paella
         n 1: saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and
               chicken

English Dictionary: pole	by the DICT Development Group
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pail n a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top [syn: bucket, pail] the quantity contained in a pail Synonym(s): pail, pailful
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pal n a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities Synonym(s): buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick v become friends; act friendly towards [syn: pal, pal up, chum up]
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Palau n a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States Synonym(s): Palau, Republic of Palau, TT a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean Synonym(s): Palau, Palau Islands, Belau, Pelew
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pale adj very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes" (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" Synonym(s): pale, pallid, wan, sick lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance" Synonym(s): pale, pallid abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" Synonym(s): pale, pallid, wan not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song" n a wooden strip forming part of a fence [syn: picket, pale] v turn pale, as if in fear Synonym(s): pale, blanch, blench
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Pali n an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
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pall n a sudden numbing dread Synonym(s): chill, pall burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped Synonym(s): pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Synonym(s): curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall v become less interesting or attractive Synonym(s): pall, dull cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" Synonym(s): daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare cover with a pall cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" Synonym(s): cloy, pall cause to become flat; "pall the beer" lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" Synonym(s): die, pall, become flat lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her" lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" Synonym(s): tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
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pally adj (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals Synonym(s): chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy
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Paul n United States feminist (1885-1977) [syn: Paul, {Alice Paul}] (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle; "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity" Synonym(s): Paul, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Apostle Paul, Paul the Apostle, Apostle of the Gentiles, Saul, Saul of Tarsus
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Paul III n Italian pope from 1534 to 1549 who excommunicated Henry VIII of England in 1538 and initiated the Council of Trent in 1545; was active in the Counter Reformation and promoted the Society of Jesus for this purpose (1468-1549) Synonym(s): Paul III, Alessandro Farnese
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Pauli n United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958) Synonym(s): Pauli, Wolfgang Pauli
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pawl n a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward Synonym(s): pawl, detent, click, dog
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payola n a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record
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peal n a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn: peal, pealing, roll, rolling] v ring recurrently; "bells were pealing" sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" Synonym(s): ring, peal
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Peel n British politician (1788-1850) [syn: Peel, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel] the rind of a fruit or vegetable Synonym(s): peel, skin v strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, peel, pare] come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" Synonym(s): peel off, peel, flake off, flake get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" Synonym(s): undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel Antonym(s): apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog
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pel n (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot); "the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution" Synonym(s): pixel, pel, picture element
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Pelew n a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean Synonym(s): Palau, Palau Islands, Belau, Pelew
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Pellaea n genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae Synonym(s): Pellaea, genus Pellaea
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Peul n a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages Synonym(s): Fula, Ful, Fulani, Peul
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phial n a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) Synonym(s): phial, vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule
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philia n a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" Synonym(s): affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
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phyle n a tribe of ancient Athenians
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phyllo n tissue thin sheets of pastry used especially in Greek dishes
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pilau n rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes Synonym(s): pilaf, pilaff, pilau, pilaw
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pilaw n rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes Synonym(s): pilaf, pilaff, pilau, pilaw
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pile n a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" Synonym(s): batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house" Synonym(s): pile, bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big money fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) Synonym(s): down, pile battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta Synonym(s): voltaic pile, pile, galvanic pile a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure Synonym(s): pile, spile, piling, stilt the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction" Synonym(s): pile, nap a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy Synonym(s): atomic pile, atomic reactor, pile, chain reactor v arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" Synonym(s): stack, pile, heap press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" Synonym(s): throng, mob, pack, pile, jam place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
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Pilea n low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage Synonym(s): Pilea, genus Pilea
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pill n something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet Synonym(s): pill, lozenge, tablet, tab a unpleasant or tiresome person something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception Synonym(s): pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant
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pillow n a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person v rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn: pillow, rest]
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play n a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway" Synonym(s): play, drama, dramatic play a theatrical performance of a drama; "the play lasted two hours" a preset plan of action in team sports; "the coach drew up the plays for her team" a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuvre, play a state in which action is feasible; "the ball was still in play"; "insiders said the company's stock was in play" utilization or exercise; "the play of the imagination" an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" Synonym(s): bid, play activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child" Synonym(s): play, child's play (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" Synonym(s): playing period, period of play, play the removal of constraints; "he gave free rein to his impulses"; "they gave full play to the artist's talent" Synonym(s): free rein, play a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water" Synonym(s): shimmer, play verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" Synonym(s): fun, play, sport movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel" Synonym(s): looseness, play Antonym(s): tautness, tightness gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" Synonym(s): play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" Synonym(s): turn, play the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" Synonym(s): gambling, gaming, play the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully Synonym(s): play, swordplay v participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome; "This factor played only a minor part in his decision"; "This development played into her hands"; "I played no role in your dismissal" play on an instrument; "The band played all night long" play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" Synonym(s): act, play, represent be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl" replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" Synonym(s): play, spiel perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?" pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad" Synonym(s): act, play, act as move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians" bet or wager (money); "He played $20 on the new horse"; "She plays the races" engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike" Synonym(s): play, recreate pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians" emit recorded sound; "The tape was playing for hours"; "the stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered" perform on a certain location; "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years" put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game; "He is playing his cards close to his chest"; "The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory" engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" Synonym(s): play, toy behave in a certain way; "play safe"; "play it safe"; "play fair" cause to emit recorded audio or video; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video" Synonym(s): play, run manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" Synonym(s): toy, fiddle, diddle, play use to one's advantage; "She plays on her clients' emotions" consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" Synonym(s): dally, trifle, play be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way; "This speech didn't play well with the American public"; "His remarks played to the suspicions of the committee" behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" Synonym(s): dally, toy, play, flirt cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space; "The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack" perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'" Synonym(s): act, play, roleplay, playact be performed or presented for public viewing; "What's playing in the local movie theater?"; "`Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years" cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" Synonym(s): bring, work, play, wreak, make for discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream; "play water from a hose"; "The fountains played all day" make bets; "Play the races"; "play the casinos in Trouville" stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse" Synonym(s): bet, wager, play shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night" use or move; "I had to play my queen" employ in a game or in a specific position; "They played him on first base" contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" Synonym(s): meet, encounter, play, take on exhaust by allowing to pull on the line; "play a hooked fish"
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plea n a humble request for help from someone in authority [syn: supplication, plea] (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
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PLO n a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority Synonym(s): Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO
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plow n a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing Synonym(s): plow, plough v to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" Synonym(s): plow, plough, turn act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" Synonym(s): cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" Synonym(s): plow, plough
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ploy n an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker Synonym(s): gambit, ploy a maneuver in a game or conversation Synonym(s): ploy, gambit, stratagem
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ply n one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four- ply yarn" (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood v give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" Synonym(s): provide, supply, ply, cater apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade" travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast" Synonym(s): ply, run join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply fabric" wield vigorously; "ply an axe" use diligently; "ply your wits!"
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poilu n a French soldier (especially in World War I) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. Synonym(s): purloo, chicken purloo, poilu
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pol n a person active in party politics [syn: politician, politico, pol, political leader]
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pole n a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic a native or inhabitant of Poland one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart" a linear measure of 16.5 feet Synonym(s): perch, rod, pole a square rod of land Synonym(s): perch, rod, pole one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere Synonym(s): pole, celestial pole one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves Synonym(s): terminal, pole a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated Synonym(s): pole, magnetic pole v propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge" Synonym(s): punt, pole support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans" deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
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polio n an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord Synonym(s): poliomyelitis, polio, infantile paralysis, acute anterior poliomyelitis
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poll n an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people Synonym(s): poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass the top of the head Synonym(s): pate, poll, crown the part of the head between the ears a tame parrot Synonym(s): poll, poll parrot the counting of votes (as in an election) v get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions Synonym(s): poll, canvass, canvas vote in an election at a polling station get the votes of convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" Synonym(s): poll, pollard
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Polo n Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) Synonym(s): Polo, Marco Polo a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball
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pool n an excavation that is (usually) filled with water a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" Synonym(s): pond, pool an organization of people or resources that can be shared; "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool" an association of companies for some definite purpose Synonym(s): consortium, pool, syndicate any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool" a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" Synonym(s): pool, puddle the combined stakes of the betters Synonym(s): pool, kitty something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" Synonym(s): pool, puddle any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets Synonym(s): pool, pocket billiards v combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources" join or form a pool of people
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Powell n United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937) Synonym(s): Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969) Synonym(s): Powell, Cecil Frank Powell
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PPLO n a mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans Synonym(s): pleuropneumonialike organism, PPLO
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pul n 100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan
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pula n the basic unit of money in Botswana
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pule v cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: wail, whimper, mewl, pule]
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pull n the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" Synonym(s): pull, pulling the force used in pulling; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current" special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull" Synonym(s): pull, clout a device used for pulling something; "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer" a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" Synonym(s): wrench, twist, pull a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" Synonym(s): puff, drag, pull a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it" v cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" Synonym(s): pull, draw, force Antonym(s): force, push direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" Synonym(s): attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in Antonym(s): beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse move into a certain direction; "the car pulls to the right" apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" Synonym(s): perpetrate, commit, pull bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" Synonym(s): draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out steer into a certain direction; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over" strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" Synonym(s): pull, overstretch cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" Synonym(s): pull, draw operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars" rein in to keep from winning a race; "pull a horse" tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" Synonym(s): rend, rip, rive, pull hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball" strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" Synonym(s): pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" Synonym(s): extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?" Synonym(s): pull, root for take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"
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pull away v pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" Synonym(s): withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back Antonym(s): advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
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pulley n a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope Synonym(s): pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, block
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Pyle n United States writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911) Synonym(s): Pyle, Howard Pyle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pail \Pail\, n. [OE. paile, AS. p[91]gel a wine vessel, a pail,       akin to D. & G. pegel a watermark, a gauge rod, a measure of       wine, Dan. p[91]gel half a pint.]       A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having       a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk,       etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pal \Pal\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]       A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate.       [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pal91o- \Pa"l[91]*o-\       See {Paleo-}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paleo- \Pa"le*o-\ [Gr. [?], adj.]       A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic,       paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also       {pal[91]o}-.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pal91o- \Pa"l[91]*o-\       See {Paleo-}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paleo- \Pa"le*o-\ [Gr. [?], adj.]       A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic,       paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also       {pal[91]o}-.]
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Pale \Pale\, n. [F. pal, fr. L. palus: cf. D. paal. See {Pol[?]}       a stake, and lst {Pallet}.]       1. A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or             fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or             inclosing; a picket.                         Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down.                                                                               --Mortimer.          2. That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a             fence; a palisade. [bd]Within one pale or hedge.[b8]             --Robynson (More's Utopia).          3. A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region             or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. [bd]To             walk the studious cloister's pale.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Out             of the pale of civilization.[b8] --Macaulay.          4. A stripe or band, as on a garment. --Chaucer.          5. (Her.) One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad             perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant             from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.          6. A cheese scoop. --Simmonds.          7. (Shipbuilding) A shore for bracing a timber before it is             fastened.          {English pale} (Hist.), the limits or territory within which             alone the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion for             a long period after their invasion of the country in 1172.             --Spencer.
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Pale \Pale\, a. [Compar. {Paler}; superl. {Palest}.] [F.       p[83]le, fr. p[83]lir to turn pale, L. pallere to be o[?]       look pale. Cf. {Appall}, {Fallow}, {pall}, v. i., {Pallid}.]       1. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as,             a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. [bd]Pale as a             forpined ghost.[b8] --Chaucer.                         Speechless he stood and pale.            --Milton.                         They are not of complexion red or pale. --T.                                                                               Randolph.          2. Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim;             as, the pale light of the moon.                         The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick; It                      looks a little paler.                        --Shak.          Note: Pale is often used in the formation of self-explaining                compounds; as, pale-colored, pale-eyed, pale-faced,                pale-looking, etc.
