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   parlay
         n 1: a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are
               used as a stake for the subsequent wagers
         v 1: stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager [syn:
               {parlay}, {double up}]

English Dictionary: pearl	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parley n a negotiation between enemies v discuss, as between enemies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parole n a promise; "he gave his word" [syn: parole, word, {word of honor}] a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" Synonym(s): password, watchword, word, parole, countersign (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with v release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parolee n someone released on probation or on parole [syn: probationer, parolee]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Parula n type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers [syn: Parula, genus Parula]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
payroll n a list of employees and their salaries; "the company had a long payroll" Synonym(s): payroll, paysheet the total amount of money paid in wages; "the company had a large payroll" Synonym(s): payroll, paysheet the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee Synonym(s): payroll, payroll department
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pearl n a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel a shade of white the color of bleached bones Synonym(s): bone, ivory, pearl, off-white a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" Synonym(s): drop, bead, pearl v gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pearly adj of a white the color of pearls [syn: pearly, {pearly- white}] n informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper, pearly]
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peril n a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" Synonym(s): hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment a state of danger involving risk Synonym(s): riskiness, peril a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" Synonym(s): risk, peril, danger v pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" Synonym(s): endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position Synonym(s): queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Perilla n small genus of Asiatic herbs [syn: Perilla, {genus Perilla}]
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poor law n a law providing support for the poor
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poorly adv (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill- conceived plan" Synonym(s): ill, badly, poorly Antonym(s): good, well adj somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" Synonym(s): ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poorwill n goatsucker of western North America [syn: poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
power law n (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity Synonym(s): Stevens' law, power law, Stevens' power law
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prole n a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!" Synonym(s): proletarian, prole, worker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prowl n the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner) v move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town" loiter about, with no apparent aim Synonym(s): prowl, lurch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puerile adj of or characteristic of a child; "puerile breathing" displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" Synonym(s): adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purely adv restricted to something; "we talked strictly business" Synonym(s): strictly, purely
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purl n gold or silver wire thread a basic knitting stitch Synonym(s): purl, purl stitch v flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl] make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling" Synonym(s): sough, purl knit with a purl stitch edge or border with gold or silver embroidery embroider with gold or silver thread
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purlieu n an outer adjacent area of any place [syn: environs, purlieu]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purloo n thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. Synonym(s): purloo, chicken purloo, poilu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrola n any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola Synonym(s): wintergreen, pyrola
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pyrrhula n bullfinches Synonym(s): Pyrrhula, genus Pyrrhula
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. {Apparel}, {Par} equality, {Peer} an equal.] 1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. [bd]A pair of beads.[b8] --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. [bd]Four pair of stairs.[b8] --Macaulay. Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.] Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. --Beau. & Fl. 2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes. 3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen. 4. A married couple; a man and wife. [bd]A happy pair.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]The hapless pair.[b8] --Milton. 5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows. 6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. [Parliamentary Cant] 7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion. Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair. {Pair royal} (pl. {Pairs Royal}) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three [bd]eight spots[b8] etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. [bd]Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand.[b8] --Goldsmith. [bd]That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].[b8] --Quarles. [Written corruptly {parial} and {prial}.] Syn: {Pair}, {Flight}, {Set}. Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A [bd]pair of stairs[b8] is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, [bd]flight of stairs.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parail \Par"ail\, n. See {Apparel}. [Obs.] [bd]In the parail of a pilgrim.