P. G. Wodehouse
         n 1: English writer known for his humorous novels and stories
               (1881-1975) [syn: {Wodehouse}, {P. G. Wodehouse}, {Pelham
               Grenville Wodehouse}]

English Dictionary: postscript	by the DICT Development Group
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pack together v make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data" Synonym(s): compress, compact, pack together Antonym(s): decompress, uncompress
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packed cell volume n the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit Synonym(s): hematocrit, haematocrit, packed cell volume
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packed cells n a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma; "packed cells are given to severely anemic patients in order to avoid overloading the circulatory system with too much fluid"
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Paget's disease n a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities Synonym(s): Paget's disease, osteitis deformans
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Pas de Calais n the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent Synonym(s): Strait of Dover, Strait of Calais, Pas de Calais
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pas de quatre n (ballet) a dance for four people
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pass catcher n a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass Synonym(s): receiver, pass receiver, pass catcher
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pass judgment v form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" Synonym(s): evaluate, pass judgment, judge
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pasta salad n a salad having any of various pastas as the base
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pasta sauce n any of numerous sauces for spaghetti or other kinds of pasta Synonym(s): spaghetti sauce, pasta sauce
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pastiche n a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources Synonym(s): medley, potpourri, pastiche a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
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pastis n similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood
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peaked cap n a cap with a flat circular top and a visor [syn: kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap]
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pectic adj of or relating to or derived from pectin; "pectic acid"
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pectic acid n a complex acid that occurs in ripe fruit and some vegetables
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pectus n the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates Synonym(s): thorax, chest, pectus
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pesthouse n hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) Synonym(s): lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette, lazar house, pesthouse
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pesticide n a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
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pesticide poisoning n toxic condition resulting from ingesting or inhaling a pesticide
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pestis n a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal Synonym(s): plague, pestilence, pest, pestis
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pestis ambulans n a mild form of bubonic plague [syn: ambulant plague, ambulatory plague, pestis ambulans]
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pestis bubonica n the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person Synonym(s): bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plague
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Pick's disease n a progressive form of presenile dementia found most often in middle-aged and elderly women and characterized by degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes with loss of intellectual ability and transitory aphasia
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picket ship n a ship serving as a picket
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Picoides n a genus of Picidae Synonym(s): Picoides, genus Picoides
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pictograph n a graphic character used in picture writing
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pictographic adj consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs; "a pictographic script"; "pictographic stage in the development of writing"
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pigsticking n the sport of hunting wild boar with spears
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pistachio n small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts Synonym(s): pistachio, Pistacia vera, pistachio tree nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel Synonym(s): pistachio, pistachio nut
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pistachio nut n nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel Synonym(s): pistachio, pistachio nut
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pistachio tree n small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts Synonym(s): pistachio, Pistacia vera, pistachio tree
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Pistacia n a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit Synonym(s): Pistacia, genus Pistacia
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Pistacia lentiscus n an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin Synonym(s): mastic, mastic tree, lentisk, Pistacia lentiscus
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Pistacia terebinthus n a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine [syn: terebinth, Pistacia terebinthus]
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Pistacia vera n small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts Synonym(s): pistachio, Pistacia vera, pistachio tree
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Pistia stratiotes n pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge- shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes Synonym(s): pistia, water lettuce, water cabbage, Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites
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Pistia stratoites n pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge- shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes Synonym(s): pistia, water lettuce, water cabbage, Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites
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PKU test n a test of newborn infants for phenylketonuria
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poached egg n egg cooked in gently boiling water [syn: poached egg, dropped egg]
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pocket calculator n a calculator small enough to hold in the hand or carry in a pocket Synonym(s): hand calculator, pocket calculator
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pocket comb n a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket [syn: pocketcomb, pocket comb]
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pocket dictionary n a dictionary that is small enough to carry in your pocket Synonym(s): pocket dictionary, little dictionary
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pocket gopher n burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America Synonym(s): gopher, pocket gopher, pouched rat
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pocket knife n a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket Synonym(s): pocketknife, pocket knife
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pocket-size adj limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" Synonym(s): minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized small enough to be carried in a garment pocket; "pocket-size paperbacks" Synonym(s): pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable
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pocket-sized adj limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" Synonym(s): minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized small enough to be carried in a garment pocket; "pocket-size paperbacks" Synonym(s): pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable
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pocketcomb n a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket [syn: pocketcomb, pocket comb]
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pocketknife n a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket Synonym(s): pocketknife, pocket knife
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Pooecetes n a genus of Fringillidae [syn: Pooecetes, {genus Pooecetes}]
