Palace of Versailles
         n 1: a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest
               of Paris near the city of Versailles [syn: {Versailles},
               {Palace of Versailles}]

English Dictionary: police blotter	by the DICT Development Group
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pelecypod adj bivalve [syn: lamellibranch, pelecypod, pelecypodous] n marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together Synonym(s): bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch
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pelecypodous adj bivalve [syn: lamellibranch, pelecypod, pelecypodous]
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phallic phase n (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure Synonym(s): phallic stage, phallic phase
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philosopher n a specialist in philosophy a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity
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philosopher's stone n hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold Synonym(s): philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir
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philosopher's wool n oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment Synonym(s): zinc oxide, flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, philosophers' wool
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philosophers' stone n hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold Synonym(s): philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir
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philosophers' wool n oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment Synonym(s): zinc oxide, flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, philosophers' wool
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philosophic adj of or relating to philosophy or philosophers; "philosophical writing"; "a considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology" Synonym(s): philosophic, philosophical characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment; "philosophical resignation"; "a philosophic attitude toward life" Synonym(s): philosophical, philosophic
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philosophical adj of or relating to philosophy or philosophers; "philosophical writing"; "a considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology" Synonym(s): philosophic, philosophical characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment; "philosophical resignation"; "a philosophic attitude toward life" Synonym(s): philosophical, philosophic
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philosophical doctrine n a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy [syn: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory]
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philosophical system n a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school Synonym(s): doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
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philosophical theory n a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy [syn: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory]
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philosophically adv in a philosophic manner; "she took it philosophically" with respect to philosophy; "the movement is philosophically indebted to Rousseau"
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philosophise v reason philosophically [syn: philosophize, philosophise]
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philosophiser n someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view Synonym(s): philosophizer, philosophiser
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philosophize v reason philosophically [syn: philosophize, philosophise]
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philosophizer n someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view Synonym(s): philosophizer, philosophiser
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philosophizing n the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy
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philosophy n a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school Synonym(s): doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
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philosophy department n the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy Synonym(s): philosophy department, department of philosophy
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phlogopite n a brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum
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Phlox bifida n low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States [syn: chickweed phlox, sand phlox, Phlox bifida, Phlox stellaria]
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phlox family n a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers Synonym(s): Polemoniaceae, family Polemoniaceae, phlox family
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Phlox subulata n low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover Synonym(s): moss pink, mountain phlox, moss phlox, dwarf phlox, Phlox subulata
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Phylloscopus n warblers Synonym(s): Phylloscopus, genus Phylloscopus
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Phylloscopus sibilatrix n European woodland warbler with dull yellow plumage [syn: wood warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix]
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pilosebaceous adj of or relating to a hair follicle and its sebaceous gland
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placable adj easily calmed or pacified Antonym(s): implacable
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place bet n a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second
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place of birth n the place where someone was born [syn: birthplace, {place of birth}]
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place of business n an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered Synonym(s): place of business, business establishment
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place of origin n where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" Synonym(s): birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience
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place of worship n any building where congregations gather for prayer [syn: place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship]
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place upright v put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?" Synonym(s): stand, stand up, place upright
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placeable adj capable of being recognized [syn: recognizable, recognisable, placeable]
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placebo n an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
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placebo effect n any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs
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plague pneumonia n a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever Synonym(s): pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia
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plausibility n apparent validity Synonym(s): plausibility, plausibleness Antonym(s): implausibility, implausibleness
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plausible adj apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; "a plausible excuse" Antonym(s): implausible given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments; "a plausible liar"
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plausibleness n apparent validity Synonym(s): plausibility, plausibleness Antonym(s): implausibility, implausibleness
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plausibly adv easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election" Synonym(s): credibly, believably, plausibly, probably Antonym(s): implausibly, improbably, incredibly, unbelievably
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plausive adj expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod" Synonym(s): approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive
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Plecoptera n stoneflies Synonym(s): Plecoptera, order Plecoptera
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plecopteran n primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones Synonym(s): stonefly, stone fly, plecopteran
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Pleiospilos n perennial succulents of South Africa [syn: Pleiospilos, genus Pleiospilos]
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plica vocalis n either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx Synonym(s): vocal cord, vocal fold, vocal band, plica vocalis
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plosive n a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" Synonym(s): stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive Antonym(s): continuant, continuant consonant
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plosive consonant n a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" Synonym(s): stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive Antonym(s): continuant, continuant consonant
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plosive speech sound n a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" Synonym(s): stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive Antonym(s): continuant, continuant consonant
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ploughboy n a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow [syn: plowboy, ploughboy]
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plug fuse n a fuse with a thread that screws into a socket
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plugboard n telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords Synonym(s): switchboard, patchboard, plugboard
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plus fours n men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf)
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police blotter n the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station Synonym(s): blotter, day book, police blotter, rap sheet, charge sheet
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police boat n a boat used by harbor police
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police force n the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" Synonym(s): police, police force, constabulary, law
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police officer n a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer" Synonym(s): policeman, police officer, officer
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police precinct n a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force
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police van n van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: {police van}, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon, black Maria]
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polish off v finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment" Synonym(s): get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" Synonym(s): murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" Synonym(s): eat up, finish, polish off
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polish up v bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" Synonym(s): polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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d8Lamellibranchia \[d8]La*mel`li*bran"chi*a\,    d8Lamellibranchiata \[d8]La*mel`li*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL.       See {lamella}, and {Branchia}, {Branchiate}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve       shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.          Note: They usually have two (rarely but one) flat,                lamelliform gills on each side of the body. They have                an imperfectly developed head, concealed within the                shell, whence they are called {{Acephala}}. Called also                {Conchifera}, and {Pelecypoda}. See {Bivalve}.
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Viper \Vi"per\, n. [F. vip[8a]re, L. vipera, probably contr. fr.       vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring forth, because it was       believed to be the only serpent that brings forth living       young. Cf. {Quick}, a., {Parent}, {Viviparous}, {Wivern},       {Weever}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Old World             venomous makes belonging to {Vipera}, {Clotho}, {Daboia},             and other genera of the family {Viperid[91]}.                         There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on                      his hand.                                          --Acts xxviii.                                                                               3.          Note: Among the best-known species are the European adder                ({Pelias berus}), the European asp ({Vipera aspis}),                the African horned viper ({V. cerastes}), and the                Indian viper ({Daboia Russellii}).          2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.                         Who committed To such a viper his most sacred trust                      Of secrecy.                                       --Milton.          {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}.          {Red viper} (Zo[94]l.), the copperhead.          {Viper fish} (Zo[94]l.), a small, slender, phosphorescent             deep-sea fish ({Chauliodus Sloanii}). It has long ventral             and dorsal fins, a large mouth, and very long, sharp             teeth.          {Viper's bugloss} (Bot.), a rough-leaved biennial herb             ({Echium vulgare}) having showy purplish blue flowers. It             is sometimes cultivated, but has become a pestilent weed             in fields from New York to Virginia. Also called {blue             weed}.          {Viper's grass} (Bot.), a perennial composite herb             ({Scorzonera Hispanica}) with narrow, entire leaves, and             solitary heads of yellow flowers. The long, white,             carrot-shaped roots are used for food in Spain and some             other countries. Called also {viper grass}.
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Philosophaster \Phi*los"o*phas`ter\, n. [L., a bad philosopher,       fr. philosophus: cf. OF. philosophastre.]       A pretender to philosophy. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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Philosophate \Phi*los"o*phate\, v. i. [L. philosophatus, p. p.       of philosophari to philosophize.]       To play the philosopher; to moralize. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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Philosophation \Phi*los`o*pha"tion\, n.       Philosophical speculation and discussion. [Obs.] --Sir W.       Petty.
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Philosophe \Phil"o*sophe\, n. [F., a philosopher.]       A philosophaster; a philosopher. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Philosopheme \Phi*los"o*pheme\, n. [Gr. [?], from [?] to love       knowledge.]       A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle of       reasoning. [R.]                   This, the most venerable, and perhaps the most ancient,                of Grecian myths, is a philosopheme.      --Coleridge.
