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Note: The {common, [or] English, {pheasant} ({Phasianus Colchicus}) is now found over most of temperate Europe, but was introduced from Asia. The {ring-necked pheasant} ({P. torquatus}) and the {green pheasant} ({P. versicolor}) have been introduced into Oregon. The {golden pheasant} ({Thaumalea picta}) is one of the most beautiful species. The {silver pheasant} ({Euplocamus nychthemerus}) of China, and several related species from Southern Asia, are very beautiful. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.] Note: Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as the lyre bird, the leipoa, etc. {Fireback pheasant}. See {Fireback}. {Gold}, [or] {Golden}, {pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), a Chinese pheasant ({Thaumalea picta}), having rich, varied colors. The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and the under parts are scarlet. {Mountain pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. [Local, U.S.] {Pheasant coucal} (Zo[94]l.), a large Australian cuckoo ({Centropus phasianus}). The general color is black, with chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also {pheasant cuckoo}. The name is also applied to other allied species. {Pheasant duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail. (b) The hooded merganser. {Pheasant parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a large and beautiful Australian parrakeet ({Platycercus Adelaidensis}). The male has the back black, the feathers margined with yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet. {Pheasant's eye}. (Bot.) (a) A red-flowered herb ({Adonis autumnalis}) of the Crowfoot family; -- called also {pheasant's-eye Adonis}. (b) The garden pink ({Dianthus plumarius}); -- called also {Pheasant's-eye pink}. {Pheasant shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine univalve shell of the genus {Phasianella}, of which numerous species are found in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a pheasant. {Pheasant wood}. (Bot.) Same as {Partridge wood} (a), under {Partridge}. {Sea pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the pintail. {Water pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sheldrake. (b) The hooded merganser. | |
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Paragogic \Par`a*gog"ic\, Paragogical \Par`a*gog"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. paragogique.] Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word. {Paragogic letters}, in the Semitic languages, letters which are added to the ordinary forms of words, to express additional emphasis, or some change in the sense. | |
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Paragogic \Par`a*gog"ic\, Paragogical \Par`a*gog"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. paragogique.] Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word. {Paragogic letters}, in the Semitic languages, letters which are added to the ordinary forms of words, to express additional emphasis, or some change in the sense. | |
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Paragogic \Par`a*gog"ic\, Paragogical \Par`a*gog"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. paragogique.] Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word. {Paragogic letters}, in the Semitic languages, letters which are added to the ordinary forms of words, to express additional emphasis, or some change in the sense. | |
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Parcase \Par*case"\, adv. [Par + case.] Perchance; by chance. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Parcheesi \Par*chee"si\, n. See {Pachisi}. | |
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Pachisi \Pa*chi"si\, n. Commonly spelt Parchesi \Par*che"si\, Parchisi \Par*chi"si\ A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice. [U. S. & Eng.] | |
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d8Pachisi \[d8]Pa*chi"si\, Parchesi \Par*che"si\, n. [Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five, the highest throw in the game.] A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India. | |
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Parchesi \Par*che"si\ (p[aum]r*ch[emac]"z[icr]), n. See {Pachisi}. | |
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Pachisi \Pa*chi"si\, n. Commonly spelt Parchesi \Par*che"si\, Parchisi \Par*chi"si\ A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice. [U. S. & Eng.] | |
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Pargasite \Par"gas*ite\, n. [So called from Pargas, in Finland.] (Min.) A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende. | |
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Parish \Par"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor. --Dryden. {Parish clerk}. (a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish. (b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists in the service of the Church of England. {Parish court}, in Louisiana, a court in each parish. | |
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Parish \Par"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor. --Dryden. {Parish clerk}. (a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish. (b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists in the service of the Church of England. {Parish court}, in Louisiana, a court in each parish. | |
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Parkesine \Parkes"ine\, n. [So called from Mr. Parkes, the inventor.] A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also {xylotile}. | |
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Paroxysm \Par"ox*ysm\, n. [F. paroxysme, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to sharpen, irritate; [?] beside, beyond + [?] to sharpen, from [?] sharp.] 1. (Med.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions. --Arbuthnot. 2. Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit. The returning paroxysms of diffidence and despair. --South. | |
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Paroxysmal \Par`ox*ys"mal\, a. Of the nature of a paroxysm; characterized or accompanied by paroxysms; as, a paroxysmal pain; paroxysmal temper. -- {Par`ox*ys"mal*ly}, adv. | |
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Paroxysmal \Par`ox*ys"mal\, a. Of the nature of a paroxysm; characterized or accompanied by paroxysms; as, a paroxysmal pain; paroxysmal temper. -- {Par`ox*ys"mal*ly}, adv. | |
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Parseeism \Par"see*ism\, n. The religion and customs of the Parsees. | |
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Pear \Pear\ (p[acir]r), n. [OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F. poire. Cf. {Perry}.] (Bot.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus communis}), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See {Pear family}, below. {Pear blight}. (a) (Bot.) A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees, both causing a destruction of the branches, viz., that caused by a minute insect ({Xyleborus pyri}), and that caused by the freezing of the sap in winter. --A. J. Downing. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A very small beetle ({Xyleborus pyri}) whose larv[91] bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them to wither. {Pear family} (Bot.), a suborder of rosaceous plants ({Pome[91]}), characterized by the calyx tube becoming fleshy in fruit, and, combined with the ovaries, forming a pome. It includes the apple, pear, quince, service berry, and hawthorn. {Pear gauge} (Physics), a kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; -- so called because consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel. {Pear shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus {Pyrula}, native of tropical seas; -- so called from the shape. {Pear slug} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a sawfly which is very injurious to the foliage of the pear tree. | |
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Percase \Per*case"\, adv. [OE. per cas. See {Parcase}.] Perhaps; perchance. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Percuss \Per*cuss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Percussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Percussing}.] [L. percussus, p. p. of percutere; per + quatere to shake, strike. See {Quash}.] To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination. Flame percussed by air giveth a noise. --Bacon. | |
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Percuss \Per*cuss"\, v. i. (Med.) To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See {Percussion}, 3. --Quain. | |
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Percuss \Per*cuss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Percussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Percussing}.] [L. percussus, p. p. of percutere; per + quatere to shake, strike. See {Quash}.] To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination. Flame percussed by air giveth a noise. --Bacon. | |
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Percuss \Per*cuss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Percussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Percussing}.] [L. percussus, p. p. of percutere; per + quatere to shake, strike. See {Quash}.] To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination. Flame percussed by air giveth a noise. --Bacon. | |
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Percussion \Per*cus"sion\, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. --Shak. 3. (Med.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. {Center of percussion}. See under {Center}. {Percussion bullet}, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. {Percussion cap}, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. {Percussion fuze}. See under {Fuze}. {Percussion lock}, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. {Percussion match}, a match which ignites by percussion. {Percussion powder}, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. {Percussion sieve}, {Percussion table}, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water. | |
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Percussion \Per*cus"sion\, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. --Shak. 3. (Med.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. {Center of percussion}. See under {Center}. {Percussion bullet}, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. {Percussion cap}, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. {Percussion fuze}. See under {Fuze}. {Percussion lock}, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. {Percussion match}, a match which ignites by percussion. {Percussion powder}, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. {Percussion sieve}, {Percussion table}, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water. | |
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Percussion \Per*cus"sion\, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. --Shak. 3. (Med.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. {Center of percussion}. See under {Center}. {Percussion bullet}, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. {Percussion cap}, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. {Percussion fuze}. See under {Fuze}. {Percussion lock}, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. {Percussion match}, a match which ignites by percussion. {Percussion powder}, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. {Percussion sieve}, {Percussion table}, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water. | |
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Percussion \Per*cus"sion\, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. --Shak. 3. (Med.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. {Center of percussion}. See under {Center}. {Percussion bullet}, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. {Percussion cap}, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. {Percussion fuze}. See under {Fuze}. {Percussion lock}, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. {Percussion match}, a match which ignites by percussion. {Percussion powder}, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. {Percussion sieve}, {Percussion table}, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water. | |
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Fuze \Fuze\, n. A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See {Fuse}, n. {Chemical fuze}, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion. {Concussion fuze}, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile. {Electric fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current. {Friction fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction. {Percussion fuze}, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound. {Time fuze}, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion. | |
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Percussion \Per*cus"sion\, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. --Shak. 3. (Med.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. {Center of percussion}. See under {Center}. {Percussion bullet}, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. {Percussion cap}, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. {Percussion fuze}. See under {Fuze}. {Percussion lock}, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. {Percussion match}, a match which ignites by percussion. {Percussion powder}, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. {Percussion sieve}, {Percussion table}, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water. | |
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Percussion \Per*cus"sion\, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. --Shak. 3. (Med.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. {Center of percussion}. See under {Center}. {Percussion bullet}, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. {Percussion cap}, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. {Percussion fuze}. See under {Fuze}. {Percussion lock}, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. {Percussion match}, a match which ignites by percussion. {Percussion powder}, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. {Percussion sieve}, {Percussion table}, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water. | |