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Pooecetes gramineus n common North American finch noted for its evening song Synonym(s): vesper sparrow, grass finch, Pooecetes gramineus
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pos tagger n a tagging program whose labels indicate a word's part of speech Synonym(s): part-of-speech tagger, pos tagger
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post card n a card for sending messages by post without an envelope Synonym(s): postcard, post card, postal card, mailing- card
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post chaise n closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used to transport passengers and mail
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post doc n a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research [syn: postdoctoral, postdoc, post doc] a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree Synonym(s): postdoc, post doc
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post exchange n a commissary on a United States Army post [syn: {post exchange}, PX]
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post hoc n the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation Synonym(s): post hoc, post hoc ergo propter hoc
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post hoc ergo propter hoc n the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation Synonym(s): post hoc, post hoc ergo propter hoc
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post house n an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders Synonym(s): posthouse, post house
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post oak n small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts Synonym(s): post oak, box white oak, brash oak, iron oak, Quercus stellata
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post-communist adj no longer communist; subsequent to being communistic; "the bank announced its first loan to a post-communist country"
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post-haste adv as fast as possible; with all possible haste; "send it to me post-haste"
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postage n the charge for mailing something a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid Synonym(s): postage, postage stamp, stamp
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postage meter n meter for bulk mailings that imprints correct prepaid postage on pieces of mail and records the total charge
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postage stamp n a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid Synonym(s): postage, postage stamp, stamp
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postcard n a card for sending messages by post without an envelope Synonym(s): postcard, post card, postal card, mailing- card
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postcava n receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins Synonym(s): inferior vena cava, postcava
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postcentral gyrus n the convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcus
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postcode n a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail Synonym(s): ZIP code, ZIP, postcode, postal code
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postdoc n a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research [syn: postdoctoral, postdoc, post doc] a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree Synonym(s): postdoc, post doc
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postdoctoral adj of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed n a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research [syn: postdoctoral, postdoc, post doc]
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postexilic adj of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)
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postganglionic adj beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia)
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postglacial adj relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period
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postgraduate adj of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses" Synonym(s): graduate(a), postgraduate n a student who continues studies after graduation [syn: graduate student, grad student, postgraduate]
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posthouse n an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders Synonym(s): posthouse, post house
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postiche n a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment Synonym(s): hairpiece, false hair, postiche something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be Synonym(s): fake, sham, postiche
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postictal adj pertaining to the period following a seizure or convulsion; "postictal drowsiness"
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postscript n a note appended to a letter after the signature [syn: postscript, PS] textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end Synonym(s): addendum, supplement, postscript
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Psettichthys n a genus of Soleidae [syn: Psettichthys, {genus Psettichthys}]
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Psettichthys melanostichus n a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America Synonym(s): sand sole, Psettichthys melanostichus
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Pseudacris n chorus frogs Synonym(s): Pseudacris, genus Pseudacris
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Pseudechis n venomous Australian blacksnakes [syn: Pseudechis, {genus Pseudechis}]
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Pseudechis porphyriacus n large semiaquatic snake of Australia; black above with red belly Synonym(s): Australian blacksnake, Pseudechis porphyriacus
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pseudocarp n fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry Synonym(s): accessory fruit, pseudocarp
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Pseudococcidae n scalelike insects: mealybugs [syn: Pseudococcidae, family Pseudococcidae]
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Pseudococcus n type genus of the Pseudococcidae [syn: Pseudococcus, genus Pseudococcus]
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Pseudococcus comstocki n Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees Synonym(s): Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki
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Pseudococcus fragilis n destructive especially to citrus [syn: {citrophilous mealybug}, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis]
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Pseudocolus n a genus of fungi belonging to the family Clathraceae [syn: Pseudocolus, genus Pseudocolus]
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Pseudocolus fusiformis n a stinkhorn of genus Pseudocolus; the fruiting body first resembles a small puffball that soon splits open to form a stalk with tapering arms that arch and taper to a common point Synonym(s): stinky squid, Pseudocolus fusiformis
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pseudocyesis n physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant Synonym(s): false pregnancy, pseudocyesis
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pseudoscience n an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
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pseudoscientific adj based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
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pseudoscorpion n small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion Synonym(s): false scorpion, pseudoscorpion
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Pseudoscorpiones n false scorpions [syn: Chelonethida, order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones]
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Pseudoscorpionida n false scorpions [syn: Chelonethida, order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones]
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pseudosmallpox n a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus Synonym(s): alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox, West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox
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Psittacidae n coextensive with the order Psittaciformes [syn: Psittacidae, family Psittacidae]
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Psittaciformes n an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets Synonym(s): Psittaciformes, order Psittaciformes