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Philosopher \Phi*los"o*pher\, n. [OE. philosophre, F.       philosophe, L. philosophus, Gr. [?]; [?] loving + [?] wise.       Cf. {Philosophy}.]       1. One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to,             philosophy.                         Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of                      the Stoics, encountered him.               --Acts xvii.                                                                               18.          2. One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice             in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the             rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all             vicissitudes with calmness.          3. An alchemist. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {Philosopher's stone}, an imaginary stone which the             alchemists formerly sought as instrument of converting the             baser metals into gold.
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2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or             morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the             uses of a lamp.                         Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my                      path.                                                --Ps. cxix.                                                                               105.                         Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. --Cowper.          3. (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by             electricity. See {Incandescent lamp}, under             {Incandescent}.          {[92]olipile lamp}, a hollow ball of copper containing             alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath,             so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is             ignited. --Weale.          {Arc lamp} (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc             is used as the source of light.          {D[89]bereiner's lamp}, an apparatus for the instantaneous             production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet             of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named             after the German chemist D[94]bereiner, who invented it.             Called also {philosopher's lamp}.          {Flameless lamp}, an aphlogistic lamp.          {Lamp burner}, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed             and ignited. --Knight.          {Lamp fount}, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp.          {Lamp jack}. See 2d {Jack}, n., 4             (l) &             (n) .          {Lamp shade}, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for             softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.          {Lamp shell} (Zo[94]l.), any brachiopod shell of the genus             Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the             shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See             {Terebratula}.          {Safety lamp}, a miner's lamp in which the flame is             surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of             dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir             Humphry Davy the inventor, {Davy lamp}.          {To smell of the lamp}, to bear marks of great study and             labor, as a literary composition.
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. &       OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,       Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?],       a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.]       1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular             mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy             threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a             stone.[b8] --Chaucer.                         They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for                      mortar.                                             --Gen. xi. 3.          Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are                called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the                finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone                is much and widely used in the construction of                buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,                abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.          2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8]             --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8]             --Shak.          3. Something made of stone. Specifically:             (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]                               Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will                            mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.                                                                               --Shak.             (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.                               Should some relenting eye Glance on the where                            our cold relics lie.                     --Pope.          4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the             kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.          5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.          6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a             cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}.          7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice             varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]          Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8                lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5                lbs.          8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;             insensibility; as, a heart of stone.                         I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.          9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of             stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a             book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also             {imposing stone}.          Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other                words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or                stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or                pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or                stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone                falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some                adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed                by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;                as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,                etc.          {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or             Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton.          {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit.          {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as             after the explosion of a meteor.          {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}.          {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}.          {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when             stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for             weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze             age} succeeded to this.          {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine             food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as             {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; --             called also {sea perch}.          {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish.          {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by             dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.             --Tylor.          {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones;             especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow             in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}.          {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of             bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}).          {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the             genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage.          {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a             bruise by a stone.          {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}.                      {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus             {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they             inflict painful wounds.          {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.          {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral.          {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the                   southern coast of the United States and much used as                   food.             (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}).          {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus             torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of             the common species ({A. fluviatilis}).          {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus                   crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also                   {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}.             (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]             (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]          {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above.          {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above.          {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin.          {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach})             which grows on rocks and walls.          {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of             pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied             genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.             The larv[91] are aquatic.          {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a             drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.          {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride.          {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a             thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,             -- used for breaking stone.          {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its             habit of sitting on bare stones.          {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware.          {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.          {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below.          {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela             foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white             throat; -- called also {beech marten}.          {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone.          {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used             in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short             distances.          {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum.          {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli             Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}.          {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine},             and {Pi[a4]on}.          {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug.          {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch.          {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The European stone curlew.             (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the                   genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E.                   recurvirostris}).             (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]             (d) The ringed plover.             (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to                   other species of limicoline birds.          {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans})                   of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,                   often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger},                   {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}.             (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma                   anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}.          {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a             stone may be thrown by the hand.          {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.             [Local, U.S.]          {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) See {Stone roller}             (a), above.             (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in                   the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a                   three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}.          {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be             done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Philosopher \Phi*los"o*pher\, n. [OE. philosophre, F.       philosophe, L. philosophus, Gr. [?]; [?] loving + [?] wise.       Cf. {Philosophy}.]       1. One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to,             philosophy.                         Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of                      the Stoics, encountered him.               --Acts xvii.                                                                               18.          2. One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice             in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the             rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all             vicissitudes with calmness.          3. An alchemist. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {Philosopher's stone}, an imaginary stone which the             alchemists formerly sought as instrument of converting the             baser metals into gold.
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Wool \Wool\ (w[oocr]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to       D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld,       Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr.       [umac]r[nsdot][amac] wool, v[rsdot] to cover. [root]146, 287.       Cf. {Flannel}, {Velvet}.]       1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which             grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in             fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied             to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most             essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate             climates.          Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin.          2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.                         Wool of bat and tongue of dog.            --Shak.          3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense,             curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.          {Dead pulled wool}, wool pulled from a carcass.          {Mineral wool}. See under {Mineral}.          {Philosopher's wool}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, under {Zinc}.                      {Pulled wool}, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide.          {Slag wool}. Same as {Mineral wool}, under {Mineral}.          {Wool ball}, a ball or mass of wool.          {Wool burler}, one who removes little burs, knots, or             extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen             cloth.          {Wool comber}.             (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool.             (b) A machine for combing wool.          {Wool grass} (Bot.), a kind of bulrush ({Scirpus Eriophorum})             with numerous clustered woolly spikes.          {Wool scribbler}. See {Woolen scribbler}, under {Woolen}, a.                      {Wool sorter's disease} (Med.), a disease, resembling             malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the             wool of goats and sheep.          {Wool staple}, a city or town where wool used to be brought             to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.]          {Wool stapler}.             (a) One who deals in wool.             (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its                   adaptation to different manufacturing purposes.          {Wool winder}, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool             into bundles to be packed for sale.
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Zinc \Zinc\ (z[icr][nsm]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn       tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. {Tin}.] (Chem.)       An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted       principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,       calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white       metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not       easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,       coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,       britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in       electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9. [Formerly       written also {zink}.]          {Butter of zinc} (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, {ZnCl2}, a             deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.          {Oxide of zinc}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, below.          {Zinc amine} (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,             {Zn(NH2)2}, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc             ethyl; -- called also {zinc amide}.          {Zinc amyle} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,             composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the             atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.                      {Zinc blende} [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc             sulphide. See {Blende}, n.       (a) .          {Zinc bloom} [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of             zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring             in white earthy incrustations; -- called also             {hydrozincite}.          {Zinc ethyl} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous             liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire             spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.          {Zinc green}, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt             oxides; -- called also {Rinmann's green}.          {Zinc methyl} (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid {Zn(CH3)2},             produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium             alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously             inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in             the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a             large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc             amyle, etc.          {Zinc oxide} (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, {ZnO}, forming a             light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also             {flowers of zinc}, {philosopher's wool}, {nihil album},             etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,             roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also             {pompholyx}, and {tutty}.          {Zinc spinel} (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,             consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and             aluminium; gahnite.          {Zinc vitriol} (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See {White vitriol},             under {Vitriol}.          {Zinc white}, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used             as a pigment.
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Wool \Wool\ (w[oocr]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to       D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld,       Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr.       [umac]r[nsdot][amac] wool, v[rsdot] to cover. [root]146, 287.       Cf. {Flannel}, {Velvet}.]       1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which             grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in             fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied             to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most             essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate             climates.          Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin.          2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.                         Wool of bat and tongue of dog.            --Shak.          3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense,             curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.          {Dead pulled wool}, wool pulled from a carcass.          {Mineral wool}. See under {Mineral}.          {Philosopher's wool}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, under {Zinc}.                      {Pulled wool}, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide.          {Slag wool}. Same as {Mineral wool}, under {Mineral}.          {Wool ball}, a ball or mass of wool.          {Wool burler}, one who removes little burs, knots, or             extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen             cloth.          {Wool comber}.             (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool.             (b) A machine for combing wool.          {Wool grass} (Bot.), a kind of bulrush ({Scirpus Eriophorum})             with numerous clustered woolly spikes.          {Wool scribbler}. See {Woolen scribbler}, under {Woolen}, a.                      {Wool sorter's disease} (Med.), a disease, resembling             malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the             wool of goats and sheep.          {Wool staple}, a city or town where wool used to be brought             to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.]          {Wool stapler}.             (a) One who deals in wool.             (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its                   adaptation to different manufacturing purposes.          {Wool winder}, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool             into bundles to be packed for sale.
