Percentage \Per*cent"age\, n. [Per cent + -age, as in average. See {Per}, and {Cent}.] (Com.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred. | |
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Perchance \Per*chance"\, adv. [F. par by (L. per) + chance. See {Par}, and {Chance}.] By chance; perhaps; peradventure. | |
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Perchant \Perch"ant\, n. [F.] A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering. | |
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Perch \Perch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Perched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perching}.] [F. percher. See {Perch} a pole.] To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. --Shak. | |
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{Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line. {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d {Log}, n., 2. {Log perch} (Zo[94]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and {rockfish}. {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound. {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above). {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage. {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government. {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log. | |
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Pergamenous \Per`ga*me"no*us\, Pergamentaceous \Per`ga*men*ta"ceous\, a. [L. pergamena parchment. See {Parchment}.] Like parchment. | |
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Pergamenous \Per`ga*me"no*us\, Pergamentaceous \Per`ga*men*ta"ceous\, a. [L. pergamena parchment. See {Parchment}.] Like parchment. | |
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Perichondrial \Per`i*chon"dri*al\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage. | |
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Periecians \Per`i*e"cians\, n. pl. See {Peri[d2]cians}. | |
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Periganglionic \Per`i*gan`gli*on"ic\, a. (Anat.) Surrounding a ganglion; as, the periganglionic glands of the frog. | |
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Perigean \Per`i*ge"an\, a. Pertaining to the perigee. {Perigean tides}, those spring tides which occur soon after the moon passes her perigee. | |
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Perigean \Per`i*ge"an\, a. Pertaining to the perigee. {Perigean tides}, those spring tides which occur soon after the moon passes her perigee. | |
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Perigenesis \Per`i*gen"e*sis\, n. (Biol.) A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another. | |
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Perigenetic \Per`i*gen"e*tic\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to perigenesis. | |
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Perigee \Per"i*gee\, Perigeum \Per`i*ge"um\, n. [NL. perigeum, fr. Gr. [?] about, near + [?] the earth: cf. F. p[82]rig[82]e.] (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to {apogee}. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also {epigee}, {epigeum}. | |
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Perigone \Per"i*gone\, n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. [?] productive organs.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth. (b) In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid. | |
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d8Perigonium \[d8]Per`i*go"ni*um\, n.; pl. {Perigonia}. [NL.] Same as {Perigone}. | |
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d8Perigynium \[d8]Per`i*gyn"i*um\, n.; pl. {Perigynia}. [NL. See {Perigynous}.] (Bot.) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or {Cyperace[91]}. | |
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Perigynous \Pe*rig"y*nous\, a. [Pref. peri- + Gr. [?] woman.] (Bot.) Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach. | |
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Periscian \Pe*ris"cian\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] around + [?] shadow: cf. F. p[82]riscien.] Having the shadow moving all around. | |
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Periscians \Pe*ris"cians\, d8Periscii \[d8]Pe*ris"ci*i\, n. pl. [NL. See {Periscian}.] Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass. | |
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Perish \Per"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Perished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perishing}.] [OE. perissen, perisshen, F. p[82]rir, p. pr. p[82]rissant, L. perire to go or run through, come to nothing, perish; per through + ire to go. Cf. {Issue}, and see {-ish}.] To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away. I perish with hunger! --Luke xv. 17. Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. --Milton. The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. --Locke. | |
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Perishment \Per"ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. perissement.] The act of perishing. [R.] --Udall. | |
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d8Perisoma \[d8]Per`i*so"ma\, n.; pl. {Perisomata}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Perisome}. | |
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Perisome \Per"i*some\, n. [Pref. peri- + -some body.] (Zo[94]l.) The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or c[d2]lenterate; the integument. | |
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Perjenet \Per"jen*et\, n. [Cf. {Pear}, and {Jenneting}.] A kind of pear. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Perkin \Per"kin\, n. A kind of weak perry. | |
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Perk \Perk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perking}.] [Cf. W. percu to trim, to make smart.] To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head. --Cowper. Sherburne. | |
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Perkinism \Per"kin*ism\, n. (Med.) A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, -- first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich, Conn. See {Metallotherapy}. | |
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Persant \Per"sant\, a. [F. per[87]ant, p. pr. of percer to pierce.] Piercing. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindoo}.] 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. 3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.] {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}). {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa. {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}. {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}. {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise. {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk. {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays}); the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}. {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2. {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M. Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers. {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red berries. {Indian dye}, the puccoon. {Indian fig}. (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}. (b) The prickly pear. {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path. {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light. {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass. --Gray. {Indian hemp}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties. (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from which hasheesh is obtained. {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}. {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.] {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}. {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu. {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}. {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}. {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray. {Indian pink}. (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called in the West Indies. (b) See {China pink}, under {China}. {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying. {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods. --Gray. {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}). {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses. {Indian purple}. (a) A dull purple color. (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black. {Indian red}. (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}. (b) See {Almagra}. {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}. {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C. Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See {Canna}. {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under {Summer}. {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See {Lobelia}. {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}. {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn. {Indian yellow}. (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. (b) See {Euxanthin}. | |
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Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, n. [From the South American name.] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus {Swietenia} ({S. Mahogoni}), found in tropical America. Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany ({Khaya Senegalensis}), Australian mahogany ({Eucalyptus marginatus}), Bastard mahogany ({Batonia apetala} of the West Indies), Indian mahogany ({Cedrela Toona} of Bengal, and trees of the genera {Soymida} and {Chukrassia}), Madeira mahogany ({Persea Indica}), Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch ({Betula lenta}), also the several species of {Cercocarpus} of California and the Rocky Mountains. 2. The wood of the {Swietenia Mahogoni}. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture. 3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.] {To be under the mahogany}, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table. [Eng.] {To put one's legs under some one's mahogany}, to dine with him. [Slang] | |
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Canary \Ca*na"ry\, a. [F. Canarie, L. Canaria insula one of the Canary islands, said to be so called from its large dogs, fr. canis dog.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds. 2. Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone. {Canary grass}, a grass of the genus {Phalaris} ({P. Canariensis}), producing the seed used as food for canary birds. {Canary stone} (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. {Canary wood}, the beautiful wood of the trees {Persea Indica} and {P. Canariensis}, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. {Canary vine}. See {Canary bird flower}, under {Canary bird}. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Persia. 2. The language spoken in Persia. 3. A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings. --Beck. 4. pl. (Arch.) See {Persian columns}, under {Persian}, a. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Manna \Man"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], Heb. m[be]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).] 1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15. 2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus {Lecanora}, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food. 3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of {Fraxinus Ornus}, and {F. rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe. Note: {Persian manna} is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see {Camel's thorn}, under {Camel}); {Tamarisk manna}, that of the {Tamarisk mannifera}, a shrub of Western Asia; {Australian, manna}, that of certain species of eucalyptus; {Brian[87]on manna}, that of the European larch. {Manna grass} (Bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses of the genus {Glyceria}. they have long loose panicles, and grow in moist places. {Nerved manna grass} is {Glyceria nervata}, and {Floating manna grass} is {G. flu}. {Manna insect} (Zo[94]l), a scale insect ({Gossyparia mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarisk tree in Arabia. | |
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{Insect powder},a powder used for the extermination of insects; esp., the powdered flowers of certain species of {Pyrethrum}, a genus now merged in {Chrysanthemum}. Called also {Persian powder}. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindoo}.] 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. 3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.] {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}). {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa. {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}. {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}. {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise. {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk. {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays}); the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}. {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2. {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M. Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers. {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red berries. {Indian dye}, the puccoon. {Indian fig}. (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}. (b) The prickly pear. {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path. {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light. {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass. --Gray. {Indian hemp}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties. (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from which hasheesh is obtained. {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}. {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.] {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}. {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu. {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}. {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}. {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray. {Indian pink}. (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called in the West Indies. (b) See {China pink}, under {China}. {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying. {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods. --Gray. {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}). {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses. {Indian purple}. (a) A dull purple color. (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black. {Indian red}. (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}. (b) See {Almagra}. {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}. {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C. Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See {Canna}. {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under {Summer}. {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See {Lobelia}. {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}. {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn. {Indian yellow}. (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. (b) See {Euxanthin}. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Aden ulcer \A"den ul"cer\ [So named after Aden, a seaport in Southern Arabia, where it occurs.] (Med.) A disease endemic in various parts of tropical Asia, due to a specific micro[94]rganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also {Cochin China ulcer}, {Persian ulcer}, {tropical ulcer}, etc. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Persienne \Per`si*enne"\ (p[etil]r`s[icr]*[ecr]n"; -sh[icr]*[ecr]n"; F. p[etil]r`sy[ecr]n"), n. [F., fem. of presien Persian.] Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fanciful design with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as extended in English, material of a similar character. | |
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Persiennes \Per`si*ennes"\ (-[ecr]nz"; F. p[etil]r`sy[ecr]n"), n. pl. [F.] Window blinds having movable slats, similar to Venetian blinds. | |
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Persimmon \Per*sim"mon\, n. [Virginia Indian.] (Bot.) An American tree ({Diospyros Virginiana}) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious. {Japanese persimmon}, {Diospyros Kaki} and its red or yellow edible fruit, which outwardly resembles a tomato, but contains a few large seeds. | |
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Person \Per"son\, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See {Per-}, and cf. {Parson}.] 1. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character. [Archaic] His first appearance upon the stage in his new person of a sycophant or juggler. --Bacon. No man can long put on a person and act a part. --Jer. Taylor. To bear rule, which was thy part And person, hadst thou known thyself aright. --Milton. How different is the same man from himself, as he sustains the person of a magistrate and that of a friend! --South. 2. The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance; as, of comely person. A fair persone, and strong, and young of age. --Chaucer. If it assume my noble father's person. --Shak. Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 3. A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child. Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection. --Locke. 4. A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any person present. 5. A parson; the parish priest. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 6. (Theol.) Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis. [bd]Three persons and one God.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 7. (Gram.) One of three relations or conditions (that of speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence also to the verb of which it may be the subject. Note: A noun or pronoun, when representing the speaker, is said to be in the first person; when representing what is spoken to, in the second person; when representing what is spoken of, in the third person. 8. (Biol.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. --Haeckel. True corms, composed of united person[91] . . . usually arise by gemmation, . . . yet in sponges and corals occasionally by fusion of several originally distinct persons. --Encyc. Brit. {Artificial}, [or] {Fictitious}, {person} (Law), a corporation or body politic. --blackstone. | |
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Person \Per"son\, v. t. To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Person \Per"son\, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See {Per-}, and cf. {Parson}.] 1. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character. [Archaic] His first appearance upon the stage in his new person of a sycophant or juggler. --Bacon. No man can long put on a person and act a part. --Jer. Taylor. To bear rule, which was thy part And person, hadst thou known thyself aright. --Milton. How different is the same man from himself, as he sustains the person of a magistrate and that of a friend! --South. 2. The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance; as, of comely person. A fair persone, and strong, and young of age. --Chaucer. If it assume my noble father's person. --Shak. Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 3. A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child. Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection. --Locke. 4. A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any person present. 5. A parson; the parish priest. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 6. (Theol.) Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis. [bd]Three persons and one God.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 7. (Gram.) One of three relations or conditions (that of speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence also to the verb of which it may be the subject. Note: A noun or pronoun, when representing the speaker, is said to be in the first person; when representing what is spoken to, in the second person; when representing what is spoken of, in the third person. 8. (Biol.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. --Haeckel. True corms, composed of united person[91] . . . usually arise by gemmation, . . . yet in sponges and corals occasionally by fusion of several originally distinct persons. --Encyc. Brit. {Artificial}, [or] {Fictitious}, {person} (Law), a corporation or body politic. --blackstone. | |
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Person \Per"son\, v. t. To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Person \Per"son\, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See {Per-}, and cf. {Parson}.] 1. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character. [Archaic] His first appearance upon the stage in his new person of a sycophant or juggler. --Bacon. No man can long put on a person and act a part. --Jer. Taylor. To bear rule, which was thy part And person, hadst thou known thyself aright. --Milton. How different is the same man from himself, as he sustains the person of a magistrate and that of a friend! --South. 2. The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance; as, of comely person. A fair persone, and strong, and young of age. --Chaucer. If it assume my noble father's person. --Shak. Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 3. A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child. Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection. --Locke. 4. A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any person present. 5. A parson; the parish priest. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 6. (Theol.) Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis. [bd]Three persons and one God.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 7. (Gram.) One of three relations or conditions (that of speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence also to the verb of which it may be the subject. Note: A noun or pronoun, when representing the speaker, is said to be in the first person; when representing what is spoken to, in the second person; when representing what is spoken of, in the third person. 8. (Biol.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. --Haeckel. True corms, composed of united person[91] . . . usually arise by gemmation, . . . yet in sponges and corals occasionally by fusion of several originally distinct persons. --Encyc. Brit. {Artificial}, [or] {Fictitious}, {person} (Law), a corporation or body politic. --blackstone. | |
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Person \Per"son\, v. t. To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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d8Persona \[d8]Per*so"na\, n.; pl. {Person[91]}. [L.] (Biol.) Same as {Person}, n., 8. | |
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Personable \Per"son*a*ble\, a. 1. Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman. Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind. --Spenser. The king, . . . so visited with sickness, was not personable. --E. Hall. 2. (Law) (a) Enabled to maintain pleas in court. --Cowell. (b) Having capacity to take anything granted. | |
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Personage \Per"son*age\, n. [F. personnage.] 1. Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person. [bd]In personage stately.[b8] --Hayward. The damsel well did view his personage. --Spenser. 2. Character assumed or represented. [bd]The actors and personages of this fable.[b8] --Broome. [bd]Disguised in a false personage.[b8] --Addison. 3. A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall. --Spenser. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, n. (Law) A movable; a chattel. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Equation \E*qua"tion\, n. [L. aequatio an equalizing: cf. F. [82]quation equation. See {Equate}.] 1. A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium. Again the golden day resumed its right, And ruled in just equation with the night. --Rowe. 2. (Math.) An expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc. 3. (Astron.) A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion. {Absolute equation}. See under {Absolute}. {Equation box}, [or] {Equational box}, a system of differential gearing used in spinning machines for regulating the twist of the yarn. It resembles gearing used in equation clocks for showing apparent time. {Equation of the center} (Astron.), the difference between the place of a planet as supposed to move uniformly in a circle, and its place as moving in an ellipse. {Equations of condition} (Math.), equations formed for deducing the true values of certain quantities from others on which they depend, when different sets of the latter, as given by observation, would yield different values of the quantities sought, and the number of equations that may be found is greater than the number of unknown quantities. {Equation of a curve} (Math.), an equation which expresses the relation between the co[94]rdinates of every point in the curve. {Equation of equinoxes} (Astron.), the difference between the mean and apparent places of the equinox. {Equation of payments} (Arith.), the process of finding the mean time of payment of several sums due at different times. {Equation of time} (Astron.), the difference between mean and apparent time, or between the time of day indicated by the sun, and that by a perfect clock going uniformly all the year round. {Equation} {clock [or] watch}, a timepiece made to exhibit the differences between mean solar and apparent solar time. --Knight. {Normal equation}. See under {Normal}. {Personal equation} (Astron.), the difference between an observed result and the true qualities or peculiarities in the observer; particularly the difference, in an average of a large number of observation, between the instant when an observer notes a phenomenon, as the transit of a star, and the assumed instant of its actual occurrence; or, relatively, the difference between these instants as noted by two observers. It is usually only a fraction of a second; -- sometimes applied loosely to differences of judgment or method occasioned by temperamental qualities of individuals. {Theory of equations} (Math.), the branch of algebra that treats of the properties of a single algebraic equation of any degree containing one unknown quantity. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Servitude \Serv"i*tude\, n. [L. servitudo: cf. F. servitude.] 1. The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence. You would have sold your king to slaughter, His princes and his peers to servitude. --Shak. A splendid servitude; . . . for he that rises up early, and goe[?] to bed late, only to receive addresses, is really as much abridged in his freedom as he that waits to present one. --South. 2. Servants, collectively. [Obs.] After him a cumbrous train Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude. --Milton. 3. (Law) A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right. Note: The object of a servitude is either to suffer something to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with respect to a thing. The easements of the English correspond in some respects with the servitudes of the Roman law. Both terms are used by common law writers, and often indiscriminately. The former, however, rather indicates the right enjoyed, and the latter the burden imposed. --Ayliffe. Erskine. E. Washburn. {Penal servitude}. See under {Penal}. {Personal servitude} (Law), that which arises when the use of a thing is granted as a real right to a particular individual other than the proprietor. {Predial servitude} (Law), that which one estate owes to another estate. When it related to lands, vineyards, gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it related to houses and buildings, it is called urban. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Wealth \Wealth\, n. (Econ.) (a) In the private sense, all pooperty which has a money value. (b) In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility. (c) Specif. called {personal wealth}. Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient. | |