[b8] --Piers Plowman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parhelion \Par*hel"ion\, n.; pl. {Parhelia}. [L. parelion, Gr. [?], [?]; [?] beside + [?] the sun.] A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. {Paraselene}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. {Apparel}, {Par} equality, {Peer} an equal.] 1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. [bd]A pair of beads.[b8] --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. [bd]Four pair of stairs.[b8] --Macaulay. Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.] Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. --Beau. & Fl. 2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes. 3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen. 4. A married couple; a man and wife. [bd]A happy pair.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]The hapless pair.[b8] --Milton. 5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows. 6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. [Parliamentary Cant] 7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion. Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair. {Pair royal} (pl. {Pairs Royal}) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three [bd]eight spots[b8] etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. [bd]Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand.[b8] --Goldsmith. [bd]That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].[b8] --Quarles. [Written corruptly {parial} and {prial}.] Syn: {Pair}, {Flight}, {Set}. Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A [bd]pair of stairs[b8] is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, [bd]flight of stairs.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parial \Pa*ri"al\, n. See {Pair royal}, under {Pair}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. {Apparel}, {Par} equality, {Peer} an equal.] 1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. [bd]A pair of beads.[b8] --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. [bd]Four pair of stairs.[b8] --Macaulay. Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.] Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. --Beau. & Fl. 2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes. 3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen. 4. A married couple; a man and wife. [bd]A happy pair.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]The hapless pair.[b8] --Milton. 5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows. 6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. [Parliamentary Cant] 7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion. Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair. {Pair royal} (pl. {Pairs Royal}) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three [bd]eight spots[b8] etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. [bd]Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand.[b8] --Goldsmith. [bd]That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].[b8] --Quarles. [Written corruptly {parial} and {prial}.] Syn: {Pair}, {Flight}, {Set}. Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A [bd]pair of stairs[b8] is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, [bd]flight of stairs.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parial \Pa*ri"al\, n. See {Pair royal}, under {Pair}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parle \Parle\, v. i. [F. parler. See {Parley}.] To talk; to converse; to parley. [Obs.] --Shak. Finding himself too weak, began to parle. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parle \Parle\, n. Conversation; talk; parley. [Obs.] They ended parle, and both addressed for fight. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parley \Par"ley\, n.; pl. {Parleys}. [F. parler speech, talk, fr. parler to speak, LL. parabolare, fr. L. parabola a comparison, parable, in LL., a word. See {Parable}, and cf. {Parliament}, {Parlor}.] Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce. We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain. --Dryden. {To beat a parley} (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a trumpet, as a signal for holding a conference with the enemy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parley \Par"ley\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Parleyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parleying}.] To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace. They are at hand, To parley or to fight; therefore prepare. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parol \Pa*rol"\, n. [See {Parole}, the same word.] 1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.] 2. (Law) Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parol \Pa*rol"\, a. Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence. {Parol arrest} (Law), an arrest in pursuance of a verbal order from a magistrate. {Parol contract} (Law), any contract not of record or under seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract. --Chitty. Story.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parole \Pa*role"\, n. [F. parole. See {Parley}, and cf. {Parol}.] 1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.] 2. Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. This man had forfeited his military parole. --Macaulay. 3. (Mil.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards. 4. (Law) Oral declaration. See lst {Parol}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parole \Pa*role"\, a. See 2d {Parol}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parole \Pa*role"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paroled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paroling}.] (Mil.) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parral \Par"ral\, Parrel \Par"rel\, n. [F. appareil. See {Apparel}, n.] 1. (Naut.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure. --Totten. 2. A chimney-piece. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parral \Par"ral\, Parrel \Par"rel\, n. [F. appareil. See {Apparel}, n.] 1. (Naut.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure. --Totten. 2. A chimney-piece. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pay \Pay\, n. 1. Satisfaction; content. --Chaucer. 2. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier. Where only merit constant pay receives. --Pope. There is neither pay nor plunder to be got. --L'Estrange. {Full pay}, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay; especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or military officers of a certain rank, without deductions. {Half pay}. See under {Half}. {Pay day}, the day of settlement of accounts. {Pay dirt} (Mining), earth which yields a profit to the miner. [Western U.S.] {Pay office}, a place where payment is made. {Pay roll}, a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with the amounts due.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pearl \Pearl\, n. A fringe or border. [Obs.] -- v. t. To fringe; to border. [Obs.] See {Purl}. {Pearl stitch}. See {Purl stitch}, under {Purl}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pearl \Pearl\, n. [OE. perle, F. perle, LL. perla, perula, probably fr. (assumed) L. pirulo, dim. of L. pirum a pear. See {Pear}, and cf. {Purl} to mantle.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones. 2. Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious. I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl. --Shak. And those pearls of dew she wears. --Milton. 3. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A light-colored tern. 6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler. 7. A whitish speck or film on the eye. [Obs.] --Milton. 8. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether. 9. (Print.) A size of type, between agate and diamond. [b5] This line is printed in the type called pearl. {Ground pearl}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Ground}. {Pearl barley}, kernels of barley, ground so as to form small, round grains. {Pearl diver}, one who dives for pearl oysters. {Pearl edge}, an edge of small loops on the side of some kinds of ribbon; also, a narrow kind of thread edging to be sewed on lace. {Pearl eye}, cataract. [R.] {Pearl gray}, a very pale and delicate blue-gray color. {Pearl millet}, Egyptian millet ({Penicillaria spicata}). {Pearl moss}. See {Carrageen}. {Pearl moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Margaritia}; -- so called on account of its pearly color. {Pearl oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large tropical marine bivalve mollusks of the genus {Meleagrina}, or {Margaritifera}, found in the East Indies (especially at Ceylon), in the Persian Gulf, on the coast of Australia, and on the Pacific coast of America. Called also {pearl shell}, and {pearl mussel}. {Pearl powder}. See {Pearl white}, below. {Pearl sago}, sago in the form of small pearly grains. {Pearl sinter} (Min.), fiorite. {Pearl spar} (Min.), a crystallized variety of dolomite, having a pearly luster. {Pearl white}. (a) Basic bismuth nitrate, or bismuth subchloride; -- used chiefly as a cosmetic. (b) A variety of white lead blued with indigo or Berlin blue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stitch \Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See {Stick}, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. 2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch. 3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. {Stock}.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. You have gone a good stitch. --Bunyan. In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. --Holland. 4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. --Bp. Burnet. 5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.] If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. --Marston. 6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.] 7. A furrow. --Chapman. {Chain stitch}, {Lock stitch}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pearl}, [or] {Purl stitch}. See 2nd {Purl}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pearl \Pearl\, a. Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pearl \Pearl\, v. t. 1. To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively. 2. To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pearl \Pearl\, v. i. 1. To resemble pearl or pearls. 2. To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith streaked, speckled.] (Zo[94]l.) A fish allied to the turbot ({Rhombus levis}), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also {bret}, {pearl}, {prill}. See {Bret}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pearl \Pearl\, n. A fringe or border. [Obs.] -- v. t. To fringe; to border. [Obs.] See {Purl}. {Pearl stitch}. See {Purl stitch}, under {Purl}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pearl \Pearl\, n. [OE. perle, F. perle, LL. perla, perula, probably fr. (assumed) L. pirulo, dim. of L. pirum a pear. See {Pear}, and cf. {Purl} to mantle.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones. 2. Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious. I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl. --Shak. And those pearls of dew she wears. --Milton. 3. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A light-colored tern. 6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler. 7. A whitish speck or film on the eye. [Obs.] --Milton. 8. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether. 9. (Print.) A size of type, between agate and diamond. [b5] This line is printed in the type called pearl. {Ground pearl}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Ground}. {Pearl barley}, kernels of barley, ground so as to form small, round grains. {Pearl diver}, one who dives for pearl oysters. {Pearl edge}, an edge of small loops on the side of some kinds of ribbon; also, a narrow kind of thread edging to be sewed on lace. {Pearl eye}, cataract. [R.] {Pearl gray}, a very pale and delicate blue-gray color. {Pearl millet}, Egyptian millet ({Penicillaria spicata}). {Pearl moss}. See {Carrageen}. {Pearl moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Margaritia}; -- so called on account of its pearly color. {Pearl oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large tropical marine bivalve mollusks of the genus {Meleagrina}, or {Margaritifera}, found in the East Indies (especially at Ceylon), in the Persian Gulf, on the coast of Australia, and on the Pacific coast of America. Called also {pearl shell}, and {pearl mussel}. {Pearl powder}. See {Pearl white}, below. {Pearl sago}, sago in the form of small pearly grains. {Pearl sinter} (Min.), fiorite. {Pearl spar} (Min.), a crystallized variety of dolomite, having a pearly luster. {Pearl white}. (a) Basic bismuth nitrate, or bismuth subchloride; -- used chiefly as a cosmetic. (b) A variety of white lead blued with indigo or Berlin blue.