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Percussion \Per*cus"sion\, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. --Shak. 3. (Med.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. {Center of percussion}. See under {Center}. {Percussion bullet}, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. {Percussion cap}, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. {Percussion fuze}. See under {Fuze}. {Percussion lock}, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. {Percussion match}, a match which ignites by percussion. {Percussion powder}, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. {Percussion sieve}, {Percussion table}, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water. | |
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Percussion \Per*cus"sion\, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. --Shak. 3. (Med.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. {Center of percussion}. See under {Center}. {Percussion bullet}, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. {Percussion cap}, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. {Percussion fuze}. See under {Fuze}. {Percussion lock}, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. {Percussion match}, a match which ignites by percussion. {Percussion powder}, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. {Percussion sieve}, {Percussion table}, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water. | |
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Percussion \Per*cus"sion\, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. --Shak. 3. (Med.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. {Center of percussion}. See under {Center}. {Percussion bullet}, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. {Percussion cap}, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. {Percussion fuze}. See under {Fuze}. {Percussion lock}, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. {Percussion match}, a match which ignites by percussion. {Percussion powder}, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. {Percussion sieve}, {Percussion table}, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water. | |
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Percussive \Per*cuss"ive\, a. Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force. | |
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Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Gooseberries}, [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kr[84]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[84]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. {Grossular}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus {Ribes}; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which {Ribes Grossularia} is the one commonly cultivated. 2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith. {Barbadoes gooseberry}, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. {Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}. {Gooseberry fool}. See lst {Fool}. {Gooseberry worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Dakruma convolutella}). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior. | |
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Pericystitis \Per`i*cys*ti"tis\, n. [NL. See {Peri-}, and {Cystitis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the bladder. | |
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Perigastric \Per`i*gas"tric\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Surrounding the stomach; -- applied to the body cavity of Bryozoa and various other Invertebrata. | |
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Perisystole \Per`i*sys"to*le\, n. [Pref. peri- + systole: cf. F. p[82]risystole.] (Physiol.) The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying. | |
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Perquisite \Per"qui*site\, n. [L. perquisitum, fr. perquisitus, p. p. of perquirere to ask for diligently; per + quaerere to seek. See {Per-}, and {Quest}.] 1. Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service. The pillage of a place taken by storm was regarded as the perquisite of the soldiers. --Prescott. The best perquisites of a place are the advantages it gaves a man of doing good. --Addison. 2. pl. (Law) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent. --Mozley & W. | |
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Perquisited \Per"qui*sit*ed\, a. Supplied with perquisites. [Obs.] [bd]Perquisited varlets frequent stand.[b8] --Savage. | |
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Perquisition \Per`qui*si"tion\, n. [Cf. F. perquisition.] A thorough inquiry of search. [R.] --Berkeley. | |
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Red \Red\, a. [Compar. {Redder} (-d?r); superl. {Reddest}.] [OE. red, reed, AS. re[a0]d, re[a2]d; akin to OS. r[omac]d, OFries. r[amac]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[omac]t, Dan. & Sw. r[94]d, Icel. rau[edh]r, rj[omac][edh]r, Goth. r[a0]uds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. 'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113. Cf. {Erysipelas}, {Rouge}, {Rubric}, {Ruby}, {Ruddy}, {Russet}, {Rust}.] Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. [bd]Fresh flowers, white and reede.[b8] --Chaucer. Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose. --Shak. Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like. Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced, red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed, red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted. {Red admiral} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva feeds on nettles. Called also {Atlanta butterfly}, and {nettle butterfly}. {Red ant}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very small ant ({Myrmica molesta}) which often infests houses. (b) A larger reddish ant ({Formica sanquinea}), native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making species. {Red antimony} (Min.), kermesite. See {Kermes mineral} (b), under {Kermes}. {Red ash} (Bot.), an American tree ({Fraxinus pubescens}), smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. --Cray. {Red bass}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redfish} (d) . {Red bay} (Bot.), a tree ({Persea Caroliniensis}) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States. {Red beard} (Zo[94]l.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local, U.S.] {Red birch} (Bot.), a species of birch ({Betula nigra}) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored wood. --Gray. {Red blindness}. (Med.) See {Daltonism}. {Red book}, a book containing the names of all the persons in the service of the state. [Eng.] {Red book of the Exchequer}, an ancient record in which are registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C. {Red brass}, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc. {Red bug}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and produces great irritation by its bites. (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus {Pyrrhocoris}, especially the European species ({P. apterus}), which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks. (c) See {Cotton stainder}, under {Cotton}. {Red cedar}. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree ({Juniperus Virginiana}) having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of India and Australia ({Cedrela Toona}) having fragrant reddish wood; -- called also {toon tree} in India. | |
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d8Avocado \[d8]Av`o*ca"do\, n. [Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacat[82], avocat, G. avogadobaum.] The pulpy fruit of {Persea gratissima}, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also {avocado pear}, {alligator pear}, {midshipman's butter}. | |
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Persecot \Per"se*cot\, n. See {Persicot}. | |
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Persecute \Per"se*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Persecuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Persecuting}.] [F. pers[82]cueter, L. persequi, persecutus, to pursue, prosecute; per + sequi to follow, pursue. See {Per-}, and {Second}.] 1. To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship. Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. --Matt. v. 44. 2. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy. --Johnson. Syn: To oppress; harass; distress; worry; annoy. | |
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Persecute \Per"se*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Persecuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Persecuting}.] [F. pers[82]cueter, L. persequi, persecutus, to pursue, prosecute; per + sequi to follow, pursue. See {Per-}, and {Second}.] 1. To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship. Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. --Matt. v. 44. 2. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy. --Johnson. Syn: To oppress; harass; distress; worry; annoy. | |
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Persecute \Per"se*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Persecuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Persecuting}.] [F. pers[82]cueter, L. persequi, persecutus, to pursue, prosecute; per + sequi to follow, pursue. See {Per-}, and {Second}.] 1. To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship. Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. --Matt. v. 44. 2. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy. --Johnson. Syn: To oppress; harass; distress; worry; annoy. | |
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Persecution \Per`se*cu"tion\, n. [F. pers[82]cution, L. persecutio.] 1. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. Persecution produces no sincere conviction. --Paley. 2. The state or condition of being persecuted. --Locke. 3. A carrying on; prosecution. [Obs.] | |
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Persecutor \Per"se*cu`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. pers[82]cuteur.] One who persecutes, or harasses. --Shak. | |
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Persecutrix \Per"se*cu`trix\, n. [L.] A woman who persecutes. | |
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Perseus \Per"se*us\, n. [L., from Gr. [?].] 1. (Class. Myth.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Dana[89], who slew the Gorgon Medusa. 2. (Astron.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula. | |
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Persic \Per"sic\, a. [L. Persicus. Cf. {Persian}.] Of or relating to Persia. -- n. The Persian language. | |
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Persico \Per"si*co\, n. = {Persicot}. | |
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Persicot \Per"si*cot\, n. [F. See {Peach}.] A cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit. | |
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Persis \Per"sis\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A kind of coloring matter obtained from lichens. | |
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Persism \Per"sism\, n. Ancient Persian religion, esp. as represented by the Magi. This system we shall call 'Persism', in order to free ourselves of the popular associations still connected with such terms as magism, Parseeism, and so forth; meaning by 'Persism' the teaching of Zarathustra as it affected the Greek and Latin world. --E. Vernon Arnold. | |
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Persism \Per"sism\, n. A Persian idiom. | |
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Persist \Per*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Persisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Persisting}.] [L. persistere; per + sistere to stand or be fixed, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. persister. See {Per-}, and {Stand}.] To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy. If they persist in pointing their batteries against particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals. --Addison. Some positive, persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so. --Pope. That face persists. It floats up; it turns over in my mind. --Mrs. Browning. Syn: See {Persevere}, and {Insist}. | |
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Persist \Per*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Persisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Persisting}.] [L. persistere; per + sistere to stand or be fixed, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. persister. See {Per-}, and {Stand}.] To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy. If they persist in pointing their batteries against particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals. --Addison. Some positive, persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so. --Pope. That face persists. It floats up; it turns over in my mind. --Mrs. Browning. Syn: See {Persevere}, and {Insist}. | |
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Persistence \Per*sist"ence\, Persistency \Per*sist"en*cy\, n. [See {Persistent}.] 1. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy. 2. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed; as: (a) (Physics) The persistence of motion. (b) (Physiol.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc. | |
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Persistence \Per*sist"ence\, Persistency \Per*sist"en*cy\, n. [See {Persistent}.] 1. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy. 2. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed; as: (a) (Physics) The persistence of motion. (b) (Physiol.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc. | |
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Persistent \Per*sist"ent\, a. [L. persistens, -entis, p. pr. of persistere. See {Persist}.] 1. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose. 2. (Biol.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to {deciduous}, and {caducous}. | |
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Persistently \Per*sist"ent*ly\, adv. In a persistent manner. | |