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Personalism \Per"son*al*ism\, n. The quality or state of being personal; personality. [R.] | |
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Personality \Per`son*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Personalities}. [Cf. F. personnalit[82]. Cf. {Personality}.] 1. That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality. Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground. --Coleridge. 2. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities. Sharp personalities were exchanged. --Macaulay. 3. (Law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons. --Burrill. | |
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Personality \Per`son*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Personalities}. [Cf. F. personnalit[82]. Cf. {Personality}.] 1. That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality. Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground. --Coleridge. 2. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities. Sharp personalities were exchanged. --Macaulay. 3. (Law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons. --Burrill. | |
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Personalize \Per"son*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Personalizing}.] To make personal. [bd]They personalize death.[b8] --H. Spencer. | |
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Personalize \Per"son*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Personalizing}.] To make personal. [bd]They personalize death.[b8] --H. Spencer. | |
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Personalize \Per"son*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Personalizing}.] To make personal. [bd]They personalize death.[b8] --H. Spencer. | |
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Personally \Per"son*al*ly\, adv. 1. In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally. He, being cited, personally came not. --Grafton. 2. With respect to an individual; as regards the person; individually; particularly. She bore a mortal hatred to the house of Lancaster, and personally to the king. --Bacon. 3. With respect to one's individuality; as regards one's self; as, personally I have no feeling in the matter. | |
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Personalty \Per"son*al*ty\, n. 1. The state of being a person; personality. [R.] 2. (Law) Personal property, as distinguished from realty or real property. | |
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Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. t. [L. personatus masked, assumed, fictitious, fr. persona a mask. See {Person}.] 1. To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion. --Hammond. 2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [R.] [bd]A personated mate.[b8] --Milton. 3. To personify; to typify; to describe. --Shak. | |
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Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. i. To play or assume a character. | |
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Personate \Per"son*ate\, a. [L. personatus masked.] (Bot.) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon. | |
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Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Personating}.] [L. personare to cry out, LL., to extol. See {Person}.] To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. --Milton. | |
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Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Personating}.] [L. personare to cry out, LL., to extol. See {Person}.] To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. --Milton. | |
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Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Personating}.] [L. personare to cry out, LL., to extol. See {Person}.] To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. --Milton. | |
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Personation \Per`son*a"tion\, n. The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another. | |
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Personator \Per"son*a`tor\, n. One who personates. [bd]The personators of these actions.[b8] --B. Jonson. | |
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Personeity \Per`son*e"i*ty\, n. Personality. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
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Personification \Per*son`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. personnification.] 1. The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. --C. Knight. 2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop[?]ia; as, the floods clap their hands. [bd]Confusion heards his voice.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Personify \Per*son"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Personifying}.] [Person + -fy: cf. F. personnifier.] 1. To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being. The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things. --Chesterfield. 2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law. | |
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Personifier \Per*son"i*fi`er\, n. One who personifies. | |
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Personify \Per*son"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Personifying}.] [Person + -fy: cf. F. personnifier.] 1. To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being. The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things. --Chesterfield. 2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law. | |
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Personify \Per*son"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Personifying}.] [Person + -fy: cf. F. personnifier.] 1. To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being. The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things. --Chesterfield. 2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law. | |
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Personize \Per"son*ize\, v. t. To personify. [R.] Milton has personized them. --J. Richardson. | |
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Respect \Re*spect"\ (r?*sp?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Respected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Respecting}.] [L. respectare, v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect; pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F. respecter. See {Spy}, and cf. {Respite}.] 1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed. Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. --Shak. In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs. --Bacon. 2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. [bd]I do respect thee as my soul.[b8] --Shak. 3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.] Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the [?][?]uth. --Sir T. Browne. 4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.] To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as his own respected him to death. --B. Jonson. 5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce. {As respects}, as regards; with regard to; as to. --Macaulay. {To respect the person} [or] {persons}, to favor a person, or persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. [bd]Ye shall not respect persons in judgment.[b8] --Deut. i. 17. Syn: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate. | |
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Peruse \Pe*ruse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perusing}.] [Pref. per- + use.] 1. To observe; to examine with care. [R.] Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed. --Milton. 2. To read through; to read carefully. --Shak. | |
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Periwig \Per"i*wig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perwigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perwigging}.] To dress with a periwig, or with false hair. --Swift. | |
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Pharisean \Phar`i*se"an\, a. [L. Pharisaeus, Gr. Farisai^os.] Following the practice of Pharisees; Pharisaic. [Obs.] [bd]Pharisean disciples.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Phragmocone \Phrag"mo*cone\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a fence, an inclosure + [?] a cone.] (Zo[94]l.) The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite. [Written also {phragmacone}.] | |
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Reed \Reed\, n. [AS. hre[oacute]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America ({Phragmites communis}). 2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe. Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes. --Milton. 3. An arrow, as made of a reed. --Prior. 4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Mus.) (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube. (b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ. 6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See {Batten}. 7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting. 8. (Arch.) Same as {Reeding}. {Egyptian reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Free reed} (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet. {Meadow reed grass} (Bot.), the {Glyceria aquatica}, a tall grass found in wet places. {Reed babbler}. See {Reedbird}. {Reed bunting} (Zo[94]l.) A European sparrow ({Emberiza sch[oe]niclus}) which frequents marshy places; -- called also {reed sparrow}, {ring bunting}. (b) Reedling. {Reed canary grass} (Bot.), a tall wild grass ({Phalaris arundinacea}). {Reed grass}. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, 1. (b) A plant of the genus {Sparganium}; bur reed. See under {Bur}. {Reed organ} (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc. {Reed pipe} (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed. {Reed sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Reed bunting}, above. {Reed stop} (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds. {Reed warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European warbler ({Acrocephalus streperus}); -- called also {reed wren}. (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera {Acrocephalus}, {Calamoherpe}, and {Arundinax}. They are excellent singers. {Sea-sand reed} (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass ({Ammophila arundinacea}). See {Beach grass}, under {Beach}. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass ({Cinna arundinacea}), common in moist woods. | |
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Phragmocone \Phrag"mo*cone\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a fence, an inclosure + [?] a cone.] (Zo[94]l.) The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite. [Written also {phragmacone}.] | |
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Phragmosiphon \Phrag`mo*si"phon\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The siphon of a phragmocone. | |
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Phrase \Phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Phrasing}.] [Cf. F. phraser.] To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style. [bd]These suns -- for so they phrase 'em.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Phrasing \Phras"ing\, n. 1. Method of expression; association of words. 2. (Mus.) The act or method of grouping the notes so as to form distinct musical phrases. | |
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Phryganeid \Phry*ga"ne*id\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any insect belonging to the Phryganeides. | |
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d8Phryganeides \[d8]Phryg`a*ne"i*des\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Phryganea, the typical genus, fr. Gr. [?] a dry stick.] (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes the caddice flies; -- called also {Trichoptera}. See {Trichoptera}. [Written also {Phryganides}.] | |
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Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. [?], fr. [?] Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor.] Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants. {Phrygian mode} (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very bold and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Phrygian stone}, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent. | |
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Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) A Montanist. | |
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Phrygian cap \Phryg"i*an cap`\ A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adopted in modern art as the so-called {liberty cap}, or {cap of liberty}. | |
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Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. [?], fr. [?] Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor.] Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants. {Phrygian mode} (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very bold and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Phrygian stone}, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent. | |
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Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. [?], fr. [?] Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor.] Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants. {Phrygian mode} (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very bold and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Phrygian stone}, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent. | |
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Piercing \Pier"cing\, a. Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. [bd]Piercing eloquence.[b8] --Shak. -- {Pier"cing*ly}, adv. -- {Pier"cing*ness}, n. | |
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Pierce \Pierce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pierced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piercing}.] [OE. percen, F. percer, OF. percier, perchier, parchier; perh. fr. (assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusare, fr. L. pertundere, pertusum, to beat, push, bore through; per through + tundere to beat: cf. OF. pertuisier to pierce, F. pertuis a hole. Cf. {Contuse}, {Parch}, {Pertuse}.] 1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. [bd]I pierce . . . her tender side.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship. 3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery. [bd]Pierced with grief.[b8] --Pope. Can no prayers pierce thee? --Shak. | |
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Piercing \Pier"cing\, a. Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. [bd]Piercing eloquence.[b8] --Shak. -- {Pier"cing*ly}, adv. -- {Pier"cing*ness}, n. | |
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Piercing \Pier"cing\, a. Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. [bd]Piercing eloquence.[b8] --Shak. -- {Pier"cing*ly}, adv. -- {Pier"cing*ness}, n. | |
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Poor-john \Poor"-john`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality. Poor-john and apple pies are all our fare. --Sir J. Harrington. | |
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Porcine \Por"cine\, a. [L. porcinus, from porcus a swine. See {Pork}.] Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog. [bd]Porcine cheeks.[b8] --G. Eliot. | |
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Porism \Po"rism\, n. [Gr. [?] a thing procured, a deduction from a demonstration, fr. [?] to bring, provide: cf. F. porisme.] 1. (Geom.) A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions. --Playfair. 2. (Gr. Geom.) A corollary. --Brande & C. Note: Three books of porisms of Euclid have been lost, but several attempts to determine the nature of these propositions and to restore them have been made by modern geometers. | |
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Porismatic \Po`ris*mat"ic\, Porismatical \Po`ris*mat"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a porism; poristic. | |
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Porismatic \Po`ris*mat"ic\, Porismatical \Po`ris*mat"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a porism; poristic. | |
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Porousness \Por"ous*ness\, n. 1. The quality of being porous. 2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [R.] They will forcibly get into the porousness of it. --Sir K. Digby. | |
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Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A North American rail ({Porzana Carolina}) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also {American rail}, {Carolina rail}, {Carolina crake}, {common rail}, {sora rail}, {soree}, {meadow chicken}, and {orto}. {King sora}, the Florida gallinule. | |
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Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener, fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens. See {Yard} an inclosure, and cf. {Hortulan}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European singing bird ({Emberiza hortulana}), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also {bunting}. (b) In England, the wheatear ({Saxicola [d2]nanthe}). (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail ({Porzana Carolina}). See {Sora}. | |
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Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[83]le, fr. r[83]ler to have a rattling in the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See {Rattle}, v.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family {Rallid[91]}, especially those of the genus {Rallus}, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds. Note: The common European water rail ({Rallus aquaticus}) is called also {bilcock}, {skitty coot}, and {brook runner}. The best known American species are the clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen ({Rallus lonqirostris}, var. {crepitans}); the king, or red-breasted, rail ({R. elegans}) (called also {fresh-water marshhen}); the lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail ({R. Virginianus}); and the Carolina, or sora, rail ({Porzana Carolina}). See {Sora}. {Land rail} (Zo[94]l.), the corncrake. | |
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Water crake \Wa"ter crake`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The dipper. (b) The spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta}). See Illust. of {Crake}. (c) The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia. | |
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Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. {Skittish}.] (Zo[94]l.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also {skitty cock}, and {skitty coot}); the spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta}), and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?] greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also {barfish}. {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under {Persian}. {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}. {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Cham[91]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also {copiapite}. {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}. {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}. {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}, and 3d {Flag}. {Yellow jack}. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}. (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}. {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite. {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel. {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}. {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye. {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover. {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}. {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also {yellow crake}. {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle}, and {Rocket}. {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. {Yellow spot}. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See {Eye}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5. {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}. {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler. | |
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Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing} (b) . {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage. {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Duvaucelli}) of India. {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus}); -- called also {goollema}. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis}); -- called also {little swamp hen}. (c) The European purple gallinule. {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or] Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also {swamp pink}. {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. {Cant hook}. {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}. {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}), swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}). {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite. {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria}, allied to the European partridges. {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}. | |
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Pr91commissure \Pr[91]*com"mis*sure\, n. [Pref. pr[91] + commissure.] (Anat.) A transverse commissure in the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain; the anterior cerebral commissure. | |
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Pragmatic \Prag*mat"ic\, Pragmatical \Prag*mat"ic*al\, a. [L. pragmaticus busy, active, skilled in business, especially in law and state affairs, systematic, Gr. [?], fr. [?] a thing done, business, fr. [?] to do: cf. F. pragmatique. See {Practical}.] 1. Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner. The next day . . . I began to be very pragmatical. --Evelyn. We can not always be contemplative, diligent, or pragmatical, abroad; but have need of some delightful intermissions. --Milton. Low, pragmatical, earthly views of the gospel. --Hare. 2. Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome. [bd]Pragmatical officers of justice.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. The fellow grew so pragmatical that he took upon him the government of my whole family. --Arbuthnot. 3. Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature. [bd]Pragmatic history.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton. [bd]Pragmatic poetry.[b8] --M. Arnold. {Pragmatic sanction}, a solemn ordinance or decree issued by the head or legislature of a state upon weighty matters; -- a term derived from the Byzantine empire. In European history, two decrees under this name are particularly celebrated. One of these, issued by Charles VII. of France, A. D. 1438, was the foundation of the liberties of the Gallican church; the other, issued by Charles VI. of Germany, A. D. 1724, settled his hereditary dominions on his eldest daughter, the Archduchess Maria Theresa. | |
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Pragmatic \Prag*mat"ic\, n. 1. One skilled in affairs. My attorney and solicitor too; a fine pragmatic. --B. Jonson. 2. A solemn public ordinance or decree. A royal pragmatic was accordingly passed. --Prescott. | |
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Pragmatic \Prag*mat"ic\, Pragmatical \Prag*mat"ic*al\, a. [L. pragmaticus busy, active, skilled in business, especially in law and state affairs, systematic, Gr. [?], fr. [?] a thing done, business, fr. [?] to do: cf. F. pragmatique. See {Practical}.] 1. Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner. The next day . . . I began to be very pragmatical. --Evelyn. We can not always be contemplative, diligent, or pragmatical, abroad; but have need of some delightful intermissions. --Milton. Low, pragmatical, earthly views of the gospel. --Hare. 2. Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome. [bd]Pragmatical officers of justice.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. The fellow grew so pragmatical that he took upon him the government of my whole family. --Arbuthnot. 3. Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature. [bd]Pragmatic history.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton. [bd]Pragmatic poetry.[b8] --M. Arnold. {Pragmatic sanction}, a solemn ordinance or decree issued by the head or legislature of a state upon weighty matters; -- a term derived from the Byzantine empire. In European history, two decrees under this name are particularly celebrated. One of these, issued by Charles VII. of France, A. D. 1438, was the foundation of the liberties of the Gallican church; the other, issued by Charles VI. of Germany, A. D. 1724, settled his hereditary dominions on his eldest daughter, the Archduchess Maria Theresa. | |