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Zinc \Zinc\ (z[icr][nsm]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn       tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. {Tin}.] (Chem.)       An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted       principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,       calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white       metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not       easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,       coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,       britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in       electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9. [Formerly       written also {zink}.]          {Butter of zinc} (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, {ZnCl2}, a             deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.          {Oxide of zinc}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, below.          {Zinc amine} (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,             {Zn(NH2)2}, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc             ethyl; -- called also {zinc amide}.          {Zinc amyle} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,             composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the             atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.                      {Zinc blende} [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc             sulphide. See {Blende}, n.       (a) .          {Zinc bloom} [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of             zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring             in white earthy incrustations; -- called also             {hydrozincite}.          {Zinc ethyl} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous             liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire             spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.          {Zinc green}, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt             oxides; -- called also {Rinmann's green}.          {Zinc methyl} (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid {Zn(CH3)2},             produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium             alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously             inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in             the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a             large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc             amyle, etc.          {Zinc oxide} (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, {ZnO}, forming a             light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also             {flowers of zinc}, {philosopher's wool}, {nihil album},             etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,             roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also             {pompholyx}, and {tutty}.          {Zinc spinel} (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,             consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and             aluminium; gahnite.          {Zinc vitriol} (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See {White vitriol},             under {Vitriol}.          {Zinc white}, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used             as a pigment.
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Philosophic \Phil`o*soph"ic\, Philosophical \Phil`o*soph"ic*al\,       a. [L. philosophicus: cf. F. philosophique.]       Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with,       the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a       philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool. --       {Phil`o*soph"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Philosophic \Phil`o*soph"ic\, Philosophical \Phil`o*soph"ic*al\,       a. [L. philosophicus: cf. F. philosophique.]       Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with,       the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a       philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool. --       {Phil`o*soph"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Induction \In*duc"tion\, n. [L. inductio: cf. F. induction. See       {Induct}.]       1. The act or process of inducting or bringing in;             introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.                         I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this                      time, as the affair now stands, the induction of                      your acquaintance.                              --Beau. & Fl.                         These promises are fair, the parties sure, And our                      induction dull of prosperous hope.      --Shak.          2. An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a             preface; a prologue. [Obs.]                         This is but an induction: I will d[?]aw The curtains                      of the tragedy hereafter.                  --Massinger.          3. (Philos.) The act or process of reasoning from a part to a             whole, from particulars to generals, or from the             individual to the universal; also, the result or inference             so reached.                         Induction is an inference drawn from all the                      particulars.                                       --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.                         Induction is the process by which we conclude that                      what is true of certain individuals of a class, is                      true of the whole class, or that what is true at                      certain times will be true in similar circumstances                      at all times.                                    --J. S. Mill.          4. The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an             official into a office, with appropriate acts or             ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an             ecclesiastical living or its temporalities.          5. (Math.) A process of demonstration in which a general             truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases,             one of which is known to be true, the examination being so             conducted that each case is made to depend on the             preceding one; -- called also {successive induction}.          6. (Physics) The property by which one body, having             electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in             another body without direct contact; an impress of             electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on             another without actual contact.          {Electro-dynamic induction}, the action by which a variable             or interrupted current of electricity excites another             current in a neighboring conductor forming a closed             circuit.          {Electro-magnetic induction}, the influence by which an             electric current produces magnetic polarity in certain             bodies near or around which it passes.          {Electro-static induction}, the action by which a body             possessing a charge of statical electricity develops a             charge of statical electricity of the opposite character             in a neighboring body.          {Induction coil}, an apparatus producing induced currents of             great intensity. It consists of a coil or helix of stout             insulated copper wire, surrounded by another coil of very             fine insulated wire, in which a momentary current is             induced, when a current (as from a voltaic battery),             passing through the inner coil, is made, broken, or             varied. The inner coil has within it a core of soft iron,             and is connected at its terminals with a condenser; --             called also {inductorium}, and {Ruhmkorff's coil}.          {Induction pipe}, {port}, [or] {valve}, a pipe, passageway,             or valve, for leading or admitting a fluid to a receiver,             as steam to an engine cylinder, or water to a pump.          {Magnetic induction}, the action by which magnetic polarity             is developed in a body susceptible to magnetic effects             when brought under the influence of a magnet.          {Magneto-electric induction}, the influence by which a magnet             excites electric currents in closed circuits.          {Logical induction}, (Philos.), an act or method of reasoning             from all the parts separately to the whole which they             constitute, or into which they may be united collectively;             the operation of discovering and proving general             propositions; the scientific method.          {Philosophical induction}, the inference, or the act of             inferring, that what has been observed or established in             respect to a part, individual, or species, may, on the             ground of analogy, be affirmed or received of the whole to             which it belongs. This last is the inductive method of             Bacon. It ascends from the parts to the whole, and forms,             from the general analogy of nature, or special             presumptions in the case, conclusions which have greater             or less degrees of force, and which may be strengthened or             weakened by subsequent experience and experiment. It             relates to actual existences, as in physical science or             the concerns of life. Logical induction is founded on the             necessary laws of thought; philosophical induction, on the             interpretation of the indications or analogy of nature.
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Philosophic \Phil`o*soph"ic\, Philosophical \Phil`o*soph"ic*al\,       a. [L. philosophicus: cf. F. philosophique.]       Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with,       the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a       philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool. --       {Phil`o*soph"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Philosophy \Phi*los"o*phy\, n.; pl. {Philosophies}. [OE.       philosophie, F. philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. [?].       See {Philosopher}.]       1. Literally, the love of, including the search after,             wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as             explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons,             powers and laws.          Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge,                philosophy denotes the general laws or principles under                which all the subordinate phenomena or facts relating                to that subject are comprehended. Thus philosophy, when                applied to God and the divine government, is called                theology; when applied to material objects, it is                called physics; when it treats of man, it is called                anthropology and psychology, with which are connected                logic and ethics; when it treats of the necessary                conceptions and relations by which philosophy is                possible, it is called metaphysics.          Note: [bd]Philosophy has been defined: tionscience of things                divine and human, and the causes in which they are                contained; -- the science of effects by their causes;                -- the science of sufficient reasons; -- the science of                things possible, inasmuch as they are possible; -- the                science of things evidently deduced from first                principles; -- the science of truths sensible and                abstract; -- the application of reason to its                legitimate objects; -- the science of the relations of                all knowledge to the necessary ends of human reason; --                the science of the original form of the ego, or mental                self; -- the science of science; -- the science of the                absolute; -- the scienceof the absolute indifference of                the ideal and real.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton.          2. A particular philosophical system or theory; the             hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.                         [Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie. --Chaucer.                         We shall in vain interpret their words by the                      notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our                      school.                                             --Locke.          3. Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment;             equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune             with philosophy.                         Then had he spent all his philosophy. --Chaucer.          4. Reasoning; argumentation.                         Of good and evil much they argued then, . . . Vain                      wisdom all, and false philosophy.      --Milton.          5. The course of sciences read in the schools. --Johnson.          6. A treatise on philosophy.          {Philosophy of the Academy}, that of Plato, who taught his             disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy.          {Philosophy of the Garden}, that of Epicurus, who taught in a             garden in Athens.          {Philosophy of the Lyceum}, that of Aristotle, the founder of             the Peripatetic school, who delivered his lectures in the             Lyceum at Athens.          {Philosophy of the Porch}, that of Zeno and the Stoics; -- so             called because Zeno of Citium and his successors taught in             the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in Athens.