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Stitch \Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See {Stick}, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. 2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch. 3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. {Stock}.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. You have gone a good stitch. --Bunyan. In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. --Holland. 4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. --Bp. Burnet. 5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.] If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. --Marston. 6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.] 7. A furrow. --Chapman. {Chain stitch}, {Lock stitch}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pearl}, [or] {Purl stitch}. See 2nd {Purl}, 2.
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Pearl \Pearl\, a. Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
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Pearl \Pearl\, v. t. 1. To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively. 2. To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.
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Pearl \Pearl\, v. i. 1. To resemble pearl or pearls. 2. To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
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Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith streaked, speckled.] (Zo[94]l.) A fish allied to the turbot ({Rhombus levis}), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also {bret}, {pearl}, {prill}. See {Bret}.
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Pearl \Pearl\, n. [OE. perle, F. perle, LL. perla, perula, probably fr. (assumed) L. pirulo, dim. of L. pirum a pear. See {Pear}, and cf. {Purl} to mantle.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones. 2. Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious. I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl. --Shak. And those pearls of dew she wears. --Milton. 3. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A light-colored tern. 6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler. 7. A whitish speck or film on the eye. [Obs.] --Milton. 8. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether. 9. (Print.) A size of type, between agate and diamond. [b5] This line is printed in the type called pearl. {Ground pearl}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Ground}. {Pearl barley}, kernels of barley, ground so as to form small, round grains. {Pearl diver}, one who dives for pearl oysters. {Pearl edge}, an edge of small loops on the side of some kinds of ribbon; also, a narrow kind of thread edging to be sewed on lace. {Pearl eye}, cataract. [R.] {Pearl gray}, a very pale and delicate blue-gray color. {Pearl millet}, Egyptian millet ({Penicillaria spicata}). {Pearl moss}. See {Carrageen}. {Pearl moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Margaritia}; -- so called on account of its pearly color. {Pearl oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large tropical marine bivalve mollusks of the genus {Meleagrina}, or {Margaritifera}, found in the East Indies (especially at Ceylon), in the Persian Gulf, on the coast of Australia, and on the Pacific coast of America. Called also {pearl shell}, and {pearl mussel}. {Pearl powder}. See {Pearl white}, below. {Pearl sago}, sago in the form of small pearly grains. {Pearl sinter} (Min.), fiorite. {Pearl spar} (Min.), a crystallized variety of dolomite, having a pearly luster. {Pearl white}. (a) Basic bismuth nitrate, or bismuth subchloride; -- used chiefly as a cosmetic. (b) A variety of white lead blued with indigo or Berlin blue.
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Pearly \Pearl"y\, a. 1. Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells. --Milton. 2. Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
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Perel \Per"el\, n. Apparel. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Perihelion \Per`ihel"ion\, Perihelium \Per`ihe"li*um\, n.; pl. {Perihelia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] about, near + [?] the sun.] (Astron.) That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to {aphelion}.
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Peril \Per"il\, n. [F. p[82]ril, fr. L. periculum, periclum, akin to peritus experienced, skilled, and E. fare. See {Fare}, and cf. {Experience}.] Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. --2 Cor. xi. 26. Adventure hard With peril great achieved. --Milton. {At}, [or] {On}, {one's peril}, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of. [bd]On thy soul's peril.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Hazard; risk; jeopardy. See {Danger}.
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Peril \Per"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Periled}or {Perilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Periling} or {Perilling}.] To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
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Peril \Per"il\, v. i. To be in danger. [Obs.] --Milton.
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d8Platyptera \[d8]Platyp"tera\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] broad + [?] a wing.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies ({Perla}).
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d8Perula \[d8]Per"u*la\, n.; pl. {Perul[91]}. [L., dim. of pera wallet, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]rule.] 1. (Bot.) One of the scales of a leaf bud. 2. (Bot.) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.
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Perule \Per"ule\, n. Same as {Perula}.
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Pirl \Pirl\, v. t. [Cf. {Purl}.] 1. To spin, as a top. 2. To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines.