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Pragmatic \Prag*mat"ic\, Pragmatical \Prag*mat"ic*al\, a. [L. pragmaticus busy, active, skilled in business, especially in law and state affairs, systematic, Gr. [?], fr. [?] a thing done, business, fr. [?] to do: cf. F. pragmatique. See {Practical}.] 1. Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner. The next day . . . I began to be very pragmatical. --Evelyn. We can not always be contemplative, diligent, or pragmatical, abroad; but have need of some delightful intermissions. --Milton. Low, pragmatical, earthly views of the gospel. --Hare. 2. Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome. [bd]Pragmatical officers of justice.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. The fellow grew so pragmatical that he took upon him the government of my whole family. --Arbuthnot. 3. Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature. [bd]Pragmatic history.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton. [bd]Pragmatic poetry.[b8] --M. Arnold. {Pragmatic sanction}, a solemn ordinance or decree issued by the head or legislature of a state upon weighty matters; -- a term derived from the Byzantine empire. In European history, two decrees under this name are particularly celebrated. One of these, issued by Charles VII. of France, A. D. 1438, was the foundation of the liberties of the Gallican church; the other, issued by Charles VI. of Germany, A. D. 1724, settled his hereditary dominions on his eldest daughter, the Archduchess Maria Theresa. | |
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Pragmatically \Prag*mat"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a pragmatical manner. | |
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Pragmaticalness \Prag*mat"ic*al*ness\, n. The quality or state of being pragmatical. | |
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Pragmatism \Prag"ma*tism\, n. The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method. The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to the pragmatism of the history. --A. Murphy. | |
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Pragmatist \Prag"ma*tist\, n. One who is pragmatic. | |
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Pragmatize \Prag"ma*tize\, v. t. To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize. [R.] [bd]A pragmatized metaphor.[b8] --Tylor. | |
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Praise-meeting \Praise"-meet`*ing\, n. A religious service mainly in song. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Praisement \Praise"ment\, n. Appraisement. [Obs.] | |
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Praise \Praise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Praised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Praising}.] [OE. preisen, OF. preisier, prisier, F. priser, L. pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See {Price}, n., and cf. {Appreciate}, {Praise}, n., {Prize}, v.] 1. To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts. [bd]I praise well thy wit.[b8] --Chaucer. Let her own works praise her in the gates. --Prov. xxxi. 31. We praise not Hector, though his name, we know, Is great in arms; 't is hard to praise a foe. --Dryden. 2. To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being. Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts! --Ps. cxlviii. 2. 3. To value; to appraise. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. Syn: To commend; laud; eulogize; celebrate; glorify; magnify. Usage: To {Praise}, {Applaud}, {Extol}. To praise is to set at high price; to applaud is to greet with clapping; to extol is to bear aloft, to exalt. We may praise in the exercise of calm judgment; we usually applaud from impulse, and on account of some specific act; we extol under the influence of high admiration, and usually in strong, if not extravagant, language. | |
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Prasinous \Pras"i*nous\, a. [L. prasinus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] a leek.] Grass-green; clear, lively green, without any mixture. --Lindley. | |
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Praxinoscope \Prax*in"o*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] action + -scope.] (Opt.) An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects. | |
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Pre89xamination \Pre`[89]x*am`i*na"tion\, n. Previous examination. | |
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Pre89xamine \Pre`[89]x*am"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pre[89]xamined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre[89]xamining}.] To examine beforehand. | |
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Pre89xamine \Pre`[89]x*am"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pre[89]xamined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre[89]xamining}.] To examine beforehand. | |
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Pre89xamine \Pre`[89]x*am"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pre[89]xamined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre[89]xamining}.] To examine beforehand. | |
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Preach \Preach\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preaching}.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[88]cher, fr. L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before + dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from (assumed) LL. praedictare. See {Diction}, and cf. {Predicate}, {Predict}.] 1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon. How shall they preach, except they be sent? --Rom. x. 15. From that time Jesus began to preach. --Matt. iv. 17. 2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher. | |
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Preaching \Preach"ing\, n. The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice. --Milner. {Preaching cross}, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected out of doors to designate a preaching place. {Preaching friars}. See {Dominican}. | |
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Preaching \Preach"ing\, n. The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice. --Milner. {Preaching cross}, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected out of doors to designate a preaching place. {Preaching friars}. See {Dominican}. | |
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Black friar \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also {predicant} and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine. | |
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Preaching \Preach"ing\, n. The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice. --Milner. {Preaching cross}, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected out of doors to designate a preaching place. {Preaching friars}. See {Dominican}. | |
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Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also {preaching friars}, {friars preachers}, {black friars} (from their black cloak), {brothers of St. Mary}, and in France, {Jacobins}. | |
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Preaching \Preach"ing\, n. The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice. --Milner. {Preaching cross}, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected out of doors to designate a preaching place. {Preaching friars}. See {Dominican}. | |
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Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also {preaching friars}, {friars preachers}, {black friars} (from their black cloak), {brothers of St. Mary}, and in France, {Jacobins}. | |
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Preachman \Preach"man\, n.; pl. {Preachmen}. A preacher; -- so called in contempt. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Preachman \Preach"man\, n.; pl. {Preachmen}. A preacher; -- so called in contempt. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Preachment \Preach"ment\, n. A religious harangue; a sermon; -- used derogatively. --Shak. | |
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Preacquaint \Pre`ac*quaint"\, v. t. To acquaint previously or beforehand. --Fielding. | |
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Preacquaintance \Pre`ac*quaint"ance\, n. Previous acquaintance or knowledge. --Harris. | |
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Precant \Pre"cant\, n. [L. precans, -antis, p. pr. of precari to pray.] One who prays. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
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Precent \Pre"cent\, n. [L. praeceptum, from praecipere to take beforehand, to instruct, teach; prae before + capere to take: cf. F. pr[82]cepte. See {Pre-}, and {Capacious}.] 1. Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule. For precept must be upon precept. --Isa. xxviii. 10. No arts are without their precepts. --Dryden. 2. (Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process. --Burrill. Syn: Commandment; injunction; mandate; law; rule; direction; principle; maxim. See {Doctrine}. | |
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Precentor \Pre*cen"tor\, n. [L. praecentor, fr. praecinere to sing before; prae before + canere to sing. See {Chant}.] A leader of a choir; a directing singer. Specifically: (a) The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the {chanter} or master of the choir. --Hook. (b) The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches. | |
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Precentorship \Pre*cen"tor*ship\, n. The office of a precentor. | |
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Precinct \Pre"cinct\ (?; 277), n. [LL. praecinctum, fr. L. praecingere, praecinctum, to gird about, to encompass; prae before + cingere to gird, surround. See {Pre-}, and {Cincture}.] 1. The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state. [bd]The precincts of light.[b8] --Milton. 2. A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct. 3. A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support. [U.S.] The parish, or precinct, shall proceed to a new choice. --Laws of Massachusetts. | |
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Precompose \Pre`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precomposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Precomposing}.] To compose beforehand. --Johnson. | |
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Precompose \Pre`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precomposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Precomposing}.] To compose beforehand. --Johnson. | |
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Precompose \Pre`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precomposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Precomposing}.] To compose beforehand. --Johnson. | |
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Preconceit \Pre`con*ceit"\, n. An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception. --Hooker. | |
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Preconceive \Pre`con*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preconceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconceiving}.] To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of. In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth. --Bacon. | |
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Preconceive \Pre`con*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preconceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconceiving}.] To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of. In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth. --Bacon. | |
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Preconceive \Pre`con*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preconceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconceiving}.] To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of. In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth. --Bacon. | |
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Preconception \Pre`con*cep"tion\, n. The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed. | |
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Preconcert \Pre`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preconcerted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconcerting}.] To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement. | |
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Preconcert \Pre*con"cert\, n. Something concerted or arranged beforehand; a previous agreement. | |
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Preconcert \Pre`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preconcerted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconcerting}.] To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement. | |
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Preconcerted \Pre`con*cert"ed\, a. Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. -- {Pre`con*cert"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Pre`con*cert"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Preconcerted \Pre`con*cert"ed\, a. Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. -- {Pre`con*cert"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Pre`con*cert"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Preconcerted \Pre`con*cert"ed\, a. Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. -- {Pre`con*cert"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Pre`con*cert"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Preconcert \Pre`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preconcerted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconcerting}.] To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement. | |
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Preconcertion \Pre`con*cer"tion\, n. The act of preconcerting; preconcert. --Dr. T. Dwight. | |
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Precondemn \Pre`con*demn`\, v. t. To condemn beforehand. -- {Pre*con`dem*na"tion}, n. | |
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Precondemn \Pre`con*demn`\, v. t. To condemn beforehand. -- {Pre*con`dem*na"tion}, n. | |
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Precondition \Pre`con*di"tion\, n. A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition. | |
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Preconform \Pre`con*form"\, v. t. & i. To conform by way anticipation. --De Quincey. | |
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Preconformity \Pre`con*form"i*ty\, n. Anticipative or antecedent conformity. --Coleridge. | |
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Preconizate \Pre*con"i*zate\, v. t. [Cf. F. pr[82]coniser.] To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet. | |
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Preconization \Pre*con`i*za"tion\, n. [L. praeconium a crying out in public, fr. praeco, -onis, a crier, a herald: cf. F. pr[82]conisation.] 1. A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation. --Bp. Hall. 2. (Eccl.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity. --Addis & Arnold. | |
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Preconize \Pre"con*ize\, v. t. (Eccl.) To approve by preconization. | |
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Preconquer \Pre*con"quer\, v. t. To conquer in anticipation. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Preconscious \Pre*con""scious\, a. Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness. | |
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Preconsent \Pre`con*sent"\, n. A previous consent. | |
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Preconsign \Pre`con*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preconsigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconsigning}.] To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of. | |
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Preconsign \Pre`con*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preconsigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconsigning}.] To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of. | |
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Preconsign \Pre`con*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preconsigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconsigning}.] To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of. | |
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Preconsolidated \Pre`con*sol"i*da`ted\, a. Consolidated beforehand. | |
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Preconstitute \Pre*con"sti*tute\, v. t. To constitute or establish beforehand. | |
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Precontract \Pre`con*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precontracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Precontracting}.] To contract, engage, or stipulate previously. | |
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Precontract \Pre`con*tract"\, v. i. To make a previous contract or agreement. --Ayliffe. | |
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Precontract \Pre*con"tract\, n. A contract preceding another; especially (Law), a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it. --Abbott. | |
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Precontract \Pre`con*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precontracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Precontracting}.] To contract, engage, or stipulate previously. | |
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Precontract \Pre`con*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precontracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Precontracting}.] To contract, engage, or stipulate previously. | |
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Precontrive \Pre`con*trive"\, v. t. & i. To contrive or plan beforehand. | |
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Pregnable \Preg"na*ble\, a., [F. prenable. See {Impregnable}.] Capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable; as, a pregnable fort. [R.] --Cotgrave. | |
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Pregnance \Preg"nance\, n. Pregnancy. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Pregnancy \Preg"nan*cy\, n. 1. The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young. 2. Figuratively: The quality of being heavy with important contents, issue, significance, etc.; unusual consequence or capacity; fertility. --Fuller. | |
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Pregnant \Preg"nant\, a. [L. praegnans, -antis; prae before + genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. pr[82]gnant. See {Gender}, 2d {Kin}.] 1. Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth. 2. Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies. [bd] A pregnant argument.[b8] --Prynne. [bd] A pregnant brevity.[b8] | |
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Pregnant \Preg"nant\, n. A pregnant woman. [R.] --Dunglison. | |
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Pregnant \Preg"nant\, a. [F. prenant taking. Cf. {Pregnable}.] Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. [Obs.] [bd] Pregnant to good pity.[b8] --Shak. | |
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--E. Everett. 3. Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth. [Obs.] --Evelyn. Wherein the pregnant enemy does much. --Shak. {Pregnant construction} (Rhet.), one in which more is implied than is said; as, the beasts trembled forth from their dens, that is, came forth trembling with fright. | |
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Pregnantly \Preg"nant*ly\, adv. In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly. | |
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Pregnantly \Preg"nant*ly\, adv. Unresistingly; openly; hence, clearly; evidently. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Preignition \Pre`ig*ni"tion\, n. (Engin.) Ignition in an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valve is open or before compression is completed. | |
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Preknowledge \Pre*knowl"edge\, n. Prior knowledge. | |
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Prescience \Pre"sci*ence\, n. [F. prescience, L. praescientia. See {Prescient}.] Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. --J. Edwards. | |
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Presciendent \Pre*sciend"ent\, a. [L. praescius; prae before + scius knowing, fr. scire to know.] Foreknowing; having foreknowledge; as, prescious of ills. [R.] --Dryden. | |
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Prescient \Pre"sci*ent\ (pr[emac]"sh[icr]*[eit]nt or -sh[eit]nt), a. [L. praesciens, -entis, p. pr. of praescire to foreknow; prae before + scire to know: cf. F. prescient. See {Science}.] Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious beforehand. --Pope. Henry . . . had shown himself sensible, and almost prescient, of this event. --Bacon. | |
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Presciently \Pre"sci*ent*ly\, adv. With prescience or foresight. | |
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Prescind \Pre*scind"\ (pr[esl]*s[icr]nd"), v. t. [L. praescindere to cut off in front; prae before + scindere to cut asunder: cf. F. prescinder.] 1. To cut off; to abstract. [Obs.] --Norris. 2. (Metaph.) To consider by a separate act of attention or analysis. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Preseance \Pre"se*ance\, n. [F. pr[82]s[82]ance. See {Preside}.] Priority of place in sitting.[Obs.] --Carew. | |
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Presence \Pres"ence\, n. [F. pr[82]sence, L. praesentia. See {Present}.] 1. The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence. 2. The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse. Wrath shell be no more Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire. --Milton. 3. Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber. In such a presence here to plead my thoughts. --Shak. An't please your grace, the two great cardinals. Wait in the presence. --Shak. 4. The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign. The Sovran Presence thus replied. --Milton. 5. An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company. Odmar, of all this presence does contain, Give her your wreath whom you esteem most fair. --Dryden. 6. Port, mien; air; personal appearence. [bd]Rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect.[b8] --Bacon. A graceful presence bespeaks acceptance. -- Collier. {Presence chamber}, [or] {Presence room}, the room in which a great personage receives company. --Addison. [bd] Chambers of presence.[b8] --Bacon. {Presence of mind}, that state of the mind in which all its faculties are alert, prompt, and acting harmoniously in obedience to the will, enabling one to reach, as it were spontaneously or by intuition, just conclusions in sudden emergencies. | |
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Presence \Pres"ence\, n. [F. pr[82]sence, L. praesentia. See {Present}.] 1. The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence. 2. The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse. Wrath shell be no more Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire. --Milton. 3. Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber. In such a presence here to plead my thoughts. --Shak. An't please your grace, the two great cardinals. Wait in the presence. --Shak. 4. The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign. The Sovran Presence thus replied. --Milton. 5. An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company. Odmar, of all this presence does contain, Give her your wreath whom you esteem most fair. --Dryden. 6. Port, mien; air; personal appearence. [bd]Rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect.[b8] --Bacon. A graceful presence bespeaks acceptance. -- Collier. {Presence chamber}, [or] {Presence room}, the room in which a great personage receives company. --Addison. [bd] Chambers of presence.[b8] --Bacon. {Presence of mind}, that state of the mind in which all its faculties are alert, prompt, and acting harmoniously in obedience to the will, enabling one to reach, as it were spontaneously or by intuition, just conclusions in sudden emergencies. | |
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Presence \Pres"ence\, n. [F. pr[82]sence, L. praesentia. See {Present}.] 1. The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence. 2. The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse. Wrath shell be no more Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire. --Milton. 3. Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber. In such a presence here to plead my thoughts. --Shak. An't please your grace, the two great cardinals. Wait in the presence. --Shak. 4. The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign. The Sovran Presence thus replied. --Milton. 5. An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company. Odmar, of all this presence does contain, Give her your wreath whom you esteem most fair. --Dryden. 6. Port, mien; air; personal appearence. [bd]Rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect.[b8] --Bacon. A graceful presence bespeaks acceptance. -- Collier. {Presence chamber}, [or] {Presence room}, the room in which a great personage receives company. --Addison. [bd] Chambers of presence.[b8] --Bacon. {Presence of mind}, that state of the mind in which all its faculties are alert, prompt, and acting harmoniously in obedience to the will, enabling one to reach, as it were spontaneously or by intuition, just conclusions in sudden emergencies. | |
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Presence \Pres"ence\, n. [F. pr[82]sence, L. praesentia. See {Present}.] 1. The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence. 2. The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse. Wrath shell be no more Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire. --Milton. 3. Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber. In such a presence here to plead my thoughts. --Shak. An't please your grace, the two great cardinals. Wait in the presence. --Shak. 4. The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign. The Sovran Presence thus replied. --Milton. 5. An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company. Odmar, of all this presence does contain, Give her your wreath whom you esteem most fair. --Dryden. 6. Port, mien; air; personal appearence. [bd]Rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect.[b8] --Bacon. A graceful presence bespeaks acceptance. -- Collier. {Presence chamber}, [or] {Presence room}, the room in which a great personage receives company. --Addison. [bd] Chambers of presence.[b8] --Bacon. {Presence of mind}, that state of the mind in which all its faculties are alert, prompt, and acting harmoniously in obedience to the will, enabling one to reach, as it were spontaneously or by intuition, just conclusions in sudden emergencies. | |