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Philosophism \Phi*los"o*phism\, n. [Cf. F. philosophisme.]       Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.       --Carlyle.
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Philosophist \Phi*los"o*phist\, n. [Cf. F. philosophiste.]       A pretender in philosophy.
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Philosophistic \Phi*los`o*phis"tic\, Philosophistical    \Phi*los`o*phis"tic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry. [R.]
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Philosophistic \Phi*los`o*phis"tic\, Philosophistical    \Phi*los`o*phis"tic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry. [R.]
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Philosophize \Phi*los"o*phize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.       {Philosophized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Philosophizing}.]       To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and       nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign       rational causes for their existence.                   Man philosophizes as he lives. He may philosophize well                or ill, but philosophize he must.            --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.
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Philosophize \Phi*los"o*phize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.       {Philosophized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Philosophizing}.]       To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and       nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign       rational causes for their existence.                   Man philosophizes as he lives. He may philosophize well                or ill, but philosophize he must.            --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.
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Philosophizer \Phi*los"o*phi`zer\, n.       One who philosophizes.
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Philosophize \Phi*los"o*phize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.       {Philosophized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Philosophizing}.]       To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and       nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign       rational causes for their existence.                   Man philosophizes as he lives. He may philosophize well                or ill, but philosophize he must.            --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.
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Philosophy \Phi*los"o*phy\, n.; pl. {Philosophies}. [OE.       philosophie, F. philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. [?].       See {Philosopher}.]       1. Literally, the love of, including the search after,             wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as             explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons,             powers and laws.          Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge,                philosophy denotes the general laws or principles under                which all the subordinate phenomena or facts relating                to that subject are comprehended. Thus philosophy, when                applied to God and the divine government, is called                theology; when applied to material objects, it is                called physics; when it treats of man, it is called                anthropology and psychology, with which are connected                logic and ethics; when it treats of the necessary                conceptions and relations by which philosophy is                possible, it is called metaphysics.          Note: [bd]Philosophy has been defined: tionscience of things                divine and human, and the causes in which they are                contained; -- the science of effects by their causes;                -- the science of sufficient reasons; -- the science of                things possible, inasmuch as they are possible; -- the                science of things evidently deduced from first                principles; -- the science of truths sensible and                abstract; -- the application of reason to its                legitimate objects; -- the science of the relations of                all knowledge to the necessary ends of human reason; --                the science of the original form of the ego, or mental                self; -- the science of science; -- the science of the                absolute; -- the scienceof the absolute indifference of                the ideal and real.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton.          2. A particular philosophical system or theory; the             hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.                         [Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie. --Chaucer.                         We shall in vain interpret their words by the                      notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our                      school.                                             --Locke.          3. Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment;             equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune             with philosophy.                         Then had he spent all his philosophy. --Chaucer.          4. Reasoning; argumentation.                         Of good and evil much they argued then, . . . Vain                      wisdom all, and false philosophy.      --Milton.          5. The course of sciences read in the schools. --Johnson.          6. A treatise on philosophy.          {Philosophy of the Academy}, that of Plato, who taught his             disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy.          {Philosophy of the Garden}, that of Epicurus, who taught in a             garden in Athens.          {Philosophy of the Lyceum}, that of Aristotle, the founder of             the Peripatetic school, who delivered his lectures in the             Lyceum at Athens.          {Philosophy of the Porch}, that of Zeno and the Stoics; -- so             called because Zeno of Citium and his successors taught in             the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in Athens.
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Philosophy \Phi*los"o*phy\, n.; pl. {Philosophies}. [OE.       philosophie, F. philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. [?].       See {Philosopher}.]       1. Literally, the love of, including the search after,             wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as             explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons,             powers and laws.          Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge,                philosophy denotes the general laws or principles under                which all the subordinate phenomena or facts relating                to that subject are comprehended. Thus philosophy, when                applied to God and the divine government, is called                theology; when applied to material objects, it is                called physics; when it treats of man, it is called                anthropology and psychology, with which are connected                logic and ethics; when it treats of the necessary                conceptions and relations by which philosophy is                possible, it is called metaphysics.          Note: [bd]Philosophy has been defined: tionscience of things                divine and human, and the causes in which they are                contained; -- the science of effects by their causes;                -- the science of sufficient reasons; -- the science of                things possible, inasmuch as they are possible; -- the                science of things evidently deduced from first                principles; -- the science of truths sensible and                abstract; -- the application of reason to its                legitimate objects; -- the science of the relations of                all knowledge to the necessary ends of human reason; --                the science of the original form of the ego, or mental                self; -- the science of science; -- the science of the                absolute; -- the scienceof the absolute indifference of                the ideal and real.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton.          2. A particular philosophical system or theory; the             hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.                         [Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie. --Chaucer.                         We shall in vain interpret their words by the                      notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our                      school.                                             --Locke.          3. Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment;             equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune             with philosophy.                         Then had he spent all his philosophy. --Chaucer.          4. Reasoning; argumentation.                         Of good and evil much they argued then, . . . Vain                      wisdom all, and false philosophy.      --Milton.          5. The course of sciences read in the schools. --Johnson.          6. A treatise on philosophy.          {Philosophy of the Academy}, that of Plato, who taught his             disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy.          {Philosophy of the Garden}, that of Epicurus, who taught in a             garden in Athens.          {Philosophy of the Lyceum}, that of Aristotle, the founder of             the Peripatetic school, who delivered his lectures in the             Lyceum at Athens.          {Philosophy of the Porch}, that of Zeno and the Stoics; -- so             called because Zeno of Citium and his successors taught in             the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in Athens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Philosophy \Phi*los"o*phy\, n.; pl. {Philosophies}. [OE.       philosophie, F. philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. [?].       See {Philosopher}.]       1. Literally, the love of, including the search after,             wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as             explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons,             powers and laws.          Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge,                philosophy denotes the general laws or principles under                which all the subordinate phenomena or facts relating                to that subject are comprehended. Thus philosophy, when                applied to God and the divine government, is called                theology; when applied to material objects, it is                called physics; when it treats of man, it is called                anthropology and psychology, with which are connected                logic and ethics; when it treats of the necessary                conceptions and relations by which philosophy is                possible, it is called metaphysics.          Note: [bd]Philosophy has been defined: tionscience of things                divine and human, and the causes in which they are                contained; -- the science of effects by their causes;                -- the science of sufficient reasons; -- the science of                things possible, inasmuch as they are possible; -- the                science of things evidently deduced from first                principles; -- the science of truths sensible and                abstract; -- the application of reason to its                legitimate objects; -- the science of the relations of                all knowledge to the necessary ends of human reason; --                the science of the original form of the ego, or mental                self; -- the science of science; -- the science of the                absolute; -- the scienceof the absolute indifference of                the ideal and real.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton.          2. A particular philosophical system or theory; the             hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.                         [Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie. --Chaucer.                         We shall in vain interpret their words by the                      notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our                      school.                                             --Locke.          3. Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment;             equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune             with philosophy.                         Then had he spent all his philosophy. --Chaucer.          4. Reasoning; argumentation.                         Of good and evil much they argued then, . . . Vain                      wisdom all, and false philosophy.      --Milton.          5. The course of sciences read in the schools. --Johnson.          6. A treatise on philosophy.          {Philosophy of the Academy}, that of Plato, who taught his             disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy.          {Philosophy of the Garden}, that of Epicurus, who taught in a             garden in Athens.          {Philosophy of the Lyceum}, that of Aristotle, the founder of             the Peripatetic school, who delivered his lectures in the             Lyceum at Athens.          {Philosophy of the Porch}, that of Zeno and the Stoics; -- so             called because Zeno of Citium and his successors taught in             the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in Athens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Philosophy \Phi*los"o*phy\, n.; pl. {Philosophies}. [OE.       philosophie, F. philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. [?].       See {Philosopher}.]       1. Literally, the love of, including the search after,             wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as             explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons,             powers and laws.          Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge,                philosophy denotes the general laws or principles under                which all the subordinate phenomena or facts relating                to that subject are comprehended. Thus philosophy, when                applied to God and the divine government, is called                theology; when applied to material objects, it is                called physics; when it treats of man, it is called                anthropology and psychology, with which are connected                logic and ethics; when it treats of the necessary                conceptions and relations by which philosophy is                possible, it is called metaphysics.          Note: [bd]Philosophy has been defined: tionscience of things                divine and human, and the causes in which they are                contained; -- the science of effects by their causes;                -- the science of sufficient reasons; -- the science of                things possible, inasmuch as they are possible; -- the                science of things evidently deduced from first                principles; -- the science of truths sensible and                abstract; -- the application of reason to its                legitimate objects; -- the science of the relations of                all knowledge to the necessary ends of human reason; --                the science of the original form of the ego, or mental                self; -- the science of science; -- the science of the                absolute; -- the scienceof the absolute indifference of                the ideal and real.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton.          2. A particular philosophical system or theory; the             hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.                         [Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie. --Chaucer.                         We shall in vain interpret their words by the                      notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our                      school.                                             --Locke.          3. Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment;             equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune             with philosophy.                         Then had he spent all his philosophy. --Chaucer.          4. Reasoning; argumentation.                         Of good and evil much they argued then, . . . Vain                      wisdom all, and false philosophy.      --Milton.          5. The course of sciences read in the schools. --Johnson.          6. A treatise on philosophy.          {Philosophy of the Academy}, that of Plato, who taught his             disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy.          {Philosophy of the Garden}, that of Epicurus, who taught in a             garden in Athens.          {Philosophy of the Lyceum}, that of Aristotle, the founder of             the Peripatetic school, who delivered his lectures in the             Lyceum at Athens.          {Philosophy of the Porch}, that of Zeno and the Stoics; -- so             called because Zeno of Citium and his successors taught in             the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in Athens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Philosophy \Phi*los"o*phy\, n.; pl. {Philosophies}. [OE.       philosophie, F. philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. [?].       See {Philosopher}.]       1. Literally, the love of, including the search after,             wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as             explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons,             powers and laws.          Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge,                philosophy denotes the general laws or principles under                which all the subordinate phenomena or facts relating                to that subject are comprehended. Thus philosophy, when                applied to God and the divine government, is called                theology; when applied to material objects, it is                called physics; when it treats of man, it is called                anthropology and psychology, with which are connected                logic and ethics; when it treats of the necessary                conceptions and relations by which philosophy is                possible, it is called metaphysics.          Note: [bd]Philosophy has been defined: tionscience of things                divine and human, and the causes in which they are                contained; -- the science of effects by their causes;                -- the science of sufficient reasons; -- the science of                things possible, inasmuch as they are possible; -- the                science of things evidently deduced from first                principles; -- the science of truths sensible and                abstract; -- the application of reason to its                legitimate objects; -- the science of the relations of                all knowledge to the necessary ends of human reason; --                the science of the original form of the ego, or mental                self; -- the science of science; -- the science of the                absolute; -- the scienceof the absolute indifference of                the ideal and real.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton.          2. A particular philosophical system or theory; the             hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.                         [Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie. --Chaucer.                         We shall in vain interpret their words by the                      notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our                      school.                                             --Locke.          3. Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment;             equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune             with philosophy.                         Then had he spent all his philosophy. --Chaucer.          4. Reasoning; argumentation.                         Of good and evil much they argued then, . . . Vain                      wisdom all, and false philosophy.      --Milton.          5. The course of sciences read in the schools. --Johnson.          6. A treatise on philosophy.          {Philosophy of the Academy}, that of Plato, who taught his             disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy.          {Philosophy of the Garden}, that of Epicurus, who taught in a             garden in Athens.          {Philosophy of the Lyceum}, that of Aristotle, the founder of             the Peripatetic school, who delivered his lectures in the             Lyceum at Athens.          {Philosophy of the Porch}, that of Zeno and the Stoics; -- so             called because Zeno of Citium and his successors taught in             the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in Athens.
