patsy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   padauk
         n 1: tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a
               mottled or striped black grain [syn: {padauk}, {padouk},
               {amboyna}, {Pterocarpus indicus}]

English Dictionary: patsy	by the DICT Development Group
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paddock n pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
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padouk n tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain Synonym(s): padauk, padouk, amboyna, Pterocarpus indicus
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Paducah n a town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River
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pataca n the basic unit of money in Macao
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patas n reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa [syn: patas, hussar monkey, Erythrocebus patas]
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patch n a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" Synonym(s): spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" Synonym(s): plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" Synonym(s): while, piece, spell, patch a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program a connection intended to be used for a limited time Synonym(s): temporary hookup, patch sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends" Synonym(s): mend, patch, darn a protective cloth covering for an injured eye Synonym(s): eyepatch, patch a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body Synonym(s): bandage, patch v to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" [syn: patch, piece] provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow" mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" Synonym(s): patch, patch up repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" Synonym(s): piece, patch
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patchy adj irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc.; "a patchy essay"; "patchy fog"
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pathos n a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" Synonym(s): pathos, poignancy a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" Synonym(s): commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos a style that has the power to evoke feelings
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patka n a scarf worn by Sikh men
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patois n a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Synonym(s): slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard
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patsy n a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of Synonym(s): chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
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pe-tsai n plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia Synonym(s): Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, napa, pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis
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petechia n a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)
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pettish adj easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" Synonym(s): cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
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Pheidias n ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC) [syn: Phidias, Pheidias]
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Phidias n ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC) [syn: Phidias, Pheidias]
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photic adj of or relating to or caused by light
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Photius n Patriarch of Constantinople and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church; was condemned by the Fourth Council of Constantinople in 869 but was reinstated by a later pope
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piddock n marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
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pie-dog n ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India Synonym(s): pariah dog, pye-dog, pie-dog
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pitch n the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter Synonym(s): pitch, delivery a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors" promotion by means of an argument and demonstration Synonym(s): sales talk, sales pitch, pitch degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" Synonym(s): pitch, rake, slant any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue Synonym(s): pitch, tar a high approach shot in golf Synonym(s): pitch, pitch shot an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump Synonym(s): pitch, auction pitch abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" Synonym(s): lurch, pitch, pitching the action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor" v throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" Synonym(s): flip, toss, sky, pitch move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" Synonym(s): lurch, pitch, shift fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony" set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low" sell or offer for sale from place to place Synonym(s): peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" Synonym(s): slope, incline, pitch heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" Synonym(s): cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch erect and fasten; "pitch a tent" Synonym(s): pitch, set up throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball" Synonym(s): deliver, pitch hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin lead (a card) and establish the trump suit set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" Synonym(s): gear, pitch
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pitchy adj of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal Synonym(s): coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty having the characteristics of pitch or tar Synonym(s): pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry
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piteous adj deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" Synonym(s): hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
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Pithecia n sakis Synonym(s): Pithecia, genus Pithecia
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pitsaw n a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below
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podgy adj short and plump [syn: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly]
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poetess n a woman poet
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poetic adj of or relating to poetry; "poetic works"; "a poetic romance" Synonym(s): poetic, poetical characterized by romantic imagery; "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic" of or relating to poets; "poetic insight" characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction" Synonym(s): poetic, poetical
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poetics n study of poetic works
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poetise v compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga" Synonym(s): verse, versify, poetize, poetise
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poetize v compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga" Synonym(s): verse, versify, poetize, poetise
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potage n thick (often creamy) soup Synonym(s): potage, pottage
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potash n a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry Synonym(s): potash, caustic potash, potassium hydroxide
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pothook n an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire
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pothos n any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage Synonym(s): golden pothos, pothos, ivy arum, Epipremnum aureum, Scindapsus aureus
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pothouse n tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals Synonym(s): public house, pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse
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Potos n a genus of Procyonidae Synonym(s): Potos, genus Potos
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pottage n a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat thick (often creamy) soup Synonym(s): potage, pottage
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Ptyas n Asian rat snakes Synonym(s): Ptyas, genus Ptyas
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pudge n a short fat person
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pudgy adj short and plump [syn: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly]
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putsch n a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force Synonym(s): coup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeover
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putz n (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot obscene terms for penis Synonym(s): cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz
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pye-dog n ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India Synonym(s): pariah dog, pye-dog, pie-dog
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Pythiaceae n fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores Synonym(s): Pythiaceae, family Pythiaceae
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Pythias n friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC) Synonym(s): Phintias, Pythias
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Pythius n epithet for Apollo; from the dragon Python which he killed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cherry \Cher"ry\, n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. [?], perh. fr. [?] horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from M[82]doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, {Prunus serotina} (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; {P. Virginiana} (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; {P. avium} and {P. Padus}, European trees (bird cherry). 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. {Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}. {Cherry bird} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. {Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar. {Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. {Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({C. cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. {Cherry pit}. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. --Shak. (b) A cherry stone. {Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the European spotted flycatcher ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper} {cherry snipe}. {Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries. {Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}.