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Presensation \Pre`sen*sa"tion\, n. Previous sensation, notion, or idea. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Presension \Pre*sen"sion\, n. [L. praesensio, fr. praesentire to perceive beforehand. See {Presentient}.] Previous perception. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Present \Pres"ent\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]sent. See {Present}, a.] 1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present. Past and present, wound in one. --Tennyson. 2. pl. (Law) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, [bd] Know all men by these presents,[b8] that is, by the writing itself, [bd] per has literas praesentes; [b8] -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular. 3. (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense. {At present}, at the present time; now. {For the present}, for the tine being; temporarily. {In present}, at once, without delay. [Obs.] [bd]With them, in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his death.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Present \Pres"ent\, a. [F. pr[82]sent, L. praesens,-entis, that is before one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before + esse to be. See {Essence}.] 1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. --John xiv. 25. 2. Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance. I'll bring thee to the present business --Shak. 3. Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident. [bd]A present recompense.[b8] [bd]A present pardon.[b8] --Shak. An ambassador . . . desires a present audience. --Massinger. 4. Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit. [R.] 5. Favorably attentive; propitious. [Archaic] To find a god so present to my prayer. --Dryden. {Present tense} (Gram.), the tense or form of a verb which expresses action or being in the present time; as, I am writing, I write, or I do write. | |
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Present \Pre*sent"\, v. i. (Med.) To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor. | |
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Present \Pres"ent\, n. [F. pr[82]sent .] Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present. Syn: Gift; donation; donative; benefaction. See {Gift}. | |
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Present \Pre*sent"\, n. (Mil.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present. | |
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Present \Pre*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Presenting}.] [F. pr[82]senter, L. praesentare, fr. praesens, a. See {Present}, a.] 1. To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the lord. --Job i. 6 2. To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance. Lectorides's memory is ever . . . presenting him with the thoughts of other persons. --I. Watts. 3. To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over. So ladies in romance assist their knight, Present the spear, and arm him for the fight. --Pope. 4. To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer. My last, least offering, I present thee now. --Cowper. 5. Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts. Octavia presented the poet for him admirable elegy on her son Marcellus. --Dryden. 6. To present; to personate. [Obs.] --Shak. 7. In specific uses; (a) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. The patron of a church may present his clerk to a parsonage or vicarage; that is, may offer him to the bishop of the diocese to be instituted. --Blackstone. (b) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution . --Lamb. (c) To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment. (d) To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries. (e) To bring an indictment against . [U.S] (f) To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another. {Pesent arms} (Mil.), the command in response to which the gun is carried perpendicularly in front of the center of the body, and held there with the left hand grasping it at the lower band, and the right hand grasping the small of the stock, in token of respect, as in saluting a superior officer; also, the position taken at such a command. | |
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Present \Pres"ent\, a. [F. pr[82]sent, L. praesens,-entis, that is before one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before + esse to be. See {Essence}.] 1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. --John xiv. 25. 2. Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance. I'll bring thee to the present business --Shak. 3. Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident. [bd]A present recompense.[b8] [bd]A present pardon.[b8] --Shak. An ambassador . . . desires a present audience. --Massinger. 4. Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit. [R.] 5. Favorably attentive; propitious. [Archaic] To find a god so present to my prayer. --Dryden. {Present tense} (Gram.), the tense or form of a verb which expresses action or being in the present time; as, I am writing, I write, or I do write. | |
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Present value \Pres"ent value\ [or] worth \worth\ (of money payable at a future date). The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will amount to the given sum at the date on which this is to be paid; thus, interest being at 6%, the present value of $106 due one year hence is $100. | |
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Presentable \Pre*sent"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]sentable.] 1. Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown. 2. Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable. [R.] --Ayliffe. | |
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Presentaneous \Pres`en*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. praesentaneus. See {Present}, a.] Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. [Obs.] --Harvey. | |
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Presentation \Pres`en*ta"tion\, n. [L. praesentatio a showing, representation: cf. F. pr[82]sentation.] 1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal. Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires. --Hooker. 2. Hence, exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show. Under the presentation of the shoots his wit. --Shak. 3. That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation. [R.] 4. (Eccl.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman. If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him. --Blackstone. 5. (Med.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation. {Presentation copy}, a copy of a book, engraving, etc., presented to some one by the author or artist, as a token of regard. | |
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Presentation \Pres`en*ta"tion\, n. [L. praesentatio a showing, representation: cf. F. pr[82]sentation.] 1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal. Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires. --Hooker. 2. Hence, exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show. Under the presentation of the shoots his wit. --Shak. 3. That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation. [R.] 4. (Eccl.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman. If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him. --Blackstone. 5. (Med.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation. {Presentation copy}, a copy of a book, engraving, etc., presented to some one by the author or artist, as a token of regard. | |
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Presentative \Pre*sent"a*tive\, a. 1. (Eccl.) Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative. --Blackstone. 2. Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a presentative parsonage. --Spelman. 3. (Metaph.) Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties. The latter term, presentative faculty, I use . . . in contrast and correlation to a [bd]representative faculty.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Present \Pre*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Presenting}.] [F. pr[82]senter, L. praesentare, fr. praesens, a. See {Present}, a.] 1. To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the lord. --Job i. 6 2. To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance. Lectorides's memory is ever . . . presenting him with the thoughts of other persons. --I. Watts. 3. To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over. So ladies in romance assist their knight, Present the spear, and arm him for the fight. --Pope. 4. To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer. My last, least offering, I present thee now. --Cowper. 5. Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts. Octavia presented the poet for him admirable elegy on her son Marcellus. --Dryden. 6. To present; to personate. [Obs.] --Shak. 7. In specific uses; (a) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. The patron of a church may present his clerk to a parsonage or vicarage; that is, may offer him to the bishop of the diocese to be instituted. --Blackstone. (b) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution . --Lamb. (c) To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment. (d) To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries. (e) To bring an indictment against . [U.S] (f) To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another. {Pesent arms} (Mil.), the command in response to which the gun is carried perpendicularly in front of the center of the body, and held there with the left hand grasping it at the lower band, and the right hand grasping the small of the stock, in token of respect, as in saluting a superior officer; also, the position taken at such a command. | |
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Presentee \Pres`en*tee"\, n. [F. pr[82]sent[82], p. p. See {Present}, v. t. ] One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically (Eccl.), one presented to benefice. --Ayliffe. | |
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Presenter \Pre*sent"er\, n. One who presents. | |
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Presential \Pre*sen"tial\, a. [LL. praesentialis.] Implying actual presence; present, immediate. [Obs.] God's mercy is made presential to us. --Jer. Taylor. -- {Pre*sen"tial*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Presentiality \Pre*sen`ti*al"i*ty\, n. State of being actually present. [Obs.] --South. | |
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Presential \Pre*sen"tial\, a. [LL. praesentialis.] Implying actual presence; present, immediate. [Obs.] God's mercy is made presential to us. --Jer. Taylor. -- {Pre*sen"tial*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Presentiate \Pre*sen"ti*ate\, v. t. To make present. [Obs.] | |
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Presentient \Pre*sen"tient\, a. [L. praesentiens, p. pr. of praesentire to perceive beforehand; prae before + sentire to feel.] Feeling or perceiving beforehand. | |
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Presentific \Pres`en*tif"ic\, a. [L. praesens, -entis, present + facere to make.] Making present. [Obs.] -- {Pres`en*tif"ic*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Presentifical \Pres`en*tif"ic*al\, a. Presentific. [Obs.] | |
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Presentific \Pres`en*tif"ic\, a. [L. praesens, -entis, present + facere to make.] Making present. [Obs.] -- {Pres`en*tif"ic*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Presentiment \Pre*sen"ti*ment\, n. [Pref. pre- + sentiment: cf. F. pressentiment. See {Presentient}.] Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding. | |
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Presentimental \Pre*sen`ti*men"tal\, a. Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
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Present \Pre*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Presenting}.] [F. pr[82]senter, L. praesentare, fr. praesens, a. See {Present}, a.] 1. To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the lord. --Job i. 6 2. To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance. Lectorides's memory is ever . . . presenting him with the thoughts of other persons. --I. Watts. 3. To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over. So ladies in romance assist their knight, Present the spear, and arm him for the fight. --Pope. 4. To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer. My last, least offering, I present thee now. --Cowper. 5. Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts. Octavia presented the poet for him admirable elegy on her son Marcellus. --Dryden. 6. To present; to personate. [Obs.] --Shak. 7. In specific uses; (a) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. The patron of a church may present his clerk to a parsonage or vicarage; that is, may offer him to the bishop of the diocese to be instituted. --Blackstone. (b) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution . --Lamb. (c) To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment. (d) To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries. (e) To bring an indictment against . [U.S] (f) To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another. {Pesent arms} (Mil.), the command in response to which the gun is carried perpendicularly in front of the center of the body, and held there with the left hand grasping it at the lower band, and the right hand grasping the small of the stock, in token of respect, as in saluting a superior officer; also, the position taken at such a command. | |
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Presention \Pre*sen"tion\, n. See {Presension}. [Obs.] | |
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Presentive \Pre*sent"ive\, a. (Philol.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic. How greatly the word [bd]will[b8] is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. --Earle. -- {Pre*sent"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Pre*sent"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Presentive \Pre*sent"ive\, a. (Philol.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic. How greatly the word [bd]will[b8] is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. --Earle. -- {Pre*sent"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Pre*sent"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Presentive \Pre*sent"ive\, a. (Philol.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic. How greatly the word [bd]will[b8] is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. --Earle. -- {Pre*sent"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Pre*sent"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Presently \Pres"ent*ly\, adv. 1. At present; at this time; now. [Obs.] The towns and forts you presently have. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by. --Shak. And presently the fig tree withered away. --Matt. xxi. 19. 3. With actual presence; actually . [Obs.] His precious body and blood presently three. --Bp. Gardiner. | |
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Presentment \Pre*sent"ment\, n. 1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation. [bd] Upon the heels of my presentment.[b8] --Shak. 2. Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition. Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion, And give it false presentment. --Milton. 3. (Law) (a) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself. (b) The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate. --Blackstone. {Presentment of a bill of exchange}, the offering of a bill to the drawee for acceptance, or to the acceptor for payment. See {Bill of exchange}, under {Bill}. | |
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Presentment \Pre*sent"ment\, n. 1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation. [bd] Upon the heels of my presentment.[b8] --Shak. 2. Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition. Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion, And give it false presentment. --Milton. 3. (Law) (a) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself. (b) The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate. --Blackstone. {Presentment of a bill of exchange}, the offering of a bill to the drawee for acceptance, or to the acceptor for payment. See {Bill of exchange}, under {Bill}. | |
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Presentness \Pres"ent*ness\, n. The quality or state of being present; presence. [Obs.] [bd]Presentness of mind in danger.[b8] --Clarendon. | |
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Presentoir \Pres`en*toir"\, n. [Formed after analogy of French.] An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver. | |
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Press \Press\, n. [For prest, confused with press.] A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. I have misused the king's press. --Shak. {Press gang}, [or] {Pressgang}, a detachment of seamen under the command of an officer empowered to force men into the naval service. See {Impress gang}, under {Impress}. {Press money}, money paid to a man enlisted into public service. See {Prest money}, under {Prest}, a. | |
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Press \Press\, n. [For prest, confused with press.] A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. I have misused the king's press. --Shak. {Press gang}, [or] {Pressgang}, a detachment of seamen under the command of an officer empowered to force men into the naval service. See {Impress gang}, under {Impress}. {Press money}, money paid to a man enlisted into public service. See {Prest money}, under {Prest}, a. | |
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Press \Press\, n. [For prest, confused with press.] A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. I have misused the king's press. --Shak. {Press gang}, [or] {Pressgang}, a detachment of seamen under the command of an officer empowered to force men into the naval service. See {Impress gang}, under {Impress}. {Press money}, money paid to a man enlisted into public service. See {Prest money}, under {Prest}, a. | |
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Pressgang \Press"gang`\, n. See {Press gang}, under {Press}. | |
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Press \Press\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pressing}.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. {Print}, v.] 1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd. Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together. --Luke vi. 38. 2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something. From sweet kernels pressed, She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton. And I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. --Gen. xl. 11. 3. To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes. 4. To embrace closely; to hug. Leucothoe shook at these alarms, And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. --Pope. 5. To oppress; to bear hard upon. Press not a falling man too far. --Shak. 6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger. 7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel. Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. --Acts xviii. 5. 8. To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience. He pressed a letter upon me within this hour. --Dryden. Be sure to press upon him every motive. --Addison. 9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race. The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed on, by the king's commandment. --Esther viii. 14. Note: Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive and strike denote a sudden impulse of force. {Pressed brick}. See under {Brick}. | |
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Pressing \Press"ing\, a. Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity. -- {Press"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Pressing \Press"ing\, a. Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity. -- {Press"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Pression \Pres"sion\, n. [L. pressio: cf. F. pression. See 4th {Press}.] 1. The act of pressing; pressure. --Sir I. Newton. 2. (Cartesian Philos.) An endeavor to move. | |
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Pressman \Press"man\, n.; pl. {Pressmen}. 1. One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press. 2. One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman. | |
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Pressman \Press"man\, n. [See 2d {Press}.] One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service. | |
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Pressman \Press"man\, n.; pl. {Pressmen}. 1. One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press. 2. One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman. | |
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Presumable \Pre*sum"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]sumable.] Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence. | |
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Presumably \Pre*sum"a*bly\, adv. In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption. | |
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Presume \Pre*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Presuming}.] [F. pr[82]sumer, L. praesumere, praesumptum; prae before + sumere to take. See {Assume}, {Redeem}.] 1. To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner? --Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. --Milton. 2. To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose. Every man is to be presumed innocent till he is proved to be guilty. --Blackstone. What rests but that the mortal sentence pass, . . . Which he presumes already vain and void, Because not yet inflicted? --Milton. | |
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Presume \Pre*sume"\, v. i. 1. To suppose or assume something to be, or to be true, on grounds deemed valid, though not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; to infer; as, we may presume too far. 2. To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence. Do not presume too much upon my love. --Shak. This man presumes upon his parts. --Locke. | |
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Presume \Pre*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Presuming}.] [F. pr[82]sumer, L. praesumere, praesumptum; prae before + sumere to take. See {Assume}, {Redeem}.] 1. To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner? --Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. --Milton. 2. To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose. Every man is to be presumed innocent till he is proved to be guilty. --Blackstone. What rests but that the mortal sentence pass, . . . Which he presumes already vain and void, Because not yet inflicted? --Milton. | |
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Presumedly \Pre*sum"ed*ly\, adv. By presumption. | |
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Presumer \Pre*sum"er\, n. One who presumes; also, an arrogant person. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Presume \Pre*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Presuming}.] [F. pr[82]sumer, L. praesumere, praesumptum; prae before + sumere to take. See {Assume}, {Redeem}.] 1. To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner? --Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. --Milton. 2. To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose. Every man is to be presumed innocent till he is proved to be guilty. --Blackstone. What rests but that the mortal sentence pass, . . . Which he presumes already vain and void, Because not yet inflicted? --Milton. | |
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Presumingly \Pre*sum"ing*ly\, adv. Confidently; arrogantly. | |
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Presumption \Pre*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [L. praesumptio: cf. F. pr[82]somption, OF. also presumpcion. See {Presume}.] 1. The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof. 2. Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place. 3. That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive. [bd]In contradiction to these very plausible presumptions.[b8] --De Quincey. 4. The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery. Thy son I killed for his presumption. --Shak. I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece. --Dryden. {Conclusive presumption}. See under {Conclusive}. {Presumption of fact} (Law), an argument of a fact from a fact; an inference as to the existence of one fact not certainly known, from the existence of some other fact known or proved, founded on a previous experience of their connection; supposition of the truth or real existence of something, without direct or positive proof of the fact, but grounded on circumstantial or probable evidence which entitles it to belief. --Burrill. --Best. --Wharton. {Presumption of law} (Law), a postulate applied in advance to all cases of a particular class; e. g., the presumption of innocence and of regularity of records. Such a presumption is rebuttable or irrebuttable. | |
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Presumption \Pre*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [L. praesumptio: cf. F. pr[82]somption, OF. also presumpcion. See {Presume}.] 1. The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof. 2. Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place. 3. That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive. [bd]In contradiction to these very plausible presumptions.[b8] --De Quincey. 4. The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery. Thy son I killed for his presumption. --Shak. I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece. --Dryden. {Conclusive presumption}. See under {Conclusive}. {Presumption of fact} (Law), an argument of a fact from a fact; an inference as to the existence of one fact not certainly known, from the existence of some other fact known or proved, founded on a previous experience of their connection; supposition of the truth or real existence of something, without direct or positive proof of the fact, but grounded on circumstantial or probable evidence which entitles it to belief. --Burrill. --Best. --Wharton. {Presumption of law} (Law), a postulate applied in advance to all cases of a particular class; e. g., the presumption of innocence and of regularity of records. Such a presumption is rebuttable or irrebuttable. | |