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Persist \Per*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Persisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Persisting}.] [L. persistere; per + sistere to stand or be fixed, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. persister. See {Per-}, and {Stand}.] To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy. If they persist in pointing their batteries against particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals. --Addison. Some positive, persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so. --Pope. That face persists. It floats up; it turns over in my mind. --Mrs. Browning. Syn: See {Persevere}, and {Insist}. | |
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Persisting \Per*sist"ing\, a. Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. -- {Per*sist"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Persisting \Per*sist"ing\, a. Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. -- {Per*sist"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Persistive \Per*sist"ive\, a. See {Persistent}. --Shak. | |
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Persuasibility \Per*sua`si*bil"i*ty\, n. Capability of being persuaded. --Hawthorne. | |
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Persuasible \Per*sua"si*ble\, a. [Cf. L. persuasibilis persuasive, F. persuasible persuasible.] 1. Capable of being persuaded; persuadable. 2. Persuasive. [Obs.] --Bale. -- {Per*sua"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {Per*sua"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Persuasible \Per*sua"si*ble\, a. [Cf. L. persuasibilis persuasive, F. persuasible persuasible.] 1. Capable of being persuaded; persuadable. 2. Persuasive. [Obs.] --Bale. -- {Per*sua"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {Per*sua"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Persuasible \Per*sua"si*ble\, a. [Cf. L. persuasibilis persuasive, F. persuasible persuasible.] 1. Capable of being persuaded; persuadable. 2. Persuasive. [Obs.] --Bale. -- {Per*sua"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {Per*sua"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Persuasion \Per*sua"sion\, n. [L. persuasio; Cf. F. persuasion.] 1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination. For thou hast all the arts of fine persuasion. --Otway. 2. The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced. If the general persuasion of all men does so account it. --Hooker. My firm persuasion is, at least sometimes, That Heaven will weigh man's virtues and his crimes With nice attention. --Cowper. 3. A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed. Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. --Jefferson. 4. The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness. Is 't possible that my deserts to you Can lack persuasion? --Shak. 5. That which persuades; a persuasive. [R.] Syn: See {Conviction}. | |
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Persuasive \Per*sua"sive\, a. [Cf. F. persuasif.] Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence. [bd]Persuasive words.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Persuasive \Per*sua"sive\, n. That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation. -- {Per*sua"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Per*sua"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Persuasive \Per*sua"sive\, n. That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation. -- {Per*sua"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Per*sua"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Persuasive \Per*sua"sive\, n. That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation. -- {Per*sua"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Per*sua"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Persuasory \Per*sua"so*ry\, a. Persuasive. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Pharaoh \Pha"raoh\, n. [Heb. par[d3]h; of Egyptian origin: cf. L. pharao, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Faro}.] 1. A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt were designated. 2. See {Faro}. {Pharaoh's chicken} (Zo[94]l.), the gier-eagle, or Egyptian vulture; -- so called because often sculpured on Egyptian monuments. It is nearly white in color. {Pharaoh's rat} (Zo[94]l.), the common ichneumon. | |
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Pharisaic \Phar`i*sa"ic\ (f[acr]r`[icr]*s[amac]"[icr]k), Pharisaical \Phar`i*sa"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [L. Pharisaicus, Gr. Farisai:ko`s: cf. F. pharisa[8b]que. See {Pharisee}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. [bd]The Pharisaic sect among the Jews.[b8] --Cudworth. 2. Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. [bd]Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness.[b8] --Bacon. [bd]Pharisaical ostentation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Pharisaic \Phar`i*sa"ic\ (f[acr]r`[icr]*s[amac]"[icr]k), Pharisaical \Phar`i*sa"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [L. Pharisaicus, Gr. Farisai:ko`s: cf. F. pharisa[8b]que. See {Pharisee}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. [bd]The Pharisaic sect among the Jews.[b8] --Cudworth. 2. Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. [bd]Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness.[b8] --Bacon. [bd]Pharisaical ostentation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Pharisaic \Phar`i*sa"ic\ (f[acr]r`[icr]*s[amac]"[icr]k), Pharisaical \Phar`i*sa"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [L. Pharisaicus, Gr. Farisai:ko`s: cf. F. pharisa[8b]que. See {Pharisee}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. [bd]The Pharisaic sect among the Jews.[b8] --Cudworth. 2. Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. [bd]Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness.[b8] --Bacon. [bd]Pharisaical ostentation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Pharisaic \Phar`i*sa"ic\ (f[acr]r`[icr]*s[amac]"[icr]k), Pharisaical \Phar`i*sa"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [L. Pharisaicus, Gr. Farisai:ko`s: cf. F. pharisa[8b]que. See {Pharisee}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. [bd]The Pharisaic sect among the Jews.[b8] --Cudworth. 2. Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. [bd]Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness.[b8] --Bacon. [bd]Pharisaical ostentation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Pharisaism \Phar`i*sa"ism\, n. [Cf. F. pharisaisme.] 1. The notions, doctrines, and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect. --Sharp. 2. Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners. [bd]A piece of pharisaism.[b8] --Hammond. | |
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Phariseeism \Phar"i*see*ism\, n. See {Pharisaism}. | |
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Phraseogram \Phra"se*o*gram\, n. [Gr. [?] a phrase + -gram.] (Phonography) A symbol for a phrase. | |
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Piracy \Pi"ra*cy\, n.; pl. {Piracies}. [Cf. LL. piratia, Gr. [?]. See {Pirate}.] 1. The act or crime of a pirate. 2. (Common Law) Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land. | |
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Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The scup. (b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish. (c) The margate fish. (d) The spadefish. (e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish. [Written also {porgee}, {porgie}, and {paugy}.] | |
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Porraceous \Por*ra"ceous\, a. [L. porraceus, from porrum, porrus, a leek.] Resembling the leek in color; greenish. [R.] [bd]Porraceous vomiting.[b8] --Wiseman. | |
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Pr91cocial \Pr[91]*co"cial\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Pr[91]coces. | |
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Praxis \Prax"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to do. See {Practice}.] 1. Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object. [bd]The praxis and theory of music.[b8] --Wood. 2. An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice. | |
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Pre89xist \Pre`[89]x*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pre[89]xisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre[89]xisting}.] To exist previously; to exist before something else. | |
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Pre89xist \Pre`[89]x*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pre[89]xisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre[89]xisting}.] To exist previously; to exist before something else. | |
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Pre89xistence \Pre`[89]x*ist"ence\, n. 1. Existence in a former state, or previous to something else. Wisdom declares her antiquity and pre[89]xistence to all the works of this earth. --T. Burnet. 2. Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine held by certain philosophers. --Addison. | |
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Pre89xistency \Pre`[89]x*ist"en*cy\, n. Pre[89]xistence. [Obs.] | |
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Pre89xistent \Pre`[89]x*ist"ent\, a. Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a pre[89]xistent state. --Pope. | |
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Pre89xistentism \Pre`[89]x*ist"ent*ism\, n. (Philos.) The theory of a pre[89]xistence of souls before their association with human bodies. --Emerson. | |
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Pre89xistimation \Pre`[89]x*is`ti*ma"tion\, n. Previous esteem or estimation. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Pre89xist \Pre`[89]x*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pre[89]xisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre[89]xisting}.] To exist previously; to exist before something else. | |
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Preaccusation \Pre*ac`cu*sa"tion\, n. Previous accusation. | |
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Precession \Pre*ces"sion\, n. [L. praecedere, praecessum, to go before: cf. F. pr[82]cession. See {Precede}.] The act of going before, or forward. {Lunisolar precession}. (Astron.) See under {Lunisolar}. {Planetary precession}, that part of the precession of the equinoxes which depends on the action of the planets alone. {Precession of the equinoxes} (Astron.), the slow backward motion of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic, at the rate of 50.2[sec] annually, caused by the action of the sun, moon, and planets, upon the protuberant matter about the earth's equator, in connection with its diurnal rotation; -- so called because either equinox, owing to its westerly motion, comes to the meridian sooner each day than the point it would have occupied without the motion of precession, and thus precedes that point continually with reference to the time of transit and motion. | |
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Precession \Pre*ces"sion\, n. [L. praecedere, praecessum, to go before: cf. F. pr[82]cession. See {Precede}.] The act of going before, or forward. {Lunisolar precession}. (Astron.) See under {Lunisolar}. {Planetary precession}, that part of the precession of the equinoxes which depends on the action of the planets alone. {Precession of the equinoxes} (Astron.), the slow backward motion of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic, at the rate of 50.2[sec] annually, caused by the action of the sun, moon, and planets, upon the protuberant matter about the earth's equator, in connection with its diurnal rotation; -- so called because either equinox, owing to its westerly motion, comes to the meridian sooner each day than the point it would have occupied without the motion of precession, and thus precedes that point continually with reference to the time of transit and motion. | |
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Precessional \Pre*ces"sion*al\, a. Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes. | |
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Precessor \Pre*ces"sor\, n. [L. praecessor.] A predecessor. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. pr[82]ciosit[82], OF. also precieuset[82].] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French pr[82]cieuses of the 17th century. He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas. | |
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Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n. Preciousness; something precious. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Precious \Pre"cious\, a. Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. {Pr[82]cieuse}, {Preciosity}. Lest that precious folk be with me wroth. --Chaucer. Elaborate embroidery of precious language. --Saintsbury. | |
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Precious \Pre"cious\, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[82]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. [bd]The precious bane.[b8] --Milton. 2. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections. She is more precious than rules. --Prov. iii. 15. Many things which are most precious are neglected only because the value of them lieth hid. --Hooker. Note: Also used ironically; as, a precious rascal. 3. Particular; fastidious; overnice. [Obs.] Lest that precious folk be with me wroth. --Chaucer. {Precious metals}, the uncommon and highly valuable metals, esp. gold and silver. {Precious stones}, gems; jewels. | |
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Precious \Pre"cious\, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[82]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. [bd]The precious bane.[b8] --Milton. 2. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections. She is more precious than rules. --Prov. iii. 15. Many things which are most precious are neglected only because the value of them lieth hid. --Hooker. Note: Also used ironically; as, a precious rascal. 3. Particular; fastidious; overnice. [Obs.] Lest that precious folk be with me wroth. --Chaucer. {Precious metals}, the uncommon and highly valuable metals, esp. gold and silver. {Precious stones}, gems; jewels. | |