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Pale \Pale\, n.       Paleness; pallor. [R.] --Shak.
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Pale \Pale\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Paling}.]       To turn pale; to lose color or luster. --Whittier.                   Apt to pale at a trodden worm.               --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.
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Pale \Pale\, v. t.       To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to       encompass; to fence off.                   [Your isle, which stands] ribbed and paled in With                rocks unscalable and roaring waters.      --Shak.
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Pale \Pale\, v. t.       To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.                   The glow[?]worm shows the matin to be near, And gins to                pale his uneffectual fire.                     --Shak.
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d8Palea \[d8]Pa"le*a\, n.; pl. {Pale[91]} (-[emac]). [L.,       chaff.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.             (b) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the                   receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis,                   the sunflower, etc.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat             of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
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Paleo- \Pa"le*o-\ [Gr. [?], adj.]       A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic,       paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also       {pal[91]o}-.]
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Pali \Pa"li\, n. [Ceylonese, fr. Skr. p[be]li row, line, series,       applied to the series of Buddhist sacred texts.]       A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead       language, except when used as the sacred language of the       Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc.
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d8Palus \[d8]Pa"lus\, n.; pl. {Pali}. [L., a stake.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of several upright slender calcareous processes which       surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.
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Pall \Pall\, v. t.       1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless;             to dull; to weaken. --Chaucer.                         Reason and reflection . . . pall all his enjoyments.                                                                               --Atterbury.          2. To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite.
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Pall \Pall\, n.       Same as {Pawl}.
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Pall \Pall\, n. [OE. pal, AS. p[91]l, from L. pallium cover,       cloak, mantle, pall; cf. L. palla robe, mantle.]       1. An outer garment; a cloak mantle.                         His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages.             [Obs.] --Wyclif (Esther viii. 15).          3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as {Pallium}.                         About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's                      palls into England, -- the one for London, the other                      for York.                                          --Fuller.          4. (Her.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or             pall, and having the form of the letter Y.          5. A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a             coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb.                         Warriors carry the warrior's pall.      --Tennyson.          6. (Eccl.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and             embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.
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Pall \Pall\, n.       Nausea. [Obs.] --Shaftesbury.
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Pall \Pall\, v. t.       To cloak. [R.] --Shak
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Pall \Pall\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Palled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Palling}.] [Either shortened fr. appall, or fr. F. p[83]lir       to grow pale. Cf. {Appall}, {Pale}, a.]       To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose       strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.                   Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in the                eye, and palls upon the sense.               --Addisin.
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Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. {Pole} a stake.]       (Mach.)       A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,       adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on       another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to       permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,       as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of       {Ratchet Wheel}. [Written also {paul}, or {pall}.]          {Pawl bitt} (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,             to receive the strain of the pawls.          {Pawl rim} [or] {ring} (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring             surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the             pawls to catch in.
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Pall \Pall\, v. t.       1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless;             to dull; to weaken. --Chaucer.                         Reason and reflection . . . pall all his enjoyments.                                                                               --Atterbury.          2. To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite.
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Pall \Pall\, n.       Same as {Pawl}.
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Pall \Pall\, n. [OE. pal, AS. p[91]l, from L. pallium cover,       cloak, mantle, pall; cf. L. palla robe, mantle.]       1. An outer garment; a cloak mantle.                         His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages.             [Obs.] --Wyclif (Esther viii. 15).          3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as {Pallium}.                         About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's                      palls into England, -- the one for London, the other                      for York.                                          --Fuller.          4. (Her.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or             pall, and having the form of the letter Y.          5. A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a             coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb.                         Warriors carry the warrior's pall.      --Tennyson.          6. (Eccl.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and             embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.
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Pall \Pall\, n.       Nausea. [Obs.] --Shaftesbury.
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Pall \Pall\, v. t.       To cloak. [R.] --Shak
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Pall \Pall\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Palled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Palling}.] [Either shortened fr. appall, or fr. F. p[83]lir       to grow pale. Cf. {Appall}, {Pale}, a.]       To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose       strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.                   Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in the                eye, and palls upon the sense.               --Addisin.
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Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. {Pole} a stake.]       (Mach.)       A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,       adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on       another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to       permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,       as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of       {Ratchet Wheel}. [Written also {paul}, or {pall}.]          {Pawl bitt} (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,             to receive the strain of the pawls.          {Pawl rim} [or] {ring} (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring             surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the             pawls to catch in.
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Pallah \Pal"lah\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A large South African antelope ({[92]pyceros melampus}). The       male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color       is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also       {roodebok}.
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d8Pallium \[d8]Pal"li*um\, n.; pl. L. {Pallia}([?]), E.       {Palliums}. [L. See {Pall} the garment.]       1. (Anc. Costume) A large, square, woolen cloak which             enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by             certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.          2. (R.C.Ch.) A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders,             with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall.          Note: The wool is obtained from two lambs brought to the                basilica of St. Agnes, Rome, and blessed. It is worn by                the pope, and sent to patriarchs, primates, and                archbishops, as a sign that they share in the plenitude                of the episcopal office. Befoer it is sent, the pallium                is laid on the tomb of St. Peter, where it remains all                night.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The mantle of a bivalve. See {Mantle}.             (b) The mantle of a bird.
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Paly \Pal"y\, a. [From {Pale}, a.]       Pale; wanting color; dim. [Poetic] --Shak. Whittier.
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Paly \Pal"y\, a. [Cf. F. pal[82]. See {Pale} a stake.] (Her.)       Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines,       and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.
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Paul \Paul\, n.       See {Pawl}.
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Paul \Paul\, n.       An Italian silver coin. See {Paolo}.
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Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. {Pole} a stake.]       (Mach.)       A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,       adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on       another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to       permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,       as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of       {Ratchet Wheel}. [Written also {paul}, or {pall}.]          {Pawl bitt} (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,             to receive the strain of the pawls.          {Pawl rim} [or] {ring} (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring             surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the             pawls to catch in.
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Paul \Paul\, n.       See {Pawl}.
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Paul \Paul\, n.       An Italian silver coin. See {Paolo}.
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Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. {Pole} a stake.]       (Mach.)       A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,       adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on       another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to       permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,       as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of       {Ratchet Wheel}. [Written also {paul}, or {pall}.]          {Pawl bitt} (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,             to receive the strain of the pawls.          {Pawl rim} [or] {ring} (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring             surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the             pawls to catch in.
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Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. {Pole} a stake.]       (Mach.)       A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,       adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on       another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to       permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,       as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of       {Ratchet Wheel}. [Written also {paul}, or {pall}.]          {Pawl bitt} (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,             to receive the strain of the pawls.          {Pawl rim} [or] {ring} (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring             surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the             pawls to catch in.
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Pawl \Pawl\, v. t.       To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.          {To pawl the capstan}. See under {Capstan}.
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Peal \Peal\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. [Prov. Eng.]
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Peal \Peal\, v. i.       To appeal. [Obs.] --Spencer.
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Peal \Peal\, n. [An abbrev. of F. appel a call, appeal, ruffle       of a drum, fr. appeller to call, L. appellare. See {Appeal}.]       1. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells,             thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc. [bd]A fair             peal of artillery.[b8] --Hayward.                         Whether those peals of praise be his or no. --Shak.                         And a deep thunder, peal on peal, afar. --Byron.          2. A set of bells tuned to each other according to the             diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.          {To ring a peal}. See under {Ring}.
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Peal \Peal\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pealed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pealing}.]       1. To utter or give out loud sounds.                         There let the pealing organ blow.      --Milton.          2. To resound; to echo.                         And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men.                                                                               --Longfellow.
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Peal \Peal\, v. t.       1. To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud             sounds; to noise abroad.                         The warrior's name, Though pealed and chimed on all                      the tongues of fame.                           --J. Barlow.          2. To assail with noise or loud sounds.                         Nor was his ear less pealed.               --Milton.          3. To pour out. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Peel \Peel\, v. t. [Confused with peel to strip, but fr. F.       piller to pillage. See {Pill} to rob, {Pillage}.]       To plunder; to pillage; to rob. [Obs.]                   But govern ill the nations under yoke, Peeling their                provinces.                                             --Milton.
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Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peeled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Peeling}.] [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip, to       peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair; or       perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr. L.       pellis skin (cf. {Fell} skin). Cf. {Peruke}.]       1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by             drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to             flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.                         The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin             of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
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Peel \Peel\, n. [OE. pel. Cf. {Pile} a heap.]       A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.]
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Peel \Peel\, n. [F. pelle, L. pala.]       A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves       of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used       by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper       on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar.
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Peel \Peel\, v. i.       To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin,       bark, or rind does; -- often used with an adverb; as, the       bark peels easily or readily.
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Peel \Peel\, n.       The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.
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Peele \Pee"le\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A graceful and swift South African antelope ({Pelea       capreola}). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and       sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly       smooth, and very sharp. Called also {rheeboc}, and {rehboc}.
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Wax \Wax\, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs,       OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ.       vosk'.]       1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed             by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually             called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of             pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which,             being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened             and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.          Note: Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid                (constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl                palmitate (constituting the less soluble part).          2. Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or             appearance. Specifically:             (a) (Physiol.) Cerumen, or earwax. See {Cerumen}.             (b) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for                   excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing                   wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.             (c) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing                   their thread.             (d) (Zo[94]l.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by                   several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax.                   See {Wax insect}, below.             (e) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants.                   See {Vegetable wax}, under {Vegetable}.             (f) (Min.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in                   connection with certain deposits of rock salt and                   coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.             (g) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar                   maple, and then cooling. [Local U. S.]          {Japanese wax}, a waxlike substance made in Japan from the             berries of certain species of {Rhus}, esp. {R.             succedanea}.          {Mineral wax}. (Min.) See {Wax}, 2             (f), above.          {Wax cloth}. See {Waxed cloth}, under {Waxed}.          {Wax end}. See {Waxed end}, under {Waxed}.          {Wax flower}, a flower made of, or resembling, wax.          {Wax insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of scale             insects belonging to the family {Coccid[91]}, which             secrete from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially             the Chinese wax insect ({Coccus Sinensis}) from which a             large amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained.             Called also {pela}.          {Wax light}, a candle or taper of wax.          {Wax moth} (Zo[94]l.), a pyralid moth ({Galleria cereana})             whose larv[91] feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken             galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray             wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva             is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also {bee             moth}.          {Wax myrtle}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry}.          {Wax painting}, a kind of painting practiced by the ancients,             under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with             wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted             with hot irons and the color thus fixed.          {Wax palm}. (Bot.)             (a) A species of palm ({Ceroxylon Andicola}) native of the                   Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion,                   consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax,                   which, when melted with a third of fat, makes                   excellent candles.             (b) A Brazilian tree ({Copernicia cerifera}) the young                   leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy                   secretion.          {Wax paper}, paper prepared with a coating of white wax and             other ingredients.          {Wax plant} (Bot.), a name given to several plants, as:             (a) The Indian pipe (see under {Indian}).             (b) The {Hoya carnosa}, a climbing plant with polished,                   fleshy leaves.             (c) Certain species of {Begonia} with similar foliage.          {Wax tree} (Bot.)             (a) A tree or shrub ({Ligustrum lucidum}) of China, on                   which certain insects make a thick deposit of a                   substance resembling white wax.             (b) A kind of sumac ({Rhus succedanea}) of Japan, the                   berries of which yield a sort of wax.             (c) A rubiaceous tree ({El[91]agia utilis}) of New                   Grenada, called by the inhabitants [bd]arbol del                   cera.[b8]          {Wax yellow}, a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of             beeswax.
