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   page-at-a-time printer
         n 1: a printer that prints one page at a time [syn: {page
               printer}, {page-at-a-time printer}]

English Dictionary: postdate by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pagoda tree
n
  1. tall sparingly branched conical tree having large fragrant yellow flowers with white centers
    Synonym(s): West Indian jasmine, pagoda tree, Plumeria alba
  2. frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens
    Synonym(s): pagoda tree, temple tree, Plumeria acutifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pas de deux
n
  1. (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)
    Synonym(s): pas de deux, duet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pas de trois
n
  1. (ballet) a dance for three people
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pasted
adj
  1. affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; "he stayed glued to one spot"; "pieces of pasted paper"
    Synonym(s): glued, pasted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pay-station
n
  1. a coin-operated telephone
    Synonym(s): pay-phone, pay-station
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pig-headedly
adv
  1. in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position"
    Synonym(s): stubbornly, pig-headedly, obdurately, mulishly, obstinately, cussedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pigheaded
adj
  1. obstinate and stupid [syn: bullheaded, bullet-headed, pigheaded]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pigheadedness
n
  1. resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires [syn: stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pocket edition
n
  1. pocket-sized paperback book [syn: pocketbook, {pocket book}, pocket edition]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pocket watch
n
  1. a watch that is carried in a small watch pocket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pocketed bat
n
  1. small brown bat of California and northern Mexico [syn: pocketed bat, pocketed freetail bat, Tadirida femorosacca]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pocketed freetail bat
n
  1. small brown bat of California and northern Mexico [syn: pocketed bat, pocketed freetail bat, Tadirida femorosacca]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Post-It
n
  1. brand name for a slip of notepaper that has an adhesive that allows it to stick to a surface and be removed without damaging the surface
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
postdate
v
  1. be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday" [syn: postdate, follow]
    Antonym(s): antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate
  2. establish something as being later relative to something else
    Antonym(s): antedate, foredate, predate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
posted
adj
  1. publicly announced; "the posted speed limit"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
posthitis
n
  1. inflammation of the foreskin of the penis; usually caused by bacterial infection
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pseudotaxus
n
  1. one species
    Synonym(s): Pseudotaxus, genus Pseudotaxus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pseudotaxus chienii
n
  1. yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries
    Synonym(s): white-berry yew, Pseudotaxus chienii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pseudotsuga
n
  1. douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya
    Synonym(s): Pseudotsuga, genus Pseudotsuga
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
n
  1. douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long
    Synonym(s): big-cone spruce, big-cone douglas fir, Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pseudotsuga menziesii
n
  1. lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
    Synonym(s): green douglas fir, douglas spruce, douglas pine, douglas hemlock, Oregon fir, Oregon pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Magpie \Mag"pie\, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr.
      Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and
      common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita
      pearl, Gr. [?], prob. of Eastern origin. See {Pie} magpie,
      and cf. the analogous names {Tomtit}, and {Jackdaw}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of the genus {Pica} and related
      genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.
  
      Note: The common European magpie ({Pica pica}, or {P.
               caudata}) is a black and white noisy and mischievous
               bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie
               ({P. Hudsonica}) is very similar. The yellow-belled
               magpie ({P. Nuttalli}) inhabits California. The blue
               magpie ({Cyanopolius Cooki}) inhabits Spain. Other
               allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and
               Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white
               magpie ({Gymnorhina organicum}), the black magpie
               ({Strepera fuliginosa}), and the Australian magpie
               ({Cracticus picatus}).
  
      {Magpie lark} (Zo[94]l.), a common Australian bird ({Grallina
            picata}), conspicuously marked with black and white; --
            called also {little magpie}.
  
      {Magpie moth} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white European
            geometrid moth ({Abraxas grossulariata}); the harlequin
            moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pacated \Pa"ca*ted\, a.
      Pacified; pacate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Packet \Pack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packeted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Packeting}.]
      1. To make up into a packet or bundle.
  
      2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
  
                     Her husband Was packeted to France.   --Ford.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pactitious \Pac*ti"tious\, a. [L. pactitius, pacticius.]
      Setted by a pact, or agreement. [R.] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pagodite \Pa*go"dite\, n. (Min.)
      Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the
      Chinese into the form of pagodas. See {Agalmatolite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Agalmatolite \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], image, statue
      + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.] (Min.)
      A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish
      color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called
      {figure stone}, and {pagodite}. It is probably a variety of
      pinite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pagodite \Pa*go"dite\, n. (Min.)
      Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the
      Chinese into the form of pagodas. See {Agalmatolite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Agalmatolite \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], image, statue
      + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.] (Min.)
      A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish
      color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called
      {figure stone}, and {pagodite}. It is probably a variety of
      pinite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paste \Paste\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Pasting}.]
      To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pectate \Pec"tate\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of pectic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peg \Peg\, n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point,
      prickle, and E. peak.]
      1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards
            together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.;
            as, a shoe peg.
  