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Inductive \In*duct"ive\, a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif.       See {Induce}.]       1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually             followed by to.                         A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]                         They may be . . . inductive of credibility. --Sir M.                                                                               Hale.          3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or             using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.          4. (Physics)             (a) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical                   machine.             (b) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted                   upon by induction; as certain substances have a great                   inductive capacity.          {Inductive embarrassment} (Physics), the retardation in             signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral             induction.          {Inductive} {philosophy [or] method}. See {Philosophical             induction}, under {Induction}.          {Inductive sciences}, those sciences which admit of, and             employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany,             chemistry, etc.
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Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.]       (Min.)       The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly       perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very       thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in       composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to       green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns,       the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called       {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and       {glimmer}.          Note: The important species of the mica group are:                {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or                green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also                called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica,                dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron,                mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless,                yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red,                lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an                essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica                slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks;                {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine.          {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but             containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.          {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of             mica.          {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock,             consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some             feldspar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phlogopite \Phlog"o*pite\, n. [Gr. [?] firelike.] (Min.)       A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or       copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of       aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is       characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and       serpentine. See {Mica}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.]       (Min.)       The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly       perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very       thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in       composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to       green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns,       the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called       {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and       {glimmer}.          Note: The important species of the mica group are:                {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or                green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also                called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica,                dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron,                mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless,                yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red,                lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an                essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica                slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks;                {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine.          {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but             containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.          {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of             mica.          {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock,             consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some             feldspar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phlogopite \Phlog"o*pite\, n. [Gr. [?] firelike.] (Min.)       A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or       copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of       aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is       characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and       serpentine. See {Mica}.
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Phlox \Phlox\, n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr. [?] flame, fr.       [?] to burn.] (Bot.)       A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple       flowers.          {Phlox worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American moth             ({Heliothis phloxiphaga}). It is destructive to phloxes.                      {Phlox subulata}, the moss pink. See under {Moss}.
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Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.       witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.       & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]       1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;             -- frequently used in the plural.                         Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky                      wood.                                                --Shak.          2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous             substance which composes the body of a tree and its             branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To             worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]             --Milton.          3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater             part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby             plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.             It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of             various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands             called silver grain.          Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose                and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.          4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.          {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid             obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing             large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,             acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.          {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})             of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.             of {Anemone}.          {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which             lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.          {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.                      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.          {Wood betony}. (Bot.)             (a) Same as {Betony}.             (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis                   Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or                   purplish flowers.          {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring                   beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,                   buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},                   under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.             (b) The larva of any one of various species of                   lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing                   moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),                   and of the goat moths.             (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the                   tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.             (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,                   as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.             (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the                   {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura                   terebrans}).          {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces             of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.             --Knight.          {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell             usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the             principal constituent of woody fiber.          {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.             [Poetic] --Coleridge.          {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.          {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket             ({Nemobius sylvestris}).          {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.          {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an             engraving.          {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.          {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.          {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The                   male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with                   green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its                   nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal                   duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.             (b) The hooded merganser.             (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).          {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.          {Wood engraver}.             (a) An engraver on wood.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles                   whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and                   excavate furrows in the wood often more or less                   resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus                   xylographus}.          {Wood engraving}.             (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.             (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from                   such an engraving.          {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.          {Wood fiber}.             (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.             (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty                   mass.          {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the             bark, of trees.          {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana             sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except             during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,             with a black stripe on each side of the head.          {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.          {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.          {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.          {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The capercailzie.             (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.          {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]          {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged                   rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and                   allied species.             (b) The American woodcock.          {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied             genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but             have a curved beak, and a longer tail.          {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,             long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus             {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily             covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus             loculator}) is common in Florida.          {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda             arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes             while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on             trees.          {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne             Laureola}).          {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera             [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy             larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other             fruit trees.          {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.          {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and             sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the             pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.          {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod                   Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and                   related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill                   bug}, under {Pill}.             (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,                   pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},                   which live in the crevices of walls and among old                   books and papers. Some of the species are called also                   {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.          {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of             the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in             woods, on tree trunks and stones.          {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)             (a) Formerly, the forest court.             (b) The court of attachment.          {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.          {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.          {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.          {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled             goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked             with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The                   larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,                   as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves                   of the grapevine.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored South American humming birds belonging to the                   genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or                   green and blue.          {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.                         We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.                                                                               x. 34.          {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East             Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having             properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes             substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See             {Gurjun}.          {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having             some resemblance to wood.          {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},             below.          {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher             ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but             is smaller.          {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,             especially the European great spotted woodpecker.          {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons                   belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the                   family {Columbid[91]}.             (b) The ringdove.          {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.          {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the             poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion             with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into             sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.                      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East             Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied             genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the             male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red             hairlike feathers.          {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.          {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American             wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern             United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood             rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.          {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})             growing in moist woods.          {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]          {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},             differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}             chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.          {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of             the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.          {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and             usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.          {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.          {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.          {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},             {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in             India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,             but feed upon both insects and berries.          {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American woodcock.             (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).          {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.          {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.          {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis             Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of             {Shamrock}.          {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.                      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,             for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.          {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American humming birds belonging to the genus             {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,             purple, and other colors.          {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.          {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and             allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common             in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and             habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they             resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white             beneath.          {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.          {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.          {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the                   sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.             (b) The missel thrush.          {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.          {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.          {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.          {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See             under {Sculptured}.          {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.          {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.          {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of                   the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.             (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --                   called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow                   wren}.          {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood             borer.          {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The wood warbler.             (b) The willow warbler.