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Pela \Pe"la\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Wax insect}, under {Wax}.
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Wax \Wax\, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs,       OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ.       vosk'.]       1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed             by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually             called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of             pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which,             being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened             and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.          Note: Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid                (constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl                palmitate (constituting the less soluble part).          2. Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or             appearance. Specifically:             (a) (Physiol.) Cerumen, or earwax. See {Cerumen}.             (b) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for                   excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing                   wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.             (c) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing                   their thread.             (d) (Zo[94]l.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by                   several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax.                   See {Wax insect}, below.             (e) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants.                   See {Vegetable wax}, under {Vegetable}.             (f) (Min.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in                   connection with certain deposits of rock salt and                   coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.             (g) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar                   maple, and then cooling. [Local U. S.]          {Japanese wax}, a waxlike substance made in Japan from the             berries of certain species of {Rhus}, esp. {R.             succedanea}.          {Mineral wax}. (Min.) See {Wax}, 2             (f), above.          {Wax cloth}. See {Waxed cloth}, under {Waxed}.          {Wax end}. See {Waxed end}, under {Waxed}.          {Wax flower}, a flower made of, or resembling, wax.          {Wax insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of scale             insects belonging to the family {Coccid[91]}, which             secrete from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially             the Chinese wax insect ({Coccus Sinensis}) from which a             large amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained.             Called also {pela}.          {Wax light}, a candle or taper of wax.          {Wax moth} (Zo[94]l.), a pyralid moth ({Galleria cereana})             whose larv[91] feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken             galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray             wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva             is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also {bee             moth}.          {Wax myrtle}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry}.          {Wax painting}, a kind of painting practiced by the ancients,             under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with             wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted             with hot irons and the color thus fixed.          {Wax palm}. (Bot.)             (a) A species of palm ({Ceroxylon Andicola}) native of the                   Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion,                   consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax,                   which, when melted with a third of fat, makes                   excellent candles.             (b) A Brazilian tree ({Copernicia cerifera}) the young                   leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy                   secretion.          {Wax paper}, paper prepared with a coating of white wax and             other ingredients.          {Wax plant} (Bot.), a name given to several plants, as:             (a) The Indian pipe (see under {Indian}).             (b) The {Hoya carnosa}, a climbing plant with polished,                   fleshy leaves.             (c) Certain species of {Begonia} with similar foliage.          {Wax tree} (Bot.)             (a) A tree or shrub ({Ligustrum lucidum}) of China, on                   which certain insects make a thick deposit of a                   substance resembling white wax.             (b) A kind of sumac ({Rhus succedanea}) of Japan, the                   berries of which yield a sort of wax.             (c) A rubiaceous tree ({El[91]agia utilis}) of New                   Grenada, called by the inhabitants [bd]arbol del                   cera.[b8]          {Wax yellow}, a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of             beeswax.
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Pela \Pe"la\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Wax insect}, under {Wax}.
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Pell \Pell\, v. t. [Cf. {Pelt}, v. t.]       To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Pell \Pell\, n. [OF. pel, F. peau, L. pellis a skin. See {Fell}       a skin.]       1. A skin or hide; a pelt.          2. A roll of parchment; a parchment record.          {Clerk of the pells}, formerly, an officer of the exchequer             who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called             pell rolls. [Eng.]
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Phallus \Phal"lus\, n.; pl. {Phalli}. [L., a phallus (in sense       1), Gr. [?].]       1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in             procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various             ways.          2. (Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or             primitive organ from which either may be derived.          3. (Bot.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting             odor; the stinkhorn.
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Vial \Vi"al\, n. [OE. viole, fiole, F. fiole. See {Phial}.]       A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with       a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a       vial of medicine. [Written also {phial}.]                   Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this                distilled liquor thou off.                     --Shak.
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Phial \Phi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phialed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Phialing}.]       To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.                   Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust.         --Shenstone.
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Phial \Phi"al\, n. [F. fiole, L. phiala a broad, flat, shallow       cup or bowl, Gr. [?]. cf. {Vial}.]       A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for       medicines; a vial.
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Vial \Vi"al\, n. [OE. viole, fiole, F. fiole. See {Phial}.]       A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with       a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a       vial of medicine. [Written also {phial}.]                   Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this                distilled liquor thou off.                     --Shak.
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Phial \Phi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phialed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Phialing}.]       To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.                   Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust.         --Shenstone.
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Phial \Phi"al\, n. [F. fiole, L. phiala a broad, flat, shallow       cup or bowl, Gr. [?]. cf. {Vial}.]       A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for       medicines; a vial.
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Philo- \Philo-\       A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached       to; as, philosophy, philotechnic.
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d8Phyle \[d8]Phy"le\, n.; pl. {Phyl[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a       body of men united by ties of blood or habitation.]       A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a       tribe.
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d8Phylon \[d8]Phy"lon\, n.; pl. {Phyla}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] race,       tribe.] (Biol.)       A tribe.
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d8Phylum \[d8]Phy"lum\, n.; pl. {Phyla}. [NL. See {Phylon}.]       (Zo[94]l.)       One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch;       a grand division.
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Phyllo- \Phyl"lo-\       A combining form from Gr. [?] a leaf; as, phyllopod,       phyllotaxy.
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Pial \Pi"al\, a. (Anat.)       Pertaining to the pia mater.
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d8Pillau \[d8]Pil*lau"\, n. [Per. & Turk. pilau.]       An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat,       or butter. [Written also {pilau}.]
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Piles \Piles\, n. pl. [L. pila a ball. Cf. {Pill} a medicine.]       (Med.)       The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and       lower part of the rectum which are technically called       {hemorrhoids}. See {Hemorrhoids}.          Note: [The singular {pile} is sometimes used.]          {Blind piles}, hemorrhoids which do not bleed.
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Pileus \Pi"le*us\, n.; pl. {Pilei}. [L., a felt cap.]       1. (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of skull cap of felt.          2. (Bot.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi.             See {Mushroom}.          3. (Zo[94]l.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to             the nape.
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Pill \Pill\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pilling}.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take.       Cf. {Peel} to plunder.]       To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See {Peel}, to       plunder. [Obs.] --Spenser.                   Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill                and to rob.                                             --Sir T.                                                                               Malroy.
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Pill \Pill\, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim.       of L. pila a ball. Cf. {Piles}.]       1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round             mass, to be swallowed whole.          2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must             be accepted or endured.
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Pill \Pill\, n. [Cf. {Peel} skin, or {Pillion}.]       The peel or skin. [Obs.] [bd]Some be covered over with       crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts.[b8] --Holland.
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Pill \Pill\, v. i.       To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
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Pill \Pill\, v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E.       pill, n. (above).]       1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [Obs.]          2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.                         [Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . in the rods.                                                                               --Gen. xxx.                                                                               37.
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Pillow \Pil"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pillowed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Pillowing}.]       To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to       pillow the head.                   Pillows his chin upon an orient wave.      --Milton.
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Pillow \Pil"low\, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.]       1. Anything used to support the head of a person when             reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers,             down, hair, or other soft material.                         [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak.          2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to             equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]          3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.          4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.          {Lace pillow}, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.          {Pillow bier} [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b[81]re a pillowcase],             a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {Pillow block} (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting             a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the             frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished             with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for             tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also             {pillar block}, or {plumber block}.          {Pillow lace}, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace             pillow.          {Pillow of a plow}, a crosspiece of wood which serves to             raise or lower the beam.          {Pillow sham}, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when             not in use.          {Pillow slip}, a pillowcase.
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Pillowy \Pil"low*y\, a.       Like a pillow. --Keats.
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Pilwe \Pil"we\, n.       A pillow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pily \Pi"ly\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Like pile or wool.
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Kecksy \Keck"sy\, n.; pl. {Kecksies} (-s[icr]z). [Properly pl.       of kex. See {Kex}.] (Bot.)       The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow       parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also {kex}, and in {pl}.,       {kecks}, {kaxes}.]                   Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles,                kecksies, burs.                                       --Shak.
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Play \Play\, v. t.          {To play hob}, to play the part of a mischievous spirit; to             work mischief. d8Plebs \[d8]Plebs\ (pl[ecr]bz), n. [L. Cf.       {Plebe}.]       1. The commonalty of ancient Rome who were citizens without             the usual political rights; the plebeians; --             distinguished from the {patricians}.          2. Hence, the common people; the populace; -- construed as a             pl.
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Play \Play\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Played}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Playing}.] [OE. pleien, AS. plegian, plegan, to play, akin       to plega play, game, quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan       to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be       wont, G. pflegen; of unknown origin. [root]28. Cf. {Plight},       n.]       1. To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for             the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.                         As Cannace was playing in her walk.   --Chaucer.                         The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy                      reason, would he skip and play!         --Pope.                         And some, the darlings of their Lord, Play smiling                      with the flame and sword.                  --Keble.          2. To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be             careless.                         [bd]Nay,[b8] quod this monk, [bd]I have no lust to                      pleye.[b8]                                          --Chaucer.                         Men are apt to play with their healths. --Sir W.                                                                               Temple.          3. To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball;             hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes.          4. To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a             flute.                         One that . . . can play well on an instrument.                                                                               --Ezek.                                                                               xxxiii. 32.                         Play, my friend, and charm the charmer. --Granville.          5. To act; to behave; to practice deception.                         His mother played false with a smith. --Shak.          6. To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with             alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as,             the fountain plays.                         The heart beats, the blood circulates, the lungs                      play.                                                --Cheyne.          7. To move gayly; to wanton; to disport.                         Even as the waving sedges play with wind. --Shak.                         The setting sun Plays on their shining arms and                      burnished helmets.                              --Addison.                         All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round                      the head, but comes not to the heart. --Pope.          8. To act on the stage; to personate a character.                         A lord will hear your play to-night.   --Shak.                         Courts are theaters where some men play. --Donne.          {To play into a person's hands}, to act, or to manage             matters, to his advantage or benefit.          {To play off}, to affect; to feign; to practice artifice.          {To play upon}.             (a) To make sport of; to deceive.                               Art thou alive? Or is it fantasy that plays upon                            our eyesight.                              --Shak.             (b) To use in a droll manner; to give a droll expression                   or application to; as, to play upon words.
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Play \Play\, n.       1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.          2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement             or diversion; a game.                         John naturally loved rough play.         --Arbuthnot.          3. The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement,             or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as,             to lose a fortune in play.          4. Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair             play; sword play; a play of wit. [bd]The next who comes in             play.[b8] --Dryden.          5. A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition             in which characters are represented by dialogue and             action.                         A play ought to be a just image of human nature.                                                                               --Dryden.          6. The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy;             as, he attends ever play.          7. Performance on an instrument of music.          8. Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a             wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and             easy action. [bd]To give them play, front and rear.[b8]             --Milton.                         The joints are let exactly into one another, that                      they have no play between them.         --Moxon.          9. Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display;             scope; as, to give full play to mirth.          {Play actor}, an actor of dramas. --Prynne.          {Play debt}, a gambling debt. --Arbuthnot.          {Play pleasure}, idle amusement. [Obs.] --Bacon.          {A play upon words}, the use of a word in such a way as to be             capable of double meaning; punning.          {Play of colors}, prismatic variation of colors.          {To bring into play}, {To come into play}, to bring or come             into use or exercise.          {To hold in play}, to keep occupied or employed.
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Play \Play\, v. t.       1. To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a             fortification; to play a trump.                         First Peace and Silence all disputes control, Then                      Order plays the soul.                        --Herbert.          2. To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ.          3. To perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to             play a waltz on the violin.          4. To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in             action; to execute; as, to play tricks.                         Nature here Wantoned as in her prime, and played at                      will Her virgin fancies.                     --Milton.          5. To act or perform (a play); to represent in music action;             as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to             represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to             play King Lear; to play the woman.                         Thou canst play the rational if thou wilt. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          6. To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for             amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at             baseball.          7. To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.          {To play off}, to display; to show; to put in exercise; as,             to play off tricks.          {To play one's cards}, to manage one's means or             opportunities; to contrive.          {Played out}, tired out; exhausted; at the end of one's             resources. [Colloq.]