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Presumption \Pre*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [L. praesumptio: cf. F. pr[82]somption, OF. also presumpcion. See {Presume}.] 1. The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof. 2. Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place. 3. That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive. [bd]In contradiction to these very plausible presumptions.[b8] --De Quincey. 4. The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery. Thy son I killed for his presumption. --Shak. I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece. --Dryden. {Conclusive presumption}. See under {Conclusive}. {Presumption of fact} (Law), an argument of a fact from a fact; an inference as to the existence of one fact not certainly known, from the existence of some other fact known or proved, founded on a previous experience of their connection; supposition of the truth or real existence of something, without direct or positive proof of the fact, but grounded on circumstantial or probable evidence which entitles it to belief. --Burrill. --Best. --Wharton. {Presumption of law} (Law), a postulate applied in advance to all cases of a particular class; e. g., the presumption of innocence and of regularity of records. Such a presumption is rebuttable or irrebuttable. | |
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Presumptive \Pre*sump"tive\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]somptif.] 1. Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof. 2. Presumptuous; arrogant. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. {Presumptive evidence} (Law), that which is derived from circumstances which necessarily or usually attend a fact, as distinct from direct evidence or positive proof; indirect or circumstantial evidence. [bd]Presumptive evidence of felony should be cautiously admitted.[b8] --Blackstone. The distinction, however, between direct and presumptive (or circumstantial) evidence is now generally abandoned; all evidence being now more or less direct and more or less presumptive. {Presumptive heir}. See {Heir presumptive}, under {Heir}. | |
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Presumptive \Pre*sump"tive\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]somptif.] 1. Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof. 2. Presumptuous; arrogant. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. {Presumptive evidence} (Law), that which is derived from circumstances which necessarily or usually attend a fact, as distinct from direct evidence or positive proof; indirect or circumstantial evidence. [bd]Presumptive evidence of felony should be cautiously admitted.[b8] --Blackstone. The distinction, however, between direct and presumptive (or circumstantial) evidence is now generally abandoned; all evidence being now more or less direct and more or less presumptive. {Presumptive heir}. See {Heir presumptive}, under {Heir}. | |
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Presumptive \Pre*sump"tive\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]somptif.] 1. Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof. 2. Presumptuous; arrogant. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. {Presumptive evidence} (Law), that which is derived from circumstances which necessarily or usually attend a fact, as distinct from direct evidence or positive proof; indirect or circumstantial evidence. [bd]Presumptive evidence of felony should be cautiously admitted.[b8] --Blackstone. The distinction, however, between direct and presumptive (or circumstantial) evidence is now generally abandoned; all evidence being now more or less direct and more or less presumptive. {Presumptive heir}. See {Heir presumptive}, under {Heir}. | |
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Presumptively \Pre*sump"tive*ly\, adv. By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably. | |
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Presumptuous \Pre*sump"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a. [L. praesumptuosus: cf. F. pr[82]somptueux, OF. also presumptuous. See {Presumption}.] 1. Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct. A class of presumptuous men, whom age has not made cautious, nor adversity wise. --Buckminster. 2. Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea. [bd]False, presumptuous hope.[b8] --Milton. 3. Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful. [bd]Keep back the servant also from presumptuous sins.[b8] --Ps. xix. 13. Syn: Overconfident; foolhardy; rash; presuming; forward; arrogant; insolent. | |
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Presumptuously \Pre*sump"tu*ous*ly\, adv. In a presumptuous manner; arrogantly. | |
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Presumptuousness \Pre*sump"tu*ous*ness\, n. The quality or state of being presumptuous. | |
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Price \Price\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Priced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pricing}.] 1. To pay the price of. [Obs.] With thine own blood to price his blood. --Spenser. 2. To set a price on; to value. See {Prize}. 3. To ask the price of; as, to price eggs. [Colloq.] | |
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Prick \Prick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pricking}.] [AS. prician; akin to LG. pricken, D. prikken, Dan. prikke, Sw. pricka. See {Prick}, n., and cf. {Prink}, {Prig}.] 1. To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper. 2. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board. --Sir I. Newton. The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron. --Sandys. 3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off. Some who are pricked for sheriffs. --Bacon. Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off. --Sir W. Scott. Those many, then, shall die: their names are pricked. --Shak. 4. To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition. --Cowper. 5. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off. Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows. --Chaucer. The season pricketh every gentle heart. --Chaucer. My duty pricks me on to utter that. --Shak. 6. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. [bd]I was pricked with some reproof.[b8] --Tennyson. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart. --Acts ii. 37. 7. To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged. [bd]The courser . . . pricks up his ears.[b8] --Dryden. 8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] --Hudibras. 9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.] 10. (Naut) (a) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail. (b) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course. 11. (Far.) (a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. (b) To nick. | |
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Pricking \Prick"ing\, n. 1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point. [bd]There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword.[b8] --Prov. xii. 18 [1583]. 2. (Far.) (a) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness. (b) Same as {Nicking}. 3. A sensation of being pricked. --Shak. 4. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. [Obs.] 5. Dressing one's self for show; prinking. [Obs.] | |
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Pricking-up \Prick"ing-up\, n. (Arch.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called {scratch coat}. --Brande & C. | |
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Prickmadam \Prick"mad`am\, n. [F. trique-madame. Cf. {Tripmadam}.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See {Stonecrop}. | |
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Pricksong \Prick"song`\ (?; 115), n. [See {Prick}, v. t., 4.] Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down. [Obs.] He fights as you sing pricksong. --Shak. | |
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Prig \Prig\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prigging}.] [A modification of prick.] To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Prism \Prism\ (pr[icr]z'm), n. [L. prisma, Gr. pri`sma, fr. pri`zein, pri`ein, to saw: cf. F. prisme.] 1. (Geom.) A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. Note: Prisms of different forms are often named from the figure of their bases; as, a triangular prism, a quadrangular prism, a rhombic prism, etc. 2. (Opt.) A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc. 3. (Crystallog.) A form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See {Form}, n., 13. {Achromatic prism} (Opt.), a prism composed usually of two prisms of different transparent substances which have unequal dispersive powers, as two different kinds of glass, especially flint glass and crown glass, the difference of dispersive power being compensated by giving them different refracting angles, so that, when placed together so as to have opposite relative positions, a ray of light passed through them is refracted or bent into a new position, but is free from color. {Nicol's prism}, {Nicol prism}. [So called from Wm. Nicol, of Edinburgh, who first proposed it.] (Opt.) An instrument for experiments in polarization, consisting of a rhomb of Iceland spar, which has been bisected obliquely at a certain angle, and the two parts again joined with transparent cement, so that the ordinary image produced by double refraction is thrown out of the field by total reflection from the internal cemented surface, and the extraordinary, or polarized, image alone is transmitted. | |
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Prism glass \Prism glass\ Glass with one side smooth and the other side formed into sharp-edged ridges so as to reflect the light that passes through, used at windows to throw the light into the interior. | |
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Teinoscope \Tei"no*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] to extend + -scope.] (Physics) An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also {prism telescope}. --Sir D. Brewster. | |
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Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] viewing afar, farseeing; [?] far, far off + [?] a watcher, akin to [?] to view: cf. F. t[82]lescope. See {Telegraph}, and {-scope}.] An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by which the image is magnified. {Achromatic telescope}. See under {Achromatic}. {Aplanatic telescope}, a telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece. {Astronomical telescope}, a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations. {Cassegrainian telescope}, a reflecting telescope invented by Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust. under {Reflecting telescope}, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope. {Dialytic telescope}. See under {Dialytic}. {Equatorial telescope}. See the Note under {Equatorial}. {Galilean telescope}, a refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the construction originally adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural positions. {Gregorian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See under {Gregorian}. {Herschelian telescope}, a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the object is formed near one side of the open end of the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly. {Newtonian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See under {Newtonian}. {Photographic telescope}, a telescope specially constructed to make photographs of the heavenly bodies. {Prism telescope}. See {Teinoscope}. {Reflecting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope, and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an object glass. See {Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, [and] Newtonian, telescopes}, above. {Refracting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is formed by refraction through an object glass. {Telescope carp} (Zo[94]l.), the telescope fish. {Telescope fish} (Zo[94]l.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes. {Telescope fly} (Zo[94]l.), any two-winged fly of the genus {Diopsis}, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long stalks. {Telescope shell} (Zo[94]l.), an elongated gastropod ({Cerithium telescopium}) having numerous flattened whorls. {Telescope sight} (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. {Terrestrial telescope}, a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect. | |
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Teinoscope \Tei"no*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] to extend + -scope.] (Physics) An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also {prism telescope}. --Sir D. Brewster. | |
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Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] viewing afar, farseeing; [?] far, far off + [?] a watcher, akin to [?] to view: cf. F. t[82]lescope. See {Telegraph}, and {-scope}.] An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by which the image is magnified. {Achromatic telescope}. See under {Achromatic}. {Aplanatic telescope}, a telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece. {Astronomical telescope}, a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations. {Cassegrainian telescope}, a reflecting telescope invented by Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust. under {Reflecting telescope}, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope. {Dialytic telescope}. See under {Dialytic}. {Equatorial telescope}. See the Note under {Equatorial}. {Galilean telescope}, a refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the construction originally adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural positions. {Gregorian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See under {Gregorian}. {Herschelian telescope}, a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the object is formed near one side of the open end of the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly. {Newtonian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See under {Newtonian}. {Photographic telescope}, a telescope specially constructed to make photographs of the heavenly bodies. {Prism telescope}. See {Teinoscope}. {Reflecting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope, and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an object glass. See {Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, [and] Newtonian, telescopes}, above. {Refracting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is formed by refraction through an object glass. {Telescope carp} (Zo[94]l.), the telescope fish. {Telescope fish} (Zo[94]l.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes. {Telescope fly} (Zo[94]l.), any two-winged fly of the genus {Diopsis}, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long stalks. {Telescope shell} (Zo[94]l.), an elongated gastropod ({Cerithium telescopium}) having numerous flattened whorls. {Telescope sight} (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. {Terrestrial telescope}, a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect. | |
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Prismatic \Pris*mat"ic\, Prismatical \Pris*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. prismatique.] 1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage. 2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors. 3. (Crystallog.) Same as {Orthorhombic}. {Prismatic borax} (Chem.), borax crystallized in the form of oblique prisms, with ten molecules of water; -- distinguished from octahedral borax. {Prismatic colors} (Opt.), the seven colors into which light is resolved when passed through a prism; primary colors. See {Primary colors}, under {Color}. {Prismatic compass} (Surv.), a compass having a prism for viewing a distant object and the compass card at the same time. {Prismatic spectrum} (Opt.), the spectrum produced by the passage of light through a prism. | |
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Prismatic \Pris*mat"ic\, Prismatical \Pris*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. prismatique.] 1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage. 2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors. 3. (Crystallog.) Same as {Orthorhombic}. {Prismatic borax} (Chem.), borax crystallized in the form of oblique prisms, with ten molecules of water; -- distinguished from octahedral borax. {Prismatic colors} (Opt.), the seven colors into which light is resolved when passed through a prism; primary colors. See {Primary colors}, under {Color}. {Prismatic compass} (Surv.), a compass having a prism for viewing a distant object and the compass card at the same time. {Prismatic spectrum} (Opt.), the spectrum produced by the passage of light through a prism. | |
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Cleavage \Cleav"age\, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See {Parting}. 3. (Geol.) Division into lamin[91], like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure. {Basal cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes. {Cell cleavage} (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission. See {Segmentation}. {Cubic cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube. {Diagonal cleavage}, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane. {Egg clavage}. (Biol.) See {Segmentation}. {Lateral cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Octahedral, Dodecahedral, [or] Rhombohedral, {cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron. {Prismatic cleavage}, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism. | |
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Prismatic \Pris*mat"ic\, Prismatical \Pris*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. prismatique.] 1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage. 2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors. 3. (Crystallog.) Same as {Orthorhombic}. {Prismatic borax} (Chem.), borax crystallized in the form of oblique prisms, with ten molecules of water; -- distinguished from octahedral borax. {Prismatic colors} (Opt.), the seven colors into which light is resolved when passed through a prism; primary colors. See {Primary colors}, under {Color}. {Prismatic compass} (Surv.), a compass having a prism for viewing a distant object and the compass card at the same time. {Prismatic spectrum} (Opt.), the spectrum produced by the passage of light through a prism. | |
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Prismatic \Pris*mat"ic\, Prismatical \Pris*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. prismatique.] 1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage. 2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors. 3. (Crystallog.) Same as {Orthorhombic}. {Prismatic borax} (Chem.), borax crystallized in the form of oblique prisms, with ten molecules of water; -- distinguished from octahedral borax. {Prismatic colors} (Opt.), the seven colors into which light is resolved when passed through a prism; primary colors. See {Primary colors}, under {Color}. {Prismatic compass} (Surv.), a compass having a prism for viewing a distant object and the compass card at the same time. {Prismatic spectrum} (Opt.), the spectrum produced by the passage of light through a prism. | |
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Spectrum \Spec"trum\, n.; pl. {Spectra}. [L. See {Specter}.] 1. An apparition; a specter. [Obs.] 2. (Opt.) (a) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of {Light}, and {Spectroscope}. (b) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also {ocular spectrum}. {Absorption spectrum}, the spectrum of light which has passed through a medium capable of absorbing a portion of the rays. It is characterized by dark spaces, bands, or lines. {Chemical spectrum}, a spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their chemical effects, as in photography. These, in the usual photogrophic methods, have their maximum influence at and beyond the violet rays, but are not limited to this region. {Chromatic spectrum}, the visible colored rays of the solar spectrum, exhibiting the seven principal colors in their order, and covering the central and larger portion of the space of the whole spectrum. {Continous spectrum}, a spectrum not broken by bands or lines, but having the colors shaded into each other continously, as that from an incandescent solid or liquid, or a gas under high pressure. {Diffraction spectrum}, a spectrum produced by diffraction, as by a grating. {Gaseous spectrum}, the spectrum of an incandesoent gas or vapor, under moderate, or especially under very low, pressure. It is characterized by bright bands or lines. {Normal spectrum}, a representation of a spectrum arranged upon conventional plan adopted as standard, especially a spectrum in which the colors are spaced proportionally to their wave lengths, as when formed by a diffraction grating. {Ocular spectrum}. See {Spectrum}, 2 (b), above. {Prismatic spectrum}, a spectrum produced by means of a prism. {Solar spectrum}, the spectrum of solar light, especially as thrown upon a screen in a darkened room. It is characterized by numerous dark lines called Fraunhofer lines. {Spectrum analysis}, chemical analysis effected by comparison of the different relative positions and qualities of the fixed lines of spectra produced by flames in which different substances are burned or evaporated, each substance having its own characteristic system of lines. {Thermal spectrum}, a spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their heating effect, especially of those rays which produce no luminous phenomena. | |
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Prismatic \Pris*mat"ic\, Prismatical \Pris*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. prismatique.] 1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage. 2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors. 3. (Crystallog.) Same as {Orthorhombic}. {Prismatic borax} (Chem.), borax crystallized in the form of oblique prisms, with ten molecules of water; -- distinguished from octahedral borax. {Prismatic colors} (Opt.), the seven colors into which light is resolved when passed through a prism; primary colors. See {Primary colors}, under {Color}. {Prismatic compass} (Surv.), a compass having a prism for viewing a distant object and the compass card at the same time. {Prismatic spectrum} (Opt.), the spectrum produced by the passage of light through a prism. | |
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Prismatic \Pris*mat"ic\, Prismatical \Pris*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. prismatique.] 1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage. 2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors. 3. (Crystallog.) Same as {Orthorhombic}. {Prismatic borax} (Chem.), borax crystallized in the form of oblique prisms, with ten molecules of water; -- distinguished from octahedral borax. {Prismatic colors} (Opt.), the seven colors into which light is resolved when passed through a prism; primary colors. See {Primary colors}, under {Color}. {Prismatic compass} (Surv.), a compass having a prism for viewing a distant object and the compass card at the same time. {Prismatic spectrum} (Opt.), the spectrum produced by the passage of light through a prism. | |
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Prismatically \Pris*mat"ic*al*ly\, adv. In the form or manner of a prism; by means of a prism. | |
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Prismatoidal \Pris`ma*toid"al\, a. [Gr. [?], [?], prism + -oid: F. prismato[8b]de.] Having a prismlike form. --Ure. | |
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Prismoid \Pris"moid\ (pr[icr]z"moid), n. [Cf. F. prismto[8b]de.] A body that approaches to the form of a prism. | |
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Prismoidal \Pris*moid"al\, a. Having the form of a prismoid; as, prismoidal solids. | |
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Prismy \Pris"my\, a. Pertaining to a prism. [R.] | |
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Prison \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Prize}, n., {Misprision}.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o[?] confinement, restraint, or safe custody. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant [92]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. {Prison bars}, [or] {Prison base}. See {Base}, n., 24. {Prison breach}. (Law) See Note under 3d {Escape}, n., 4. {Prison house}, a prison. --Shak. {Prison ship} (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. {Prison van}, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison. | |
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Prison \Pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prisoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prisoning}.] 1. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty. The prisoned eagle dies for rage. --Sir W. Scott. His true respect will prison false desire. --Shak. 2. To bind (together); to enchain. [Obs.] Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led Together prisoned. --Robert of Brunne. | |
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Prison \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Prize}, n., {Misprision}.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o[?] confinement, restraint, or safe custody. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant [92]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. {Prison bars}, [or] {Prison base}. See {Base}, n., 24. {Prison breach}. (Law) See Note under 3d {Escape}, n., 4. {Prison house}, a prison. --Shak. {Prison ship} (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. {Prison van}, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison. | |
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Prison \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Prize}, n., {Misprision}.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o[?] confinement, restraint, or safe custody. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant [92]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. {Prison bars}, [or] {Prison base}. See {Base}, n., 24. {Prison breach}. (Law) See Note under 3d {Escape}, n., 4. {Prison house}, a prison. --Shak. {Prison ship} (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. {Prison van}, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison. | |
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5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written {bass}.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8] --Marston. 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. 23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8] --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. {Altern base}. See under {Altern}. {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}. {Base course}. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also {foundation course}. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. {Base line}. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott. | |