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Hagberry \Hag"ber"ry\, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Prunus} ({P. Padus}); the bird cherry. [Scot.]
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Paddy \Pad"dy\, n.; pl. {Paddies}. [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
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Paddock \Pad"dock\, n. [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D. pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zo[94]l.) A toad or frog. --Wyclif. [bd]Loathed paddocks.[b8] --Spenser {Paddock pipe} (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus {Equisetum}, especially {E. limosum} and the fruiting stems of {E. arvense}; -- called also {padow pipe} and {toad pipe}. See {Equisetum}. {Paddock stone}. See {Toadstone}. {Paddock stool} (Bot.),a toadstool.
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Paddock \Pad"dock\, n. [Corrupted fr. parrock. See {Parrock}.] 1. A small inclosure or park for sporting. [Obs.] 2. A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable. --Evelyn. Cowper.
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Paduasoy \Pad`uasoy"\, n. [From Padua, in Italy + F. soie silk; or cf. F. pou-de-soie.] A rich and heavy silk stuff. [Written also {padesoy}.]
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Padesoy \Pad"e*soy`\, n. See {Paduasoy}.
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Paduasoy \Pad`uasoy"\, n. [From Padua, in Italy + F. soie silk; or cf. F. pou-de-soie.] A rich and heavy silk stuff. [Written also {padesoy}.]
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Padesoy \Pad"e*soy`\, n. See {Paduasoy}.
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Padge \Padge\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The barn owl; -- called also {pudge}, and {pudge owl}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Paduasoy \Pad`uasoy"\, n. [From Padua, in Italy + F. soie silk; or cf. F. pou-de-soie.] A rich and heavy silk stuff. [Written also {padesoy}.]
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Paducahs \Padu"cahs\ (p[adot]d[umac]"k[adot]z), n. pl.; sing. {Paducah} (-k[adot]). (Ethnol.) See {Comanches}.
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PahUtes \Pah"*Utes`\, n. pl. (Ethnol.) See {Utes}.
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d8Patagium \[d8]Pata"gium\, n.; pl. {Patagia}. [L., an edge or border.] 1. (Anat.) In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of {Butterfly}.
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Patas \Pa*tas"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A West African long-tailed monkey ({Cercopithecus ruber}); the red monkey.
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Patch \Patch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Patching}.] 1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat. 2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house. 3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches. Ladies who patched both sides of their faces. --Spectator. 4. To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce. [bd]If you'll patch a quarrel.[b8] --Shak.
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Patch \Patch\, n. [OE. pacche; of uncertain origin, perh. for placche; cf. Prov. E. platch patch, LG. plakk, plakke.] 1. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole. Patches set upon a little breach. --Shak. 2. Hence: A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. 3. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty. Your black patches you wear variously. --Beau. & Fl. 4. (Gun.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore. 5. Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn. Employed about this patch of ground. --Bunyan. 6. (Mil.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting. 7. A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. [Obs. or Colloq.] [bd]Thou scurvy patch.[b8] --Shak. {Patch ice}, ice in overlapping pieces in the sea. {Soft patch}, a patch for covering a crack in a metallic vessel, as a steam boiler, consisting of soft material, as putty, covered and held in place by a plate bolted or riveted fast.
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Patchy \Patch"y\, a. Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
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Pathic \Path"ic\, n. [L. pathicus, Gr. [?], passive, fr. [?], [?], to suffer] A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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Pathic \Path"ic\, a. [Gr. [?].] Passive; suffering.
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Pathos \Pa"thos\, n. 1. The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to {ethos}. 2. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
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Pathos \Pa"thos\, n. [L., from Gr. pa`qos a suffering, passion, fr. [?], [?], to suffer; cf. [?] toil, L. pati to suffer, E. patient.] That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry. The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. --T. Warton.
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Path \Path\ (p[adot]th), n.; pl. {Paths} (p[adot][th]z). [As. p[ae][edh], pa[edh]; akin to D. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. pa`tos, Skr. patha, path. [root]21.] 1. A trodden way; a footway. The dewy paths of meadows we will tread. --Dryden. 2. A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth. --Ps. xxv. 10. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. --Gray.
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Patois \Pa`tois"\, n. [F.] A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech. The jargon and patois of several provinces. --Sir T. Browne.
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Patty \Pat"ty\, n.; pl. {Patties}. [F. p[83]t[82]. See {Pasty}.] A little pie.
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Paage \Pa"age\ (p[amac]"[asl]j; 48), n. [OF. paage, paiage, F. p[82]age, fr. (assumed) LL. pedaticum, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See {Pedage}, {Pedal}.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also {peage} and {pedage}.] --Burke.