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Plea \Plea\, n. [OE. plee, plai, plait, fr. OF. plait, plaid,       plet, LL. placitum judgment, decision, assembly, court, fr.       L. placitum that which is pleasing, an opinion, sentiment,       from placere to please. See {Please}, and cf. {Placit},       {Plead}.]       1. (Law) That which is alleged by a party in support of his             cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a             cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more             limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's             answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That             which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered             and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In             chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or             relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit             should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In             criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal             answer to the indictment or information presented against             him.          2. (Law) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common             Pleas. See under {Common}.                         The Supreme Judicial Court shall have cognizance of                      pleas real, personal, and mixed.         --Laws of                                                                               Massachusetts.          3. That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in             justification; an excuse; an apology. [bd]Necessity, the             tyrant's plea.[b8] --Milton.                         No plea must serve; 't is cruelty to spare.                                                                               --Denham.          4. An urgent prayer or entreaty.          {Pleas of the crown} (Eng. Law), criminal actions.
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Pley \Pley\, v. & n.       See {Play}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pley \Pley\, a.       Full See {Plein}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS.       pl[d3]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh,       Icel. pl[d3]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug',       Lith. plugas.]       1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or             other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for             bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil             for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining             plow.                         Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson.          3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]                         Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.                                                                               --Tale of                                                                               Gamelyn.          4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.          5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the             edges of books.          6. (Astron.) Same as {Charles's Wain}.          {Ice plow}, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds,             etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.]          {Mackerel plow}. See under {Mackerel}.          {Plow alms}, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the             church. --Cowell.          {Plow beam}, that part of the frame of a plow to which the             draught is applied. See {Beam}, n., 9.          {Plow Monday}, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of             Christmas holidays.          {Plow staff}.             (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning                   the plowshare; a paddle staff.             (b) A plow handle.          {Snow plow}, a structure, usually [LAMBDA]-shaped, for             removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or             driven by a horse or a locomotive.
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Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plowed}       (ploud) or {Ploughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plowing} or       {Ploughing}.]       1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till             with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow             a field.          2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run             through, as in sailing.                         Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her                      prepared nails.                                 --Shak.                         With speed we plow the watery way.      --Pope.          3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a             book or paper, with a plow. See {Plow}, n., 5.          4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge             of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive             the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a             tongue, etc.          {To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.
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Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), v. i.       To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the       soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.       --Shak.                   Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ?   --Isa. xxviii.                                                                               24.
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Ploy \Ploy\, n.       Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Ploy \Ploy\, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.)       To form a column from a line of troops on some designated       subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. --Wilhelm.
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Ply \Ply\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plied}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Plying}.] [OE. plien, F. plier to fold, to bend, fr. L.       plicare; akin to Gr. [?], G. flechten. Cf. {Apply},       {Complex}, {Display}, {Duplicity}, {Employ}, {Exploit},       {Implicate}, {Plait}, {Pliant}, {Flax}.]       1. To bend. [Obs.]                         As men may warm wax with handes plie. --Chaucer.          2. To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or             with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately;             as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with             drink.                         And plies him with redoubled strokes   --Dryden.                         He plies the duke at morning and at night. --Shak.          3. To employ diligently; to use steadily.                         Go ply thy needle; meddle not.            --Shak.          4. To practice or perform with diligence; to work at.                         Their bloody task, unwearied, still they ply.                                                                               --Waller.
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Ply \Ply\, n. [Cf. F. pli, fr. plier. See {Ply}, v.]       1. A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord.             --Arbuthnot.          2. Bent; turn; direction; bias.                         The late learners can not so well take the ply.                                                                               --Bacon.                         Boswell, and others of Goldsmith's contemporaries, .                      . . did not understand the secret plies of his                      character.                                          --W. Irving.                         The czar's mind had taken a strange ply, which it                      retained to the last.                        --Macaulay.          Note: Ply is used in composition to designate folds, or the                number of webs interwoven; as, a three-ply carpet.
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Ply \Ply\, v. i.       1. To bend; to yield. [Obs.]                         It would rather burst atwo than plye. --Chaucer.                         The willow plied, and gave way to the gust.                                                                               --L'Estrange.          2. To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially,             to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth;             as, a steamer plies between certain ports.                         Ere half these authors be read (which will soon be                      with plying hard and daily).               --Milton.                         He was forced to ply in the streets as a porter.                                                                               --Addison.                         The heavy hammers and mallets plied.   --Longfellow.          3. (Naut.) To work to windward; to beat.
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Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.]       1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender             bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).             Specifically:             (a) An instrument of punishment or correction;                   figuratively, chastisement.                               He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov.                                                                               xiii. 24.             (b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence,                   figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.                   [bd]The rod, and bird of peace.[b8] --Shak.             (c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay.             (d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for                   sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and                   compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion,                   etc.; a connecting bar.             (e) An instrument for measuring.          2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --             called also {perch}, and {pole}.          {Black rod}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Rods and cones} (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of             the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are             cylindrical, others somewhat conical.
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Pole \Pole\, n. [Cf. G. Pole a Pole, Polen Poland.]       A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
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Pole \Pole\, n. [As. p[be]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make       fast. Cf. {Pale} a stake, {Pact}.]       1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of             timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been             removed; as, specifically:             (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front                   axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which                   the carriage is guided and held back.             (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported.             (c) A Maypole. See {Maypole}.             (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a                   sign by barbers and hairdressers.             (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines,                   are trained.          2. A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5[?]             yards, or a square measure equal to 30[?] square yards; a             rod; a perch. --Bacon.          {Pole bean} (Bot.), any kind of bean which is customarily             trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean.                      {Pole flounder} (Zo[94]l.), a large deep-water flounder             ({Glyptocephalus cynoglossus}), native of the northern             coasts of Europe and America, and much esteemed as a food             fish; -- called also {craig flounder}, and {pole fluke}.                      {Pole lathe}, a simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a             lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord             passing around it, one end being fastened to the treadle,             and the other to an elastic pole above.          {Pole mast} (Naut.), a mast formed from a single piece or             from a single tree.          {Pole of a lens} (Opt.), the point where the principal axis             meets the surface.          {Pole plate} (Arch.), a horizontal timber resting on the             tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters.             It differs from the plate in not resting on the wall.
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Pole \Pole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Poling}.]       1. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or             hops.          2. To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.          3. To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.          4. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
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Pole \Pole\, n. [L. polus, Gr. [?] a pivot or hinge on which       anything turns, an axis, a pole; akin to [?] to move: cf. F.       p[93]le.]       1. Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one             of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north             pole.          2. (Spherics) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally             distant from every part of the circumference of a great             circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere             perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the             surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle;             as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the             pole of a given meridian.          3. (Physics) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or             directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point             of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points,             or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the             north pole of a needle.          4. The firmament; the sky. [Poetic]                         Shoots against the dusky pole.            --Milton.          5. (Geom.) See {Polarity}, and {Polar}, n.          {Magnetic pole}. See under {Magnetic}.          {Poles of the earth}, [or] {Terrestrial poles} (Geog.), the             two opposite points on the earth's surface through which             its axis passes.          {Poles of the heavens}, [or] {Celestial poles}, the two             opposite points in the celestial sphere which coincide             with the earth's axis produced, and about which the             heavens appear to revolve.
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Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.]       1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender             bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).             Specifically:             (a) An instrument of punishment or correction;                   figuratively, chastisement.                               He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov.                                                                               xiii. 24.             (b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence,                   figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.                   [bd]The rod, and bird of peace.[b8] --Shak.             (c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay.             (d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for                   sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and                   compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion,                   etc.; a connecting bar.             (e) An instrument for measuring.          2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --             called also {perch}, and {pole}.          {Black rod}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Rods and cones} (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of             the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are             cylindrical, others somewhat conical.
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Pole \Pole\, n. [Cf. G. Pole a Pole, Polen Poland.]       A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
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Pole \Pole\, n. [As. p[be]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make       fast. Cf. {Pale} a stake, {Pact}.]       1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of             timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been             removed; as, specifically:             (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front                   axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which                   the carriage is guided and held back.             (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported.             (c) A Maypole. See {Maypole}.             (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a                   sign by barbers and hairdressers.             (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines,                   are trained.          2. A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5[?]             yards, or a square measure equal to 30[?] square yards; a             rod; a perch. --Bacon.          {Pole bean} (Bot.), any kind of bean which is customarily             trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean.                      {Pole flounder} (Zo[94]l.), a large deep-water flounder             ({Glyptocephalus cynoglossus}), native of the northern             coasts of Europe and America, and much esteemed as a food             fish; -- called also {craig flounder}, and {pole fluke}.                      {Pole lathe}, a simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a             lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord             passing around it, one end being fastened to the treadle,             and the other to an elastic pole above.          {Pole mast} (Naut.), a mast formed from a single piece or             from a single tree.          {Pole of a lens} (Opt.), the point where the principal axis             meets the surface.          {Pole plate} (Arch.), a horizontal timber resting on the             tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters.             It differs from the plate in not resting on the wall.
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Pole \Pole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Poling}.]       1. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or             hops.          2. To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.          3. To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.          4. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
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Pole \Pole\, n. [L. polus, Gr. [?] a pivot or hinge on which       anything turns, an axis, a pole; akin to [?] to move: cf. F.       p[93]le.]       1. Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one             of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north             pole.          2. (Spherics) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally             distant from every part of the circumference of a great             circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere             perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the             surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle;             as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the             pole of a given meridian.          3. (Physics) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or             directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point             of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points,             or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the             north pole of a needle.          4. The firmament; the sky. [Poetic]                         Shoots against the dusky pole.            --Milton.          5. (Geom.) See {Polarity}, and {Polar}, n.          {Magnetic pole}. See under {Magnetic}.          {Poles of the earth}, [or] {Terrestrial poles} (Geog.), the             two opposite points on the earth's surface through which             its axis passes.          {Poles of the heavens}, [or] {Celestial poles}, the two             opposite points in the celestial sphere which coincide             with the earth's axis produced, and about which the             heavens appear to revolve.
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Poley \Po"ley\, n. (Bot.)       See {Poly}.
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Poley \Po"ley\, a.       Without horns; polled. [Prov. Eng.] [bd]That poley       heifer.[b8] --H. Kingsley.
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Poly \Po"ly\, n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps       Teucrium polium, Gr. [?].] (Bot.)       A whitish woolly plant ({Teucrium Polium}) of the order       {Labiat[91]}, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The       name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other       related species of the same genus. [Spelt also {poley}.]          {Poly mountain}. See {Poly-mountain}, in Vocabulary.
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Poley \Po"ley\, n. (Bot.)       See {Poly}.
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Poley \Po"ley\, a.       Without horns; polled. [Prov. Eng.] [bd]That poley       heifer.[b8] --H. Kingsley.
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Poly \Po"ly\, n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps       Teucrium polium, Gr. [?].] (Bot.)       A whitish woolly plant ({Teucrium Polium}) of the order       {Labiat[91]}, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The       name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other       related species of the same genus. [Spelt also {poley}.]          {Poly mountain}. See {Poly-mountain}, in Vocabulary.