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Poor \Poor\, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure. See {Few}, and cf. {Parade}, {Pauper}, {Poverty}.] 1. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent. Note: It is often synonymous with indigent and with necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor people. 2. (Law) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public. 3. Hence, in very various applications: Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected; as: (a) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc. [bd]Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed.[b8] --Gen. xli. 19. (b) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. [bd]His genius . . . poor and cowardly.[b8] --Bacon. (c) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. [bd]A poor vessel.[b8] --Clarendon. (d) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil. (e) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture. (f) Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night. (g) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day. --Calamy. 4. Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt. And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray. --Shak. Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. --Prior. 5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. [bd]Blessed are the poor in spirit.[b8] --Matt. v. 3. {Poor law}, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or support of the poor. {Poor man's treacle} (Bot.), garlic; -- so called because it was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng] --Dr. Prior. {Poor man's weatherglass} (Bot.), the red-flowered pimpernel ({Anagallis arvensis}), which opens its blossoms only in fair weather. {Poor rate}, an assessment or tax, as in an English parish, for the relief or support of the poor. {Poor soldier} (Zo[94]l.), the friar bird. {The poor}, those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public. [bd]I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less they provide for themselves.[b8] --Franklin.
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Poorly \Poor"ly\, a. Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health. [bd]Having been poorly in health.[b8] --T. Scott.
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Poorly \Poor"ly\, adv. 1. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly. 2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business. 3. Meanly; without spirit. Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, That from his wars they poorly would retire. --Dryden. 4. Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly. {Poorly off}, not well off; not rich.
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Poor-will \Poor"-will`\, n. [So called in imitation of its note.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the Western United States ({Phal[91]noptilus Nutalli}) allied to the whip-poor-will.
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Poor-willie \Poor"-wil`lie\, n. [So called in imitation of its note.] (Zo[94]l.) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.]
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Poraille \Po*raille"\, n. [OF. pouraille. See {Poor}.] Poor people; the poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pourlieu \Pour"lieu\, n. See {Purlieu}.
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Purlieu \Pur"lieu\, n. [Corrupted (by influence of lieu place) fr. OF. pural[82]e, poral[82]e (equiv. to LL. perambulatio a survey of boundaries, originally, a going through); por (L. pro, confused, however, with L. per through) + al[82]e. See {Pro-}, and {Alley}.] [Written also {pourlieu}.] 1. Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights. Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play. --Milton. 2. Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood. [bd]The purlieus of St. James.[b8] brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in the purlieus of the court. --Macaulay.
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Pourlieu \Pour"lieu\, n. See {Purlieu}.
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Purlieu \Pur"lieu\, n. [Corrupted (by influence of lieu place) fr. OF. pural[82]e, poral[82]e (equiv. to LL. perambulatio a survey of boundaries, originally, a going through); por (L. pro, confused, however, with L. per through) + al[82]e. See {Pro-}, and {Alley}.] [Written also {pourlieu}.] 1. Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights. Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play. --Milton. 2. Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood. [bd]The purlieus of St. James.[b8] brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in the purlieus of the court. --Macaulay.
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Pair \Pair\, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. {Apparel}, {Par} equality, {Peer} an equal.] 1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. [bd]A pair of beads.[b8] --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. [bd]Four pair of stairs.[b8] --Macaulay. Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.] Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. --Beau. & Fl. 2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes. 3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen. 4. A married couple; a man and wife. [bd]A happy pair.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]The hapless pair.[b8] --Milton. 5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows. 6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. [Parliamentary Cant] 7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion. Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair. {Pair royal} (pl. {Pairs Royal}) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three [bd]eight spots[b8] etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. [bd]Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand.[b8] --Goldsmith. [bd]That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].[b8] --Quarles. [Written corruptly {parial} and {prial}.] Syn: {Pair}, {Flight}, {Set}. Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A [bd]pair of stairs[b8] is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, [bd]flight of stairs.[b8]
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Prial \Pri"al\, n. A corruption of pair royal. See under {Pair}, n.