      2. A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats,
            etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a
            reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
  
      3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the
            strings are strained. --Shak.
  
      4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage
            board.
  
      5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase [bd]To take one
            down peg.[b8]
  
                     To screw papal authority to the highest peg.
                                                                              --Barrow.
  
                     And took your grandess down a peg.      --Hudibras.
  
      {Peg ladder}, a ladder with but one standard, into which
            cross pieces are inserted.
  
      {Peg tankard}, an ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as
            divide the liquor into equal portions. [bd]Drink down to
            your peg.[b8] --Longfellow.
  
      {Peg tooth}. See {Fleam tooth} under {Fleam}.
  
      {Peg top}, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it.
  
      {Screw peg}, a small screw without a head, for fastening
            soles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pegtatoid \Peg"ta*toid\, a. [Pegmatite + -oid.] (Min.)
      Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pestiduct \Pes"ti*duct\, n. [L. pestis pest + ductus a leading,
      fr. ducere to lead.]
      That which conveys contagion or infection. [Obs.] --Donne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Picked \Pick"ed\, a.
      1. Pointed; sharp. [bd]Picked and polished.[b8] --Chapman.
  
                     Let the stake be made picked at the top. --Mortimer.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of
            certain fishes.
  
      3. Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.
  
      4. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Picked dogfish}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Dogfish}.
  
      {Picked out}, ornamented or relieved with lines, or the like,
            of a different, usually a lighter, color; as, a carriage
            body dark green, picked out with red.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Picket \Pick"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picketed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Picketing}.]
      1. To fortify with pointed stakes.
  
      2. To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
  
      3. To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
  
      4. To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
  
      5. To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a
            pointed stake. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Picktooth \Pick"tooth`\, n.
      A toothpick. [Obs.] --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pig-headed \Pig"-head`ed\, a.
      Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity
      obstinate; perverse; stubborn. --B. Jonson. --
      {Pig"-head`ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pig-headed \Pig"-head`ed\, a.
      Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity
      obstinate; perverse; stubborn. --B. Jonson. --
      {Pig"-head`ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pocket \Pock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pocketed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Pocketing}.]
      1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the
            change.
  
                     He would pocket the expense of the license.
                                                                              --Sterne.
  
      2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
  
                     He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long
                     been dead.                                          --Macaulay.
  
      {To pocket a ball} (Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket
            of the table.
  
      {To pocket an insult}, {affront}, etc., to receive an affront
            without open resentment, or without seeking redress. [bd]I
            must pocket up these wrongs.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Posit \Pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Posited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Positing}.] [L. ponere, positum, to place. See {Position}.]
      1. To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose
            in relation to other objects. --Sir M. Hale.
  
      2. (Logic) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a
            principle. --Sir W. Hamilton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Posset \Pos"set\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Posseted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Posseting}.]
      1. To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset
            the blood. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      2. To treat with possets; to pamper. [R.] [bd]She was
            cosseted and posseted.[b8] --O. W. Holmes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Postdate \Post"date`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postdated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Postdating}.] [Pref. post- + date.]
      1. To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract,
            that is, to date it later than the time when it was in
            fact made.
  
      2. To affix a date to after the event.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Postdate \Post"date`\, a.
      Made or done after the date assigned.
  
               Of these [predictions] some were postdate; cunningly
               made after the thing came to pass.         --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Postdate \Post"date`\, n.
      A date put to a bill of exchange or other paper, later than
      that when it was actually made.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Postdate \Post"date`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postdated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Postdating}.] [Pref. post- + date.]
      1. To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract,
            that is, to date it later than the time when it was in
            fact made.
  
      2. To affix a date to after the event.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Postdate \Post"date`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postdated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Postdating}.] [Pref. post- + date.]
      1. To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract,
            that is, to date it later than the time when it was in
            fact made.
  
      2. To affix a date to after the event.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Post \Post\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Posted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Posting}.]
      1. To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of
            affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice;
            to post playbills.
  
