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patch pocket
n 1: a flat pocket sewn to the outside of a garment

English Dictionary: pitch-black	by the DICT Development Group
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patch up v mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" [syn: patch, patch up] come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" Synonym(s): reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
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patchboard n telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords Synonym(s): switchboard, patchboard, plugboard
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pedicab n a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire; "boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs" Synonym(s): pedicab, cycle rickshaw
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pet shop n a shop where pet animals can be purchased
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petty spurge n an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States Synonym(s): petty spurge, devil's milk, Euphorbia peplus
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phatic speech n conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information Synonym(s): phatic speech, phatic communication
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photocopier n a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies
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photocopy n a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work v reproduce by xerography [syn: photocopy, run off, xerox]
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photosphere n the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun)
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pitch apple n a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers Synonym(s): pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major
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pitch black n a very dark black [syn: coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black]
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pitch blackness n total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night" Synonym(s): total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black
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pitch pine n large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree Synonym(s): longleaf pine, pitch pine, southern yellow pine, Georgia pine, Pinus palustris large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine Synonym(s): pitch pine, northern pitch pine, Pinus rigida
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pitch pipe n a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing
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pitch-black adj extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar" Synonym(s): black, pitch-black, pitch-dark
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pitchblende n a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore Synonym(s): uraninite, pitchblende
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pitchfork n a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay v lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay" [syn: pitchfork, fork]
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Pittsburgh n a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh of the South n the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama Synonym(s): Birmingham, Pittsburgh of the South
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Pittsfield n a town in western Massachusetts
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Podiceps n type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes [syn: Podiceps, genus Podiceps]
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Podiceps cristatus n large Old World grebe with black ear tufts [syn: {great crested grebe}, Podiceps cristatus]
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Podiceps grisegena n large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck Synonym(s): red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena
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Podiceps nigricollis n small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States Synonym(s): black-necked grebe, eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
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Podiceps ruficollis n small European grebe [syn: dabchick, little grebe, Podiceps ruficollis]
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Podicipedidae n coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes [syn: Podicipedidae, family Podicipedidae]
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Podicipediformes n grebes [syn: Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, Colymbiformes, order Colymbiformes]
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podicipitiform seabird n aquatic birds related to the loons
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Podicipitiformes n grebes [syn: Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, Colymbiformes, order Colymbiformes]
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Potos flavus n arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail Synonym(s): kinkajou, honey bear, potto, Potos flavus, Potos caudivolvulus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pettichaps \Pet"ti*chaps\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pettychaps}.
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Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell. 2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}. {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}. {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}. {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides}). {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See {ptarmigan}. {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under {Reed}. (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. --McElrath. {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}. {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird}, {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William}, {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pettychaps \Pet"ty*chaps\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily {Sylviin[91]}, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler ({Sylvia hortensis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chiff-chaff \Chiff"-chaff\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of European warbler ({Sylvia hippolais}); -- called also {chip-chap}, and {pettychaps}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell. 2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}. {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}. {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}. {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides}). {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See {ptarmigan}. {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under {Reed}. (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. --McElrath. {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}. {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird}, {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William}, {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pettychaps \Pet"ty*chaps\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily {Sylviin[91]}, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler ({Sylvia hortensis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chiff-chaff \Chiff"-chaff\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of European warbler ({Sylvia hippolais}); -- called also {chip-chap}, and {pettychaps}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell. 2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}. {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}. {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}. {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides}). {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See {ptarmigan}. {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under {Reed}. (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. --McElrath. {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}. {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird}, {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William}, {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pettychaps \Pet"ty*chaps\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily {Sylviin[91]}, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler ({Sylvia hortensis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chiff-chaff \Chiff"-chaff\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of European warbler ({Sylvia hippolais}); -- called also {chip-chap}, and {pettychaps}.
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Photoscope \Pho"to*scope\, n. [Photo- + -scope.] (Physics) Anything employed for the observation of light or luminous effects.
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Photoscopic \Pho`to*scop"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the photoscope or its uses.
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Photosphere \Pho"to*sphere\, n. [Photo- + sphere.] A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun.
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Photospheric \Pho`to*spher"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the photosphere.
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d8Phthisipneumonia \[d8]Phthis`ipneumo"nia\, Phthisipneumony \Phthis`ipneu"mo*ny\, n. [NL. See {Phthisis}, {Pneumonia}.] (Med.) Pulmonary consumption.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitch-black \Pitch"-black`\, a. Black as pitch or tar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitchblende \Pitch"blende`\, n. [1st pitch + blende.] (Min.) A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See {Uraninite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitch-faced \Pitch"-faced`\, a. (Stone Cutting) Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitchfork \Pitch"fork`\, n. A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitchfork \Pitch"fork`\, v. t. To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork. He has been pitchforked into the footguards. --G. A. Sala.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whitewood \White"wood`\, n. The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree ({Liriodendron}). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of {Bignonia leucoxylon} in the West Indies, of {Pittosporum bicolor} in Tasmania, etc. {Whitewood bark}. See the Note under {Canella}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waddywood \Wad"dy*wood`\, n. An Australian tree ({Pittosporum bicolor}); also, its wood, used in making waddies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cargoose \Car"goose`\, n. [Perh. fr. Gael. & Ir. cir, cior (pronounced kir, kior), crest, comb + E. goose. Cf. {Crebe}.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of grebe ({Podiceps crisratus}); the crested grebe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Podocephalous \Pod`oceph"alous\, a. [Podo- + Gr. [?] head.] (Bot.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Podoscaph \Pod"o*scaph\, n. [Podo- + Gr. [?] boat.] A canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, for walking on water.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Podosperm \Pod"o*sperm\, n. [Podo- + Gr. [?] seed: cf. F. podosperme.] (Bot.) The stalk of a seed or ovule.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poetship \Po"et*ship\, n. The state or personality of a poet. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pott's disease \Pott's" dis*ease"\ (Med.) Caries of the vertebr[91], frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon. {Pott's fracture}, a fracture of the lower end of the fibula, with displacement of the tibia. --Dunglison.