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Poll \Poll\, n. [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a       bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown       of a hat.]       1. The head; the back part of the head. [bd]All flaxen was             his poll.[b8] --Shak.          2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of             heads or individuals.                         We are the greater poll, and in true fear They gave                      us our demands.                                 --Shak.                         The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life,                      amounts not to fifteen thousand poll. --Shak.          3. Specifically, the register of the names of electors who             may vote in an election.          4. The casting or recording of the votes of registered             electors; as, the close of the poll.                         All soldiers quartered in place are to remove . . .                      and not to return till one day after the poll is                      ended.                                                --Blackstone.          5. pl. The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to             go to the polls.          6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.          7. (Zo[94]l.) The European chub. See {Pollard}, 3             (a) .          {Poll book}, a register of persons entitled to vote at an             election.          {Poll evil} (Far.), an inflammatory swelling or abscess on a             horse's head, confined beneath the great ligament of the             neck.          {Poll pick} (Mining), a pole having a heavy spike on the end,             forming a kind of crowbar.          {Poll tax}, a tax levied by the head, or poll; a capitation             tax.
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Poll \Poll\, n. [From Polly, The proper name.]       A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
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Poll \Poll\, n. [Gr. [?] the many, the rabble.]       One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a       degree merely; a passman. [Cambridge Univ., Eng.]
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Poll \Poll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Polling}.]       1. To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or             end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head;             to poll a tree.                         When he [Absalom] pollled his head.   --2 Sam. xiv.                                                                               26.                         His death did so grieve them that they polled                      themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's                      hairs.                                                --Sir T.                                                                               North.          2. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow             or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to             poll wool; to poll grass.                         Who, as he polled off his dart's head, so sure he                      had decreed That all the counsels of their war he                      would poll off like it.                     --Chapman.          3. To extort from; to plunder; to strip. [Obs.]                         Which polls and pills the poor in piteous wise.                                                                               --Spenser.          4. To impose a tax upon. [Obs.]          5. To pay as one's personal tax.                         The man that polled but twelve pence for his head.                                                                               --Dryden.          6. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to             enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by             one.                         Polling the reformed churches whether they equalize                      in number those of his three kingdoms. --Milton.          7. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call             forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes             more than his opponent.                         And poll for points of faith his trusty vote.                                                                               --Tickell.          8. (Law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight             line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See {Dee[?]             poll}. --Burrill.
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Poll \Poll\, v. i.       To vote at an election. --Beaconsfield.
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Polly \Pol"ly\, n.       A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot.
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Polo \Po"lo\, n.       A game similar to hockey played by swimmers.
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Polo \Po"lo\, n. [Sp., an air or popular song in Andalucia.]       A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of       the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison       singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.
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Polo \Po"lo\, n. [Of Eastern origin; -- properly, the ball used       in the game.]       1. A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with             the players on horseback.          2. A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor,             by players wearing skates.
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Poly- \Pol"y-\ [See {Full}, a.]       A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as,       polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many       atoms; polychord, polyconic.
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Poly \Po"ly\, n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps       Teucrium polium, Gr. [?].] (Bot.)       A whitish woolly plant ({Teucrium Polium}) of the order       {Labiat[91]}, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The       name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other       related species of the same genus. [Spelt also {poley}.]          {Poly mountain}. See {Poly-mountain}, in Vocabulary.
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Poly- \Pol"y-\ [See {Full}, a.]       A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as,       polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many       atoms; polychord, polyconic.
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Poly \Po"ly\, n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps       Teucrium polium, Gr. [?].] (Bot.)       A whitish woolly plant ({Teucrium Polium}) of the order       {Labiat[91]}, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The       name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other       related species of the same genus. [Spelt also {poley}.]          {Poly mountain}. See {Poly-mountain}, in Vocabulary.
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Pool \Pool\, v. i.       To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial,       speculative, or gambling transaction.
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Pool \Pool\, n. [AS. p[d3]l; akin to LG. pool, pohl, D. poel, G.       pfuhl; cf. Icel. pollr, also W. pwll, Gael. poll.]       1. A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh             water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the             course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools             of Solomon. --Wyclif.                         Charity will hardly water the ground where it must                      first fill a pool.                              --Bacon.                         The sleepy pool above the dam.            --Tennyson.          2. A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.             [bd]The filthy mantled pool beyond your cell.[b8] --Shak.
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Pool \Pool\, n. [F. poule, properly, a hen. See {Pullet}.]       [Written also {poule}.]       1. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards,             etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has             contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.          2. A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a             certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public             billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the             entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of             skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.          Note: This game is played variously, but commonly with                fifteen balls, besides one cue ball, the contest being                to drive the most balls into the pockets.                            He plays pool at the billiard houses.                                                                               --Thackeray.          3. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays             a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds             being divided among the winners.          4. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several             persons join.          5. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for             the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price             of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the             aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took             all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into             the pool.          6. (Railroads) A mutual arrangement between competing lines,             by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then             distributed pro rata according to agreement.          7. (Law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to             different people in a community, in a common fund, to be             charged with common liabilities.          {Pin pool}, a variety of the game of billiards in which small             wooden pins are set up to be knocked down by the balls.          {Pool ball}, one of the colored ivory balls used in playing             the game at billiards called pool.          {Pool snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the European redshank. [Prov. Eng.]                      {Pool table}, a billiard table with pockets.
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Pool \Pool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pooled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pooling}.]       To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis       of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common       interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.                   Finally, it favors the poolingof all issues. --U. S.                                                                               Grant.
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Pool \Pool\, n. [F. poule, properly, a hen. See {Pullet}.]       [Written also {poule}.]       1. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards,             etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has             contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.          2. A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a             certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public             billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the             entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of             skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.          Note: This game is played variously, but commonly with                fifteen balls, besides one cue ball, the contest being                to drive the most balls into the pockets.                            He plays pool at the billiard houses.                                                                               --Thackeray.          3. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays             a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds             being divided among the winners.          4. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several             persons join.          5. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for             the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price             of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the             aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took             all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into             the pool.          6. (Railroads) A mutual arrangement between competing lines,             by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then             distributed pro rata according to agreement.          7. (Law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to             different people in a community, in a common fund, to be             charged with common liabilities.          {Pin pool}, a variety of the game of billiards in which small             wooden pins are set up to be knocked down by the balls.          {Pool ball}, one of the colored ivory balls used in playing             the game at billiards called pool.          {Pool snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the European redshank. [Prov. Eng.]                      {Pool table}, a billiard table with pockets.
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Pule \Pule\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Puling}.] [F. piauler; cf. L. pipilare, pipire, to peep,       pip, chirp, and E. peep to chirp.]       1. To cry like a chicken. --Bacon.          2. To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.                         It becometh not such a gallant to whine and pule.                                                                               --Barrow.
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Pull \Pull\, v. i.       To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or       hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.          {To pull apart}, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope             will pull apart.          {To pull up}, to draw the reins; to stop; to halt.          {To pull through}, to come successfully to the end of a             difficult undertaking, a dangerous sickness, or the like.
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Pull \Pull\, n.       1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to             move something by drawing toward one.                         I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which                      was fastened at the top of my box.      --Swift.          2. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. --Carew.          3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic]                         Two pulls at once; His lady banished, and a limb                      lopped off.                                       --Shak.          4. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is             pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.          5. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. [Colloq.]          6. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or             the mug. [Slang] --Dickens.          7. Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an             advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the             favorite had the pull. [Slang]          8. (Cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to             the off side, or an off ball to the side.                         The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad                      cricket.                                             --R. A.                                                                               Proctor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pull \Pull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pulling}.] [AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael. peall,       piol, spiol.]       1. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.                         Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows.   --Shak.                         He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.                                                                               --Gen. viii.                                                                               9.          2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.                         He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in                      pieces; he hath made me desolate.      --Lam. iii.                                                                               11.          3. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to             pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.          4. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one;             as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.          5. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning;             as, the favorite was pulled.          6. (Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; --             hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.          7. (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See             {Pull}, n., 8.                         Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. --R. H.                                                                               Lyttelton.          {To pull and haul}, to draw hither and thither. [bd] Both are             equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable             to do. [b8] --South.          {To pull down}, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to             pull down a house. [bd] In political affairs, as well as             mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up.[b8]             --Howell. [bd] To raise the wretched, and pull down the             proud.[b8] --Roscommon.          {To pull a finch}. See under {Finch}.          {To pull off}, take or draw off.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulley \Pul"ley\, n.; pl. {Pulleys}. [F. poulie, perhaps of       Teutonic origin (cf. {Poll}, v. t.); but cf. OE. poleine,       polive, pulley, LL. polanus, and F. poulain, properly, a       colt, fr. L. pullus young animal, foal (cf. {Pullet},       {Foal}). For the change of sense, cf. F. poutre beam,       originally, a filly, and E. easel.] (Mach.)       A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting       power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of       machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means       of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.          Note: The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists,                in its simplest form, of a grooved wheel, called a                sheave, turning within a movable frame or block, by                means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a fixed                point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope,                is thus doubled, but can move the load through only                half the space traversed by itself. The rope may also                pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed. The                end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block,                instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of                power, and using either one or two sheaves in the fixed                block. Other sheaves may be added, and the power                multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is called by                workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle. See                {Block}. A single fixed pulley gives no increase of                power, but serves simply for changing the direction of                motion.          {Band pulley}, [or] {Belt pulley}, a pulley with a broad face             for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means             of a belt, or for guiding a belt.          {Cone pulley}. See {Cone pulley}.          {Conical pulley}, one of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the             shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities.          {Fast pulley}, a pulley firmly attached upon a shaft.          {Loose pulley}, a pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the             transmission of motion in machinery. See {Fast and loose             pulleys}, under {Fast}.          {Parting pulley}, a belt pulley made in semicircular halves,             which can be bolted together, to facilitate application             to, or removal from, a shaft.          {Pulley block}. Same as {Block}, n. 6.          {Pulley stile} (Arch.), the upright of the window frame into             which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides.                      {Split pulley}, a parting pulley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulley \Pul"ley\, b. t.       To raise or lift by means of a pulley. [R.] --Howell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pullus \[d8]Pul"lus\, n.; pl. {Pulli}. [L.] (Zo[94]l.)       A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pyla \[d8]Py"la\ n.; pl. L. {Pyl[91]}, E. {Pylas}. [NL., fr.       Gr. [?] an entrance.] (Anat.)       The passage between the iter and optoc[d2]le in the brain.       --B. G. Wilder.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Paauilo, HI (CDP, FIPS 59300)       Location: 20.04337 N, 155.37174 W       Population (1990): 620 (197 housing units)       Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 96776
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pahala, HI (CDP, FIPS 59750)       Location: 19.20325 N, 155.48241 W       Population (1990): 1520 (521 housing units)       Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 96777
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pala, CA       Zip code(s): 92059
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palo, IA (city, FIPS 61230)       Location: 42.06419 N, 91.79599 W       Population (1990): 514 (195 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 52324
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Paola, KS (city, FIPS 54250)       Location: 38.57699 N, 94.86624 W       Population (1990): 4698 (1892 housing units)       Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 66071
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Paoli, CO (town, FIPS 57245)       Location: 40.61213 N, 102.47240 W       Population (1990): 29 (20 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Paoli, IN (town, FIPS 57780)       Location: 38.55763 N, 86.46922 W       Population (1990): 3542 (1596 housing units)       Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 47454    Paoli, OK (town, FIPS 57100)       Location: 34.82692 N, 97.26213 W       Population (1990): 574 (242 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 73074    Paoli, PA (CDP, FIPS 57816)       Location: 40.04235 N, 75.49275 W       Population (1990): 5603 (2229 housing units)       Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 19301
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Paul, ID (city, FIPS 61210)       Location: 42.60644 N, 113.78239 W       Population (1990): 901 (361 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 83347
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pe Ell, WA (town, FIPS 53930)       Location: 46.57153 N, 123.29692 W       Population (1990): 547 (249 housing units)       Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 98572
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Peel, AR       Zip code(s): 72668
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pella, IA (city, FIPS 62040)       Location: 41.40865 N, 92.91900 W       Population (1990): 9270 (3179 housing units)       Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50219
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Philo, CA       Zip code(s): 95466    Philo, IL (village, FIPS 59533)       Location: 40.00314 N, 88.15796 W       Population (1990): 1028 (388 housing units)       Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61864    Philo, OH (village, FIPS 62442)       Location: 39.86121 N, 81.90933 W       Population (1990): 810 (306 housing units)       Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43771
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pillow, PA (borough, FIPS 60264)       Location: 40.64119 N, 76.80243 W       Population (1990): 341 (137 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Polo, IL (city, FIPS 60937)       Location: 41.98468 N, 89.57833 W       Population (1990): 2514 (1060 housing units)       Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61064    Polo, MO (city, FIPS 58916)       Location: 39.55219 N, 94.04005 W       Population (1990): 539 (258 housing units)       Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 64671
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Poloa, AS (village, FIPS 64900)       Location: 14.31827 S, 170.86348 W       Population (1990): 176 (21 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 34.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pool, WV       Zip code(s): 26684
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Powell, AL (town, FIPS 62088)       Location: 34.53077 N, 85.89510 W       Population (1990): 762 (308 housing units)       Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Powell, MO       Zip code(s): 65730    Powell, OH (village, FIPS 64486)       Location: 40.16051 N, 83.06563 W       Population (1990): 2154 (752 housing units)       Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Powell, TN (CDP, FIPS 60480)       Location: 36.03368 N, 84.02828 W       Population (1990): 7534 (3023 housing units)       Area: 21.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 37849    Powell, TX (town, FIPS 59168)       Location: 32.11648 N, 96.32872 W       Population (1990): 101 (52 housing units)       Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 75153    Powell, WY (city, FIPS 62450)       Location: 44.79183 N, 108.73589 W       Population (1990): 5292 (2175 housing units)       Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 82435
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
poll v.,n.   1. [techspeak] The action of checking the status of    an input line, sensor, or memory location to see if a particular    external event has been registered.   2. To repeatedly call or check    with someone: "I keep polling him, but he's not answering his phone;    he must be swapped out."   3. To ask.   "Lunch?   I poll for a takeout    order daily."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
P3L          (Superscript 3).   A language with explicit parallelism       including constructs for {farm}s and {geometric parallelism}.       P3L currently uses {C++} as a host language.          [S. Pelagatti, "A method for the development and the support       of massively parallel programs.   PhD Thesis - TD 11/93,       University of Pisa, Mar 1993].          (1994-07-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PAL          1. {Paradox Application Language}.          2. For the {AVANCE} distributed {persistent} {operating       system}.          ["PAL Reference Manual", M. Ahlsen et al, SYSLAB WP-125,       Stockholm 1987].          ["AVANCE: An Object Management System", A. Bjornerstedt et al,       SIGPLAN Notices 23(11):206-221 (OOPSLA '88) (Nov 1988)].          [What is it?]          3. An {object-oriented} {Prolog}-like language.          ["Inheritance Hierarchy Mechanism in Prolog", K. Akama, Proc       Logic Prog '86, LNCS 264, Springer 1986, pp. 12-21].          4. {PDP Assembly Language}.          5. {Pedagogic Algorithmic Language}.          6. {Programmable Array Logic}.          7. {phase alternating line}.          (2001-04-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PEEL          Used to implement version of {Emacs} on {PRIME} computers.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PFL          1. A concurrent extension of {ML} by Holmstrom and       Matthews, using {CCS}.          ["PFL: A Functional Language for Parallel Programming",       S. Holmstrom in Proc Declarative Language Workshop, London       1983].          2. {Persistent Functional Language}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PIL          Procedure Implementation Language.          A subsystem of {DOCUS}.          [Sammet 1969, p.678].          (1994-11-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PILE          1. Polytechnic's Instructional Language for Educators.       Similar in use to an enhanced PILOT, but structurally more       like Pascal with Awk-like associative arrays (optionally       stored on disk).   Distributed to about 50 sites by Initial       Teaching Alphabet Foundation for Apple II and CP/M.          ["A Universal Computer Aided Instruction System," Henry       G. Dietz & Ronald J Juels, Proc Natl Educ Computing Conf '83,       pp.279-282].          2. ["PILE _ A Language for Sound Synthesis",       P. Berg, Computer Music Journal 3.1, 1979].          (1999-06-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PIL/I          Variant of JOSS.   Sammet 1969, p.217.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pl          The {country code} for Poland.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL1          It's spelled "{PL/I}".          (1996-12-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL/1          It's spelled "{PL/I}".          (1996-12-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL1          It's spelled "{PL/I}".          (1996-12-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL/1          It's spelled "{PL/I}".          (1996-12-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL-11          A high-level machine-oriented language for the       {PDP-11} developed by R.D. Russell of CERN in Nov 1971.   It is       similar to {PL360} and is written in {Fortran IV} and       {cross-compile}d on other machines.          (1995-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL360          {Structured assembly language} for the {IBM 360} and {IBM       370}, with a few high-level constructs.   Syntactically it       resembles {ALGOL 60}.   Its grammar is defined entirely by       operator precedence.          ["PL/360, A Programming Language for the 360 Computers",       N. Wirth, J ACM 15(1):37-74 (Jan 1968)].          (1995-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL516          An {ALGOL}-like {assembly language} for the {DDP-516}, similar       to {PL360}.          ["PL 516, An ALGOL-like Assembly Language for the DDP-516",       B.A. Wichmann, Natl Phys Lab UK, Report CCU 9, 1970].          (1995-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL-6          A {PL/I}-like system language for the {Honeywell} {operating       system}, {CP-6}.          (1995-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL.8          A systems dialect of {PL/I}, developed originally for the {IBM       801} {RISC} {minicomputer}, later used internally for {IBM RT}       and {R/6000} development.          ["An Overview of the PL.8 Compiler", M. Auslander et al, Proc       SIGPLAN '82 Symp on Compiler Writing].          (1995-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Pla          A high-level music programming language,       written in {SAIL}.   Pla includes {concurrency} based on       {message passing}.          ["Pla: A Composer's Idea of a Language", B. Schottstaedt,       Computer Music J 7(1):11-20, Winter 1983].          (1999-06-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PLAY          A language for {real-time} music synthesis.       1977.          ["An Introduction to the Play Program", J. Chadabe ete al,       Computer Music J 2,1 (1978)].          (1999-06-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL/I          Programming Language One.          An attempt to combine the best features of {Fortran}, {COBOL}       and {ALGOL 60}.   Developed by George Radin of {IBM} in 1964.       Originally named NPL and Fortran VI.   The result is large but       elegant.   PL/I was one of the first languages to have a formal       {semantic} definition, using the {Vienna Definition Language}.       {EPL}, a dialect of PL/I, was used to write almost all of the       {Multics} {operating system}.   PL/I is still widely used       internally at {IBM}.   The PL/I standard is ANS X3.53-1976.          PL/I has no {reserved word}s.   Types are fixed, float,       complex, character strings with maximum length, bit strings,       and label variables.   {Array}s have lower bounds and may be       dynamic.   It also has summation, multi-level structures,       {structure assignment}, untyped pointers, {side effect}s and       {aliasing}.   {Control flow} constructs include goto; do-end       groups; do-to-by-while-end loops; external procedures;       internal nested procedures and blocks; {generic procedure}s       and {exception handling}.   Procedures may be declared       {recursive}.   Many implementations support {concurrency}       ('call task' and 'wait(event)' are equivalent to {fork}/join)       and compile-time statements.          {LPI} is a PL/I {interpreter}.          ["A Structural View of PL/I", D. Beech, Computing Surveys, 2,1       33-64 (1970)].          (1994-10-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PLL          {phase-locked loop}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ply          1. Of a {node} in a {tree}, the number of       {branches} between that node and the {root}.          2. Of a tree, the maximum ply of any of its nodes.          (1998-12-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
poll          To check the status of an input line, sensor, or memory       location to see if a particular external event has been       registered.          Contrast {interrupt}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-01-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Poly          1. A {polymorphic}, {block-structured} language       developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s.          ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J.       Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence,       M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988].          2. A language developed at Saint Andrews University, Scotland.          [Software Practice & Exp, Oct 1986].          3. A {polymorphic} language used in the referenced book.          ["Polymorphic Programming Languages", David M. Harland, Ellis       Horwood 1984].          (2000-11-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
POOL          Parallel Object-Oriented Language.          A series of languages from {Philips Research Labs}.          See {POOL2}, {POOL-I}, {POOL-T}.          (1995-02-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