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Prison \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Prize}, n., {Misprision}.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o[?] confinement, restraint, or safe custody. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant [92]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. {Prison bars}, [or] {Prison base}. See {Base}, n., 24. {Prison breach}. (Law) See Note under 3d {Escape}, n., 4. {Prison house}, a prison. --Shak. {Prison ship} (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. {Prison van}, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison. | |
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5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written {bass}.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8] --Marston. 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. 23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8] --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. {Altern base}. See under {Altern}. {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}. {Base course}. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also {foundation course}. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. {Base line}. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott. | |
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Prison \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Prize}, n., {Misprision}.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o[?] confinement, restraint, or safe custody. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant [92]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. {Prison bars}, [or] {Prison base}. See {Base}, n., 24. {Prison breach}. (Law) See Note under 3d {Escape}, n., 4. {Prison house}, a prison. --Shak. {Prison ship} (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. {Prison van}, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison. | |
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Prison \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Prize}, n., {Misprision}.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o[?] confinement, restraint, or safe custody. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant [92]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. {Prison bars}, [or] {Prison base}. See {Base}, n., 24. {Prison breach}. (Law) See Note under 3d {Escape}, n., 4. {Prison house}, a prison. --Shak. {Prison ship} (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. {Prison van}, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison. | |
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Limit \Lim"it\ (l[icr]m"[icr]t), n. [From L. limes, limitis: cf. F. limite; or from E. limit, v. See {Limit}, v. t.] 1. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor. As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed. --Pope. 2. The space or thing defined by limits. The archdeacon hath divided it Into three limits very equally. --Shak. 3. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. The dateless limit of thy dear exile. --Shak. The limit of your lives is out. --Shak. 4. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. --Shak. 5. (Logic & Metaph.) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia. 6. (Math.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent. {Elastic limit}. See under {Elastic}. {Prison limits}, a definite extent of space in or around a prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and come. Syn: Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound; confine. | |
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Prison \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Prize}, n., {Misprision}.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o[?] confinement, restraint, or safe custody. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant [92]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. {Prison bars}, [or] {Prison base}. See {Base}, n., 24. {Prison breach}. (Law) See Note under 3d {Escape}, n., 4. {Prison house}, a prison. --Shak. {Prison ship} (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. {Prison van}, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison. | |
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Prison \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Prize}, n., {Misprision}.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o[?] confinement, restraint, or safe custody. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant [92]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. {Prison bars}, [or] {Prison base}. See {Base}, n., 24. {Prison breach}. (Law) See Note under 3d {Escape}, n., 4. {Prison house}, a prison. --Shak. {Prison ship} (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. {Prison van}, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison. | |
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Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[edh]r yard, house, Sw. g[86]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure. Cf. {Court}, {Garden}, {Garth}, {Horticulture}, {Orchard}.] 1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard. A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer. --Chaucer. 2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard. {Liberty of the yard}, a liberty, granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not to go beyond those limits. {Prison yard}, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. {Yard grass} (Bot.), a low-growing grass ({Eleusine Indica}) having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and like places, especially in the Southern United States. Called also {crab grass}. {Yard of land}. See {Yardland}. | |
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Prison \Pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prisoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prisoning}.] 1. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty. The prisoned eagle dies for rage. --Sir W. Scott. His true respect will prison false desire. --Shak. 2. To bind (together); to enchain. [Obs.] Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led Together prisoned. --Robert of Brunne. | |
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Prisoner \Pris"on*er\, n. [F. prisonnier.] 1. One who is confined in a prison. --Piers Plowman. 2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court. --Bouvier. Prisoner of Hope thou art, -- look up and sing. --Keble. {Prisoner's base}. See {Base}, n., 24. | |
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Prisoner \Pris"on*er\, n. [F. prisonnier.] 1. One who is confined in a prison. --Piers Plowman. 2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court. --Bouvier. Prisoner of Hope thou art, -- look up and sing. --Keble. {Prisoner's base}. See {Base}, n., 24. | |
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5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written {bass}.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8] --Marston. 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. 23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8] --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. {Altern base}. See under {Altern}. {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}. {Base course}. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also {foundation course}. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. {Base line}. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott. | |
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Prisoner \Pris"on*er\, n. [F. prisonnier.] 1. One who is confined in a prison. --Piers Plowman. 2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court. --Bouvier. Prisoner of Hope thou art, -- look up and sing. --Keble. {Prisoner's base}. See {Base}, n., 24. | |
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5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written {bass}.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8] --Marston. 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. 23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8] --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. {Altern base}. See under {Altern}. {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}. {Base course}. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also {foundation course}. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. {Base line}. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott. | |
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Prison \Pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prisoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prisoning}.] 1. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty. The prisoned eagle dies for rage. --Sir W. Scott. His true respect will prison false desire. --Shak. 2. To bind (together); to enchain. [Obs.] Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led Together prisoned. --Robert of Brunne. | |
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Prisonment \Pris"on*ment\, n. Imprisonment. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Prize \Prize\, n. [F. prise a seizing, hold, grasp, fr. pris, p. p. of prendre to take, L. prendere, prehendere; in some senses, as 2 (b), either from, or influenced by, F. prix price. See {Prison}, {Prehensile}, and cf. {Pry}, and also {Price}.] 1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. I will depart my pris, or may prey, by deliberation. --Chaucer. His own prize, Whom formerly he had in battle won. --Spenser. 2. Hence, specifically; (a) (Law) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. --Kent. --Brande & C. (b) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort. I'll never wrestle for prize more. --Shak. I fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize. --Dryden. (c) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery. 3. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. --Phil. iii. 14. 4. A contest for a reward; competition. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. [Written also {prise}.] {Prize court}, a court having jurisdiction of all captures made in war on the high seas. --Bouvier. {Prize fight}, an exhibition contest, esp. one of pugilists, for a stake or wager. {Prize fighter}, one who fights publicly for a reward; -- applied esp. to a professional boxer or pugilist. --Pope. {Prize fighting}, fighting, especially boxing, in public for a reward or wager. {Prize master}, an officer put in charge or command of a captured vessel. {Prize medal}, a medal given as a prize. {Prize money}, a dividend from the proceeds of a captured vessel, etc., paid to the captors. {Prize ring}, the ring or inclosure for a prize fight; the system and practice of prize fighting. {To make prize of}, to capture. --Hawthorne. | |
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Prize \Prize\, n. [F. prise a seizing, hold, grasp, fr. pris, p. p. of prendre to take, L. prendere, prehendere; in some senses, as 2 (b), either from, or influenced by, F. prix price. See {Prison}, {Prehensile}, and cf. {Pry}, and also {Price}.] 1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. I will depart my pris, or may prey, by deliberation. --Chaucer. His own prize, Whom formerly he had in battle won. --Spenser. 2. Hence, specifically; (a) (Law) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. --Kent. --Brande & C. (b) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort. I'll never wrestle for prize more. --Shak. I fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize. --Dryden. (c) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery. 3. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. --Phil. iii. 14. 4. A contest for a reward; competition. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. [Written also {prise}.] {Prize court}, a court having jurisdiction of all captures made in war on the high seas. --Bouvier. {Prize fight}, an exhibition contest, esp. one of pugilists, for a stake or wager. {Prize fighter}, one who fights publicly for a reward; -- applied esp. to a professional boxer or pugilist. --Pope. {Prize fighting}, fighting, especially boxing, in public for a reward or wager. {Prize master}, an officer put in charge or command of a captured vessel. {Prize medal}, a medal given as a prize. {Prize money}, a dividend from the proceeds of a captured vessel, etc., paid to the captors. {Prize ring}, the ring or inclosure for a prize fight; the system and practice of prize fighting. {To make prize of}, to capture. --Hawthorne. | |
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Prize \Prize\, n. [F. prise a seizing, hold, grasp, fr. pris, p. p. of prendre to take, L. prendere, prehendere; in some senses, as 2 (b), either from, or influenced by, F. prix price. See {Prison}, {Prehensile}, and cf. {Pry}, and also {Price}.] 1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. I will depart my pris, or may prey, by deliberation. --Chaucer. His own prize, Whom formerly he had in battle won. --Spenser. 2. Hence, specifically; (a) (Law) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. --Kent. --Brande & C. (b) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort. I'll never wrestle for prize more. --Shak. I fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize. --Dryden. (c) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery. 3. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. --Phil. iii. 14. 4. A contest for a reward; competition. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. [Written also {prise}.] {Prize court}, a court having jurisdiction of all captures made in war on the high seas. --Bouvier. {Prize fight}, an exhibition contest, esp. one of pugilists, for a stake or wager. {Prize fighter}, one who fights publicly for a reward; -- applied esp. to a professional boxer or pugilist. --Pope. {Prize fighting}, fighting, especially boxing, in public for a reward or wager. {Prize master}, an officer put in charge or command of a captured vessel. {Prize medal}, a medal given as a prize. {Prize money}, a dividend from the proceeds of a captured vessel, etc., paid to the captors. {Prize ring}, the ring or inclosure for a prize fight; the system and practice of prize fighting. {To make prize of}, to capture. --Hawthorne. | |
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Prizeman \Prize"man\, n.; pl. {Prizemen}. The winner of a prize. | |
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Prizeman \Prize"man\, n.; pl. {Prizemen}. The winner of a prize. | |
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Prize \Prize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prizing}.] [F. priser, OF. prisier, preisier, fr. L. pretiare, fr. pretium worth, value, price. See {Price}, and cf. {Praise}.] [Formerly written also {prise}. ] 1. To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate. A goodly price that I was prized at. --Zech. xi. 13. I prize it [life] not a straw, but for mine honor. --Shak. 2. To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem. [bd][I] do love, prize, honor you. [b8] --Shak. I prized your person, but your crown disdain. --Dryden. | |
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Prizing \Priz"ing\, n. [See 2d {Prize}.] The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See {Prize}, n., 5. | |
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d8Pro \[d8]Pro\, prep. [L.; akin to prae before, Gr. [?], and E. for. See {For}, prep., and cf. {Prior}, a.] A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth. {Pro confesso} [L.] (Law), taken as confessed. The action of a court of equity on that portion of the pleading in a particular case which the pleading on the other side does not deny. {Pro rata}. [L. See {Prorate}.] In proportion; proportion. {Pro re nata} [L.] (Law), for the existing occasion; as matters are. | |
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Prochein \Pro"chein\, a. [F. prochain, fr. L. (assumed) proximanus, fr. proximus.] Next; nearest. {Prochein ami} [or] {amy}(Law), the next friend. See under {Next}. | |
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Prochein \Pro"chein\, a. [F. prochain, fr. L. (assumed) proximanus, fr. proximus.] Next; nearest. {Prochein ami} [or] {amy}(Law), the next friend. See under {Next}. | |
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Procinct \Pro*cinct"\, n. [L. procinctus, fr. procingere, procinctum, to gird up.] A state of complete readiness for action. [Obs.] [bd]War in procinct.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Proconsul \Pro*con"sul\, n. [L., fr. pro for + consul consul.] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul. | |
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Proconsular \Pro*con"su*lar\, Proconsulary \Pro*con"su*la*ry\, a. [L. proconsularis: cf. F. proconsulaire.] 1. Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers. 2. Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province. | |
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Proconsular \Pro*con"su*lar\, Proconsulary \Pro*con"su*la*ry\, a. [L. proconsularis: cf. F. proconsulaire.] 1. Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers. 2. Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province. | |
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Proconsulate \Pro*con"su*late\, n. [L. proconsulatus: cf. F. proconsulat.] The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of his office. | |
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Proconsulship \Pro*con"sul*ship\, n. Proconsulate. | |
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Procumbent \Pro*cum"bent\, a. [L. procumbens, -entis, p. pr. of procumbere to fall, bend, or lean forward; pro forward + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down: cf. F. procombant. Cf. {Incumbent}.] 1. Lying down, or on the face; prone. [bd] Procumbent each obeyed.[b8] --Cowper. 2. (Bot.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem. | |
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Procyon \Pro"cy*on\, n. [L., a constellation which rises before the Dog Star, Gr. [?]; [?] before + [?] a dog. ] 1. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of mammals including the raccoon. | |
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d8Agouara \[d8]A*gou"a*ra\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The crab-eating raccoon ({Procyon cancrivorus}), found in the tropical parts of America. | |
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Raccoon \Rac*coon"\, n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See {Rat}.] (Zo[94]l.) A North American nocturnal carnivore ({Procyon lotor}) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also {coon}, and {mapach}. {Raccoon dog} (Zo[94]l.), the tanate. {Raccoon fox} (Zo[94]l.), the cacomixle. | |
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Proeguminal \Pro`e*gu"mi*nal\, a. [Gr. [?], p. pr. of [?] to lead the way: cf. F. pro[82]gum[8a]ne.] (Med.) Serving to predispose; predisposing; as, a proeguminal cause of disease. | |
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Progenerate \Pro*gen"er*ate\, v. t. [L. progeneratus, p. p. of progenerare to beget; pro forth, forward + generare to generate.] To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, to progenerate a race. [R.] --Landor. | |
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Progeneration \Pro*gen`er*a"tion\, n. [L. progeneratio.] The act of begetting; propagation. [R.] | |
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Progenitor \Pro*gen"i*tor\, n. [OF. progeniteur, L. progenitor, fr. progignere, progenitum, to bring forth, to beget; pro forth + gignere to beget. See {Gender} kind.] An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather. And reverence thee their great progenitor. --Milton. | |
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Progenitorship \Pro*gen"i*tor*ship\, n. The state of being a progenitor. | |
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Progenitress \Pro*gen"i*tress\, n. A female progenitor. | |
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Progeniture \Pro*gen"i*ture\, n. [F. prog[82]niture.] A begetting, or birth. [R.] | |
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Progeny \Prog"e*ny\, n. [OE. progenie, F. prog[82]nie, fr. L. progenies, fr. progignere. See {Progenitor}.] Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage. [bd] Issued from the progeny of kings.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Prog \Prog\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Progged}. p. pr. & vb. n. {Progging}.] [Cf. D. prachen, G. prachern, Dan. prakke, Sw. pracka, to beg, L. procare, procari, to ask, demand, and E. prowl.] 1. To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks. [Low] A perfect artist in progging for money. --Fuller. I have been endeavoring to prog for you. --Burke. 2. To steal; to rob; to filch. [Low] --Johnson. 3. To prick; to goad; to progue. [Scot.] | |
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Prognathic \Prog*nath"ic\, a. (Anat.) Prognathous. | |
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Prognathism \Prog"na*thism\, n. (Anat.) Projection of the jaws. -- {Prog"na*thy}, n. | |
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Prognathous \Prog"na*thous\, a. [Gr. [?] before + [?] the jaw] (Anat.) Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; -- opposed to orthognathous. See {Gnathic index}, under {Gnathic}. Their countenances had the true prognathous character. --Kane. | |
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Prognathism \Prog"na*thism\, n. (Anat.) Projection of the jaws. -- {Prog"na*thy}, n. | |
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Progne \Prog"ne\, n. [L., a swallow, traditionally said to be fr. Progne (The sister of Philomela), who was changed into a swallow, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A swallow. (b) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See {Martin}. (c) An American butterfly ({Polygonia, [or] Vanessa, Progne}). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also {gray comma}. | |
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Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. {Martlet}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [Written also {marten}.] Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne subis, [or] purpurea}), and the European house, or window, martin ({Hirundo, [or] Chelidon, urbica}), are the best known species. {Bank martin}. (a) The bank swallow. See under {Bank}. (b) The fairy martin. See under {Fairy}. {Bee martin}. (a) The purple martin. (b) The kingbird. {Sand martin}, the bank swallow. | |
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Prognosis \Prog*no"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to know beforehand; [?] before + [?] to know. See {Know}.] (Med.) The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad. | |
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Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Prognosis}.] Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs. | |
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Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, n. [L. prognosticum, Gr. [?]: cf. F. pronostic, prognostic. See {Prognostic}, a.] 1. That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction. That choice would inevitably be considered by the country as a prognostic of the highest import. --Macaulay. 2. (Med.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease. --Parr. Syn: Sign; omen; presage; token; indication. | |
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Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, v. t. To prognosticate. [Obs.] | |
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Prognosticable \Prog*nos"tic*a*ble\, a. Capable of being prognosticated or foretold. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Prognosticate \Prog*nos"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prognosticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prognosticating}.] [See {Prognostic}.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. --Burke. I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. --Dryden. Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy. | |
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Prognosticate \Prog*nos"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prognosticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prognosticating}.] [See {Prognostic}.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. --Burke. I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. --Dryden. Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy. | |
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Prognosticate \Prog*nos"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prognosticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prognosticating}.] [See {Prognostic}.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. --Burke. I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. --Dryden. Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy. | |
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Prognostication \Prog*nos`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. prognostication.] 1. The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction. 2. That which foreshows; a foretoken. --Shak. | |
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Prognosticator \Prog*nos"ti*ca`tor\, n. One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a future course or event by present signs. --Isa. xlvii. 13. | |
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Pro \Pro\, adv. For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with {con}. {Pro and con}, for and against, on the affirmative and on the negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con; -- formerly used also as a verb. {Pros and cons}, the arguments or reasons on either side. | |
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Proscenium \Pro*sce"ni*um\, n.; pl. {Proscenia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] before + [?] a tent, a wooden stage, the stage. See {Scene}.] 1. (Anc. Theater) The part where the actors performed; the stage. 2. (Modern Theater) The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework. | |
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Proscenium \Pro*sce"ni*um\, n.; pl. {Proscenia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] before + [?] a tent, a wooden stage, the stage. See {Scene}.] 1. (Anc. Theater) The part where the actors performed; the stage. 2. (Modern Theater) The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework. | |
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Proseman \Prose"man\, n. A writer of prose. [R.] | |
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Proseminary \Pro*sem"i*na*ry\, n. A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. --T. Warton. | |
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Prosemination \Pro*sem`i*na"tion\, n. [L. proseminare, proseminatum, to disseminate.] Propagation by seed. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Prosencephalic \Pros*en`ce*phal"ic\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon. | |