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Pitsburg, OH (village, FIPS 62890) Location: 39.98674 N, 84.48768 W Population (1990): 425 (170 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Pittsboro, IN (town, FIPS 60192) Location: 39.86729 N, 86.46477 W Population (1990): 815 (349 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46167 Pittsboro, MS (village, FIPS 58360) Location: 33.94125 N, 89.33675 W Population (1990): 277 (87 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38951 Pittsboro, NC (town, FIPS 52660) Location: 35.71941 N, 79.17451 W Population (1990): 1436 (638 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27312
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Pittsburg, CA (city, FIPS 57456) Location: 38.01815 N, 121.88947 W Population (1990): 47564 (16709 housing units) Area: 28.2 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) Pittsburg, IL (village, FIPS 60209) Location: 37.77667 N, 88.85028 W Population (1990): 602 (239 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62974 Pittsburg, KS (city, FIPS 56025) Location: 37.41352 N, 94.69956 W Population (1990): 17775 (8445 housing units) Area: 25.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Pittsburg, MO Zip code(s): 65724 Pittsburg, NH Zip code(s): 03592 Pittsburg, OK (town, FIPS 59350) Location: 34.71088 N, 95.85073 W Population (1990): 249 (107 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74560 Pittsburg, TX (city, FIPS 57908) Location: 32.99691 N, 94.96565 W Population (1990): 4007 (1742 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75686
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Pittsburg County, OK (county, FIPS 121) Location: 34.92513 N, 95.74881 W Population (1990): 40581 (19433 housing units) Area: 3382.6 sq km (land), 186.2 sq km (water)
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Pittsburgh, PA (city, FIPS 61000) Location: 40.43921 N, 79.97670 W Population (1990): 369879 (170159 housing units) Area: 144.1 sq km (land), 7.1 sq km (water)
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Pittsfield, IL (city, FIPS 60222) Location: 39.61071 N, 90.80929 W Population (1990): 4231 (1946 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62363 Pittsfield, MA (city, FIPS 53960) Location: 42.45180 N, 73.26090 W Population (1990): 48622 (21272 housing units) Area: 105.5 sq km (land), 4.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01201 Pittsfield, ME (CDP, FIPS 58970) Location: 44.77478 N, 69.38210 W Population (1990): 3222 (1292 housing units) Area: 24.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04967 Pittsfield, NH (CDP, FIPS 61860) Location: 43.30101 N, 71.33296 W Population (1990): 1717 (749 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 03263 Pittsfield, PA Zip code(s): 16340 Pittsfield, VT Zip code(s): 05762
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Pittsford, MI Zip code(s): 49271 Pittsford, NY (village, FIPS 58354) Location: 43.09035 N, 77.51712 W Population (1990): 1488 (648 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14534 Pittsford, VT Zip code(s): 05763
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Pittsview, AL Zip code(s): 36871
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Pittsville, MD (town, FIPS 62025) Location: 38.39333 N, 75.41322 W Population (1990): 602 (286 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21850 Pittsville, VA Zip code(s): 24139 Pittsville, WI (city, FIPS 63100) Location: 44.44045 N, 90.12987 W Population (1990): 838 (327 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54466
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Pottsboro, TX (town, FIPS 59132) Location: 33.77224 N, 96.67161 W Population (1990): 1177 (508 housing units) Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75076
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Pottsville, AR (town, FIPS 56990) Location: 35.23837 N, 93.05840 W Population (1990): 984 (393 housing units) Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72858 Pottsville, PA (city, FIPS 62432) Location: 40.67926 N, 76.20975 W Population (1990): 16603 (7306 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17901 Pottsville, TX Zip code(s): 76565
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
patch pumpkin n. [Perl hackers] A notional token passed around among the members of a project. Possession of the patch pumpkin means one has the exclusive authority to make changes on the project's master source tree. The implicit assumption is that `pumpkin holder' status is temporary and rotates periodically among senior project members. This term comes from the Perl development community, but has been sighted elsewhere. It derives from a stuffed-toy pumpkin that was passed around at a development shop years ago as the access control for a shared backup-tape drive.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
patch pumpkin {pumpkin}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
path coverage testing Testing a program by examining which lines of executable code are visited (as in {code coverage testing}) and also the ways of getting to each line of code and the subsequent sequence of execution. Path coverage testing is the most comprehensive type of testing that a {test suite} can provide. It can find more {bugs} in a program, especially those that are caused by {data coupling}. However, path coverage is a testing level that is very hard to achieve, and usually only small and/or critical sections of code are checked in this way. {(http://www.testingcenter.com/glossary.html)}. (2001-04-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pathspec {pathname}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PDC Prolog Prolog Development Centre Prolog. A {Prolog} evolved from {Turbo Prolog} by the original authors.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Photoshop An image manipulation program by {Adobe Systems, Inc.}. {Home (http://www.adobe.com/Apps/Photoshop.html)}. [Summary?] (1995-07-05)