POOL2          Parallel Object-Oriented Language 2.          Philips Research Labs, 1987.          Strongly typed, synchronous message passing, designed to run       on {DOOM} (DOOM = Decentralised Object-Oriented Machine).          ["POOL and DOOM: The Object- Oriented Approach", J.K. Annot,       PAM den Haan, in Parallel Computers, Object-Oriented,       Functional and Logic, P. Treleaven ed].          ["Issues in the Design of a Parallel Object-Oriented       Language", P. America, Formal Aspects of Computing       1(4):366-411 (1989)].          (1995-02-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
POOL-I          One of the {POOL} languages.          ["A Parallel Object-Oriented Language with Inheritance and       Subtyping", P. America et al, SIGPLAN Notices 25(10):161-168       (OOPSLA/ECOOP '90) (Oct 1990)].          (1995-02-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PPL          Polymorphic Programming Language.   An interactive, extensible       language, based on {APL}, from {Harvard University}.          ["Some Features of PPL - A Polymorphic Programming Language",       T.A. Standish, SIGPLAN Notices 4(8) (Aug 1969)].          (1994-10-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pull          {pull media}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pallu       separated, the second son of Reuben (1 Chr. 5:3); called Phallu,       Gen. 46:9. He was the father of the Phalluites (Ex. 6:14; Num.       26:5, 8).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Paul       =Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His       circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also       given to him in infancy "for use in the Gentile world," as       "Saul" would be his Hebrew home-name. He was a native of Tarsus,       the capital of Cilicia, a Roman province in the south-east of       Asia Minor. That city stood on the banks of the river Cydnus,       which was navigable thus far; hence it became a centre of       extensive commercial traffic with many countries along the       shores of the Mediterranean, as well as with the countries of       central Asia Minor. It thus became a city distinguished for the       wealth of its inhabitants.                Tarsus was also the seat of a famous university, higher in       reputation even than the universities of Athens and Alexandria,       the only others that then existed. Here Saul was born, and here       he spent his youth, doubtless enjoying the best education his       native city could afford. His father was of the straitest sect       of the Jews, a Pharisee, of the tribe of Benjamin, of pure and       unmixed Jewish blood (Acts 23:6; Phil. 3:5). We learn nothing       regarding his mother; but there is reason to conclude that she       was a pious woman, and that, like-minded with her husband, she       exercised all a mother influence in moulding the character of       her son, so that he could afterwards speak of himself as being,       from his youth up, "touching the righteousness which is in the       law, blameless" (Phil. 3:6).                We read of his sister and his sister's son (Acts 23:16), and       of other relatives (Rom. 16:7, 11, 12). Though a Jew, his father       was a Roman citizen. How he obtained this privilege we are not       informed. "It might be bought, or won by distinguished service       to the state, or acquired in several other ways; at all events,       his son was freeborn. It was a valuable privilege, and one that       was to prove of great use to Paul, although not in the way in       which his father might have been expected to desire him to make       use of it." Perhaps the most natural career for the youth to       follow was that of a merchant. "But it was decided that...he       should go to college and become a rabbi, that is, a minister, a       teacher, and a lawyer all in one."                According to Jewish custom, however, he learned a trade before       entering on the more direct preparation for the sacred       profession. The trade he acquired was the making of tents from       goats' hair cloth, a trade which was one of the commonest in       Tarsus.                His preliminary education having been completed, Saul was       sent, when about thirteen years of age probably, to the great       Jewish school of sacred learning at Jerusalem as a student of       the law. Here he became a pupil of the celebrated rabbi       Gamaliel, and here he spent many years in an elaborate study of       the Scriptures and of the many questions concerning them with       which the rabbis exercised themselves. During these years of       diligent study he lived "in all good conscience," unstained by       the vices of that great city.                After the period of his student-life expired, he probably left       Jerusalem for Tarsus, where he may have been engaged in       connection with some synagogue for some years. But we find him       back again at Jerusalem very soon after the death of our Lord.       Here he now learned the particulars regarding the crucifixion,       and the rise of the new sect of the "Nazarenes."                For some two years after Pentecost, Christianity was quietly       spreading its influence in Jerusalem. At length Stephen, one of       the seven deacons, gave forth more public and aggressive       testimony that Jesus was the Messiah, and this led to much       excitement among the Jews and much disputation in their       synagogues. Persecution arose against Stephen and the followers       of Christ generally, in which Saul of Tarsus took a prominent       part. He was at this time probably a member of the great       Sanhedrin, and became the active leader in the furious       persecution by which the rulers then sought to exterminate       Christianity.                But the object of this persecution also failed. "They that       were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word." The       anger of the persecutor was thereby kindled into a fiercer       flame. Hearing that fugitives had taken refuge in Damascus, he       obtained from the chief priest letters authorizing him to       proceed thither on his persecuting career. This was a long       journey of about 130 miles, which would occupy perhaps six days,       during which, with his few attendants, he steadily went onward,       "breathing out threatenings and slaughter." But the crisis of       his life was at hand. He had reached the last stage of his       journey, and was within sight of Damascus. As he and his       companions rode on, suddenly at mid-day a brilliant light shone       round them, and Saul was laid prostrate in terror on the ground,       a voice sounding in his ears, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou       me?" The risen Saviour was there, clothed in the vesture of his       glorified humanity. In answer to the anxious inquiry of the       stricken persecutor, "Who art thou, Lord?" he said, "I am Jesus       whom thou persecutest" (Acts 9:5; 22:8; 26:15).                This was the moment of his conversion, the most solemn in all       his life. Blinded by the dazzling light (Acts 9:8), his       companions led him into the city, where, absorbed in deep       thought for three days, he neither ate nor drank (9:11).       Ananias, a disciple living in Damascus, was informed by a vision       of the change that had happened to Saul, and was sent to him to       open his eyes and admit him by baptism into the Christian church       (9:11-16). The whole purpose of his life was now permanently       changed.                Immediately after his conversion he retired into the solitudes       of Arabia (Gal. 1:17), perhaps of "Sinai in Arabia," for the       purpose, probably, of devout study and meditation on the       marvellous revelation that had been made to him. "A veil of       thick darkness hangs over this visit to Arabia. Of the scenes       among which he moved, of the thoughts and occupations which       engaged him while there, of all the circumstances of a crisis       which must have shaped the whole tenor of his after-life,       absolutely nothing is known. 'Immediately,' says St. Paul, 'I       went away into Arabia.' The historian passes over the incident       [comp. Acts 9:23 and 1 Kings 11:38, 39]. It is a mysterious       pause, a moment of suspense, in the apostle's history, a       breathless calm, which ushers in the tumultuous storm of his       active missionary life." Coming back, after three years, to       Damascus, he began to preach the gospel "boldly in the name of       Jesus" (Acts 9:27), but was soon obliged to flee (9:25; 2 Cor.       11:33) from the Jews and betake himself to Jerusalem. Here he       tarried for three weeks, but was again forced to flee (Acts       9:28, 29) from persecution. He now returned to his native Tarsus       (Gal. 1:21), where, for probably about three years, we lose       sight of him. The time had not yet come for his entering on his       great life-work of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles.                At length the city of Antioch, the capital of Syria, became       the scene of great Christian activity. There the gospel gained a       firm footing, and the cause of Christ prospered. Barnabas       (q.v.), who had been sent from Jerusalem to superintend the work       at Antioch, found it too much for him, and remembering Saul, he       set out to Tarsus to seek for him. He readily responded to the       call thus addressed to him, and came down to Antioch, which for       "a whole year" became the scene of his labours, which were       crowned with great success. The disciples now, for the first       time, were called "Christians" (Acts 11:26).                The church at Antioch now proposed to send out missionaries to       the Gentiles, and Saul and Barnabas, with John Mark as their       attendant, were chosen for this work. This was a great epoch in       the history of the church. Now the disciples began to give       effect to the Master's command: "Go ye into all the world, and       preach the gospel to every creature."                The three missionaries went forth on the first missionary       tour. They sailed from Seleucia, the seaport of Antioch, across       to Cyprus, some 80 miles to the south-west. Here at Paphos,       Sergius Paulus, the Roman proconsul, was converted, and now Saul       took the lead, and was ever afterwards called Paul. The       missionaries now crossed to the mainland, and then proceeded 6       or 7 miles up the river Cestrus to Perga (Acts 13:13), where       John Mark deserted the work and returned to Jerusalem. The two       then proceeded about 100 miles inland, passing through       Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Lycaonia. The towns mentioned in this       tour are the Pisidian Antioch, where Paul delivered his first       address of which we have any record (13:16-51; comp. 10:30-43),       Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. They returned by the same route to       see and encourage the converts they had made, and ordain elders       in every city to watch over the churches which had been       gathered. From Perga they sailed direct for Antioch, from which       they had set out.                After remaining "a long time", probably till A.D. 50 or 51, in       Antioch, a great controversy broke out in the church there       regarding the relation of the Gentiles to the Mosaic law. For       the purpose of obtaining a settlement of this question, Paul and       Barnabas were sent as deputies to consult the church at       Jerusalem. The council or synod which was there held (Acts 15)       decided against the Judaizing party; and the deputies,       accompanied by Judas and Silas, returned to Antioch, bringing       with them the decree of the council.                After a short rest at Antioch, Paul said to Barnabas: "Let us       go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have       preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do." Mark       proposed again to accompany them; but Paul refused to allow him       to go. Barnabas was resolved to take Mark, and thus he and Paul       had a sharp contention. They separated, and never again met.       Paul, however, afterwards speaks with honour of Barnabas, and       sends for Mark to come to him at Rome (Col. 4:10; 2 Tim. 4:11).                Paul took with him Silas, instead of Barnabas, and began his       second missionary journey about A.D. 51. This time he went by       land, revisiting the churches he had already founded in Asia.       But he longed to enter into "regions beyond," and still went       forward through Phrygia and Galatia (16:6). Contrary to his       intention, he was constrained to linger in Galatia (q.v.), on       account of some bodily affliction (Gal. 4:13, 14). Bithynia, a       populous province on the shore of the Black Sea, lay now before       him, and he wished to enter it; but the way was shut, the Spirit       in some manner guiding him in another direction, till he came       down to the shores of the AEgean and arrived at Troas, on the       north-western coast of Asia Minor (Acts 16:8). Of this long       journey from Antioch to Troas we have no account except some       references to it in his Epistle to the Galatians (4:13).                As he waited at Troas for indications of the will of God as to       his future movements, he saw, in the vision of the night, a man       from the opposite shores of Macedonia standing before him, and       heard him cry, "Come over, and help us" (Acts 16:9). Paul       recognized in this vision a message from the Lord, and the very       next day set sail across the Hellespont, which separated him       from Europe, and carried the tidings of the gospel into the       Western world. In Macedonia, churches were planted in Philippi,       Thessalonica, and Berea. Leaving this province, Paul passed into       Achaia, "the paradise of genius and renown." He reached Athens,       but quitted it after, probably, a brief sojourn (17:17-31). The       Athenians had received him with cold disdain, and he never       visited that city again. He passed over to Corinth, the seat of       the Roman government of Achaia, and remained there a year and a       half, labouring with much success. While at Corinth, he wrote       his two epistles to the church of Thessalonica, his earliest       apostolic letters, and then sailed for Syria, that he might be       in time to keep the feast of Pentecost at Jerusalem. He was       accompanied by Aquila and Priscilla, whom he left at Ephesus, at       which he touched, after a voyage of thirteen or fifteen days. He       landed at Caesarea, and went up to Jerusalem, and having       "saluted the church" there, and kept the feast, he left for       Antioch, where he abode "some time" (Acts 18:20-23).                He then began his third missionary tour. He journeyed by land       in the "upper coasts" (the more eastern parts) of Asia Minor,       and at length made his way to Ephesus, where he tarried for no       less than three years, engaged in ceaseless Christian labour.       "This city was at the time the Liverpool of the Mediterranean.       It possessed a splendid harbour, in which was concentrated the       traffic of the sea which was then the highway of the nations;       and as Liverpool has behind her the great towns of Lancashire,       so had Ephesus behind and around her such cities as those       mentioned along with her in the epistles to the churches in the       book of Revelation, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis,       Philadelphia, and Laodicea. It was a city of vast wealth, and it       was given over to every kind of pleasure, the fame of its       theatres and race-course being world-wide" (Stalker's Life of       St. Paul). Here a "great door and effectual" was opened to the       apostle. His fellow-labourers aided him in his work, carrying       the gospel to Colosse and Laodicea and other places which they       could reach.                Very shortly before his departure from Ephesus, the apostle       wrote his First Epistle to the Corinthians (q.v.). The       silversmiths, whose traffic in the little images which they made       was in danger (see {DEMETRIUS}), organized a riot       against Paul, and he left the city, and proceeded to Troas (2       Cor. 2:12), whence after some time he went to meet Titus in       Macedonia. Here, in consequence of the report Titus brought from       Corinth, he wrote his second epistle to that church. Having       spent probably most of the summer and autumn in Macedonia,       visiting the churches there, specially the churches of Philippi,       Thessalonica, and Berea, probably penetrating into the interior,       to the shores of the Adriatic (Rom. 15:19), he then came into       Greece, where he abode three month, spending probably the       greater part of this time in Corinth (Acts 20:2). During his       stay in this city he wrote his Epistle to the Galatians, and       also the great Epistle to the Romans. At the end of the three       months he left Achaia for Macedonia, thence crossed into Asia       Minor, and touching at Miletus, there addressed the Ephesian       presbyters, whom he had sent for to meet him (Acts 20:17), and       then sailed for Tyre, finally reaching Jerusalem, probably in       the spring of A.D. 58.                