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psittacosaur n primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal Synonym(s): psittacosaur, psittacosaurus
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psittacosaurus n primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal Synonym(s): psittacosaur, psittacosaurus
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psittacosis n infectious disease of birds [syn: psittacosis, {parrot disease}] an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds Synonym(s): psittacosis, parrot fever, ornithosis
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Psittacula n a genus of Psittacidae [syn: Psittacula, {genus Psittacula}]
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Psittacula krameri n African parakeet [syn: ring-necked parakeet, {Psittacula krameri}]
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Psittacus n type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey Synonym(s): Psittacus, genus Psittacus
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Psittacus erithacus n commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa Synonym(s): African grey, African gray, Psittacus erithacus
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pug-dog n small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle Synonym(s): pug, pug-dog
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Puget Sound n an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State
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pussytoes n low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers Synonym(s): cat's foot, cat's feet, pussytoes, Antennaria dioica
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old             World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and             resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock             grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to             the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P.             exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the             painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand             grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust.             under {Pterocletes}.          {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune.          {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus             Mexicana}).          {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian.          {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp.          {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India.             (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the                   sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.             (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus                   ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}.          {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce.          {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta             agilis}).          {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow.          {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat.          {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor             arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.          {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]          {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}.          {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic             partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long             and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji})             inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A.             Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee             partridge}, and {teehoo}.          {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different             colors on an adhesive surface.          {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The sauger.             (b) The lizard fish.          {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a             whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like             those of the Sahara and Mongolia.          {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to             several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous             rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called             also {sand gall}.          {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now             considered to be the young of larger species; -- called             also {sand prey}.          {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket             with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.                      {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher.          {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand.          {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone.          {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or             o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and             allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer,             and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand             collar}.          {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean             ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy             seabeaches of Europe and America.          {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis             littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern             United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish             shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}.          {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the             ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern             Europe.          {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian.          {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside.          {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing                   snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe,                   Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and                   {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers.             (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus                   {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}.          {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper.          {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on             sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.          {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.                      {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker.          {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under             {Bank}.          {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially:             (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of                   lightning; a fulgurite.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous                   particles in its wall, which connects the oral water                   tube with the madreporic plate.          {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}.          {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             hymenopterous insects belonging to the families             {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in             sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or             spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve             as food for her young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pachydactyl \Pach`y*dac"tyl\, n. [Pachy- + dactyl.] (Zo[94]l.)       A bird or other animal having thick toes.
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Pachydactylous \Pach`y*dac"tyl*ous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having thick toes.
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Pagoda sleeve \Pa*go"da sleeve\ (Costume)       A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining and       an inner sleeve.
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--Tennyson.                It still wore the majesty of expression so conspicuous in             his portraits by the inimitable pencil of Titian.                                                                               --Prescott.          5. A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed;             a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an             odd expression.          6. (Math.) The representation of any quantity by its             appropriate characters or signs.          {Past expression}, {Beyond expression}, beyond the power of             description. [bd]Beyond expression bright.[b8] --Milton.