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Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin       to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including             many species, most of which are characterized often used             as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A             wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W.             Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the             person beloved, is said to wear the willow.                         And I must wear the willow garland For him that's                      dead or false to me.                           --Campbell.          2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is             opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes             projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded             with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having             been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,             though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the             winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called             also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}.          {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See             under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}.          {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]          {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly             ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}.          {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on             willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia             strobiloides}).          {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See             {ptarmigan}.          {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]          {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.                   See under {Reed}.             (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia,                   Africa, and Southern Europe.          {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow             largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively             used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for             tea. --McElrath.          {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or             Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}.          {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler             ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird},             {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William},             {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.
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Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G.       seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be,       and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L.       sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.]       A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,       and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by       combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths,       usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium,       potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic,       palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf.       {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar       composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent       or not.          Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft.                Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they                are insoluble and useless.                            The purifying action of soap depends upon the                         fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of                         water into free alkali and an insoluble acid                         salt. The first of these takes away the fatty                         dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap                         lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus                         tends to remove it.                        --Roscoe &                                                                               Schorlemmer.          {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled,             made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles,             [or] Venetian, soap}.          {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of             different ingredients and color, which are hard and             compact. All solid soaps are of this class.          {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by             saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used             externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster},             {diachylon}, etc.          {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}.          {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium.          {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft             soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil.          {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as             silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists             mechanically in the removal of dirt.          {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in             bleaching.          {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium             silicate).          {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}.          {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a             film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something             attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.                         This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C.                                                                               Shairp.          {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax,             and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an             application to allay inflammation.          {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses,             etc., used in making soap.          {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor,             and alcohol.          {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the             soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc.          {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place             of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California             plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and             rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells             not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple},             {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}.          {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}.          {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps             are all hard soaps.          {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and             of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the             lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often             contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in             cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively,             flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.]          {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and             perfumed.
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Placability \Pla`ca*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. placabilitas: cf. F.       placabilit[82].]       The quality or state of being placable or appeasable;       placable disposition.
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Placable \Pla"ca*ble\, a. [L. placabilis, fr. placare to quiet,       pacify: cf. F. placable. See {Placate}.]       Capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to be       pacified; willing to forgive or condone.                   Methought I saw him placable and mild.   --Milton.
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Placableness \Pla"ca*ble*ness\, n.       The quality of being placable.
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Place \Place\, n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a       courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of       platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[rsdot]thu, Lith. platus.       Cf. {Flawn}, {Piazza}, {Plate}, {Plaza}.]       1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct             from all other space, or appropriated to some definite             object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely,             unbounded space.                         Here is the place appointed.               --Shak.                         What place can be for us Within heaven's bound?                                                                               --Milton.                         The word place has sometimes a more confused sense,                      and stands for that space which any body takes up;                      and so the universe is a place.         --Locke.          2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or             short part of a street open only at one end. [bd]Hangman             boys in the market place.[b8] --Shak.          3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a             mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or             post; a stronghold; a region or country.                         Are you native of this place?            --Shak.          4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement,             dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or             position; condition; also, official station; occupation;             calling. [bd]The enervating magic of place.[b8]             --Hawthorne.                         Men in great place are thrice servants. --Bacon.                         I know my place as I would they should do theirs.                                                                               --Shak.          5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure             or removal of another being or thing being implied).             [bd]In place of Lord Bassanio.[b8] --Shak.          6. A definite position or passage of a document.                         The place of the scripture which he read was this.                                                                               --Acts viii.                                                                               32.          7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as,             he said in the first place.          8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.                         My word hath no place in you.            --John viii.                                                                               37.          9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body;             -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination,             or by its latitude and longitude.          {Place of arms} (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous             of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe             retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --Wilhelm.          {High place} (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were             offered. [bd]Him that offereth in the high place.[b8]             --Jer. xlviii. 35.          {In place}, in proper position; timely.          {Out of place}, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks             were out of place.          {Place kick} (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it             has been placed on the ground.          {Place name}, the name of a place or locality. --London             Academy.          {To give place}, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give             advantage. [bd]Neither give place to the devil.[b8] --Eph.             iv. 27. [bd]Let all the rest give place.[b8] --Shak.          {To have place}, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such             desires can have no place in a good heart.          {To take place}.             (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not                   take place.             (b) To take precedence or priority. --Addison.             (c) To take effect; to prevail. [bd]If your doctrine takes                   place.[b8] --Berkeley. [bd]But none of these excuses                   would take place.[b8] --Spenser.          {To take the place of}, to be substituted for.          Syn: Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location;                site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust;                ground; room; stead.
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Placeful \Place"ful\, a.       In the appointed place. [Obs.]
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Place-proud \Place"-proud`\, a.       Proud of rank or office. --Beau. & Fl.
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Plagueful \Plague"ful\, a.       Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as,       plagueful exhalations.
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Plausibility \Plau`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. plausibilit[82].]       1. Something worthy of praise. [Obs.]                         Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious                      plausibilities.                                 --E. Vaughan.          2. The quality of being plausible; speciousness.                         To give any plausibility to a scheme. --De Quincey.          3. Anything plausible or specious. --R. Browning.
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Plausible \Plau"si*ble\, a. [L. plausibilis praiseworthy, from       plaudere, plausum, to applaud, clap the hands, strike, beat.]       1. Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable;             ready. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket.          2. Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently             right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible             manners; a plausible delusion. [bd]Plausible and popular             arguments.[b8] --Clarendon.          3. Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible             speaker.
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Plausibleize \Plau"si*ble*ize\, v. t.       To render plausible. [R.]
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Plausibleness \Plau"si*ble*ness\, n.       Quality of being plausible.
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Plausibly \Plau"si*bly\, adv.       1. In a plausible manner.          2. Contentedly, readily. [Obs.]                         The Romans plausibly did give consent. --Shak.