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Precious \Pre"cious\, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[82]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. [bd]The precious bane.[b8] --Milton. 2. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections. She is more precious than rules. --Prov. iii. 15. Many things which are most precious are neglected only because the value of them lieth hid. --Hooker. Note: Also used ironically; as, a precious rascal. 3. Particular; fastidious; overnice. [Obs.] Lest that precious folk be with me wroth. --Chaucer. {Precious metals}, the uncommon and highly valuable metals, esp. gold and silver. {Precious stones}, gems; jewels. | |
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Preciously \Pre"cious*ly\, adv. In a precious manner; expensively; extremely; dearly. Also used ironically. | |
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Preciousness \Pre"cious*ness\, n. The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness. | |
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Precise \Pre*cise"\, a. [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise, p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae before + caedere to cut: cf. F. pr[82]cis. Cf. {Concise}.] 1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality. The law in this point is not precise. --Bacon. For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence. --Milton. 2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. --Addison. He was ever precise in promise-keeping. --Shak. Syn: Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See {Accurate}. -- {Pre*cise"ly}, adv. -- {Pre*cise"ness}, n. | |
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Precise \Pre*cise"\, a. [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise, p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae before + caedere to cut: cf. F. pr[82]cis. Cf. {Concise}.] 1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality. The law in this point is not precise. --Bacon. For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence. --Milton. 2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. --Addison. He was ever precise in promise-keeping. --Shak. Syn: Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See {Accurate}. -- {Pre*cise"ly}, adv. -- {Pre*cise"ness}, n. | |
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Precise \Pre*cise"\, a. [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise, p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae before + caedere to cut: cf. F. pr[82]cis. Cf. {Concise}.] 1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality. The law in this point is not precise. --Bacon. For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence. --Milton. 2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. --Addison. He was ever precise in promise-keeping. --Shak. Syn: Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See {Accurate}. -- {Pre*cise"ly}, adv. -- {Pre*cise"ness}, n. | |
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Precisian \Pre*ci"sian\, n. 1. One who limits, or restrains. [Obs.] 2. An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the English Puritans. The most dissolute cavaliers stood aghast at the dissoluteness of the emancipated precisian. --Macaulay. | |
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Precisianism \Pre*ci"sian*ism\, n. The quality or state of being a precisian; the practice of a precisian. --Milton. | |
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Precisianist \Pre*ci"sian*ist\, n. A precisian. | |
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Precision \Pre*ci"sion\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]cision, L. praecisio a cutting off. See {Precise}.] The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness. I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions. --Locke. Syn: Preciseness; exactness; accuracy; nicety. Usage: {Precision}, {Preciseness}. Precision is always used in a good sense; as, precision of thought or language; precision in military evolutions. Preciseness is sometimes applied to persons or their conduct in a disparaging sense, and precise is often used in the same way. | |
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Precisive \Pre*ci"sive\, a. Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure; precisive abstraction. --I. Watts. | |
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Precoce \Pre*coce"\, a. [F. pr[82]coce.] Precocious. [Obs.] | |
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Precocious \Pre*co"cious\, a. [L. praecox, -ocis, and praecoquus, fr. praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae before + coquere to cook. See 3d {Cook}, and cf. {Apricot}.] 1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents. | |
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Precociously \Pre*co"cious*ly\, adv. In a precocious manner. | |
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Precociousness \Pre*co"cious*ness\, Precocity \Pre*coc"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]cocit[82].] The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness. Saucy precociousness in learning. --Bp. Mannyngham. That precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius. --Wirt. | |
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Precociousness \Pre*co"cious*ness\, Precocity \Pre*coc"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]cocit[82].] The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness. Saucy precociousness in learning. --Bp. Mannyngham. That precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius. --Wirt. | |
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Precogitate \Pre*cog"i*tate\, v. t. [L. praecogitatus, p. p. of praecogitare. See {Pre-}, and {Cogitate}.] To cogitate beforehand. [R.] --Sherwood. | |
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Precogitation \Pre*cog`i*ta/tion\, n. [L. praecogitatio.] Previous cogitation. [R.] --Bailey. | |
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Precognition \Pre`cog*ni"tion\, n. [L. praecognitio, fr. praecognoscere to foreknow. See {Pre-}, and {Cognition}.] 1. Previous cognition. --Fotherby. 2. (Scots Law) A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution. --Erskine. | |
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Precognizable \Pre*cog"ni*za*ble\, a. Cognizable beforehand. | |
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Precognosce \Pre*cog"nosce\, v. t. [L. praecognoscere to foreknow.] (Scots Law) To examine beforehand, as witnesses or evidence. A committee of nine precognoscing the chances. --Masson. | |
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Pregage \Pre*gage"\, v. t. To pre[89]ngage. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Pregustant \Pre*gus"tant\, a. [L. praegustans, p. pr. of praegustare to taste beforehand; prae before + gustare to taste.] Tasting beforehand; having a foretaste. [R.] --Ed. Rev. | |
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Pregustation \Pre`gus*ta"tion\, n. The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste. [R.] --Dr. Walker (1678). | |
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Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. i. To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. --Dryden. | |
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Presage \Pre"sage\, n. [F. pr[82]sage, L. praesagium, from praesagire. See {Presage}, v. t. ] 1. Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury. [bd]Joy and shout -- presage of victory.[b8] --Milton. 2. Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment. If there be aught of presage in the mind. --Milton. Syn: Prognostic; omen; token; sign; presentiment. | |
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Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presaged} (-s[amac]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Presaging}. ] [F. pr[82]sager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See {Sagacious}.] 1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. 2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. --Shak. | |
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Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presaged} (-s[amac]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Presaging}. ] [F. pr[82]sager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See {Sagacious}.] 1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. 2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. --Shak. | |
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Presageful \Pre*sage"ful\, a. Full of presages; ominous. Dark in the glass of some presageful mood. --Tennyson. | |
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Presagement \Pre*sage"ment\, n. 1. The act or art of presaging; a foreboding. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. That which is presaged, or foretold. [R.] [bd]Ominous presagement before his end. [b8] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Presager \Pre*sa"ger\, n. One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder. --Shak. | |
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Presage \Pre*sage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presaged} (-s[amac]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Presaging}. ] [F. pr[82]sager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See {Sagacious}.] 1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. 2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. --Shak. | |
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Presagious \Pre*sa"gious\, a. Foreboding; ominous. [Obs.] | |
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Presignification \Pre*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n. [[?]. praesignificatio. See {Presignify}.] The act of signifying or showing beforehand. | |
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Presignify \Pre*sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presignified}; imp. & p. p. {Presignifying}.] [L. praesignificare; prae before + significare to signify.] To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage. | |
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Presignify \Pre*sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presignified}; imp. & p. p. {Presignifying}.] [L. praesignificare; prae before + significare to signify.] To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage. | |
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Presignify \Pre*sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presignified}; imp. & p. p. {Presignifying}.] [L. praesignificare; prae before + significare to signify.] To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage. | |
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Press cake \Press cake\ A cake of compressed substance, as: in gunpowder manufacture, the cake resulting from compressing the meal powder; in the treatment of coal tar, the pressed product at various stages of the process; or, in beet-sugar manufacture, the vegetable residue after the sugar juice has been expressed. | |
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Presystolic \Pre`sys*tol"ic\, a. (Physiol.) Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound. | |
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d8Prezygapophysis \[d8]Pre*zyg`a*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Prezygapophyses}. [NL. See {Pre-}, and {Zygapophysis}.] (Anat.) An anterior zygapophysis. | |
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Pricasour \Pric"a*sour\, n. A hard rider. [Obs.] | |
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Price \Price\, n. [OE. pris, OF. pris, F. prix, L. pretium; cf. Gr. [?] I sell [?] to buy, Skr. pa[?] to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. {Appreciate}, {Depreciate}, {Interpret}, {Praise}, n. & v., {Precious}, {Prize}.] 1. The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost. [bd]Buy wine and milk without money and without price.[b8] --Isa. lv. 1. We can afford no more at such a price. --Shak. 2. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. Her price is far above rubies. --Prov. xxxi. 10. New treasures still, of countless price. --Keble. 3. Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry. 'T is the price of toil, The knave deserves it when he tills the soil. --Pope. {Price current}, [or] {Price list}, a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally. | |
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Priggish \Prig"gish\, a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- {Prig"gish*ly}, adv. -- {Prig"gish-ness}, n. | |
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Priggish \Prig"gish\, a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- {Prig"gish*ly}, adv. -- {Prig"gish-ness}, n. | |
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Priggish \Prig"gish\, a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- {Prig"gish*ly}, adv. -- {Prig"gish-ness}, n. | |
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Priggism \Prig"gism\, n. 1. The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig. --Ed. Rev. 2. Roguery; thievery. [Obs.] --Fielding. | |
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Prisage \Pris"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. prisage a praising, valuing, taxing; cf. LL. prisagium prisage; or from F. prise a taking, capture, prize. See {Prize}.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this. --Blackstone. (b) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral. | |
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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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Procacious \Pro*ca"cious\, a. [L. procax, -acis, fr. procare to ask, demand.] Pert; petulant; forward; saucy. [R.] --Barrow. | |
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Procacity \Pro*cac"i*ty\, n. [L. procacitas.] Forwardness; pertness; petulance. [R.] --Burton. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. [bd]O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. [bd]Pray, do my service to his majesty.[b8] --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. | |
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Process \Proc"ess\, n. [F. proc[8a]s, L. processus. See {Proceed}.] 1. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. [bd]Long process of time.[b8] --Milton. The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. --Tennyson. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. [bd]O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. [bd]Pray, do my service to his majesty.[b8] --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. | |