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Pedage \Ped"age\, n. [LL. pedagium, for pedaticum. See {Paage}.] A toll or tax paid by passengers, entitling them to safe-conduct and protection. [Obs.] --Spelman.
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Paage \Pa"age\ (p[amac]"[asl]j; 48), n. [OF. paage, paiage, F. p[82]age, fr. (assumed) LL. pedaticum, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See {Pedage}, {Pedal}.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also {peage} and {pedage}.] --Burke.
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Pedage \Ped"age\, n. [LL. pedagium, for pedaticum. See {Paage}.] A toll or tax paid by passengers, entitling them to safe-conduct and protection. [Obs.] --Spelman.
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d8Pes \[d8]Pes\, n.; pl. {Pedes} . [L., the foot.] (Anat.) The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot.
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d8Dauw \[d8]Dauw\, n. [D.] (Zo[94]l.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa ({Asinus Burchellii}); -- called also {peechi}, or {peetsi}.
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d8Petechi91 \[d8]Petech"i[91]\, n. pl.; sing. {Petechia}. [NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. p[82]t[82]chie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. [?] a label, plaster.] (Med.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.
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Pettish \Pet"tish\, a. [From {Pet}.] Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. [bd]A pettish kind of humor.[b8] --Sterne. -- {Pet"tishly}, adv. -- {Pet"tishness}, n.
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Photic \Pho"tic\, a. [Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light.] (Physiol.) Relating to the production of light by the lower animals.
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Photics \Pho"tics\, n. (Physics) The science of light; -- a general term sometimes employed when optics is restricted to light as a producing vision. --Knight.
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Photo \Pho"to\, n.; pl. {Photos}. A contraction of {Photograph}. [Colloq.]
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d8Phytozo94n \[d8]Phy`to*zo"[94]n\, n.; pl. {Phytozoa}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] + [?] an animal.] (Zo[94]l.) A plantlike animal. The term is sometimes applied to zo[94]phytes.
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Piddock \Pid"dock\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See {Pholas}.
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Skunkhead \Skunk"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The surf duck. (b) A duck ({Camptolaimus Labradorus}) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now supposed to be extinct. Called also {Labrador duck}, and {pied duck}.
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Pit \Pit\, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit. (b) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit. (c) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit. Tumble me into some loathsome pit. --Shak. 2. Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades. Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained. --Milton. He keepth back his soul from the pit. --Job xxxiii. 18. 3. A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits. --Lam. iv. 20. 4. A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body; as: (a) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit. (b) See {Pit of the stomach} (below). (c) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox. 5. Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater. 6. An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. [bd]As fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit.[b8] --Locke. 7. [Cf. D. pit, akin to E. pith.] (Bot.) (a) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc. (b) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct. {Cold pit} (Hort.), an excavation in the earth, lined with masonry or boards, and covered with glass, but not artificially heated, -- used in winter for the storing and protection of half-hardly plants, and sometimes in the spring as a forcing bed. {Pit coal}, coal dug from the earth; mineral coal. {Pit frame}, the framework over the shaft of a coal mine. {Pit head}, the surface of the ground at the mouth of a pit or mine. {Pit kiln}, an oven for coking coal. {Pit martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. [Prov. Eng.] {Pit of the stomach} (Anat.), the depression on the middle line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression. {Pit saw} (Mech.), a saw worked by two men, one of whom stands on the log and the other beneath it. The place of the latter is often in a pit, whence the name. {Pit viper} (Zo[94]l.), any viperine snake having a deep pit on each side of the snout. The rattlesnake and copperhead are examples. {Working pit} (Min.), a shaft in which the ore is hoisted and the workmen carried; -- in distinction from a shaft used for the pumps.
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Pitch \Pitch\, n. (Elec.) The distance between symmetrically arranged or corresponding parts of an armature, measured along a line, called the pitch line, drawn around its length. Sometimes half of this distance is called the pitch. {Pitch of poles} (Elec.), the distance between a pair of poles of opposite sign.