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Pair \Pair\, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. {Apparel}, {Par} equality, {Peer} an equal.] 1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. [bd]A pair of beads.[b8] --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. [bd]Four pair of stairs.[b8] --Macaulay. Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.] Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. --Beau. & Fl. 2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes. 3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen. 4. A married couple; a man and wife. [bd]A happy pair.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]The hapless pair.[b8] --Milton. 5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows. 6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. [Parliamentary Cant] 7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion. Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair. {Pair royal} (pl. {Pairs Royal}) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three [bd]eight spots[b8] etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. [bd]Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand.[b8] --Goldsmith. [bd]That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].[b8] --Quarles. [Written corruptly {parial} and {prial}.] Syn: {Pair}, {Flight}, {Set}. Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A [bd]pair of stairs[b8] is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, [bd]flight of stairs.[b8]
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Prial \Pri"al\, n. A corruption of pair royal. See under {Pair}, n.
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Prill \Prill\, n. [Cf. {Brill}.] (Zo[94]l.) The brill.
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Prill \Prill\, n. A stream. [Obs.] --Davies (Microcosmos).
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Prill \Prill\, v. i. To flow. [Obs.] --Stow.
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Prill \Prill\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] 1. (Mining) (a) A nugget of virgin metal. (b) Ore selected for excellence. 2. The button of metal from an assay.
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Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith streaked, speckled.] (Zo[94]l.) A fish allied to the turbot ({Rhombus levis}), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also {bret}, {pearl}, {prill}. See {Bret}.
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Prill \Prill\, n. [Cf. {Brill}.] (Zo[94]l.) The brill.
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Prill \Prill\, n. A stream. [Obs.] --Davies (Microcosmos).
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Prill \Prill\, v. i. To flow. [Obs.] --Stow.
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Prill \Prill\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] 1. (Mining) (a) A nugget of virgin metal. (b) Ore selected for excellence. 2. The button of metal from an assay.
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Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith streaked, speckled.] (Zo[94]l.) A fish allied to the turbot ({Rhombus levis}), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also {bret}, {pearl}, {prill}. See {Bret}.
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Proll \Proll\, v. t. [See {Prowl}.] [imp. & p. p. {Prolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prolling}.] To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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Proll \Proll\, v. i. To prowl about; to rob. [Obs.] --South. Though ye prolle aye, ye shall it never find. --Chaucer.
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Prowl \Prowl\, v. i. To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder.
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Prowl \Prowl\, n. The act of prowling. [Colloq.] --Smart.
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Prowl \Prowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prowled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prowling}.] [OE. prollen to search about; of uncertain origin, perh. for proglen, a dim. of prog to beg, or proke to poke. Cf. {Proke}.] 1. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty. He prowls each place, still in new colors decked. -- Sir P. Sidney. 2. To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money. [Obs.]
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Puerile \Pu"er*ile\, a. [L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy: cf. F. pu[82]ril.] Boyish; childish; trifling; silly. The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. --De Quincey. Syn: Youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak. See {Youthful}.
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Purely \Pure"ly\, adv. 1. In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective). 2. Nicely; prettily. [Archaic] --Halliwell.
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Purl \Purl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Purled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purling}.] [Cf. Sw. porla, and E. pur to murmur as a cat.] 1. To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions. Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills, Louder and louder purl the falling rills. --Pope. 2. [Perh. fr. F. perler to pearl, to bead. See {Pearl}, v. & n.] To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle. thin winding breath which purled up to the sky. --Shak.