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Prosencephalon \Pros`en*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] toward, near to + E. encephalon.] [Sometimes abbreviated to proen.] (Anat.) (a) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain. (b) The cerebrum. --Huxley. | |
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Prosenchyma \Pros*en"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] near + -enchyma, as in parenchyma.] (Bot.) A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood. | |
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Prosimetrical \Pros`i*met"ric*al\, a. [Prose + metrical.] Consisting both of prose and verse. --Clarke. | |
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Prosiness \Pros"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness. | |
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Prose \Prose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prosing}.] 1. To write in prose. 2. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. | |
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Prosing \Pros"ing\, n. Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Prosingly \Pros"ing*ly\, adv. Prosily. | |
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d8Prosoma \[d8]Pro*so"ma\, n.; pl. {Prosomata}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] before + [?], [?], body.] (Zo[94]l.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod. | |
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Nol-pros \Nol`-pros"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-prossed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-prossing}.] To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute. | |
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Proxene \Prox"ene\, n. [Cf. [?]; [?] before + [?] a guest, stranger: cf. F. prox[8a]ne.] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to those who came from a friendly city or state. | |
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Proxenet \Prox"e*net\, n. [L. proxeneta, Gr. [?].] A negotiator; a factor. [R.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Proxenetism \Prox`e*ne"tism\, n. [Gr. [?] agent + -ism; cf. F. prox[82]n[82]tisme.] The action of a go-between or broker in negotiating immoral bargains between the sexes; procuring. | |
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Proximad \Prox"i*mad\, adv. [Proximal + L. ad to.] (Anat.) Toward a proximal part; on the proximal side of; proximally. | |
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Proximal \Prox"i*mal\, a. 1. Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate. 2. (Biol.) (a) Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb. (b) Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of a limb. Opposed to {distal}. | |
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Proximally \Prox"i*mal*ly\, adv. (Anat.) On or toward a proximal part; proximad. | |
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Proximate \Prox"i*mate\, a. [L. proximatus, p. p. of proximare to come near, to approach, fr. proximus the nearest, nest, superl. of propior nearer, and prope, adv., near.] Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. [bd]Proximate ancestors.[b8] --J. S. Harford. The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. --T. Burnet. {Proximate analysis} (Chem.), an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis. {Proximate cause}. (a) A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, or predisposing cause. --I. Watts. (b) That which in ordinary natural sequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbing agencies intervening. {Proximate principle} (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodies existing ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separable by chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc. Syn: Nearest; next; closest; immediate; direct. | |
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Analysis \A*nal"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Analyses}. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; [?] up + [?] to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to {synthesis}. 2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called {qualitative}, and the latter {quantitative analysis}. 3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. 4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations. 5. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. 6. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. {Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, {Quantitative}, and {Volumetric analysis}. (Chem.) See under {Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, etc. | |
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Proximate \Prox"i*mate\, a. [L. proximatus, p. p. of proximare to come near, to approach, fr. proximus the nearest, nest, superl. of propior nearer, and prope, adv., near.] Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. [bd]Proximate ancestors.[b8] --J. S. Harford. The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. --T. Burnet. {Proximate analysis} (Chem.), an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis. {Proximate cause}. (a) A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, or predisposing cause. --I. Watts. (b) That which in ordinary natural sequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbing agencies intervening. {Proximate principle} (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodies existing ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separable by chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc. Syn: Nearest; next; closest; immediate; direct. | |
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Proximate \Prox"i*mate\, a. [L. proximatus, p. p. of proximare to come near, to approach, fr. proximus the nearest, nest, superl. of propior nearer, and prope, adv., near.] Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. [bd]Proximate ancestors.[b8] --J. S. Harford. The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. --T. Burnet. {Proximate analysis} (Chem.), an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis. {Proximate cause}. (a) A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, or predisposing cause. --I. Watts. (b) That which in ordinary natural sequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbing agencies intervening. {Proximate principle} (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodies existing ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separable by chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc. Syn: Nearest; next; closest; immediate; direct. | |
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Cause \Cause\ (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. --Locke. 2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing. 3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.] I did it not for his cause. --2 Cor. vii. 12. 4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give you in this weighty cause! --Shak. 6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain. God befriend us, as our cause is just. --Shak. The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause. --Burke. {Efficient cause}, the agent or force that produces a change or result. {Final cause}, the end, design, or object, for which anything is done. {Formal cause}, the elements of a conception which make the conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the idea viewed as a formative principle and co[94]perating with the matter. {Material cause}, that of which anything is made. {Proximate cause}. See under {Proximate}. {To make common cause with}, to join with in purposes and aims. --Macaulay. Syn: Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement; inducement; purpose; object; suit; action. | |
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Proximate \Prox"i*mate\, a. [L. proximatus, p. p. of proximare to come near, to approach, fr. proximus the nearest, nest, superl. of propior nearer, and prope, adv., near.] Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. [bd]Proximate ancestors.[b8] --J. S. Harford. The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. --T. Burnet. {Proximate analysis} (Chem.), an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis. {Proximate cause}. (a) A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, or predisposing cause. --I. Watts. (b) That which in ordinary natural sequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbing agencies intervening. {Proximate principle} (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodies existing ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separable by chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc. Syn: Nearest; next; closest; immediate; direct. | |
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Proximately \Prox"i*mate*ly\, adv. In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately. | |
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Proxime \Prox"ime\, a. [L. proximus. See {Proximate}.] Next; immediately preceding or following. [Obs.] | |
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Proximious \Prox*im"i*ous\, a. Proximate. [Obs.] | |
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Proximity \Prox*im"i*ty\, n. [L. proximitas: cf. F. proximit[82] See {Proximate}, and cf. {Propinquity}, {Approach}.] The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance. If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with ease withstood. --Dryden. | |
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Proximo \Prox"i*mo\ [L., on the next, abl. of proximus next.] In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo. | |
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Prussian \Prus"sian\, a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F. prussien.] Of or pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Prussia. {Prussian blue} (Chem.), any one of several complex double cyanides of ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, obtained by adding a solution of potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used in dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also {Williamson's blue}, {insoluble Prussian blue}, {Berlin blue}, etc. {Prussian carp} (Zo[94]l.) See {Gibel}. {Prussian green}. (Chem.) Same as {Berlin green}, under {Berlin}. | |
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Prussian \Prus"sian\, a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F. prussien.] Of or pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Prussia. {Prussian blue} (Chem.), any one of several complex double cyanides of ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, obtained by adding a solution of potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used in dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also {Williamson's blue}, {insoluble Prussian blue}, {Berlin blue}, etc. {Prussian carp} (Zo[94]l.) See {Gibel}. {Prussian green}. (Chem.) Same as {Berlin green}, under {Berlin}. | |
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Blue \Blue\ (bl[umac]), n. 1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky. 2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. [Colloq.] 3. pl. [Short for blue devils.] Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy. [Colloq.] {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue. {Mineral blue}. See under {Mineral}. {Prussian blue}. See under {Prussian}. | |
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Prussian \Prus"sian\, a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F. prussien.] Of or pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Prussia. {Prussian blue} (Chem.), any one of several complex double cyanides of ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, obtained by adding a solution of potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used in dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also {Williamson's blue}, {insoluble Prussian blue}, {Berlin blue}, etc. {Prussian carp} (Zo[94]l.) See {Gibel}. {Prussian green}. (Chem.) Same as {Berlin green}, under {Berlin}. | |
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d8Gibel \[d8]Gib"el\, n. [G. gibel, giebel.] (Zo[94]l.) A kind of carp ({Cyprinus gibelio}); -- called also {Prussian carp}. | |
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Prussian \Prus"sian\, a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F. prussien.] Of or pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Prussia. {Prussian blue} (Chem.), any one of several complex double cyanides of ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, obtained by adding a solution of potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used in dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also {Williamson's blue}, {insoluble Prussian blue}, {Berlin blue}, etc. {Prussian carp} (Zo[94]l.) See {Gibel}. {Prussian green}. (Chem.) Same as {Berlin green}, under {Berlin}. | |
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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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Chemistry \Chem"is*try\ (k[ecr]m"[icr]s*tr[ycr]; 277), n. [From {Chemist}. See {Alchemy}.] 1. That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules. See {Atom}, {Molecule}. Note: Historically, chemistry is an outgrowth of alchemy (or alchemistry), with which it was anciently identified. 2. An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo. 3. A treatise on chemistry. Note: This word and its derivatives were formerly written with y, and sometimes with i, instead of e, in the first syllable, chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc.; and the pronunciation was conformed to the orthography. {Inorganic chemistry}, that which treats of inorganic or mineral substances. {Organic chemistry}, that which treats of the substances which form the structure of organized beings and their products, whether animal or vegetable; -- called also {chemistry of the carbon compounds}. There is no fundamental difference between organic and inorganic chemistry. {Physiological chemistry}, the chemistry of the organs and tissues of the body, and of the various physiological processes incident to life. {Practical chemistry}, or {Applied chemistry}, that which treats of the modes of manufacturing the products of chemistry that are useful in the arts, of their applications to economical purposes, and of the conditions essential to their best use. {Pure chemistry}, the consideration of the facts and theories of chemistry in their purely scientific relations, without necessary reference to their practical applications or mere utility. | |
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Purgament \Pur"ga*ment\, n. [L. purgamentum offscourings, washings, expiatory sacrifice. See {Purge}.] 1. That which is excreted; excretion. [Obs.] 2. (Med.) A cathartic; a purgative. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Purge \Purge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purging}.] [F. purger, L. purgare; purus pure + agere to make, to do. See {Pure}, and {Agent}.] 1. To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. [bd]Till fire purge all things new.[b8] --Milton. 2. (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner. 3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors. 4. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape. 5. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime. When that he hath purged you from sin. --Chaucer. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. --Ps. li. 7. 6. (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal. 7. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away. Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. --Ps. lxxix. 9. We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's crimes. --Addison. | |
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Purging \Pur"ging\, a. That purges; cleansing. {Purging flax} (Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus {Linum} ({L. catharticum}); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine. | |
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Purging \Pur"ging\, n. (Med.) The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea. | |
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Purging \Pur"ging\, a. That purges; cleansing. {Purging flax} (Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus {Linum} ({L. catharticum}); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine. | |
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Purism \Pur"ism\, n. [Cf. F. purisme.] Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity. [bd]His political purism.[b8] --De Quincey. The English language, however, . . . had even already become too thoroughly and essentially a mixed tongue for his doctrine of purism to be admitted to the letter. --Craik. | |
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Purkinje's cells \Pur"kin*je's cells`\ [From J. E. Purkinje, their discoverer.] (Anat.) Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum. | |
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Purse \Purse\, n. [OE. purs, pors, OF. burse, borse, bourse, F. bourse, LL. bursa, fr. Gr. [?] hide, skin, leather. Cf. {Bourse}, {Bursch}, {Bursar}, {Buskin}.] 1. A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie. --Chaucer. Who steals my purse steals trash. --Shak. 2. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse. 3. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse. 4. A specific sum of money; as: (a) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters. (b) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans. {Light purse}, [or] {Empty purse}, poverty or want of resources. {Long purse}, [or] {Heavy purse}, wealth; riches. {Purse crab} (Zo[94]l.), any land crab of the genus {Birgus}, allied to the hermit crabs. They sometimes weigh twenty pounds or more, and are very strong, being able to crack cocoanuts with the large claw. They chiefly inhabit the tropical islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, living in holes and feeding upon fruit. Called also {palm crab}. {Purse net}, a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse. --Mortimer. {Purse pride}, pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth. --Bp. Hall. {Purse rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket gopher}, under {Pocket}. {Sword and purse}, the military power and financial resources of a nation. | |
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Pursiness \Pur"si*ness\, n. State of being pursy. | |
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Purse \Purse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pursing}.] 1. To put into a purse. I will go and purse the ducats straight. --Shak. 2. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit. Thou . . . didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak. | |
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Pursuance \Pur*su"ance\, n. [See {Pursuant}.] 1. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after. Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths. --Jer. Taylor. 2. The state of being pursuant; consequence. {In pursuance of}, in accordance with; in prosecution or fulfillment of. | |
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Pursuant \Pur*su"ant\, a. [From {Pursue}: cf. OE. poursuiant. Cf. {Pursuivant}.] Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of. The conclusion which I draw from these premises, pursuant to the query laid down, is, etc. --Waterland. | |
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Pursuant \Pur*su"ant\, Pursuantly \Pur*su"ant*ly\, adv. Agreeably; conformably. | |
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Pursuant \Pur*su"ant\, Pursuantly \Pur*su"ant*ly\, adv. Agreeably; conformably. | |
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Pursue \Pur*sue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pursued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pursuing}.] [OE. pursuen, porsuen, OF. porsivre, poursuivre, poursuir, F. poursuivre, fr. L. prosequi; pro forward + sequi to follow. See {Sue}, and cf. {Prosecute}, {Pursuivant}.] 1. To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare. We happiness pursue; we fly from pain. --Prior. The happiness of men lies in purswing, Not in possessing. --Longfellow. 2. To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law. The fame of ancient matrons you pursue. --Dryden. 3. To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course. 4. To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue. [bd] Insatiate to pursue vain war.[b8] --Milton. 5. To follow as an example; to imitate. 6. To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account. The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued me, they shall pursue you also. --Wyclif (John xv. 20). Syn: To follow; chase; seek; persist. See {Follow}. | |
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Pyracanth \Pyr"a*canth\, n. [Gr. [?] fire + [?] a thorn, prickly plant.] (Bot.) The evergreen thorn ({Crat[91]gus Pyracantha}), a shrub native of Europe. | |
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Pyrazine \Pyr"a*zine\, n. Also -zin \-zin\ . [Pyridine + Gr. [?] not + [?] life.] (Org. Chem.) A feebly basic solid, {C4H4N2}, obtained by distilling piperazine with zinc dust, and in other ways. Also, by extension, any of various derivatives of the same. | |
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Pyrgom \Pyr"gom\, n. [Gr. [?] a place furnished with towers, fr. [?] a tower.] (Min.) A variety of pyroxene; -- called also {fassaite}. | |
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Pyrogen \Pyr"o*gen\, n. [See {Pyrogenous}.] 1. Electricity. [R.] 2. (Physiol. Chem.) A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria. | |
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Pyrogenic \Pyr`o*gen"ic\, a. [Pyro- + -gen + -ic.] (Physiol.) Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever. | |
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Pyrogenous \Py*rog"e*nous\, a. [Gr. [?] fire + genous: cf. F. purog[8a]ne, Gr. [?].] Produced by fire; igneous. --Mantell. . | |
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Pyrognostic \Pyr`og*nos"tic\, a. [Pyro- + Gr. [?] to know.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to characters developed by the use of heat; pertaining to the characters of minerals when examined before the blowpipe; as, the pyrognostic characters of galena. | |
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Pyrognostics \Pyr`og*nos"tics\, n. pl. (Min.) The characters of a mineral observed by the use of the blowpipe, as the degree of fusibility, flame coloration, etc. | |
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Pyrosmalite \Py*ros"ma*lite\, n. [Pyro- + Gr. [?] odor + -like. ] (Min.) A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayish green color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese; -- so called from the odor given off before the blowpipe. | |
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Pyrosome \Pyr"o*some\, n. [Pyro- + -some body.] (Zo[94]l.) Any compound ascidian of the genus {Pyrosoma}. The pyrosomes form large hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet long, which swim at the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent. | |
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Pyroxanthin \Pyr`o*xan"thin\, n. [Pyro- + Gr. [?] yellow.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline hydrocardon extracted from crude wood spirit; -- called also {eblanin}. | |
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Pyroxene \Pyr"ox*ene\, n. [F. pyrox[8a]ne, from Gr. [?] fire + [?] a stranger; -- so called because it was supposed to the be a stranger, or of rare occurrence, in igneous rocks,] (Min.) A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90[deg], and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic igneous rocks, as basalt, gabbro, etc. Note: The pyroxene group contains pyroxene proper, also the related orthorhombic species, enstatite, bronzite, hypersthene, and various monoclinic and triclinic species, as rhodonite, etc. | |
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Pyroxenic \Pyr`ox*en"ic\, a. [Cf. F. pyrox[82]nique.] Containing pyroxene; composed chiefly of pyroxene. | |