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Pitch \Pitch\, n. 1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits. {Pitch and toss}, a game played by tossing up a coin, and calling [bd]Heads or tails;[b8] hence: {To play pitch and toss with (anything)}, to be careless or trust to luck about it. [bd]To play pitch and toss with the property of the country.[b8] --G. Eliot. {Pitch farthing}. See {Chuck farthing}, under 5th {Chuck}. 2. (Cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled. 3. A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound. Driven headlong from the pitch of heaven, down Into this deep. --Milton. Enterprises of great pitch and moment. --Shak. To lowest pitch of abject fortune. --Milton. He lived when learning was at its highest pitch. --Addison. The exact pitch, or limits, where temperance ends. --Sharp. 4. Height; stature. [Obs.] --Hudibras. 5. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down. 6. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof. 7. (Mus.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low. Note: Musical tones with reference to absolute pitch, are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet; with reference to relative pitch, in a series of tones called the scale, they are called one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Eight is also one of a new scale an octave higher, as one is eight of a scale an octave lower. 8. (Mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out. 9. (Mech.) (a) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch. (b) The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller. (c) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates. {Concert pitch} (Mus.), the standard of pitch used by orchestras, as in concerts, etc. {Diametral pitch} (Gearing), the distance which bears the same relation to the pitch proper, or circular pitch, that the diameter of a circle bears to its circumference; it is sometimes described by the number expressing the quotient obtained by dividing the number of teeth in a wheel by the diameter of its pitch circle in inches; as, 4 pitch, 8 pitch, etc. {Pitch chain}, a chain, as one made of metallic plates, adapted for working with a sprocket wheel. {Pitch line}, [or] {Pitch circle} (Gearing), an ideal line, in a toothed gear or rack, bearing such a relation to a corresponding line in another gear, with which the former works, that the two lines will have a common velocity as in rolling contact; it usually cuts the teeth at about the middle of their height, and, in a circular gear, is a circle concentric with the axis of the gear; the line, or circle, on which the pitch of teeth is measured. {Pitch of a roof} (Arch.), the inclination or slope of the sides expressed by the height in parts of the span; as, one half pitch; whole pitch; or by the height in parts of the half span, especially among engineers; or by degrees, as a pitch of 30[f8], of 45[f8], etc.; or by the rise and run, that is, the ratio of the height to the half span; as, a pitch of six rise to ten run. Equilateral pitch is where the two sloping sides with the span form an equilateral triangle. {Pitch of a plane} (Carp.), the slant of the cutting iron. {Pitch pipe}, a wind instrument used by choristers in regulating the pitch of a tune. {Pitch point} (Gearing), the point of contact of the pitch lines of two gears, or of a rack and pinion, which work together.
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Pitch \Pitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pitching}.] [See {Pitch}, n.] 1. To cover over or smear with pitch. --Gen. vi. 14. 2. Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure. The welkin pitched with sullen could. --Addison.
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Pitch \Pitch\, v. t. [OE. picchen; akin to E. pick, pike.] 1. To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball. 2. To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp. 3. To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway. --Knight. 4. To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune. 5. To set or fix, as a price or value. [Obs.] --Shak. {Pitched battle}, a general battle; a battle in which the hostile forces have fixed positions; -- in distinction from a skirmish. {To pitch into}, to attack; to assault; to abuse. [Slang]
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Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. [?].] 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. --Ecclus. xiii. 1. 2. (Geol.) See {Pitchstone}. {Amboyna pitch}, the resin of {Dammara australis}. See {Kauri}. {Burgundy pitch}. See under {Burgundy}. {Canada pitch}, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree ({Abies Canadensis}); hemlock gum. {Jew's pitch}, bitumen. {Mineral pitch}. See {Bitumen} and {Asphalt}. {Pitch coal} (Min.), bituminous coal. {Pitch peat} (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster. {Pitch pine} (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the {Pinus rigida} of North America.
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Pitch \Pitch\, v. i. 1. To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp. [bd]Laban with his brethren pitched in the Mount of Gilead.[b8] --Gen. xxxi. 25. 2. To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight. The tree whereon they [the bees] pitch. --Mortimer. 3. To fix one's choise; -- with on or upon. Pitch upon the best course of life, and custom will render it the more easy. --Tillotson. 4. To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east. {Pitch and pay}, an old aphorism which inculcates ready-money payment, or payment on delivery of goods. --Shak.
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Dip \Dip\, n. 1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. [bd]The dip of oars in unison.[b8] --Glover. 2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. 3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. 4. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] --Marryat. {Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean. {Dip of the needle}, [or] {Magnetic dip}, the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; -- called also {inclination}. {Dip of a stratum} (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; -- called also the {pitch}.
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Pitch \Pitch\, n. (Elec.) The distance between symmetrically arranged or corresponding parts of an armature, measured along a line, called the pitch line, drawn around its length. Sometimes half of this distance is called the pitch. {Pitch of poles} (Elec.), the distance between a pair of poles of opposite sign.