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Process \Proc"ess\, n. [F. proc[8a]s, L. processus. See {Proceed}.] 1. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. [bd]Long process of time.[b8] --Milton. The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. --Tennyson. | |
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2. A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature. Tell her the process of Antonio's end. --Shak. 3. A statement of events; a narrative. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis. 5. (Law) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial. {Deacon's process} [from H. Deacon, who introduced it] (Chem.), a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been previously saturated with a solution of some metallic salt, as sulphate of copper. {Final process} (Practice), a writ of execution in an action at law. --Burrill. {In process}, in the condition of advance, accomplishment, transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed. {Jury process} (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced. --Burrill. {Leblanc's process} (Chem.), the process of manufacturing soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the sodium sulphate so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting with charcoal, and converting the sodium sulphide to sodium carbonate by roasting with lime. {Mesne process}. See under {Mesne}. {Process milling}, the process of high milling for grinding flour. See under {Milling}. {Reversible process} (Thermodynamics), any process consisting of a cycle of operations such that the different operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order with a reversal of their effects. | |
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Trustee \Trus*tee"\, n. (Law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process. {Trustee process} (Law), a process by which a creditor may attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the {process of foreign attachment}, {garnishment}, or {factorizing process}. [U. S.] | |
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Process plate \Proc"ess plate\ (a) A plate prepared by a mechanical process, esp. a photomechanical process. (b) A very slow photographic plate, giving good contrasts between high lights and shadows, used esp. for making lantern slides. | |
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Procession \Pro*ces"sion\, v. t. (Law) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands. [Local, U. S. (North Carolina and Tennessee).] [bd]To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.[b8] --Burrill. | |
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Procession \Pro*ces"sion\, v. i. To march in procession. [R.] | |
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Procession \Pro*ces"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. processio. See {Proceed}.] 1. The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course. --Bp. Pearson. That the procession of their life might be More equable, majestic, pure, and free. --Trench. 2. That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession. Here comes the townsmen on procession. --Shak. 3. (Eccl.) An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without. --Shipley. 4. pl. (Eccl.) An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling. --Shipley. {Procession of the Holy Ghost}, a theological term applied to the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son, the Eastern Church affirming that the Spirit proceeds from the Father only, and the Western Church that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. --Shipley. {Procession week}, a name for Rogation week, when processions were made; Cross-week. --Shipley. | |
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Procession \Pro*ces"sion\, v. i. To honor with a procession. [R.] | |
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Procession \Pro*ces"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. processio. See {Proceed}.] 1. The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course. --Bp. Pearson. That the procession of their life might be More equable, majestic, pure, and free. --Trench. 2. That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession. Here comes the townsmen on procession. --Shak. 3. (Eccl.) An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without. --Shipley. 4. pl. (Eccl.) An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling. --Shipley. {Procession of the Holy Ghost}, a theological term applied to the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son, the Eastern Church affirming that the Spirit proceeds from the Father only, and the Western Church that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. --Shipley. {Procession week}, a name for Rogation week, when processions were made; Cross-week. --Shipley. | |
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Procession \Pro*ces"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. processio. See {Proceed}.] 1. The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course. --Bp. Pearson. That the procession of their life might be More equable, majestic, pure, and free. --Trench. 2. That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession. Here comes the townsmen on procession. --Shak. 3. (Eccl.) An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without. --Shipley. 4. pl. (Eccl.) An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling. --Shipley. {Procession of the Holy Ghost}, a theological term applied to the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son, the Eastern Church affirming that the Spirit proceeds from the Father only, and the Western Church that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. --Shipley. {Procession week}, a name for Rogation week, when processions were made; Cross-week. --Shipley. | |
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Processional \Pro*ces"sion*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession. The processional services became more frequent. --Milman. | |
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Processional \Pro*ces"sion*al\, n. [F. processionnal, LL. processionale.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions. --J. Gregory. 2. A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn. | |
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Processionalist \Pro*ces"sion*al*ist\, n. One who goes or marches in a procession. [R.] | |
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Processionary \Pro*ces"sion*a*ry\, a. [Cf. LL. processionarius, F. processionnaire.] Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service. {Processionary moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Cnethocampa}, especially {C. processionea} of Europe, whose larv[91] make large webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular order. They are covered with stinging hairs. | |
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Processionary \Pro*ces"sion*a*ry\, a. [Cf. LL. processionarius, F. processionnaire.] Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service. {Processionary moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Cnethocampa}, especially {C. processionea} of Europe, whose larv[91] make large webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular order. They are covered with stinging hairs. | |
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Processioner \Pro*ces"sion*er\, n. 1. One who takes part in a procession. 2. A manual of processions; a processional. --Fuller. 3. An officer appointed to procession lands. [Local, U. S. (North Carolina and Tennessee).] --Burrill. | |
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Processioning \Pro*ces"sion*ing\, n. A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d {Procession}. [ Local, U. S.] --Bouvier. | |
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Processive \Pro*ces"sive\, a. Proceeding; advancing. Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. --Coleridge. | |
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Project \Pro*ject"\, v. i. 1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree. 2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Project \Proj"ect\ (?; 277), n. [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L. projectus, p. p. of projicere to project; pro forward + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth, and cf. {Projet}.] 1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [Obs.] --Holland. 2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan. Vented much policy, and projects deep. --Milton. Projects of happiness devised by human reason. --Rogers. He entered into the project with his customary ardor. --Prescott. 3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects. Syn: Design; scheme; plan; purpose. Usage: {Project}, {Design}. A project is something of a practical nature thrown out for consideration as to its being done. A design is a project when matured and settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An ingenious man has many projects, but, if governed by sound sense, will be slow in forming them into designs. See also {Scheme}. | |
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Project \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Projected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Projecting}.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.] 1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. Before his feet herself she did project. --Spenser. Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. --Pope. 2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan. What sit then projecting peace and war? --Milton. 3. (Persp.) To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See {Projection}, 4. | |
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Project \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Projected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Projecting}.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.] 1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. Before his feet herself she did project. --Spenser. Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. --Pope. 2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan. What sit then projecting peace and war? --Milton. 3. (Persp.) To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See {Projection}, 4. | |
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Projectile \Pro*ject"ile\, a. [Cf. F. projectile.] 1. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force. 2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Projectile \Pro*ject"ile\, n. [Cf. F. projectile.] 1. A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm. 2. pl. (Mech.) A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time of flight, etc., of bodies thrown or driven through the air by an impelling force. | |
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Project \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Projected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Projecting}.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.] 1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. Before his feet herself she did project. --Spenser. Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. --Pope. 2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan. What sit then projecting peace and war? --Milton. 3. (Persp.) To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See {Projection}, 4. | |
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Orthographic \Or`tho*graph"ic\, Orthographical \Or`tho*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. orthographique, L. orthographus, Gr. [?].] 1. Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic. 2. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to right lines or angles. {Orthographic [or] Orthogonal}, {projection}, that projection which is made by drawing lines, from every point to be projected, perpendicular to the plane of projection. Such a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at an infinite distance, the plane of projection passing through the center of the sphere perpendicularly to the line of sight. | |
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Projection \Pro*jec"tion\, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. 3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. --Davenant. 4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each. 5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane. {Conical projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Cylindric projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc. {Mercator's projection}, a mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself. {Oblique projection}, a projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely. {Polar projection}, a projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles. {Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), a certain powder cast into a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold. {Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point. {Projection of a straight line of a plane}, the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line. Syn: See {Protuberance}. | |
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Orthographic \Or`tho*graph"ic\, Orthographical \Or`tho*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. orthographique, L. orthographus, Gr. [?].] 1. Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic. 2. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to right lines or angles. {Orthographic [or] Orthogonal}, {projection}, that projection which is made by drawing lines, from every point to be projected, perpendicular to the plane of projection. Such a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at an infinite distance, the plane of projection passing through the center of the sphere perpendicularly to the line of sight. | |