While at Jerusalem, at the feast of Pentecost, he was almost       murdered by a Jewish mob in the temple. (See TEMPLE, HEROD'S       ¯T0003611.) Rescued from their violence by the Roman commandant,       he was conveyed as a prisoner to Caesarea, where, from various       causes, he was detained a prisoner for two years in Herod's       praetorium (Acts 23:35). "Paul was not kept in close       confinement; he had at least the range of the barracks in which       he was detained. There we can imagine him pacing the ramparts on       the edge of the Mediterranean, and gazing wistfully across the       blue waters in the direction of Macedonia, Achaia, and Ephesus,       where his spiritual children were pining for him, or perhaps       encountering dangers in which they sorely needed his presence.       It was a mysterious providence which thus arrested his energies       and condemned the ardent worker to inactivity; yet we can now       see the reason for it. Paul was needing rest. After twenty years       of incessant evangelization, he required leisure to garner the       harvest of experience...During these two years he wrote nothing;       it was a time of internal mental activity and silent progress"       (Stalker's Life of St. Paul).                At the end of these two years Felix (q.v.) was succeeded in       the governorship of Palestine by Porcius Festus, before whom the       apostle was again heard. But judging it right at this crisis to       claim the privilege of a Roman citizen, he appealed to the       emperor (Acts 25:11). Such an appeal could not be disregarded,       and Paul was at once sent on to Rome under the charge of one       Julius, a centurion of the "Augustan cohort." After a long and       perilous voyage, he at length reached the imperial city in the       early spring, probably, of A.D. 61. Here he was permitted to       occupy his own hired house, under constant military custody.       This privilege was accorded to him, no doubt, because he was a       Roman citizen, and as such could not be put into prison without       a trial. The soldiers who kept guard over Paul were of course       changed at frequent intervals, and thus he had the opportunity       of preaching the gospel to many of them during these "two whole       years," and with the blessed result of spreading among the       imperial guards, and even in Caesar's household, an interest in       the truth (Phil. 1:13). His rooms were resorted to by many       anxious inquirers, both Jews and Gentiles (Acts 28:23, 30, 31),       and thus his imprisonment "turned rather to the furtherance of       the gospel," and his "hired house" became the centre of a       gracious influence which spread over the whole city. According       to a Jewish tradition, it was situated on the borders of the       modern Ghetto, which has been the Jewish quarters in Rome from       the time of Pompey to the present day. During this period the       apostle wrote his epistles to the Colossians, Ephesians,       Philippians, and to Philemon, and probably also to the Hebrews.                This first imprisonment came at length to a close, Paul having       been acquitted, probably because no witnesses appeared against       him. Once more he set out on his missionary labours, probably       visiting western and eastern Europe and Asia Minor. During this       period of freedom he wrote his First Epistle to Timothy and his       Epistle to Titus. The year of his release was signalized by the       burning of Rome, which Nero saw fit to attribute to the       Christians. A fierce persecution now broke out against the       Christians. Paul was siezed, and once more conveyed to Rome a       prisoner. During this imprisonment he probably wrote the Second       Epistle to Timothy, the last he ever wrote. "There can be little       doubt that he appered again at Nero's bar, and this time the       charge did not break down. In all history there is not a more       startling illustration of the irony of human life than this       scene of Paul at the bar of Nero. On the judgment-seat, clad in       the imperial purple, sat a man who, in a bad world, had attained       the eminence of being the very worst and meanest being in it, a       man stained with every crime, a man whose whole being was so       steeped in every nameable and unnameable vice, that body and       soul of him were, as some one said at the time, nothing but a       compound of mud and blood; and in the prisoner's dock stood the       best man the world possessed, his hair whitened with labours for       the good of men and the glory of God. The trial ended: Paul was       condemned, and delivered over to the executioner. He was led out       of the city, with a crowd of the lowest rabble at his heels. The       fatal spot was reached; he knelt beside the block; the       headsman's axe gleamed in the sun and fell; and the head of the       apostle of the world rolled down in the dust" (probably A.D.       66), four years before the fall of Jerusalem.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pelaiah       distinguished of the Lord. (1.) One of David's posterity (1 Chr.       3:24).                (2.) A Levite who expounded the law (Neh. 8:7).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Phallu       separated, the second son of Reuben (Gen. 46:9).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pool       a pond, or reservoir, for holding water (Heb. berekhah; modern       Arabic, birket), an artificial cistern or tank. Mention is made       of the pool of Gibeon (2 Sam. 2:13); the pool of Hebron (4:12);       the upper pool at Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; 20:20); the pool of       Samaria (1 Kings 22:38); the king's pool (Neh. 2:14); the pool       of Siloah (Neh. 3:15; Eccles. 2:6); the fishpools of Heshbon       (Cant. 7:4); the "lower pool," and the "old pool" (Isa.       22:9,11).                The "pool of Bethesda" (John 5:2,4, 7) and the "pool of       Siloam" (John 9:7, 11) are also mentioned. Isaiah (35:7) says,       "The parched ground shall become a pool." This is rendered in       the Revised Version "glowing sand," etc. (marg., "the mirage,"       etc.). The Arabs call the mirage "serab," plainly the same as       the Hebrew word _sarab_, here rendered "parched ground." "The       mirage shall become a pool", i.e., the mock-lake of the burning       desert shall become a real lake, "the pledge of refreshment and       joy." The "pools" spoken of in Isa. 14:23 are the marshes caused       by the ruin of the canals of the Euphrates in the neighbourhood       of Babylon.                The cisterns or pools of the Holy City are for the most part       excavations beneath the surface. Such are the vast cisterns in       the temple hill that have recently been discovered by the       engineers of the Palestine Exploration Fund. These underground       caverns are about thirty-five in number, and are capable of       storing about ten million gallons of water. They are connected       with one another by passages and tunnels.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pul       (1.) An Assyrian king. It has been a question whether he was       identical with Tiglath-pileser III. (q.v.), or was his       predecessor. The weight of evidence is certainly in favour of       their identity. Pul was the throne-name he bore in Babylonia as       king of Babylon, and Tiglath-pileser the throne-name he bore as       king of Assyria. He was the founder of what is called the second       Assyrian empire. He consolidated and organized his conquests on       a large scale. He subdued Northern Syria and Hamath, and the       kings of Syria rendered him homage and paid him tribute. His       ambition was to found in Western Asia a kingdom which should       embrace the whole civilized world, having Nineveh as its centre.       Menahem, king of Israel, gave him the enormous tribute of a       thousand talents of silver, "that his hand might be with him" (2       Kings 15:19; 1 Chr. 5:26). The fact that this tribute could be       paid showed the wealthy condition of the little kingdom of       Israel even in this age of disorder and misgovernment. Having       reduced Syria, he turned his arms against Babylon, which he       subdued. The Babylonian king was slain, and Babylon and other       Chaldean cities were taken, and Pul assumed the title of "King       of Sumer [i.e., Shinar] and Accad." He was succeeded by       Shalmanezer IV.                (2.) A geographical name in Isa. 66:19. Probably = Phut (Gen.       10:6; Jer. 46:9, R.V. "Put;" Ezek. 27:10).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pallu, marvelous; hidden
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Paul, small; little
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pelaiah, the Lord's secret or miracle
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Phallu, Pallu, admirable; hidden
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pul, bean; destruction
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Palau       Palau:Geography       Location: Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean,    southeast of the Philippines       Map references: Oceania       Area:    total area: 458 sq km    land area: 458 sq km    comparative area: slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington,    DC       Land boundaries: 0 km       Coastline: 1,519 km       Maritime claims:    continental shelf: 200-m depth or to depth of exploitation    exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm    territorial sea: 3 nm       International disputes: none       Climate: wet season May to November; hot and humid       Terrain: about 200 islands varying geologically from the high,    mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually    fringed by large barrier reefs       Natural resources: forests, minerals (especially gold), marine    products, deep-seabed minerals       Land use:    arable land: NA%    permanent crops: NA%    meadows and pastures: NA%    forest and woodland: NA%    other: NA%       Irrigated land: NA sq km       Environment:    current issues: inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste;    threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging and    illegal fishing practices that involve the use of dynamite    natural hazards: typhoons (June to December)    international agreements: NA       Note: includes World War II battleground of Beliliou (Peleliu) and    world-famous rock islands; archipelago of six island groups totaling    over 200 islands in the Caroline chain       Palau:People       Population: 16,661 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: NA    15-64 years: NA    65 years and over: NA       Population growth rate: 1.76% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 22.11 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 6.61 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: 2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Infant mortality rate: 25.07 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 71.01 years    male: 69.14 years    female: 73.02 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 2.85 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Palauan(s)    adjective: Palauan       Ethnic divisions: Palauans are a composite of Polynesian, Malayan, and    Melanesian races       Religions: Christian (Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's    Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day    Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of the population observes this    religion which is indigenous to Palau)       Languages: English (official in all of Palau's 16 states), Sonsorolese    (official in the state of Sonsoral), Angaur and Japanese (in the state    of Anguar), Tobi (in the state of Tobi), Palauan (in the other 13    states)       Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980)    total population: 92%    male: 93%    female: 90%       Labor force: NA    by occupation: NA       Palau:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Republic of Palau    conventional short form: Palau    former: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands       Digraph: PS       Type: self-governing territory in free association with the US    pursuant to Compact of Free Association which entered into force 1    October 1994; Palau is fully responsible for internal affairs; US    retains responsibility for external affairs       Capital: Koror    note: a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast in eastern    Babelthuap       Administrative divisions: there are no first-order administrative    divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 16 states:    Aimeliik, Airai, Angaur, Kayangel, Koror, Melekeok, Ngaraard,    Ngardmau, Ngaremlengui, Ngatpang, Ngchesar, Ngerchelong, Ngiwal,    Peleliu, Sonsorol, Tobi       Independence: 1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN Trusteeship)       National holiday: Constitution Day, 9 July (1979)       Constitution: 1 January 1981       Legal system: based on Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature,    municipal, common, and customary laws       Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal       Executive branch:    chief of state and head of government: President Kuniwo NAKAMURA    (since 1 January 1993), Vice-President Tommy E. REMENGESAU Jr. (since    1 January 1993); election last held 4 November 1992 (next to be held    NA November 1996); results - Kuniwo NAKAMURA 50.7%, Johnson TORIBIONG    49.3%       Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament (Olbiil Era Kelulau or OEK)    Senate: elections last held 4 November 1992 (next to be held NA    November 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (14    total) number of seats by party NA    House of Delegates: elections last held 4 November 1992 (next to be    held NA November 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats -    (16 total) number of seats by party NA       Judicial branch: Supreme Court, National Court, Court of Common Pleas       Member of: ESCAP (associate), SPC, SPF (observer), UN       Diplomatic representation in US:    chief of mission: Liaison Officer NA    liaison office: 444 North Capital Street NW, Washington, DC 20036    telephone: (202) 624-7793    FAX: NA    note: relationship of free association with the US pursuant to compact    of free association which entered into force 1 October 1994       US diplomatic representation:    chief of mission: Liaison Officer Lloyd W. MOSS    liaison office: Erenguul Street, Koror, Republic of Palau    mailing address: P.O. Box 6028, Republic of Palau 96940    telephone: [680] 488-2920    FAX: [680] 488-2911    note: relationship of free association with the US pursuant to compact    of free association which entered into force 1 October 1994       Flag: light blue with a large yellow disk (representing the moon)    shifted slightly to the hoist side       Economy       Overview: The economy consists primarily of subsistence agriculture    and fishing. The government is the major employer of the work force,    relying heavily on financial assistance from the US. The compact of    "free association" with the United States, entered into after the end    of the UN trusteeship on 1 October 1994, provides Palau with $500    million in US aid over 15 years in return for furnishing some military    facilities. The population, in effect, enjoys a per capita income of    $5,000, twice that of the Philippines and much of Micronesia. Long-run    prospects for the tourist sector have been greatly bolstered by the    expansion of air travel in the Pacific and the rapidly rising    prosperity of leading East Asian countries.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $81.8 million (1994    est.)    note: GDP numbers reflect US spending       National product real growth rate: NA%       National product per capita: $5,000 (1994 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%       Unemployment rate: 20% (1986)       Budget:    revenues: $6 million    expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (1986 est.)       Exports: $600,000 (f.o.b., 1989)    commodities: trochus (type of shellfish), tuna, copra, handicrafts    partners: US, Japan       Imports: $24.6 million (c.i.f., 1989)    commodities: NA    partners: US       External debt: about $100 million (1989)       Industrial production: growth rate NA%       Electricity:    capacity: 16,000 kW    production: 22 million kWh    consumption per capita: 1,540 kWh (1990)       Industries: tourism, craft items (shell, wood, pearl), some commercial    fishing and agriculture       Agriculture: subsistence-level production of coconut, copra, cassava,    sweet potatoes       Economic aid:    recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $2.56 billion;    Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments    (1970-89), $92 million       Currency: 1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents       Exchange rates: US currency is used       Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September       Palau:Transportation       Railroads: 0 km       Highways:    total: 61 km    paved: 36 km    unpaved: gravel 25 km       Ports: Koror       Merchant marine: none       Airports:    total: 3    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1    with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2       Palau:Communications       Telephone system: NA telephones    local: NA    intercity: NA    international: 1 INTELSAT (Pacific Ocean) earth station       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0    radios: NA       Television:    broadcast stations: 2    televisions: NA       Palau:Defense Forces       Branches: NA       Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP       Note: defense is the responsibility of the US pursuant to Compact of    Free Association which entered into force 1 October 1994