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Pitch \Pitch\, n. 1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits. {Pitch and toss}, a game played by tossing up a coin, and calling [bd]Heads or tails;[b8] hence: {To play pitch and toss with (anything)}, to be careless or trust to luck about it. [bd]To play pitch and toss with the property of the country.[b8] --G. Eliot. {Pitch farthing}. See {Chuck farthing}, under 5th {Chuck}. 2. (Cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled. 3. A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound. Driven headlong from the pitch of heaven, down Into this deep. --Milton. Enterprises of great pitch and moment. --Shak. To lowest pitch of abject fortune. --Milton. He lived when learning was at its highest pitch. --Addison. The exact pitch, or limits, where temperance ends. --Sharp. 4. Height; stature. [Obs.] --Hudibras. 5. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down. 6. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof. 7. (Mus.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low. Note: Musical tones with reference to absolute pitch, are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet; with reference to relative pitch, in a series of tones called the scale, they are called one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Eight is also one of a new scale an octave higher, as one is eight of a scale an octave lower. 8. (Mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out. 9. (Mech.) (a) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch. (b) The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller. (c) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates. {Concert pitch} (Mus.), the standard of pitch used by orchestras, as in concerts, etc. {Diametral pitch} (Gearing), the distance which bears the same relation to the pitch proper, or circular pitch, that the diameter of a circle bears to its circumference; it is sometimes described by the number expressing the quotient obtained by dividing the number of teeth in a wheel by the diameter of its pitch circle in inches; as, 4 pitch, 8 pitch, etc. {Pitch chain}, a chain, as one made of metallic plates, adapted for working with a sprocket wheel. {Pitch line}, [or] {Pitch circle} (Gearing), an ideal line, in a toothed gear or rack, bearing such a relation to a corresponding line in another gear, with which the former works, that the two lines will have a common velocity as in rolling contact; it usually cuts the teeth at about the middle of their height, and, in a circular gear, is a circle concentric with the axis of the gear; the line, or circle, on which the pitch of teeth is measured. {Pitch of a roof} (Arch.), the inclination or slope of the sides expressed by the height in parts of the span; as, one half pitch; whole pitch; or by the height in parts of the half span, especially among engineers; or by degrees, as a pitch of 30[f8], of 45[f8], etc.; or by the rise and run, that is, the ratio of the height to the half span; as, a pitch of six rise to ten run. Equilateral pitch is where the two sloping sides with the span form an equilateral triangle. {Pitch of a plane} (Carp.), the slant of the cutting iron. {Pitch pipe}, a wind instrument used by choristers in regulating the pitch of a tune. {Pitch point} (Gearing), the point of contact of the pitch lines of two gears, or of a rack and pinion, which work together.
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Pitch \Pitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pitching}.] [See {Pitch}, n.] 1. To cover over or smear with pitch. --Gen. vi. 14. 2. Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure. The welkin pitched with sullen could. --Addison.
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Pitch \Pitch\, v. t. [OE. picchen; akin to E. pick, pike.] 1. To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball. 2. To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp. 3. To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway. --Knight. 4. To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune. 5. To set or fix, as a price or value. [Obs.] --Shak. {Pitched battle}, a general battle; a battle in which the hostile forces have fixed positions; -- in distinction from a skirmish. {To pitch into}, to attack; to assault; to abuse. [Slang]
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Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. [?].] 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. --Ecclus. xiii. 1. 2. (Geol.) See {Pitchstone}. {Amboyna pitch}, the resin of {Dammara australis}. See {Kauri}. {Burgundy pitch}. See under {Burgundy}. {Canada pitch}, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree ({Abies Canadensis}); hemlock gum. {Jew's pitch}, bitumen. {Mineral pitch}. See {Bitumen} and {Asphalt}. {Pitch coal} (Min.), bituminous coal. {Pitch peat} (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster. {Pitch pine} (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the {Pinus rigida} of North America.
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Pitch \Pitch\, v. i. 1. To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp. [bd]Laban with his brethren pitched in the Mount of Gilead.[b8] --Gen. xxxi. 25. 2. To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight. The tree whereon they [the bees] pitch. --Mortimer. 3. To fix one's choise; -- with on or upon. Pitch upon the best course of life, and custom will render it the more easy. --Tillotson. 4. To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east. {Pitch and pay}, an old aphorism which inculcates ready-money payment, or payment on delivery of goods. --Shak.
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Dip \Dip\, n. 1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. [bd]The dip of oars in unison.[b8] --Glover. 2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. 3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. 4. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] --Marryat. {Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean. {Dip of the needle}, [or] {Magnetic dip}, the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; -- called also {inclination}. {Dip of a stratum} (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; -- called also the {pitch}.
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Pitchy \Pitch"y\, a. [From 1st {Pitch}.] 1. Partaking of the qualities of pitch; resembling pitch. 2. Smeared with pitch. 3. Black; pitch-dark; dismal. [bd]Pitchy night.[b8] --Shak.
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Piteous \Pit"eous\, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See {Pity}.] 1. Pious; devout. [Obs.] The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. --Wyclif. 2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. [bd][She] piteous of his case.[b8] --Pope. She was so charitable and so pitous. --Chaucer. 3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. --Spenser. The most piteous tale of Lear. --Shak. 4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. [bd]Piteous amends.[b8] --Milton. Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful; sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful; compassionate. -- {Pit"eously}, adv. -- {Pit"eous*ness}, n.