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Projection \Pro*jec"tion\, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. 3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. --Davenant. 4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each. 5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane. {Conical projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Cylindric projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc. {Mercator's projection}, a mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself. {Oblique projection}, a projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely. {Polar projection}, a projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles. {Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), a certain powder cast into a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold. {Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point. {Projection of a straight line of a plane}, the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line. Syn: See {Protuberance}. | |
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Orthographic \Or`tho*graph"ic\, Orthographical \Or`tho*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. orthographique, L. orthographus, Gr. [?].] 1. Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic. 2. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to right lines or angles. {Orthographic [or] Orthogonal}, {projection}, that projection which is made by drawing lines, from every point to be projected, perpendicular to the plane of projection. Such a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at an infinite distance, the plane of projection passing through the center of the sphere perpendicularly to the line of sight. | |
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Projection \Pro*jec"tion\, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. 3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. --Davenant. 4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each. 5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane. {Conical projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Cylindric projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc. {Mercator's projection}, a mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself. {Oblique projection}, a projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely. {Polar projection}, a projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles. {Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), a certain powder cast into a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold. {Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point. {Projection of a straight line of a plane}, the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line. Syn: See {Protuberance}. | |
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Projection \Pro*jec"tion\, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. 3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. --Davenant. 4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each. 5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane. {Conical projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Cylindric projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc. {Mercator's projection}, a mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself. {Oblique projection}, a projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely. {Polar projection}, a projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles. {Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), a certain powder cast into a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold. {Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point. {Projection of a straight line of a plane}, the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line. Syn: See {Protuberance}. | |
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Projection \Pro*jec"tion\, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. 3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. --Davenant. 4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each. 5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane. {Conical projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Cylindric projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc. {Mercator's projection}, a mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself. {Oblique projection}, a projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely. {Polar projection}, a projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles. {Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), a certain powder cast into a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold. {Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point. {Projection of a straight line of a plane}, the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line. Syn: See {Protuberance}. | |
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Projectment \Pro*ject"ment\, n. Design; contrivance; projection. [Obs.] --Clarendon. | |
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Projector \Pro*jec"tor\, n. An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen, as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects, etc., in the colors of the object itself. In this latter form the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific instruments have been called by different names, such as {radiopticon}, {mirrorscope}, {balopticon}, etc. | |
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Projector \Pro*ject"or\, n. [Cf. F. projeteur.] One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes. --L'Estrange. | |
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Projecture \Pro*jec"ture\, n. [L. projectura: cf. F. projecture.] A jutting out beyond a surface. | |
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Prosaic \Pro*sa"ic\, Prosaical \Pro*sa"ic*al\, a. [L. prosaius, from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosa[8b]que. See {Prose}.] 1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition. --Cudworth. 2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Prosaic \Pro*sa"ic\, Prosaical \Pro*sa"ic*al\, a. [L. prosaius, from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosa[8b]que. See {Prose}.] 1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition. --Cudworth. 2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Prosaic \Pro*sa"ic\, Prosaical \Pro*sa"ic*al\, a. [L. prosaius, from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosa[8b]que. See {Prose}.] 1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition. --Cudworth. 2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Prosaic \Pro*sa"ic\, Prosaical \Pro*sa"ic*al\, a. [L. prosaius, from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosa[8b]que. See {Prose}.] 1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition. --Cudworth. 2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Prosaicism \Pro*sa"i*cism\, n. The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style. [R.] --Poe. | |
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Prosaism \Pro"sa*ism\, n. That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner. --Coleridge. | |
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Prosaist \Pro"sa*ist\ (?; 277), n. A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer. [bd]An estimable prosaist.[b8] --I. Taylor. | |
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Prosector \Pro*sec"tor\, n. [L., an anatomist, from prosecare to cut up; pro before + secare to cut.] One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist. | |
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Prosecutable \Pros"e*cu`ta*ble\, a. Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution. | |
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Prosecute \Pros"e*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prosecuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prosecuting}.] [L. prosecutus, p. p. of prosequi to follow, pursue. See {Pursue}.] 1. To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim. I am beloved Hermia; Why should not I, then, prosecute my right ? --Shak. 2. To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law. 3. (Law) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot. To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes. --Milton. | |
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Prosecute \Pros"e*cute\, v. i. 1. To follow after. [Obs.] --Latimer. 2. (Law) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses. --Blackstone. | |
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Prosecute \Pros"e*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prosecuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prosecuting}.] [L. prosecutus, p. p. of prosequi to follow, pursue. See {Pursue}.] 1. To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim. I am beloved Hermia; Why should not I, then, prosecute my right ? --Shak. 2. To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law. 3. (Law) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot. To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes. --Milton. | |
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Prosecute \Pros"e*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prosecuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prosecuting}.] [L. prosecutus, p. p. of prosequi to follow, pursue. See {Pursue}.] 1. To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim. I am beloved Hermia; Why should not I, then, prosecute my right ? --Shak. 2. To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law. 3. (Law) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot. To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes. --Milton. | |
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Prosecution \Pros`e*cu"tion\, n. [L. prosecutio a following.] 1. The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war. Keeping a sharp eye on her domestics . . . in prosecution of their various duties. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Law) (a) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense. (b) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information. (c) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted. --Blackstone. Burrill. Mozley & W. | |
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Prosecutor \Pros"e*cu`tor\, n. [Cf. L. prosecutor an attendant.] 1. One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business. 2. (Law) The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government. --Blackstone. | |
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Prosecutrix \Pros"e*cu`trix\, n. [NL.] A female prosecutor. | |
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Prosy \Pros"y\, a. [Compar. {Prosier}; superl. {Prosiest}.] 1. Of or pertaining to prose; like prose. 2. Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic. | |
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Prosocd2le \Pros"o*c[d2]le\, n. [Gr. [?] forward + [?] hollow.] (Anat.) The entire cavity of the prosencephalon. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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d8Prosocd2lia \[d8]Pros`o*c[d2]"li*a\, n.; pl. {Prosoc[d2]lle}, [NL.] (Anat.) Same as {Prosoc[d2]le}. | |
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Proxy \Prox"y\, n.; pl. {Proxies}. [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. {Proctor}.] 1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity. I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. --Burke. 2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another. Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence. --Blackstone. 3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting. 4. (Eng. Law) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. --Burrill. 5. (Eccl.) See {Procuration}. [Obs.] | |
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Proxyship \Prox"y*ship\, n. The office or agency of a proxy. | |
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Prussic \Prus"sic\, a. [Cf. F. prussique.] (Old Chem.) designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerly called prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or its compounds. See {Hydrocyanic}. | |
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Hydrocyanic \Hy`dro*cy*an"ic\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + anic: cf. F. hydrocyanique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from the combination of, hydrogen and cyanogen. {Hydrocyanic acid} (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatile liquid, {HCN}, having a characteristic peach-blossom odor. It is one of the most deadly poisons. It is made by the action of sulphuric acid on yellow prussiate of potassium (potassium ferrocyanide), and chemically resembles hydrochloric and hydrobromic acids. Called also {prussic acid}, {hydrogen cyanide}, etc. | |