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Question \Ques"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere,       quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See {Quest}, n.]       1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine             by question and answer.          2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as,             the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without             question.                         There arose a question between some of John's                      disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- John iii.                                                                               25.                         It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for                      Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for                      the propagation of the faith.            -- Bacon.          3. Examination with reference to a decisive result;             investigation; specifically, a judicial or official             investigation; also, examination under torture.             --Blackstone.                         He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The                      Scottish privy council had power to put state                      prisoners to the question.                  --Macaulay.          4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.                         But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives                      there who loves his pain ?                  --Milton.          5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate;             theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a             delicate or doubtful question.          6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] --Shak.          {In question}, in debate; in the course of examination or             discussion; as, the matter or point in question.          {Leading question}. See under {Leading}.          {Out of question}, unquestionably. [bd]Out of question, 't is             Maria's hand.[b8] --Shak.          {Out of the question}. See under {Out}.          {Past question}, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly;             unquestionably.          {Previous question}, a question put to a parliamentary             assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to             ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at             once, without further debate, on the subject under             consideration.          Note: The form of the question is: [bd]Shall the main                question be now put?[b8] If the vote is in the                affirmative, the matter before the body must be voted                upon as it then stands, without further general debate                or the submission of new amendments. In the House of                Representatives of the United States, and generally in                America, a negative decision operates to keep the                business before the body as if the motion had not been                made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to                postpone consideration for the day, and until the                subject may be again introduced. In American practice,                the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is                made by a friend of the measure. In English practice,                the object is to get rid of the subject for the time                being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting                against it. --Cushing.          {To beg the question}. See under {Beg}.          {To the question}, to the point in dispute; to the real             matter under debate.          Syn: Point; topic; subject.
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Pasty \Pas"ty\, n.; pl. {Pasties}. [OF. past[82], F. p[83]t[82].       See {Paste}, and cf. {Patty}.]       A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a       crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a       dish; a meat pie. [bd]If ye pinch me like a pasty.[b8]       --Shak. [bd]Apple pasties.[b8] --Dickens.                   A large pasty baked in a pewter platter. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Pectic \Pec"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] curdled.] (Chem.)       Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid       obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an       amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous       when moist.
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Pectize \Pec*tize"\, v. i. [Gr. [?] solid.]       To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass. [R.] --H.       Spencer.
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Pectose \Pec"tose`\, n. [Pectic + cellulose.] (Chem.)       An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom,       esp. in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and       is converted into substances of the pectin group.
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Pectosic \Pec*to"sic\, a. (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, pectose;       specifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute       largely ordinary pectin or vegetable jelly.
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Pectous \Pec"tous\, a. (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, pectose.
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Pequots \Pe"quots\, n. pl.; sing. {Pequot}. (Ethnol.)       A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern       Connecticut. [Written also {Pequods}.]
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Pequots \Pe"quots\, n. pl.; sing. {Pequot}. (Ethnol.)       A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern       Connecticut. [Written also {Pequods}.]
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Pesthouse \Pest`house"\, n.       A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any       pestilential disease.
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Phase displacement \Phase displacement\ (Elec.)       A charge of phase whereby an alternating current attains its       maximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a       capacity would cause an advance, in phase.
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Tharos \Tha"ros\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A small American butterfly ({Phycoides tharos}) having the       upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black,       the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called       also {pearl crescent}.
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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.
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5. A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the             offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed             stake.          6. A game at cards. See {Piquet}.          {Inlying picket} (Mil.), a detachment of troops held in camp             or quarters, detailed to march if called upon.          {Picket fence}, a fence made of pickets. See def. 2, above.                      {Picket guard} (Mil.), a guard of horse and foot, always in             readiness in case of alarm.          {Picket line}. (Mil.)             (a) A position held and guarded by small bodies of men                   placed at intervals.             (b) A rope to which horses are secured when groomed.          {Picketpin}, an iron pin for picketing horses.
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Woodpecker \Wood"peck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to       {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[91]}.          Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at                the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike                bill with which they are able to drill holes in the                bark and wood of trees in search of insect larv[91]                upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed                partly upon the sap of trees (see {Sap sucker}, under                {Sap}), others spend a portion of their time on the                ground in search of ants and other insects. The most                common European species are the greater spotted                woodpecker ({Dendrocopus major}), the lesser spotted                woodpecker ({D. minor}), and the green woodpecker, or                yaffle (see {Yaffle}). The best-known American species                are the pileated woodpecker (see under {Pileated}), the                ivory-billed woodpecker ({Campephilus principalis}),                which is one of the largest known species, the                red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes                erythrocephalus}), the red-bellied woodpecker ({M.                Carolinus}) (see {Chab}), the superciliary woodpecker                ({M. superciliaris}), the hairy woodpecker ({Dryobates                villosus}), the downy woodpecker ({D. pubescens}), the                three-toed, woodpecker ({Picoides Americanus}), the                golden-winged woodpecker (see {Flicker}), and the sap                suckers. See also {Carpintero}.          {Woodpecker hornbill} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white Asiatic             hornbill ({Buceros pica}) which resembles a woodpecker in             color.