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Pity \Pit"y\, n.; pl. {Pities}. [OE. pite, OF. pit[82], piti[82], F. piti[82], L. pietas piety, kindness, pity. See {Pious}, and cf. {Piety}.] 1. Piety. [Obs.] --Wyclif. 2. A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord. --Prov. xix. 17. He . . . has no more pity in him than a dog. --Shak. 3. A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted. [bd]The more the pity.[b8] --Shak. What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country! --Addison. Note: In this sense, sometimes used in the plural, especially in the colloquialism: [bd]It is a thousand pities.[b8] Syn: Compassion; mercy; commiseration; condolence; sympathy, fellow-suffering; fellow-feeling. -- {Pity}, {Sympathy}, {Compassion}. Sympathy is literally fellow-feeling, and therefore requiers a certain degree of equality in situation, circumstances, etc., to its fullest exercise. Compassion is deep tenderness for another under severe or inevitable misfortune. Pity regards its object not only as suffering, but weak, and hence as inferior.
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Podge \Podge\, n. [Cf. G. patsche puddle, mire.] 1. A puddle; a plash. --Skinner. 2. Porridge. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Podgy \Podg"y\, a. Fat and short; pudgy.
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d8Tarsius \[d8]Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See {Tarsus}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also {malmag}, {spectral lemur}, {podji}, and {tarsier}.
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Poetess \Po"et*ess\, n. [Cf. F. po[82]tesse.] A female poet.
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Poetic \Poet"ic\, Poetical \Poet"ic*al\, a. [L. po[89]ticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. po[82]tiquee.] 1. Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments. --Shak. 2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose. {Poetic license}. See {License}, n., 4.
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Poetics \Po*et"ics\, n. [Cf. F. po[82]tique, L. po[89]tica, po[89]tice, Gr. [?] (sc. [?].] The principles and rules of the art of poetry. --J. Warton.
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Poetize \Po"et*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Poetized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poetizing}.] [Cf. F. po[82]tiser.] To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize. I versify the truth, not poetize. --Donne.
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Potage \Pot"age\ (?; 48), n. See {Pottage}.
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Pottage \Pot"tage\ (?; 48), n. [F. potage, fr. pot pot. See {Pot}, and cf. {Porridge}, {Porringer}.] A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge. [Written also {potage}.] --Chaucer. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. --Gen. xxv. 34.
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Potage \Pot"age\ (?; 48), n. See {Pottage}.
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Pottage \Pot"tage\ (?; 48), n. [F. potage, fr. pot pot. See {Pot}, and cf. {Porridge}, {Porringer}.] A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge. [Written also {potage}.] --Chaucer. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. --Gen. xxv. 34.
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Potash \Pot"ash`\, n. [Pot + ash.] (Chem.) (a) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, {KOH}, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also {caustic potash}. (b) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).
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Potassa \Po*tas"sa\, n. [NL., fr. E. potash.] (Chem.) (a) Potassium oxide. [Obs.] (b) Potassium hydroxide, commonly called {caustic potash}.
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Potch \Potch\, v. i. [Cf. {Poach} to stab.] To thrust; to push. [Obs.] [bd]I 'll potch at him some way.[b8] --Shak.
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Potch \Potch\, v. t. See {Poach}, to cook. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
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Pothook \Pot"hook`\, n. 1. An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire. 2. A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing. [bd]I long to be spelling her Arabic scrawls and pothooks.[b8] --Dryden.
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Pothouse \Pot"house`\, n. An alehouse. --T. Warton.
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Pottage \Pot"tage\ (?; 48), n. [F. potage, fr. pot pot. See {Pot}, and cf. {Porridge}, {Porringer}.] A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge. [Written also {potage}.] --Chaucer. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. --Gen. xxv. 34.
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Powdike \Pow"dike\, n. [Scot. pow, pou, a pool, a watery or marshy place, fr. E. pool.] A dike a marsh or fen. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Puddock \Pud"dock\, n. [For paddock, or parrock, a park.] A small inclosure. [Written also {purrock}.] [Prov. Eng.]
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Padge \Padge\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The barn owl; -- called also {pudge}, and {pudge owl}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pudgy \Pudg"y\, a. Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand. --Thackeray.
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Pudic \Pu"dic\, a. [L. pudicus modest, fr. pudere to be ashamed: cf. F. pudique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the external organs of generation.
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Putage \Pu"tage\ (?; 48), n. [OF. putage.] Prostitution or fornication on the part of a woman.