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Purl \Purl\, v. t. [Contr. fr. purfile, purfle. See {Purfle}.] To decorate with fringe or embroidery. [bd]Nature's cradle more enchased and purled.[b8] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purl \Purl\, n. 1. An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band. A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched withpurl and pearl. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance. {Purl stitch}. Same as {Purl}, n., 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purl \Purl\, n. [See 3d {Purl}.] 1. A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple. Whose stream an easy breath doth seem to blow, Which on the sparkling gravel runs in purles, As though the waves had been of silver curls. --Drayton. 2. A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook. 3. [Perh. from F. perler, v. See {Purl} to mantle.] Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices. [bd]Drank a glass of purl to recover appetite.[b8] --Addison. [bd]Drinking hot purl, and smoking pipes.[b8] --Dickens. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A tern. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purlieu \Pur"lieu\, n. [Corrupted (by influence of lieu place) fr. OF. pural[82]e, poral[82]e (equiv. to LL. perambulatio a survey of boundaries, originally, a going through); por (L. pro, confused, however, with L. per through) + al[82]e. See {Pro-}, and {Alley}.] [Written also {pourlieu}.] 1. Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights. Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play. --Milton. 2. Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood. [bd]The purlieus of St. James.[b8] brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in the purlieus of the court. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyral \Py"ral\, a. Of or pertaining to a pyre. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of {Pyrola} which in America are called {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see Shin leaf, under {Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to {Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; -- called also {checkerberry}, and sometimes, though improperly, {partridge berry}. {Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb ({Trientalis Americana}); -- also called {star flower}. {Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia}) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen ({Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms. {Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyrrol \Pyr"rol\, n. [Gr. [?] flame-colored (from [?] fire) + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a colorless liquid, {C4H5N}, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a deep red.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Proboscidifera \[d8]Probos`cidif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Proboscis}, and {-ferous}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of {Gastropoda}, and of {Winkle}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A subdivision of the t[91]nioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells ({Pyrula}), the helmet shells ({Cassis}), the tritons, and allied genera.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Parole, MD (CDP, FIPS 60325) Location: 38.98415 N, 76.55308 W Population (1990): 10054 (4534 housing units) Area: 26.7 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Parral, OH (village, FIPS 61056) Location: 40.56122 N, 81.49501 W Population (1990): 255 (102 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pearl, IL (village, FIPS 58343) Location: 39.45856 N, 90.62431 W Population (1990): 177 (118 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62361 Pearl, MS (city, FIPS 55760) Location: 32.27183 N, 90.10518 W Population (1990): 19588 (7658 housing units) Area: 44.4 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39208
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Perla, AR (town, FIPS 54620) Location: 34.36444 N, 92.77860 W Population (1990): 145 (70 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Perley, MN (city, FIPS 50506) Location: 47.17659 N, 96.80047 W Population (1990): 132 (68 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56574
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Perry Hall, MD (CDP, FIPS 60975) Location: 39.40660 N, 76.47862 W Population (1990): 22723 (8745 housing units) Area: 18.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21128
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Prole, IA Zip code(s): 50229
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Perl /perl/ n. [Practical Extraction and Report Language, a.k.a. Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister] An interpreted language developed by Larry Wall (<>, author of `patch(1)' and `rn(1)') and distributed over Usenet. Superficially resembles {awk}, but is much hairier, including many facilities reminiscent of `sed(1)' and shells and a comprehensive Unix system-call interface. Unix sysadmins, who are almost always incorrigible hackers, generally consider it one of the {languages of choice}, and it is by far the most widely used tool for making `live' web pages via CGI. Perl has been described, in a parody of a famous remark about `lex(1)', as the "Swiss-Army chainsaw" of Unix programming. Though Perl is very useful, it would be a stretch to describe it as pretty or {elegant}; people who like clean, spare design generally prefer {Python}. See also {Camel Book}, {TMTOWTDI}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PEARL 1. A language for {constructive mathematics} developed by Constable at {Cornell University} in the 1980s. 2. {Process and Experiment Automation Real-Time Language}. 3. One of five pedagogical languages based on {Markov} {algorithms}, used in "Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968). Compare {Brilliant}, {Diamond}, {Nonpareil}, {Ruby}. 