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Purchasable \Pur"chas*a*ble\, a. Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt. Money being the counterbalance to all things purchasable by it, as much as you take off from the value of money, so much you add to the price of things exchanged. --Locke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purchased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purchasing}.] [OE. purchasen, porchacen, OF. porchacier, purchacier, to pursue, to seek eagerly, F. pourchasser; OF. pour, por, pur, for (L. pro) + chacier to pursue, to chase. See {Chase}.] 1. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. --Chaucer. That loves the thing he can not purchase. --Spenser. Your accent is Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling. --Shak. His faults . . . hereditary Rather than purchased. --Shak. 2. To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house. The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth. --Gen. xxv. 10. 3. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery. One poor retiring minute . . . Would purchase thee a thousand thousand friends. --Shak. A world who would not purchase with a bruise? --Milton. 4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit. [Obs.] Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses. --Shak. 5. (Law) (a) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance. --Blackstone. (b) To buy for a price. 6. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purchase \Pur"chase\, v. i. 1. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self. [Obs.] Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage. --Ld. Berners. 2. To acquire wealth or property. [Obs.] Sure our lawyers Would not purchase half so fast. --J. Webster. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] I'll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. --Beau. & Fl. 2. The act of seeking and acquiring property. 3. The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance. --Franklin. 4. That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. --Chaucer. B. Jonson. We met with little purchase upon this coast, except two small vessels of Golconda. --De Foe. A beauty-waning and distressed widow . . . Made prize and purchase of his lustful eye. --Shak. 5. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent. [bd]The scrip was complete evidence of his right in the purchase.[b8] --Wheaton. 6. Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained. A politician, to do great things, looks for a power -- what our workmen call a purchase. --Burke. 7. (Law) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. --Blackstone. {Purchase criminal}, robbery. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Purchase money}, the money paid, or contracted to be paid, for anything bought. --Berkeley. {Worth, [or] At}, {[so many] years' purchase}, a phrase by which the value or cost of a thing is expressed in the length of time required for the income to amount to the purchasing price; as, he bought the estate at a twenty years' purchase. To say one's life is not worth a day's purchase in the same as saying one will not live a day, or is in imminent peril. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] I'll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. --Beau. & Fl. 2. The act of seeking and acquiring property. 3. The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance. --Franklin. 4. That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. --Chaucer. B. Jonson. We met with little purchase upon this coast, except two small vessels of Golconda. --De Foe. A beauty-waning and distressed widow . . . Made prize and purchase of his lustful eye. --Shak. 5. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent. [bd]The scrip was complete evidence of his right in the purchase.[b8] --Wheaton. 6. Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained. A politician, to do great things, looks for a power -- what our workmen call a purchase. --Burke. 7. (Law) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. --Blackstone. {Purchase criminal}, robbery. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Purchase money}, the money paid, or contracted to be paid, for anything bought. --Berkeley. {Worth, [or] At}, {[so many] years' purchase}, a phrase by which the value or cost of a thing is expressed in the length of time required for the income to amount to the purchasing price; as, he bought the estate at a twenty years' purchase. To say one's life is not worth a day's purchase in the same as saying one will not live a day, or is in imminent peril. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] I'll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. --Beau. & Fl. 2. The act of seeking and acquiring property. 3. The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance. --Franklin. 4. That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. --Chaucer. B. Jonson. We met with little purchase upon this coast, except two small vessels of Golconda. --De Foe. A beauty-waning and distressed widow . . . Made prize and purchase of his lustful eye. --Shak. 5. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent. [bd]The scrip was complete evidence of his right in the purchase.[b8] --Wheaton. 6. Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained. A politician, to do great things, looks for a power -- what our workmen call a purchase. --Burke. 7. (Law) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. --Blackstone. {Purchase criminal}, robbery. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Purchase money}, the money paid, or contracted to be paid, for anything bought. --Berkeley. {Worth, [or] At}, {[so many] years' purchase}, a phrase by which the value or cost of a thing is expressed in the length of time required for the income to amount to the purchasing price; as, he bought the estate at a twenty years' purchase. To say one's life is not worth a day's purchase in the same as saying one will not live a day, or is in imminent peril. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purchased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purchasing}.] [OE. purchasen, porchacen, OF. porchacier, purchacier, to pursue, to seek eagerly, F. pourchasser; OF. pour, por, pur, for (L. pro) + chacier to pursue, to chase. See {Chase}.] 1. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. --Chaucer. That loves the thing he can not purchase. --Spenser. Your accent is Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling. --Shak. His faults . . . hereditary Rather than purchased. --Shak. 2. To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house. The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth. --Gen. xxv. 10. 3. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery. One poor retiring minute . . . Would purchase thee a thousand thousand friends. --Shak. A world who would not purchase with a bruise? --Milton. 4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit. [Obs.] Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses. --Shak. 5. (Law) (a) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance. --Blackstone. (b) To buy for a price. 6. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purchaser \Pur"chas*er\, n. 1. One who purchases; one who acquires property for a consideration, generally of money; a buyer; a vendee. 2. (Law) One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by descent or inheritance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purchased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purchasing}.] [OE. purchasen, porchacen, OF. porchacier, purchacier, to pursue, to seek eagerly, F. pourchasser; OF. pour, por, pur, for (L. pro) + chacier to pursue, to chase. See {Chase}.] 1. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. --Chaucer. That loves the thing he can not purchase. --Spenser. Your accent is Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling. --Shak. His faults . . . hereditary Rather than purchased. --Shak. 2. To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house. The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth. --Gen. xxv. 10. 3. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery. One poor retiring minute . . . Would purchase thee a thousand thousand friends. --Shak. A world who would not purchase with a bruise? --Milton. 4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit. [Obs.] Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses. --Shak. 5. (Law) (a) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance. --Blackstone. (b) To buy for a price. 6. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrexial \Py*rex"i*al\, Pyrexical \Py*rex"ic*al\, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to fever; feverish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrrhicist \Pyr"rhi*cist\, n. (Gr. Antiq.) One two danced the pyrrhic. | |
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Parke County, IN (county, FIPS 121) Location: 39.77504 N, 87.20730 W Population (1990): 15410 (7189 housing units) Area: 1152.1 sq km (land), 13.7 sq km (water) | |
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Parkesburg, PA (borough, FIPS 58032) Location: 39.95868 N, 75.91671 W Population (1990): 2981 (1155 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19365 | |
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Parkway Center, PA Zip code(s): 15220 | |
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Parkway-South Sacramento, CA (CDP, FIPS 55837) Location: 38.50855 N, 121.45195 W Population (1990): 31903 (11575 housing units) Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Parris Island, SC (CDP, FIPS 54857) Location: 32.32875 N, 80.69479 W Population (1990): 7172 (333 housing units) Area: 31.5 sq km (land), 19.3 sq km (water) | |
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Perkasie, PA (borough, FIPS 59384) Location: 40.37100 N, 75.29242 W Population (1990): 7878 (3089 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18944 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pierce City, MO (city, FIPS 57494) Location: 36.94694 N, 94.00222 W Population (1990): 1382 (606 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65723 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pierce County, GA (county, FIPS 229) Location: 31.35624 N, 82.21519 W Population (1990): 13328 (5271 housing units) Area: 888.4 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) Pierce County, ND (county, FIPS 69) Location: 48.24946 N, 99.97866 W Population (1990): 5052 (2355 housing units) Area: 2636.4 sq km (land), 166.7 sq km (water) Pierce County, NE (county, FIPS 139) Location: 42.27134 N, 97.61061 W Population (1990): 7827 (3177 housing units) Area: 1486.6 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water) Pierce County, WA (county, FIPS 53) Location: 47.04830 N, 122.11323 W Population (1990): 586203 (228842 housing units) Area: 4339.7 sq km (land), 339.6 sq km (water) Pierce County, WI (county, FIPS 93) Location: 44.71593 N, 92.42320 W Population (1990): 32765 (11536 housing units) Area: 1493.2 sq km (land), 39.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Presque Isle, ME (city, FIPS 60825) Location: 46.68604 N, 67.98730 W Population (1990): 10550 (4411 housing units) Area: 196.2 sq km (land), 4.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04769 Presque Isle, PA Zip code(s): 16505 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Presque Isle County, MI (county, FIPS 141) Location: 45.32161 N, 83.45860 W Population (1990): 13743 (8917 housing units) Area: 1709.5 sq km (land), 4955.1 sq km (water) | |
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Price County, WI (county, FIPS 99) Location: 45.68028 N, 90.36148 W Population (1990): 15600 (9052 housing units) Area: 3244.5 sq km (land), 67.0 sq km (water) | |
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Purchase, NY Zip code(s): 10577 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
power cycle vt. (also, `cycle power' or just `cycle') To power off a machine and then power it on immediately, with the intention of clearing some kind of {hung} or {gronk}ed state. Syn. {120 reset}; see also {Big Red Switch}. Compare {Vulcan nerve pinch}, {bounce} (sense 4), and {boot}, and see the "{Some AI Koans}" (in Appendix A) about Tom Knight and the novice. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
progasm /proh'gaz-m/ n. [University of Wisconsin] The euphoria experienced upon the completion of a program or other computer-related project. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PARSEC Extensible language with PL/I-like syntax, derived from PROTEUS. "PARSEC User's Manual", Bolt Beranek & Newman (Dec 1972). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
percussive maintenance possibly using a {fine adjuster}. (1999-01-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
persistence 1. created objects and variables continue to exist and retain their values between runs of the program. 2. of a {cathode ray tube} will remain illuminated after it has been energised by the electron beam. Long-persistence phosphors reduce flicker, but generate ghost-like images that linger on screen for a fraction of a second. (1994-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
persistent {persistence} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Persistent Functional Language language developed by Carol Small at Birkbeck College, London, UK and Alexandra Poulovassilis (now at {King's College London}). In PFL, functions are defined equationally and bulk data is stored using a special class of functions called selectors. PFL is a {lazy} language, supports {higher-order functions}, has a strong {polymorphic} {type inference} system, and allows new user-defined data types and values. All functions, types and values persist in a {database}. Functions can be written which update all aspects of the database: by adding data to selectors, by defining new equations, and by introducing new data types and values. PFL is "semi-{referentially transparent}", in the sense that whilst updates are referentially opaque and are executed {destructive}ly, all evaluation is referentially transparent. Similarly, {type checking} is "semi-static" in the sense that whilst updates are dynamically type checked at run time, expressions are type checked before they are evaluated and no type errors can occur during their evaluation. ["{A Functional Approach to Database Updates (http://web.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/CS/Research/DBPL/papers/INFSYS93.abs.html)}", C. Small, Information Systems 18(8), 1993, pp. 581-95]. (1995-04-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
persistent memory {non-volatile storage} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
power cycle (Or "cycle power", "cycle") To turn a machine's power off and on, with the intention of clearing some kind of {hung} or {gronk}ed state. Synonym {120 reset}; see also {Big Red Switch}. Compare {Vulcan nerve pinch}, {bounce} and {boot}, and see the {AI Koan} about Tom Knight and the novice. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Praxis Critical Systems (2001-07-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
precision is computed. Compare {accuracy}. (1998-04-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
process 1. executing {program}. A process consists of the program {code} (which may be shared with other processes which are executing the same program), private data, and the state of the {processor}, particularly the values in its {registers}. It may have other associated resources such as a {process identifier}, open files, {CPU time} limits, {shared memory}, {child processes}, and {signal handlers}. One process may, on some {platforms}, consist of many {threads}. A {multitasking} {operating system} can run multiple processes {concurrently} or in {parallel}, and allows a process to spawn "child" processes. (2001-06-16) 2. involved in carrying out some business or achieving some desired result. E.g. software development process, project management process, configuration management process. (2001-06-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Process and Experiment Automation Real-Time Language {process control} systems, widely used in Europe. Size and complexity exceeds {Ada}. Defined in {DIN} 66253 Teil 2. ["Programmiersprache PEARL", Beuth-Verlag, Nov 1980]. (2000-08-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Process Design Language 2 Instruments} {ASC} computer. ["Texas Instruments Process Design Methodology - Design Specification: Process Design Language", Volume I (Sep 1976)]. [Mentioned in "An Overview of Ada" J.G.P. Barnes, Soft Prac & Exp 10:851-887 (1980)]. (1995-08-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