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Putty \Put"ty\, n.; pl. {Putties}. [Written also {puttee}, {puttie}.] [Hind. pa[tsdot][tsdot]i ribbon, brace, tie.] A kind of gaiter of waterproof cloth wrapped around the leg, used by soldiers, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puttock \Put"tock\, n. [Cf. {Pout} a young bird, {Poult}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European kite. (b) The buzzard. (c) The marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puttock \Put"tock\, n. (Naut.) See {Futtock}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See {Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also {marish}.] {Marsh asphodel} (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum}) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also {bog asphodel}. {Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris}) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger. {Marsh elder}. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus}). (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes ({Iva frutescens}). {Marsh five-finger}. (Bot.) See {Marsh cinquefoil} (above). {Marsh gas}. (Chem.) See under {Gas}. {Marsh grass} (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina}) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also {cord grass}. The tall {S. cynosuroides} is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low {S. juncea} is a common component of salt hay. {Marsh harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus [91]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk}, {moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}. {Marsh hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus}), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also {hen harrier}, and {mouse hawk}. (b) The marsh harrier. {Marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of fresh-water marshes, and {R. longirostris} of salt-water marshes. {Marsh mallow} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alth[91]a} ( {A. officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent. {Marsh marigold}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Marsh pennywort} (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Hydrocotyle}; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also {water pennywort}. {Marsh quail} (Zo[94]l.), the meadow lark. {Marsh rosemary} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Statice} ({S. Limonium}), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also {sea lavender}. {Marsh samphire} (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea}) found along seacoasts. See {Glasswort}. {Marsh St. John's-wort} (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. {Marsh tea}. (Bot.). Same as {Labrador tea}. {Marsh trefoil}. (Bot.) Same as {Buckbean}. {Marsh wren} (Zo[94]l.), any species of small American wrens of the genus {Cistothorus}, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puttock \Put"tock\, n. [Cf. {Pout} a young bird, {Poult}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European kite. (b) The buzzard. (c) The marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puttock \Put"tock\, n. (Naut.) See {Futtock}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See {Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also {marish}.] {Marsh asphodel} (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum}) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also {bog asphodel}. {Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris}) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger. {Marsh elder}. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus}). (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes ({Iva frutescens}). {Marsh five-finger}. (Bot.) See {Marsh cinquefoil} (above). {Marsh gas}. (Chem.) See under {Gas}. {Marsh grass} (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina}) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also {cord grass}. The tall {S. cynosuroides} is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low {S. juncea} is a common component of salt hay. {Marsh harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus [91]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk}, {moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}. {Marsh hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus}), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also {hen harrier}, and {mouse hawk}. (b) The marsh harrier. {Marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of fresh-water marshes, and {R. longirostris} of salt-water marshes. {Marsh mallow} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alth[91]a} ( {A. officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent. {Marsh marigold}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Marsh pennywort} (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Hydrocotyle}; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also {water pennywort}. {Marsh quail} (Zo[94]l.), the meadow lark. {Marsh rosemary} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Statice} ({S. Limonium}), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also {sea lavender}. {Marsh samphire} (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea}) found along seacoasts. See {Glasswort}. {Marsh St. John's-wort} (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. {Marsh tea}. (Bot.). Same as {Labrador tea}. {Marsh trefoil}. (Bot.) Same as {Buckbean}. {Marsh wren} (Zo[94]l.), any species of small American wrens of the genus {Cistothorus}, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Paducah, KY (city, FIPS 58836) Location: 37.07259 N, 88.63600 W Population (1990): 27256 (13150 housing units) Area: 45.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42001, 42003 Paducah, TX (town, FIPS 54600) Location: 34.01483 N, 100.30339 W Population (1990): 1788 (988 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Patoka, IL (village, FIPS 58057) Location: 38.75338 N, 89.09600 W Population (1990): 656 (320 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62875 Patoka, IN (town, FIPS 58320) Location: 38.40576 N, 87.58750 W Population (1990): 704 (308 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47666
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Patsey, KY Zip code(s): 40380
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Peetz, CO (town, FIPS 58235) Location: 40.96143 N, 103.11421 W Population (1990): 179 (90 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80747
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Petoskey, MI (city, FIPS 63820) Location: 45.36612 N, 84.95507 W Population (1990): 6056 (2804 housing units) Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pitts, GA (city, FIPS 61544) Location: 31.94609 N, 83.54171 W Population (1990): 214 (96 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31072
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Potosi, MO (city, FIPS 59330) Location: 37.93600 N, 90.78213 W Population (1990): 2683 (1189 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63664 Potosi, TX (CDP, FIPS 59108) Location: 32.33565 N, 99.68418 W Population (1990): 1441 (529 housing units) Area: 47.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Potosi, WI (village, FIPS 64625) Location: 42.68939 N, 90.71103 W Population (1990): 654 (267 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53820