      Note: Formerly, a large post was erected before the sheriff's
               office, or in some public place, upon which legal
               notices were displayed. This way of advertisement has
               not entirely gone of use.
  
      2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise
            opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to
            post one for cowardice.
  
                     On pain of being posted to your sorrow Fail not, at
                     four, to meet me.                              --Granville.
  
      3. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or
            the like.
  
      4. To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a
            sentinel. [bd]It might be to obtain a ship for a
            lieutenant, . . . or to get him posted.[b8] --De Quincey.
  
      5. (Bookkeeping) To carry, as an account, from the journal to
            the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as
            accounts, to the ledger.
  
                     You have not posted your books these ten years.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
      6. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a
            letter.
  
      7. To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted
            with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
  
                     Thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature
                     of the day.                                       --Lond. Sat.
                                                                              Rev.
  
      {To post off}, to put off; to delay. [Obs.] [bd]Why did I,
            venturously, post off so great a business?[b8] --Baxter.
  
      {To post over}, to hurry over. [Obs.] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Posthetomy \Pos*thet"o*my\, n. [Gr. po`sqh prepuce + te`mnein to
      cut.] (Med.)
      Circumcision. --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pseudo-dipteral \Pseu`do-dip"ter*al\, a. [Pseudo- + dipteral:
      cf. F. pseudodipt[8a]re.] (Arch.)
      Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner
      range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the
      space between the cella wall and the columns is very great,
      being equal to two intercolumns and one column. -- n. A
      pseudo-dipteral temple.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pseudodox \Pseu"do*dox\, a. [Gr. pseydo`doxos; pseydh`s false +
      do`xa an opinion.]
      Not true in opinion or doctrine; false. -- n. A false opinion
      or doctrine. [bd]To maintain the atheistical pseudodox which
      judgeth evil good, and darkness light.[b8] --T. Adams.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Pseudotetramera \[d8]Pseu`do*te*tram"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See
      {Pseudo-}, and {Tetramerous}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute
      and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. --
      {Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Pseudotinea \[d8]Pseu`do*tin"e*a\, n.; pl. {Pseudotine[91]}.
      [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Tinea}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The bee moth, or wax moth ({Galleria}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So
      named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or
      because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf.
      Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the
            Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black
            spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides
            several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}.
  
      2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
  
      3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.]
  
                     Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for
                     Prussia leather.                                 --E. Phillips.
  
      {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga
            Douglasii}) of Northwestern America.
  
      {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and
            acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the
            young branches of spruce.
  
      {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga
            Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and
            the bark is largely used in tanning leather.
  
      {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin
            to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into
            spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or
            because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See
            {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer
            which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by
            means of the extract or by decoction.
  
      {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge},
            below.
  
      {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3.
  
      {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse
            ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the
            Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}.
  
      {Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
  
      {Red coral} (Zo[94]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
            rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}.
  
      {Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
            the English.
      (b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva
            cross}, under {Geneva}.
  
      {Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.
  
      {Red deer}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests
            of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
            similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
      (b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}.
  
      {Red duck} (Zo[94]l.), a European reddish brown duck
            ({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}.
  
      {Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}.
  
      {Red empress} (Zo[94]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}.
           
  
      {Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii})
            found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
            for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
            other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
            American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}.
  
      {Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}.
  
      {Red flag}. See under {Flag}.
  
      {Red fox} (Zo[94]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
            fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color.
  
      {Red grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
            under {Ptarmigan}.
  
      {Red gum}, [or] {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight
            Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus
            amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
            resin. See {Eucalyptus}.
  
      {Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum[82], fingers erect,
            borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
            United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
            also {Badge of Ulster}.
  
      {Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pseudoturbinal \Pseu`do*tur"bi*nal\, a. [Pseudo- + turbinal.]
      (Anat.)
      See under {Turbinal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyxidate \Pyx"i*date\, a.
      Having a pyxidium.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   posted write-through
  
      A {cache} with a posted write-through policy (e.g. Intel 80386)
      delays the write-back to main memory until the bus is not in
      use.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   pseudo-tty
  
      {Berkeley} {Unix} networking device which appears to an
      {application program} as an ordinary terminal but which is in
      fact connected via the network to a process running on a
      different {host} or a windowing system.   Pseudo-ttys have a
      slave half and a control half.   The slave tty (/dev/ttyp*) is
      the device that user programs use and the control tty
      (/dev/ptyp*) is used by {daemon}s to talk to the net.
  
      (1994-11-08)
  
  
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