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Pyroxenite \Py*rox"e*nite\, n. (Min.) A rock consisting essentially of pyroxene. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rowan tree \Row"an tree`\ [Cf. Sw. r[94]nn, Dan. r[94]nne, Icel. reynir, and L. ornus.] (Bot.) A european tree ({Pyrus aucuparia}) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also {roan tree}, and {mountain ash}. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit ({Pyrus Americana}, and {P. sambucifolia}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel, [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. 2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. 3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. 4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See {Blight}, n. {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples. {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. --Bartlett. {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}. {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara mali}), the larva of which bores in apples. {Apple of the eye}, the pupil. {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides}) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.] {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}. {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples. {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See {Apple, 2.} {Apple wine}, cider. {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See {Codling moth}. {Dead Sea Apple}. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crab \Crab\ (kr[acr]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is {Cancer padurus}. {Soft-shelled crabs} are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See {Cancer}; also, {Box crab}, {Fiddler crab}, {Hermit crab}, {Spider crab}, etc., under {Box}, {Fiddler}. etc. 2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer. 3. [See {Crab}, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak. 4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] --Garrick. 5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. {Calling crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}., n., 2. {Crab apple}, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple ({Pyrus Malus} var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple ({Pyrus baccata}); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}). {Crab grass}. (Bot.) (a) A grass ({Digitaria, [or] Panicum, sanguinalis}); -- called also {finger grass}. (b) A grass of the genus {Eleusine} ({E. Indica}); -- called also {dog's-tail grass}, {wire grass}, etc. {Crab louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius pubis}), sometimes infesting the human body. {Crab plover} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas ardeola}). {Crab's eyes}, [or] {Crab's stones}, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. {Crab spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of a group of spiders ({Laterigrad[91]}); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. {Crab tree}, the tree that bears crab applies. {Crab wood}, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. --McElrath. {To catch a crab} (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel, [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. 2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. 3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. 4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See {Blight}, n. {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples. {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. --Bartlett. {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}. {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara mali}), the larva of which bores in apples. {Apple of the eye}, the pupil. {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides}) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.] {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}. {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples. {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See {Apple, 2.} {Apple wine}, cider. {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See {Codling moth}. {Dead Sea Apple}. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crab \Crab\ (kr[acr]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is {Cancer padurus}. {Soft-shelled crabs} are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See {Cancer}; also, {Box crab}, {Fiddler crab}, {Hermit crab}, {Spider crab}, etc., under {Box}, {Fiddler}. etc. 2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer. 3. [See {Crab}, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak. 4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] --Garrick. 5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. {Calling crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}., n., 2. {Crab apple}, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple ({Pyrus Malus} var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple ({Pyrus baccata}); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}). {Crab grass}. (Bot.) (a) A grass ({Digitaria, [or] Panicum, sanguinalis}); -- called also {finger grass}. (b) A grass of the genus {Eleusine} ({E. Indica}); -- called also {dog's-tail grass}, {wire grass}, etc. {Crab louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius pubis}), sometimes infesting the human body. {Crab plover} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas ardeola}). {Crab's eyes}, [or] {Crab's stones}, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. {Crab spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of a group of spiders ({Laterigrad[91]}); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. {Crab tree}, the tree that bears crab applies. {Crab wood}, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. --McElrath. {To catch a crab} (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Paragon, IN (town, FIPS 57870) Location: 39.39485 N, 86.56305 W Population (1990): 515 (194 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46166 | |
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Paragonah, UT (town, FIPS 57960) Location: 37.88692 N, 112.77162 W Population (1990): 307 (162 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84760 | |
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Parchment, MI (city, FIPS 62340) Location: 42.32695 N, 85.56549 W Population (1990): 1958 (840 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49004 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Park County, CO (county, FIPS 93) Location: 39.11674 N, 105.71356 W Population (1990): 7174 (7247 housing units) Area: 5700.1 sq km (land), 25.9 sq km (water) Park County, MT (county, FIPS 67) Location: 45.49833 N, 110.52092 W Population (1990): 14562 (6926 housing units) Area: 6879.5 sq km (land), 27.4 sq km (water) Park County, WY (county, FIPS 29) Location: 44.49342 N, 109.56323 W Population (1990): 23178 (10306 housing units) Area: 17981.7 sq km (land), 67.6 sq km (water) | |
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Parkin, AR (city, FIPS 53600) Location: 35.26447 N, 90.55245 W Population (1990): 1847 (681 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72373 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Parkman, WY Zip code(s): 82838 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Parsons, KS (city, FIPS 54675) Location: 37.33902 N, 95.26788 W Population (1990): 11924 (5451 housing units) Area: 16.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67357 Parsons, TN (town, FIPS 57080) Location: 35.65326 N, 88.12499 W Population (1990): 2033 (928 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38363 Parsons, WV (city, FIPS 62284) Location: 39.09335 N, 79.67927 W Population (1990): 1453 (719 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26287 | |
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Parsonsburg, MD Zip code(s): 21849 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pearson, GA (city, FIPS 59808) Location: 31.29721 N, 82.85318 W Population (1990): 1714 (670 housing units) Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31642 Pearson, WI Zip code(s): 54462 | |
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Pearsonville, CA Zip code(s): 93527 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Peoria County, IL (county, FIPS 143) Location: 40.79022 N, 89.75906 W Population (1990): 182827 (75211 housing units) Area: 1604.6 sq km (land), 29.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Perkins, GA Zip code(s): 30822 Perkins, OK (town, FIPS 58150) Location: 35.97658 N, 97.02813 W Population (1990): 1925 (897 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74059 Perkins, WV Zip code(s): 26634 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Perkins County, NE (county, FIPS 135) Location: 40.84174 N, 101.65607 W Population (1990): 3367 (1537 housing units) Area: 2287.4 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water) Perkins County, SD (county, FIPS 105) Location: 45.49638 N, 102.48294 W Population (1990): 3932 (2007 housing units) Area: 7442.4 sq km (land), 44.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Perkinston, MS Zip code(s): 39573 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Perkinsville, VT (village, FIPS 54850) Location: 43.36972 N, 72.51618 W Population (1990): 148 (72 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05151 | |
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Perkiomenville, PA Zip code(s): 18074 | |
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Perquimans County, NC (county, FIPS 143) Location: 36.18116 N, 76.41397 W Population (1990): 10447 (4972 housing units) Area: 640.2 sq km (land), 211.8 sq km (water) | |
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Perry County, AL (county, FIPS 105) Location: 32.63885 N, 87.29368 W Population (1990): 12759 (4807 housing units) Area: 1863.6 sq km (land), 11.9 sq km (water) Perry County, AR (county, FIPS 105) Location: 34.94697 N, 92.93406 W Population (1990): 7969 (3702 housing units) Area: 1427.0 sq km (land), 24.7 sq km (water) Perry County, IL (county, FIPS 145) Location: 38.08511 N, 89.36835 W Population (1990): 21412 (9235 housing units) Area: 1142.2 sq km (land), 15.1 sq km (water) Perry County, IN (county, FIPS 123) Location: 38.08151 N, 86.64369 W Population (1990): 19107 (7404 housing units) Area: 987.9 sq km (land), 12.8 sq km (water) Perry County, KY (county, FIPS 193) Location: 37.24494 N, 83.22512 W Population (1990): 30283 (11565 housing units) Area: 886.2 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Perry County, MO (county, FIPS 157) Location: 37.70909 N, 89.82911 W Population (1990): 16648 (6867 housing units) Area: 1229.5 sq km (land), 24.9 sq km (water) Perry County, MS (county, FIPS 111) Location: 31.17186 N, 88.98747 W Population (1990): 10865 (4292 housing units) Area: 1676.3 sq km (land), 7.8 sq km (water) Perry County, OH (county, FIPS 127) Location: 39.73510 N, 82.23607 W Population (1990): 31557 (12260 housing units) Area: 1062.0 sq km (land), 6.7 sq km (water) Perry County, PA (county, FIPS 99) Location: 40.39777 N, 77.26644 W Population (1990): 41172 (17063 housing units) Area: 1433.7 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water) Perry County, TN (county, FIPS 135) Location: 35.63553 N, 87.86816 W Population (1990): 6612 (3225 housing units) Area: 1074.7 sq km (land), 20.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pershing County, NV (county, FIPS 27) Location: 40.44554 N, 118.40310 W Population (1990): 4336 (1908 housing units) Area: 15563.6 sq km (land), 152.3 sq km (water) | |
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Person County, NC (county, FIPS 145) Location: 36.39200 N, 78.97673 W Population (1990): 30180 (12548 housing units) Area: 1016.2 sq km (land), 30.5 sq km (water) | |
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Pierson, FL (town, FIPS 56425) Location: 29.23766 N, 81.46093 W Population (1990): 2988 (410 housing units) Area: 19.8 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32180 Pierson, IA (city, FIPS 62760) Location: 42.54369 N, 95.86686 W Population (1990): 341 (160 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51048 Pierson, MI (village, FIPS 64020) Location: 43.31904 N, 85.49751 W Population (1990): 207 (72 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49339 | |
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Power County, ID (county, FIPS 77) Location: 42.68761 N, 112.83797 W Population (1990): 7086 (2701 housing units) Area: 3640.7 sq km (land), 95.9 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Parkinson's Law of Data prov. "Data expands to fill the space available for storage"; buying more memory encourages the use of more memory-intensive techniques. It has been observed since the mid-1980s that the memory usage of evolving systems tends to double roughly once every 18 months. Fortunately, memory density available for constant dollars also tends to about double once every 18 months (see {Moore's Law}); unfortunately, the laws of physics guarantee that the latter cannot continue indefinitely. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
percent-S /per-sent' es'/ n. [From the code in C's `printf(3)' library function used to insert an arbitrary string argument] An unspecified person or object. "I was just talking to some percent-s in administration." Compare {random}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
person of no account n. [University of California at Santa Cruz] Used when referring to a person with no {network address}, frequently to forestall confusion. Most often as part of an introduction: "This is Bill, a person of no account, but he used to be bill@random.com". Compare {return from the dead}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Personality Characteristics The most obvious common `personality' characteristics of hackers are high intelligence, consuming curiosity, and facility with intellectual abstractions. Also, most hackers are `neophiles', stimulated by and appreciative of novelty (especially intellectual novelty). Most are also relatively individualistic and anti-conformist. Although high general intelligence is common among hackers, it is not the sine qua non one might expect. Another trait is probably even more important: the ability to mentally absorb, retain, and reference large amounts of `meaningless' detail, trusting to later experience to give it context and meaning. A person of merely average analytical intelligence who has this trait can become an effective hacker, but a creative genius who lacks it will swiftly find himself outdistanced by people who routinely upload the contents of thick reference manuals into their brains. [During the production of the first book version of this document, for example, I learned most of the rather complex typesetting language TeX over about four working days, mainly by inhaling Knuth's 477-page manual. My editor's flabbergasted reaction to this genuinely surprised me, because years of associating with hackers have conditioned me to consider such performances routine and to be expected. --ESR] Contrary to stereotype, hackers are _not_ usually intellectually narrow; they tend to be interested in any subject that can provide mental stimulation, and can often discourse knowledgeably and even interestingly on any number of obscure subjects -- if you can get them to talk at all, as opposed to, say, going back to their hacking. It is noticeable (and contrary to many outsiders' expectations) that the better a hacker is at hacking, the more likely he or she is to have outside interests at which he or she is more than merely competent. Hackers are `control freaks' in a way that has nothing to do with the usual coercive or authoritarian connotations of the term. In the same way that children delight in making model trains go forward and back by moving a switch, hackers love making complicated things like computers do nifty stuff for them. But it has to be _their_ nifty stuff. They don't like tedium, nondeterminism, or most of the fussy, boring, ill-defined little tasks that go with maintaining a normal existence. Accordingly, they tend to be careful and orderly in their intellectual lives and chaotic elsewhere. Their code will be beautiful, even if their desks are buried in 3 feet of crap. Hackers are generally only very weakly motivated by conventional rewards such as social approval or money. They tend to be attracted by challenges and excited by interesting toys, and to judge the interest of work or other activities in terms of the challenges offered and the toys they get to play with. In terms of Myers-Briggs and equivalent psychometric systems, hackerdom appears to concentrate the relatively rare INTJ and INTP types; that is, introverted, intuitive, and thinker types (as opposed to the extroverted-sensate personalities that predominate in the mainstream culture). ENT[JP] types are also concentrated among hackers but are in a minority. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
phreaking /freek'ing/ n. [from `phone phreak'] 1. The art and science of {cracking} the phone network (so as, for example, to make free long-distance calls). 2. By extension, security-cracking in any other context (especially, but not exclusively, on communications networks) (see {cracking}). At one time phreaking was a semi-respectable activity among hackers; there was a gentleman's agreement that phreaking as an intellectual game and a form of exploration was OK, but serious theft of services was taboo. There was significant crossover between the hacker community and the hard-core phone phreaks who ran semi-underground networks of their own through such media as the legendary "TAP Newsletter". This ethos began to break down in the mid-1980s as wider dissemination of the techniques put them in the hands of less responsible phreaks. Around the same time, changes in the phone network made old-style technical ingenuity less effective as a way of hacking it, so phreaking came to depend more on overtly criminal acts such as stealing phone-card numbers. The crimes and punishments of gangs like the `414 group' turned that game very ugly. A few old-time hackers still phreak casually just to keep their hand in, but most these days have hardly even heard of `blue boxes' or any of the other paraphernalia of the great phreaks of yore. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
paraconsistent probability probability (T, I, F) that an event occurs is calculated from different sources which may be contradictory or may overlap information; here T, I, F are real subsets representing the truth, indeterminacy, and falsity percentages respectively, and n_sup = sup(T)+sup(I)+sup(F) > 100. ["Neutrosophy / Neutrosophic probability, set, and logic", F. Smarandache, American Research Press, 1998]. See {neutrosophic probability} (2001-01-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Paragon Mark Sherman. IEEE Software (Nov 1991). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Parkinson's Law of Data "Data expands to fill the space available for storage"; buying more memory encourages the use of more memory-intensive techniques. It has been observed over the last 10 years that the memory usage of evolving systems tends to double roughly once every 18 months. Fortunately, memory density available for constant dollars also tends to double about once every 12 months (see {Moore's Law}); unfortunately, the laws of physics guarantee that the latter cannot continue indefinitely. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Park-Miller A {pseudo-random} number generation {algorithm} which was discredited by Marsaglia and Steve Sullivanin in the July 1993 CACM. [CACM Oct 1988]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
parsing {parser} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
percent % Common: {ITU-T}: percent sign; mod; grapes. {INTERCAL}: double-oh-seven. (1995-03-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
person of no account (University of California at Santa Cruz) Used when referring to a person with no {network address}, frequently to forestall confusion. Most often as part of an introduction: "This is Bill, a person of no account, but he used to be bill@random.com". Compare {return from the dead}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Personal Communication Network Communication Service} (PCS). Also, sometimes used to refer to the specific implementation (using the {GSM}-derivative {DCS-1800}) of initial PCS capabilities in the United Kingdom. (1996-08-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Personal Communication Services voice communications, numeric and text messaging, {voice-mail} and various other features into one device, service contract and bill. PCS are carried over {cellular} links, most often digital. (1996-08-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
personal computer designed to be operated by one person at a time. This term and the concept has been successfully hijacked by {IBM} due to the huge market share of the {IBM PC}, despite its many obvious weaknesses when compared to other equally valid claimants to the term, e.g. the {Acorn} {Archimedes}, {Amiga}, {Atari}, {Macintosh}. (1994-11-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA, or "PC Card") An international trade association and the {standards} they have developed for devicies, such as {modems} and external {hard disk} drives, that can be plugged into {notebook computers}. A PCMCIA card is about the size of a credit card. For some unfathomable reason, around 1995(?) they decided to rename PCMCIA cards "PC Cards", perhaps to encourage sales to confused purchasers. {(ftp://ftp.sidewinder.com/pub/Portables/PCMCIA)}. Address: PCMCIA Administration, 1030 East Duane Avenue, Suite G, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA. Telephone: +1 (408) 720 0107. Fax: +1 (408) 720 9416. BBS: +1 (408) 720 9388. (1996-10-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Personal Digital Assistant providing calendar, contacts, and note-taking applications but may include other applications, for example a {web browser} and {media player}. Small keyboards and pen-based input systems are most commonly used for user input. The {Apple Newton} was a fairly early example. [First? Notable examples? Current Best?] (2002-09-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Personal Identification Number digits entered through a telephone keypad or automatic teller machine. (1996-11-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Personalized Array Translator E-mail: [Sammet 1969, p. 252]. (1998-05-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
phreaking {cracking} the telephone network so as, for example, to make free long-distance calls. 2. By extension, security-{cracking} in any other context (especially, but not exclusively, on communications networks). At one time phreaking was a semi-respectable activity among hackers; there was a gentleman's agreement that phreaking as an intellectual game and a form of exploration was OK, but serious theft of services was taboo. There was significant crossover between the hacker community and the hard-core phone phreaks who ran semi-underground networks of their own through such media as the legendary "TAP Newsletter". This ethos began to break down in the mid-1980s as wider dissemination of the techniques put them in the hands of less responsible phreaks. Around the same time, changes in the phone network made old-style technical ingenuity less effective as a way of hacking it, so phreaking came to depend more on overtly criminal acts such as stealing phone-card numbers. The crimes and punishments of gangs like the "414 group" turned that game very ugly. A few old-time hackers still phreak casually just to keep their hand in, but most these days have hardly even heard of "blue boxes" or any of the other paraphernalia of the great phreaks of yore. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pragma (pragmatic information) A standardised form of {comment} which has meaning to a {compiler}. It may use a special {syntax} or a specific form within the normal comment syntax. A pragma usually conveys non-essential information, often intended to help the compiler to optimise the program. (1994-11-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
presence detect controller logic. The original scheme, called Parallel Presence Detect (PPD) used a separate pin for each bit of information. As the number of pins can not be very large this only allowed to identify the density and the speed of the chips. To allow for additional information the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) scheme was introduced which uses a serial EEPROM to store the presence detect information and requires only two pins (one for enabling it and one for data). (1998-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
presentation layer seven layer model. Performs functions such as text {compression}, code or format conversion to try to smooth out differences between {hosts}. Allows incompatible processes in the {application layer} to communicate via the {session layer}. Documents: {ITU} Rec. X.226 ({ISO} 8823), ITU Rec. X.216 (ISO 8822). (1996-07-20) | |
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Presentation Manager The {elephantine} graphical user interface to the {OS/2} {operating system}. | |
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PRISM A distributed {logic language}. ["PRISM: A Parallel Inference System for Problem Solving", S. Kasif et al, Proc 1983 Logic Prog Workshop, pp. 123-152]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Prisoner of Bill users, for anyone who uses {Microsoft} products either because they don't know there is anything better (i.e. Unix) or because they would be incapable of working anything more complex (i.e. Unix). The interesting and widespread presumption among users of the term is that (at least at the time of writing, 1998) using anything other than Unix or a Microsoft OS (whether {VMS}, {Macintosh}, {Amiga}) is so eccentric a choice as to be at least somewhat praiseworthy. (1998-09-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Procomm {Datastorm Technologies}, used for connection to {BBS}es etc. Procomm Plus for Windows incorporates automatic {modem} make and modem detection, a custom log-on script generator and sophisticated {off-line} message managers for {CompuServe} and {MCI Mail}. It also has a fax send and receive capability. Current version 2.0 was chosen as the Editors Choice in PC Magazine March 14, 1995. List price is $179. It requires {Microsoft} {Windows 3.1} or later. (1995-04-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PROGENY 1961. Report generator for UNIVAX SS90. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Parchment a skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos (q.v.), where this was first done (2 Tim. 4:13). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Parshandatha an interpreter of the law, the eldest of Haman's sons, slain in Shushan (Esther 9:7). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Perazim, Mount mount of breaches, only in Isa. 28:21. It is the same as BAAL-PERAZIM (q.v.), where David gained a victory over the Philistines (2 Sam. 5:20). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pergamos the chief city of Mysia, in Asia Minor. One of the "seven churches" was planted here (Rev. 1:11; 2:17). It was noted for its wickedness, insomuch that our Lord says "Satan's seat" was there. The church of Pergamos was rebuked for swerving from the truth and embracing the doctrines of Balaam and the Nicolaitanes. Antipas, Christ's "faithful martyr," here sealed his testimony with his blood. This city stood on the banks of the river Caicus, about 20 miles from the sea. It is now called Bergama, and has a population of some twenty thousand, of whom about two thousand profess to be Christians. Parchment (q.v.) was first made here, and was called by the Greeks pergamene, from the name of the city. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Prison The first occasion on which we read of a prison is in the history of Joseph in Egypt. Then Potiphar, "Joseph's master, took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound" (Gen. 39:20-23). The Heb. word here used (sohar) means properly a round tower or fortress. It seems to have been a part of Potiphar's house, a place in which state prisoners were kept. The Mosaic law made no provision for imprisonment as a punishment. In the wilderness two persons were "put in ward" (Lev. 24:12; Num. 15:34), but it was only till the mind of God concerning them should be ascertained. Prisons and prisoners are mentioned in the book of Psalms (69:33; 79:11; 142:7). Samson was confined in a Philistine prison (Judg. 16:21, 25). In the subsequent history of Israel frequent references are made to prisons (1 Kings 22:27; 2 Kings 17:4; 25:27, 29; 2 Chr. 16:10; Isa. 42:7; Jer. 32:2). Prisons seem to have been common in New Testament times (Matt. 11:2; 25:36, 43). The apostles were put into the "common prison" at the instance of the Jewish council (Acts 5:18, 23; 8:3); and at Philippi Paul and Silas were thrust into the "inner prison" (16:24; comp. 4:3; 12:4, 5). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Parshandatha, given by prayer | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Perazim, divisions | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Pergamos, height; elevation |