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
patch 1. n. A temporary addition to a piece of code, usually as a {quick-and-dirty} remedy to an existing bug or misfeature. A patch may or may not work, and may or may not eventually be incorporated permanently into the program. Distinguished from a {diff} or {mod} by the fact that a patch is generated by more primitive means than the rest of the program; the classical examples are instructions modified by using the front panel switches, and changes made directly to the binary executable of a program originally written in an {HLL}. Compare {one-line fix}. 2. vt. To insert a patch into a piece of code. 3. [in the Unix world] n. A {diff} (sense 2). 4. A set of modifications to binaries to be applied by a patching program. IBM operating systems often receive updates to the operating system in the form of absolute hexadecimal patches. If you have modified your OS, you have to disassemble these back to the source. The patches might later be corrected by other patches on top of them (patches were said to "grow scar tissue"). The result was often a convoluted {patch space} and headaches galore. 5. [Unix] the `patch(1)' program, written by Larry Wall, which automatically applies a patch (sense 3) to a set of source code. There is a classic story of a {tiger team} penetrating a secure military computer that illustrates the danger inherent in binary patches (or, indeed, any patches that you can't -- or don't -- inspect and examine before installing). They couldn't find any {trap door}s or any way to penetrate security of IBM's OS, so they made a site visit to an IBM office (remember, these were official military types who were purportedly on official business), swiped some IBM stationery, and created a fake patch. The patch was actually the trapdoor they needed. The patch was distributed at about the right time for an IBM patch, had official stationery and all accompanying documentation, and was dutifully installed. The installation manager very shortly thereafter learned something about proper procedures.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
PETSCII /pet'skee/ n. obs. [abbreviation of PET ASCII] The variation (many would say perversion) of the {{ASCII}} character set used by the Commodore Business Machines PET series of personal computers and the later Commodore C64, C16, C128, and VIC20 machines. The PETSCII set used left-arrow and up-arrow (as in old-style ASCII) instead of underscore and caret, placed the unshifted alphabet at positions 65-90, put the shifted alphabet at positions 193-218, and added graphics characters.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
patch 1. A temporary addition to a piece of code, usually as a {quick-and-dirty} remedy to an existing {bug} or {misfeature}. A patch may or may not work, and may or may not eventually be incorporated permanently into the program. Distinguished from a {diff} or {mod} by the fact that a patch is generated by more primitive means than the rest of the program; the classical examples are instructions modified by using the front panel switches, and changes made directly to the binary executable of a program originally written in an {HLL}. Compare {one-line fix}. 2. To insert a patch into a piece of code. 3. [in the Unix world] A {diff}. 4. A set of modifications to binaries to be applied by a patching program. {IBM} systems often receive updates to the {operating system} in the form of absolute {hexadecimal} patches. If you have modified your OS, you have to disassemble these back to the {source code}. The patches might later be corrected by other patches on top of them (patches were said to "grow scar tissue"). The result was often a convoluted {patch space} and headaches galore. There is a classic story of a {tiger team} penetrating a secure military computer that illustrates the danger inherent in binary patches (or, indeed, any patches that you can't - or don't - inspect and examine before installing). They couldn't find any {trap doors} or any way to penetrate security of IBM's OS, so they made a site visit to an IBM office (remember, these were official military types who were purportedly on official business), swiped some IBM stationery, and created a fake patch. The patch was actually the trapdoor they needed. The patch was distributed at about the right time for an IBM patch, had official stationery and all accompanying documentation, and was dutifully installed. The installation manager very shortly thereafter learned something about proper procedures. 5. {Larry Wall}'s "patch" utility, which automatically applies a patch to a set of {source code} or other text files. It accepts input in any of the four forms output by the {Unix} {diff} utility and uses many helpful {heuristics} to determine how to apply them. Diff and patch are the standard way of producing and applying updates to {Unix} files ditributed via {Usenet} and the {Internet}, both have been ported to other {operating systems}. See your nearest {GNU archive site}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-06-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PATCHY A {Fortran} {code management} program written at {CERN}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PDC {Primary Domain Controller}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PDES {Product Data Exchange using STEP}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pdksh Version 4.9 interpreter Simon J. Gerraty comp.sources.misc volume 4 It is not intended to be the ultimate shell but rather a usable ksh work alike. conformance: Almost identical to ksh88, but missing arrays E-mail: Simon J Gerraty (zen.void.oz.au is down) ports: Sun, 386bsd, ? 1993/10/11
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PDS 1. {Processor Direct Slot}. 2. {partitioned data set}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PETSCII /pet'skee/ {PET} {ASCII}. The variation (many would say perversion) of the ASCII {character set} used by the {Commodore Business Machines}' {PET} series of {personal computer}s and the later {Commodore 64}, {Commodore 16}, and {Commodore 128} computers. The PETSCII set used left-arrow and up-arrow (as in old-style ASCII) instead of underscore and caret, placed the unshifted alphabet at positions 65--90, put the shifted alphabet at positions 193--218, and added {graphic characters}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-10-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
POTS {Plain Old Telephone Service}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
P-TAC Parallel Three Address Code. {Kid} is a refinement of {P-TAC}, used as an intermediate language for {Id}. ["P-TAC: A Parallel Intermediate Language", Z. Ariola et al, Fourth Intl Conf Func Prog Langs and Comp Arch, ACM Sept 1989].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ptc A {Pascal} to {C} translator. {(ftp://uxc.sco.uiuc.edu/languages/ptc)}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pitch (Gen. 6:14), asphalt or bitumen in its soft state, called "slime" (Gen. 11:3; 14:10; Ex. 2:3), found in pits near the Dead Sea (q.v.). It was used for various purposes, as the coating of the outside of vessels and in building. Allusion is made in Isa. 34:9 to its inflammable character. (See {SLIME}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pottage Heb. nazid, "boiled", a dish of boiled food, as of lentils (Gen. 25:29; 2 Kings 4:38).