process ID {process identifier} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
process identifier {kernel} to uniquely identify a process. PIDs are returned by the {fork} {system call} and can be passed to wait() or kill() to perform actions on the given process. (1996-12-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
process scheduling {multitasking} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
process table information that must be saved when the {CPU} switches from running one {process} to another in a {multitasking} system. The information in the process table allows the suspended process to be restarted at a later time as if it had never been stopped. Every process has an entry in the table. These entries are known as {process control blocks} and contain the following information: process state - information needed so that the process can be loaded into memory and run, such as the {program counter}, the {stack pointer}, and the values of {registers}. memory state - details of the memory allocation such as pointers to the various memory areas used by the program resource state - information regarding the status of files being used by the process such as {user ID}. Accounting and scheduling information. An example of a UNIX process table is shown below. SLOT ST PID PGRP UID PRI CPU EVENT NAME FLAGS 0 s 0 0 0 95 0 runout sched load sys 1 s 1 0 0 66 1 u init load 2 s 2 0 0 95 0 10bbdc vhand load sys SLOT is the entry number of the process. ST shows whether the process is paused or sleeping (s), ready to run (r), or running on a {CPU} (o). PID is the {process ID}. PGRP is the {process Group}. UID is the {user ID}. PRI is the priority of the process from 127 (highest) to 0 (lowest). EVENT is the {event} on which a process is paused or sleeping. NAME is the name of the process. FLAGS are the process {flags}. A process that has died but still has an entry in the process table is called a {zombie process}. (1998-04-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
processing Performing some predefined sequence of operations on an input to produce an output or change of internal state; activity specifically involving the computer's {CPU}. The term is often qualified: "{data processing}" treats {digital} data, "{signal processing}" treats {analog} data (possibly in digital form), "{word processing}" takes in typed human language input and produces digital documents, {image processing} transforms digital {images}. (2003-10-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
processor {central processing unit} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Processor Direct Slot connection. Most {Macintosh}es have only one PDS connector. Different Apple computers have different PDS specifications. (1995-05-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
processor farm distributed, or "farmed out", by one "farmer" processor to several "worker" processors, and results are sent back to the farmer. This arrangement is suitable for {applications} which can be partitioned into many separate, independent tasks, the canonical examples being {ray tracing} and the {Mandelbrot set}. In order to be efficient, the extra time spent on communications must be small compared to the time spent processing each task. (2001-05-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
processor time that it has exclusive and uninterrupted use of the {CPU}. Note that in a modern computer, this would be very unusual, and so the processor time calculation for most processes involves adding up all the small amounts of time the CPU actually spends on the process. Some systems break processor time down into {user time} and {system time}. Compare {wall clock time}. (1998-03-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PROJECT Subsystem of ICES. Sammet 1969, p.616. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
project assurance The process of specifying the support system: techniques, internal standards, measurements, tools, and training for a project; counselling the project team in the application of these elements and monitoring the adherence to the standards. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Project Athena educational and research computing at {MIT}. Much of the software developed is now in wider use, especially the {X Window System}. (2000-02-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Project Guardian support for {Multics} and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with {Honeywell} and {MITRE Corporation} to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the {Access Isolation Mechanism}, the forerunner of the {B2} labeling and star property support in Multics. The {DoD Orange Book} was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian. (1997-01-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Project MAC director was {MIT} Prof. Robert M Fano. MAC stood for Multiple Access Computers on the 5th floor of Tech Square, and Man and Computer on the 9th floor. The major efforts were Corbato's {Multics} development and {Marvin Minsky}'s {Artificial Intelligence} Laboratory. In 1963 Project MAC hosted a summer study, which brought many well-known computer scientists to Cambridge to use {CTSS} and to discuss the future of computing. Funding for Project MAC was provided by the Information Processing Techniques Office of the {Advanced Research Projects Agency} (ARPA) of the US Department of Defense. See also {Early PL/I}, {MacLisp}, {MACSYMA}, {MDL}, {Multipop-68}, {OCAL}. (1997-01-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
project management directing and controlling the production of a system. Software tools are available to help with this, e.g. {PERT} chart editors. (1998-12-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
project planning {project management} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
projection {idempotent}, i.e. f(f(x))=f(x) and (b) whose result is no more defined than its argument. E.g. F(x)=bottom or F(x)=x. In {reduction} systems, a function which returns some {component} of its argument. E.g. head, tail, \ (x,y) . x. In a {graph reduction} system the function can just return a pointer to part of its argument and does not need to build any new graph. (1997-01-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
projective plane under non-zero {scalar} multiplication. Elements are sets of the form {kv: k != 0, k scalar, v != O, v a vector} where O is the origin. v is a representative member of this equivalence class. The projective plane of a {vector space} is the collection of its 1-dimensional {subspaces}. The properties of the vector space induce a {topology} and notions of {smoothness} on the projective plane. A projective plane is in no meaningful sense a plane and would therefore be (but isn't) better described as a "projective space". (1996-09-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
proxy gateway pass on a request for a {URL} from a {World-Wide Web} {browser} such as {Mosaic} to an outside server and return the results. This provides clients that are sealed off from the {Internet} a trusted agent that can access the Internet on their behalf. Once the client is properly configured, its user should not be aware of the proxy gateway. A proxy gateway often runs on a {firewall machine}. Its main purpose is to act as a barrier to the threat of {crackers}. It may also be used to hide the {IP addresses} of the computers inside the firewall from the {Internet} if they do not use official registered {network numbers}. Browsers such as {Mosaic} and {Netscape} can be configured to use a different proxy or no proxy for each URL {access method} (or "{scheme}") - {FTP}, {Gopher}, {WAIS}, {news}, and {HTTP}. {Mosaic and proxy gateways (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/proxy-gateways.html)}. Compare {proxy server}. (1997-06-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Proxy Server gateway}, designed to provide extensible {firewall} and network security. Proxy Server is part of {BackOffice}. (1999-09-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
proxy server items available on other {servers} which are presumably slower or more expensive to access. This term is used particularly for a {World-Wide Web} server which accepts {URL}s with a special prefix. When it receives a request for such a URL, it strips off the prefix and looks for the resulting URL in its local {cache}. If found, it returns the document immediately, otherwise it fetches it from the remote server, saves a copy in the cache and returns it to the requester. The cache will usually have an expiry {algorithm} which flushes documents according to their age, size, and access history. Compare {proxy gateway}. (1995-02-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Proxy Server gateway}, designed to provide extensible {firewall} and network security. Proxy Server is part of {BackOffice}. (1999-09-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
proxy server items available on other {servers} which are presumably slower or more expensive to access. This term is used particularly for a {World-Wide Web} server which accepts {URL}s with a special prefix. When it receives a request for such a URL, it strips off the prefix and looks for the resulting URL in its local {cache}. If found, it returns the document immediately, otherwise it fetches it from the remote server, saves a copy in the cache and returns it to the requester. The cache will usually have an expiry {algorithm} which flushes documents according to their age, size, and access history. Compare {proxy gateway}. (1995-02-14) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Perez-uzzah the breach of Uzzah, a place where God "burst forth upon Uzzah, so that he died," when he rashly "took hold" of the ark (2 Sam. 6:6-8). It was not far from Kirjath-jearim (q.v.). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Persecution The first great persecution for religious opinion of which we have any record was that which broke out against the worshippers of God among the Jews in the days of Ahab, when that king, at the instigation of his wife Jezebel, "a woman in whom, with the reckless and licentious habits of an Oriental queen, were united the fiercest and sternest qualities inherent in the old Semitic race", sought in the most relentless manner to extirpate the worship of Jehovah and substitute in its place the worship of Ashtoreth and Baal. Ahab's example in this respect was followed by Manasseh, who "shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another" (2 Kings 21:16; comp. 24:4). In all ages, in one form or another, the people of God have had to suffer persecution. In its earliest history the Christian church passed through many bloody persecutions. Of subsequent centuries in our own and in other lands the same sad record may be made. Christians are forbidden to seek the propagation of the gospel by force (Matt. 7:1; Luke 9:54-56; Rom. 14:4; James 4:11, 12). The words of Ps. 7:13, "He ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors," ought rather to be, as in the Revised Version, "He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts]." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Persis a female Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom. 16:12). She is spoken of as "beloved," and as having "laboured much in the Lord." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pharisees separatists (Heb. persahin, from parash, "to separate"). They were probably the successors of the Assideans (i.e., the "pious"), a party that originated in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes in revolt against his heathenizing policy. The first mention of them is in a description by Josephus of the three sects or schools into which the Jews were divided (B.C. 145). The other two sects were the Essenes and the Sadducees. In the time of our Lord they were the popular party (John 7:48). They were extremely accurate and minute in all matters appertaining to the law of Moses (Matt. 9:14; 23:15; Luke 11:39; 18:12). Paul, when brought before the council of Jerusalem, professed himself a Pharisee (Acts 23:6-8; 26:4, 5). There was much that was sound in their creed, yet their system of religion was a form and nothing more. Theirs was a very lax morality (Matt. 5:20; 15:4, 8; 23:3, 14, 23, 25; John 8:7). On the first notice of them in the New Testament (Matt. 3:7), they are ranked by our Lord with the Sadducees as a "generation of vipers." They were noted for their self-righteousness and their pride (Matt. 9:11; Luke 7:39; 18:11, 12). They were frequently rebuked by our Lord (Matt. 12:39; 16:1-4). From the very beginning of his ministry the Pharisees showed themselves bitter and persistent enemies of our Lord. They could not bear his doctrines, and they sought by every means to destroy his influence among the people. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Porch, Solomon's a colonnade on the east of the temple, so called from a tradition that it was a relic of Solomon's temple left standing after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. (Comp. 1 Kings 7:6.) The word "porch" is in the New Testament the rendering of three different Greek words: (1.) Stoa, meaning a portico or veranda (John 5:2; 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). (2.) Pulon, a gateway (Matt. 26:71). (3.) Proaulion, the entrance to the inner court (Mark 14:68). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Porcius Festus See {FESTUS}. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Perez-Uzza, division of Uzza, or of strength | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Persis, same as Persia | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Pharisees, set apart |