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Plausive \Plau"sive\, a. [L. plaudere, plausum, to applaud.]       1. Applauding; manifesting praise. --Young.          2. Plausible, specious. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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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6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.                         Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. --Milton.          7. The topmost part of anything; the summit.                         The steepy crown of the bare mountains. --Dryden.          8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of {Bird}.);             that part of the head from which the hair descends toward             the sides and back; also, the head or brain.                         From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches.                                                                               --Shak.                         Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty                      more-had in my crown.                        --Bunyan.          9. The part of a hat above the brim.          10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum;             also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.          11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied             generally to about one third of the curve, but in a             pointed arch to the apex only.          12. (Bot.) Same as {Corona}.          13. (Naut.)             (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to                   the shank.             (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a                   level line.             (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a                   cable. --Totten.          14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.          15. The dome of a furnace.          16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric             perimeters.          17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head,             as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.          18. A size of writing paper. See under {Paper}.          19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a             denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver             coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little             more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money             of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.          20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the             paper is stamped with a crown.          {Crown of aberration} (Astron.), a spurious circle around the             true circle of the sun.          {Crown antler} (Zo[94]l.), the topmost branch or tine of an             antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines             springing from the rim.          {Crown bar}, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of             steam-boiler furnace.          {Crown glass}. See under {Glass}.          {Crown imperial}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Crown jewels}, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign             while wearing the crown. [Eng.] [bd]She pawned and set to             sale the crown jewels.[b8] --Milton.          {Crown land}, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the             sovereign.          {Crown law}, the law which governs criminal prosecutions.             [Eng.]          {Crown lawyer}, one employed by the crown, as in criminal             cases. [Eng.]          {Crown octavo}. See under {Paper}.          {Crown office}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Crown paper}. See under {Paper}.          {Crown piece}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Crown Prince}, the heir apparent to a crown or throne.          {Crown saw}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Crown scab} (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the             corners of a horse's hoof.          {Crown sheet}, the flat plate which forms the top of the             furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler.                      {Crown shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Acorn-shell}.          {Crown side}. See {Crown office}.          {Crown tax} (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value,             which was required annually from the Jews by the king of             Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. --1 Macc. x. 20.          {Crown wheel}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Crown work}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Pleas of the crown} (Engl. law), criminal actions.
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Plexiform \Plex"i*form\, a. [Plexus + -form: cf. F. Plexiforme.]       Like network; complicated.
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Plowable \Plow"a*ble\, Ploughable \Plough"a*ble\, a.       Capable of being plowed; arable.
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Plowbote \Plow"bote`\, Ploughbote \Plough"bote`\, n. (Eng. Law)       Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of       instruments of husbandry. See {Bote}.
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Plowboy \Plow"boy`\, Ploughboy \Plough"boy`\, n.       A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young       rustic.
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Plowfoot \Plow"foot`\, Ploughfoot \Plough"foot`\, n.       An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to       determine the depth of the furrow. --Piers Plowman.
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Plowpoint \Plow"point`\, Ploughpoint \Plough"point`\, n.       A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.
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Plug \Plug\, n.          {Breech plug} (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug             or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,             through which the gun is loaded. Plug board \Plug board\       (Elec.)       A switchboard in which connections are made by means of       plugs.
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Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl[94]k, plug,       Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]       1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop             or fill a hole; a stopple.          2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]          3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]          4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]          5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a             hold for nails.          {Fire plug}, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.             [U. S.]          {Hawse plug} (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.          {Plug and feather}. (Stone Working) See {Feather}, n., 7.          {Plug centerbit}, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder             instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole             previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.          {Plug rod} (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for             working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.          {Plug valve} (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case             like the plug of a faucet.
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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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a       state, government, administration, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be a       citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. [?] citizen,       fr. [?] city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity,       {Polity}.]       1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a             city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights,             order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement             of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of             the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or             borough.          2. That which concerns the order of the community; the             internal regulation of a state.          3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or             district, whose particular duties are the preservation of             good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the             enforcement of the laws.          4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to             preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements             in a camp or garrison.          5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state [?] a             camp as to cleanliness.          {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a             board, commissioned to regulate and control the             appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.          {Police constable}, [or] {Police officer}, a policeman.          {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before             it by the police.          {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a             superintendent.          {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise             jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes,             etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier.          {Police justice}, [or] {Police magistrate}, a judge of a             police court.          {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of             the community, of which a police court may have final             jurisdiction.          {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a             section of them; the place where the police assemble for             orders, and to which they take arrested persons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a       state, government, administration, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be a       citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. [?] citizen,       fr. [?] city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity,       {Polity}.]       1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a             city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights,             order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement             of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of             the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or             borough.          2. That which concerns the order of the community; the             internal regulation of a state.          3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or             district, whose particular duties are the preservation of             good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the             enforcement of the laws.          4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to             preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements             in a camp or garrison.          5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state [?] a             camp as to cleanliness.          {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a             board, commissioned to regulate and control the             appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.          {Police constable}, [or] {Police officer}, a policeman.          {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before             it by the police.          {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a             superintendent.          {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise             jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes,             etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier.          {Police justice}, [or] {Police magistrate}, a judge of a             police court.          {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of             the community, of which a police court may have final             jurisdiction.          {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a             section of them; the place where the police assemble for             orders, and to which they take arrested persons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Police power \Police power\ (Law)       The inherent power of a government to regulate its police       affairs.          Note: The term police power is not definitely fixed in                meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it                was used as including the whole power of internal                government, or the powers of government inherent in                every sovereignty to the extent of its dominions (11                Peters (--U. S.) 102). The later cases have excepted                from its domain the development and administration of                private law. Modern political science defines the power                as a branch of internal administration in the exercise                of which the executive should move within the lines of                general principles prescribed by the constitution or                the legislature, and in the exercise of which the most                local governmental organizations should participate as                far as possible (--Burgess). Under this limitation the                police power, as affecting persons, is the power of the                state to protect the public against the abuse of                individual liberty, that is, to restrain the individual                in the exercise of his rights when such exercise                becomes a danger to the community. The tendency of                judicial and popular usage is towards this narrower                definition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Policy \Pol"i*cy\, n. [F. police; cf. Pr. polissia, Sp.       p[a2]lizia, It. p[a2]lizza; of uncertain origin; cf. L.       pollex thumb (as being used in pressing the seal), in LL.       also, seal; or cf. LL. politicum, poleticum, polecticum, L.       polyptychum, account book, register, fr. Gr. [?] having many       folds or leaves; [?] many + [?] fold, leaf, from [?] to fold;       or cf. LL. apodixa a receipt.]       1. A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.          2. The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance             is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms             and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify             another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils,             or risks to which his person or property may be exposed.             