4. A multilevel language developed by Brian Randell ca 1970 and mentioned in "Machine Oriented Higher Level Languages", W. van der Poel, N-H 1974. 5. An obsolete term for {Larry Wall}'s {PERL} programming language, which never fell into common usage other than in typographical errors. The missing 'a' remains as an atrophied remnant in the expansion "Practical Extraction and Report Language". ["Programming Perl", Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA. ISBN 0-93715-64-1]. (2000-08-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Perl A {high-level} programming language, started by {Larry Wall} in 1987 and developed as an {open source} project. It has an eclectic heritage, deriving from the ubiquitous {C} programming language and to a lesser extent from {sed}, {awk}, various {Unix} {shell} languages, {Lisp}, and at least a dozen other tools and languages. Originally developed for {Unix}, it is now available for many {platforms}. Perl's elaborate support for {regular expression} matching and substitution has made it the {language of choice} for tasks involving {string manipulation}, whether for text or binary data. It is particularly popular for writing {CGI scripts}. The language's highly flexible syntax and concise regular expression operators, make densely written Perl code indecipherable to the uninitiated. The syntax is, however, really quite simple and powerful and, once the basics have been mastered, a joy to write. Perl's only {primitive} data type is the "scalar", which can hold a number, a string, the undefined value, or a typed reference. Perl's {aggregate} data types are {arrays}, which are ordered lists of {scalars} indexed by {natural numbers}, and hashes (or "{associative arrays}") which are unordered lists of scalars indexed by strings. A reference can point to a scalar, array, hash, {function}, or {filehandle}. {Objects} are implemented as references "{blessed}" with a {class} name. Strings in Perl are {eight-bit clean}, including {nulls}, and so can contain {binary data}. Unlike C but like most Lisp dialects, Perl internally and dynamically handles all memory allocation, {garbage collection}, and type {coercion}. Perl supports {closures}, {recursive functions}, {symbols} with either {lexical scope} or {dynamic scope}, nested {data structures} of arbitrary content and complexity (as lists or hashes of references), and packages (which can serve as classes, optionally inheriting {methods} from one or more other classes). There is ongoing work on {threads}, {Unicode}, {exceptions}, and {backtracking}. Perl program files can contain embedded documentation in {POD} (Plain Old Documentation), a simple markup language. The normal Perl distribution contains documentation for the language, as well as over a hundred modules (program libraries). Hundreds more are available from The {Comprehensive Perl Archive Network}. Modules are themselves generally written in Perl, but can be implemented as interfaces to code in other languages, typically compiled C. The free availability of modules for almost any conceivable task, as well as the fact that Perl offers direct access to almost all {system calls} and places no arbitrary limits on data structure size or complexity, has led some to describe Perl, in a parody of a famous remark about {lex}, as the "Swiss Army chainsaw" of programming. The use of Perl has grown significantly since its adoption as the language of choice of many {World-Wide Web} developers. {CGI} interfaces and libraries for Perl exist for several {platforms} and Perl's speed and flexibility make it well suited for form processing and on-the-fly {web page} creation. Perl programs are generally stored as {text} {source} files, which are compiled into {virtual machine} code at run time; this, in combination with its rich variety of data types and its common use as a glue language, makes Perl somewhat hard to classify as either a "{scripting language}" or an "{applications language}" -- see {Ousterhout's dichotomy}. Perl programs are usually called "Perl scripts", if only for historical reasons. Version 5 was a major rewrite and enhancement of version 4, released sometime before November 1993. It added real {data structures} by way of "references", un-adorned {subroutine} calls, and {method} {inheritance}. The spelling "Perl" is preferred over the older "PERL" (even though some explain the language's name as originating in the acronym for "Practical Extraction and Report Language"). The program that interprets/compiles Perl code is called "perl", typically "/usr/local/bin/perl" or "/usr/bin/perl". Current version: 5.005_03 stable, 5.005_62 in development, as of 1999-12-04. {Home (http://www.perl.com/)}. {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:comp.lang.perl.announce}, {news:comp.lang.perl.misc}. ["Programming Perl", Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA. ISBN 0-93715-64-1]. ["Learning Perl" by Randal L. Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA]. [{Jargon File}] (1999-12-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Perl5 A commonly used but unofficial term for 5.* versions of {Perl}. (1999-12-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PIRL Pattern Information Retrieval Language. A language for {digraph} manipulation, embeddable in {Fortran} or {ALGOL}, for {IBM 7094}. ["PIRL - Pattern Information Retrieval Language", S. Berkowitz, Naval Ship Res Dev Ctr, Wash DC]. (1994-11-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PRL Proof Refinement Logic. Versions: {micro-PRL}, {lambda-PRL}, {nu-PRL}. ["PRL: Proof Refinement Logic Programmer's Manual", CS Dept, Cornell, 1983]. (1995-01-24)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pearl (Heb. gabish, Job 28:18; Gr. margarites, Matt. 7:6; 13:46; Rev. 21:21). The pearl oyster is found in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. Its shell is the "mother of pearl," which is of great value for ornamental purposes (1 Tim. 2:9; Rev. 17:4). Each shell contains eight or ten pearls of various sizes.