See {Insurance}.          3. A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be             drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.          {Interest policy}, a policy that shows by its form that the             assured has a real, substantial interest in the matter             insured.          {Open policy}, one in which the value of the goods or             property insured is not mentioned.          {Policy book}, a book to contain a record of insurance             policies.          {Policy holder}, one to whom an insurance policy has been             granted.          {Policy shop}, a gambling place where one may bet on the             numbers which will be drawn in lotteries.          {Valued policy}, one in which the value of the goods,             property, or interest insured is specified.          {Wager policy}, a policy that shows on the face of it that             the contract it embodies is a pretended insurance, founded             on an ideal risk, where the insured has no interest in             anything insured.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plait \Plait\, n. [OE. playte, OF. pleit, L. plicatum, plicitum,       p. p. of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See       {Ply}, and cf. {Plat} to weave, {Pleat}, {Plight} fold.]       1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box             plait.                         The plaits and foldings of the drapery. --Addison.          2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.          {Polish plait}. (Med.) Same as {Plica}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Plica \[d8]Pli"ca\, n. [LL., a fold, fr. L. plicare to fold.       See {Ply}, v.]       1. (Med.) A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it             becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of             Polish origin, and is hence called also {Polish plait}.             --Dunglison.          2. (Bot.) A diseased state in plants in which there is an             excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of             ordinary branches.          3. (Zo[94]l.) The bend of the wing of a bird.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polishable \Pol"ish*a*ble\, a.       Capable of being polished.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polyscope \Pol"y*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] farseeing; poly`s much,       many + [?] to view: cf. F. polyscope.]       1. (Opt.) A glass which makes a single object appear as many;             a multiplying glass. --Hutton.          2. (Med.) An apparatus for affording a view of the different             cavities of the body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polysepalous \Pol`y*sep"al*ous\, a. [Poly- + sepal.] (Bot.)       Having the sepals separate from each other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polyspast \Pol"y*spast\, n. [L. polyspaston, fr. Gr. [?], fr.       [?] drawn by several cords; poly`s many + [?] to draw: cf. F.       polyspaste.] (Surg.)       A machine consisting of many pulleys; specifically, an       apparatus formerly used for reducing luxations.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polyspermous \Pol`y*sper"mous\, a. [Gr. [?]; poly`s many + [?]       seed.] (Bot.)       Containing many seeds; as, a polyspermous capsule or berry.       --Martyn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polyspermy \Pol"y*sper`my\, n. (Biol.)       Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than one       spermatozo[94]n into the vitellus in the impregnation of the       ovum.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polysporous \Pol`y*spor"ous\, a. [Poly- + spore.] (Bot.)       Containing many spores.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chigoe \Chig"oe\, Chigre \Chig"re\, n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr.       Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A species of flea ({Pulex penetrans}), common in the West       Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any       exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the       skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to       remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are       sometimes dangerous. See {Jigger}. [Written also {chegre},       {chegoe}, {chique}, {chigger}, {jigger}.]          Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain                mites or ticks having similar habits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulse \Pulse\, n. [OE. pous, OF. pous, F. pouls, fr. L. pulsus       (sc. venarum), the beating of the pulse, the pulse, from       pellere, pulsum, to beat, strike; cf. Gr. [?] to swing,       shake, [?] to shake. Cf. {Appeal}, {Compel}, {Impel},       {Push}.]       1. (Physiol.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood             vessels, especially of the arteries.          Note: In an artery the pulse is due to the expansion and                contraction of the elastic walls of the artery by the                action of the heart upon the column of blood in the                arterial system. On the commencement of the diastole of                the ventricle, the semilunar valves are closed, and the                aorta recoils by its elasticity so as to force part of                its contents into the vessels farther onwards. These,                in turn, as they already contain a certain quantity of                blood, expand, recover by an elastic recoil, and                transmit the movement with diminished intensity. Thus a                series of movements, gradually diminishing in                intensity, pass along the arterial system (see the Note                under {Heart}). For the sake of convenience, the radial                artery at the wrist is generally chosen to detect the                precise character of the pulse. The pulse rate varies                with age, position, sex, stature, physical and                psychical influences, etc.          2. Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion,             regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of             light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation;             impulse; beat; movement.                         The measured pulse of racing oars.      --Tennyson.                         When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck                      by a single pulse of the air, which makes the                      eardrum and the other membranous parts vibrate                      according to the nature and species of the stroke.                                                                               --Burke.          {Pulse glass}, an instrument consisting to a glass tube with             terminal bulbs, and containing ether or alcohol, which the             heat of the hand causes to boil; -- so called from the             pulsating motion of the liquid when thus warmed.          {Pulse wave} (Physiol.), the wave of increased pressure             started by the ventricular systole, radiating from the             semilunar valves over the arterial system, and gradually             disappearing in the smaller branches.                         the pulse wave travels over the arterial system at                      the rate of about 29.5 feet in a second. --H. N.                                                                               Martin.          {To feel one's pulse}.             (a) To ascertain, by the sense of feeling, the condition                   of the arterial pulse.             (b) Hence, to sound one's opinion; to try to discover                   one's mind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulsific \Pul*sif"ic\, a. [Pulse + L. facere to make.]       Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulsive \Pul"sive\, a.       Tending to compel; compulsory. [R.] [bd]The pulsive strain of       conscience.[b8] --Marston.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palos Park, IL (village, FIPS 57407)       Location: 41.66455 N, 87.84433 W       Population (1990): 4199 (1458 housing units)       Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 60464
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palos Verdes Est, CA       Zip code(s): 90274
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Palos Verdes Estates, CA (city, FIPS 55380)       Location: 33.78777 N, 118.39620 W       Population (1990): 13512 (5131 housing units)       Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Pauls Valley, OK (city, FIPS 57550)       Location: 34.72534 N, 97.22444 W       Population (1990): 6150 (2838 housing units)       Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 73075
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Paulsboro, NJ (borough, FIPS 57150)       Location: 39.83975 N, 75.24038 W       Population (1990): 6577 (2584 housing units)       Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 08066
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Pillsbury, ND (city, FIPS 62540)       Location: 47.20682 N, 97.79605 W       Population (1990): 31 (18 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Plaucheville, LA (village, FIPS 60985)       Location: 30.96463 N, 91.98295 W       Population (1990): 187 (83 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71362
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Polkville, MS (village, FIPS 58960)       Location: 32.19147 N, 89.69247 W       Population (1990): 129 (63 housing units)       Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Polkville, NC (city, FIPS 53160)       Location: 35.41690 N, 81.64476 W       Population (1990): 1514 (650 housing units)       Area: 52.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Pollock Pines, CA (CDP, FIPS 58030)       Location: 38.75214 N, 120.57057 W       Population (1990): 4291 (2119 housing units)       Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Pollocksville, NC (town, FIPS 53200)       Location: 35.00697 N, 77.22135 W       Population (1990): 299 (147 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 28573
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Poolesville, MD (town, FIPS 62850)       Location: 39.14475 N, 77.41001 W       Population (1990): 3796 (1172 housing units)       Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 20837
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Poulsbo, WA (city, FIPS 55995)       Location: 47.73713 N, 122.64004 W       Population (1990): 4848 (2147 housing units)       Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 98370
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Powells Point, NC       Zip code(s): 27966
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Pylesville, MD       Zip code(s): 21132
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PaiLisp          A {parallel} {Lisp} built on {Scheme} in 1986.          ["A Parallel Lisp Language PaiLisp and its Kernel       Specification", T. Ito et al, in Parallel Lisp: Languages and       Systems, T. Ito et al eds, LNCS 441, Springer 1989].          (1995-01-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
philosophy          See {computer ethics}, {liar paradox}, {netiquette}, {proof}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL/I SUBSET          An early 70's version of {PL/I} for {minicomputer}s.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL/I Subset G          ("General Purpose") The commercial {PL/I} subset, i.e. what was       actually implemented by most vendors.   ANS X3.74-1981.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PLisp          1. PostScript Lisp?   A {Common Lisp} translator and       programming environment in {PostScript} by John Peterson       .          2. Pattern LISP.   1990.   A {pattern-matching} rewrite-rule       language, optimised for describing syntax translation rules.       (See {LISP70}).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Pluggable Authentication Module          (PAM) The new industry standard integrated {login}       {framework}.   PAM is used by system entry components, such as       the {Common Desktop Environment}'s dtlogin, to authenticate       users logging into a {Unix} system.   It provides pluggability       for a variety of system-entry services.   PAM's ability to       {stack} authentication {modules} can be used to integrate       {login} with different authentication mechanisms such as       {RSA}, {DCE} and {Kerberos}, and thus unify login mechanisms.       PAM can also integrate {smart card} authentication.          {White paper (http://www.gr.osf.org/book/psm-wppr.htm)}.          [OSF-RFC 86.0 V. Samar, R. Schemers, "Unified Login with       Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)", Oct 1995].          (1997-07-18)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pools of Solomon       the name given to three large open cisterns at Etam, at the head       of the Wady Urtas, having an average length of 400 feet by 220       in breadth, and 20 to 30 in depth. These pools derive their       chief supply of water from a spring called "the sealed       fountain," about 200 yards to the north-west of the upper pool,       to which it is conveyed by a large subterranean passage. They       are 150 feet distant from each other, and each pool is 20 feet       lower than that above it, the conduits being so arranged that       the lowest, which is the largest and finest of the three, is       filled first, and then in succession the others. It has been       estimated that these pools cover in all a space of about 7       acres, and are capable of containing three million gallons of       water. They were, as is generally supposed, constructed in the       days of Solomon. They are probably referred to in Eccles. 2:6.       On the fourth day after his victory over the Ammonites, etc., in       the wilderness of Tekoa, Jehoshaphat assembled his army in the       valley of Berachah ("blessing"), and there blessed the Lord.       Berachah has been identified with the modern Bereikut, some 5       miles south of Wady Urtas, and hence the "valley of Berachah"       may be this valley of pools, for the word means both "blessing"       and "pools;" and it has been supposed, therefore, that this       victory was celebrated beside Solomon's pools (2 Chr. 20:26).                These pools were primarily designed to supply Jerusalem with       water. From the lower pool an aqueduct has been traced conveying       the water through Bethlehem and across the valley of Gihon, and       along the west slope of the Tyropoeon valley, till it finds its       way into the great cisterns underneath the temple hill. The       water, however, from the pools reaches now only to Bethlehem.       The aqueduct beyond this has been destroyed.