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Pictish \Pict"ish\, a.       Of or pertaining to Picts; resembling the Picts. [bd]The       Pictish peer.[b8] --Byron.
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Pictograph \Pic"to*graph\, n. [See {Picture}, and {-graph}.]       A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.       -- {Pic`to*graph"ic}, a.
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Pictograph \Pic"to*graph\, n. [See {Picture}, and {-graph}.]       A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.       -- {Pic`to*graph"ic}, a.
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Picts \Picts\, n. pl.; sing. {Pict}. [L. Picti; cf. AS.       Peohtas.] (Ethnol.)       A race of people of uncertain origin, who inhabited Scotland       in early times.
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Pig-sticking \Pig"-stick`ing\, n.       Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians. [Colloq.]       --Tackeray.
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Pigsty \Pig"sty`\, n.; pl. {Pigsties}.       A pigpen.
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Pigwidgeon \Pig"wid`geon\, n. [Written also pigwidgin and       pigwiggen.]       A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by       Drayton as the name of a fairy.
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Pistache \Pis*tache"\, n. [OE. pistace, fr. F. pistache. See       {Pistachio}.] (Bot.)       The anacardiaceous tree {Pistacia vera}, which yields the       pistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extract       prepared from it.
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Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho,       F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. [?], [?], fr. Per.       pistah. Cf. {Fistinut}.] (Bot.)       The nut of the {Pistacia vera}, a tree of the order       {Anacardiace[91]}, containing a kernel of a pale greenish       color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the       almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; --       called also {pistachio nut}. It is wholesome and nutritive.       The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written       also {pistachia}.]
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Mastic \Mas"tic\, n. [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. [?],       fr. [?] to chew, because of its being used in the East for       chewing.] [Written also {mastich}.]       1. (Bot.) A low shrubby tree of the genus {Pistacia} ({P.             Lentiscus}), growing upon the islands and coasts of the             Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called             also, {mastic tree}.          2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by             incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent             tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and             an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.          3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and             linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.          {Barbary mastic} (Bot.), the {Pistachia Atlantica}.          {Peruvian mastic tree} (Bot.), a small tree ({Schinus Molle})             with peppery red berries; -- called also {pepper tree}.          {West Indian mastic} (Bot.), a lofty tree ({Bursera             gummifera}) full of gum resin in every part.
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Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n.       1. The small anacardiaceous tree, of southern Europe and Asia             Minor, which bears the pistachio nut.          2. (Cookery) The flavor of the pistachio nut, or an ice or             confection flavored with it.          3. Pistachio green.
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Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho,       F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. [?], [?], fr. Per.       pistah. Cf. {Fistinut}.] (Bot.)       The nut of the {Pistacia vera}, a tree of the order       {Anacardiace[91]}, containing a kernel of a pale greenish       color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the       almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; --       called also {pistachio nut}. It is wholesome and nutritive.       The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written       also {pistachia}.]
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Pistachio green \Pistachio green\       A light yellowish green color resembling that of the       pistachio nut.
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Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho,       F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. [?], [?], fr. Per.       pistah. Cf. {Fistinut}.] (Bot.)       The nut of the {Pistacia vera}, a tree of the order       {Anacardiace[91]}, containing a kernel of a pale greenish       color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the       almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; --       called also {pistachio nut}. It is wholesome and nutritive.       The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written       also {pistachia}.]
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d8Pistacia \[d8]Pis*ta"ci*a\, n. [NL. See {Pistachio}.] (Bot.)       The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears       the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree ({Pistacia       Lentiscus}), and the species ({P. Terebinthus}) which yields       Chian or Cyprus turpentine.
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Turpentine \Tur"pen*tine\, n. [F. t[82]r[82]bentine, OF. also       turbentine; cf. Pr. terebentina, terbentina, It. terebentina,       trementina; fr. L. terebinthinus of the turpentine tree, from       terebinthus the turpentine tree. Gr. [?], [?]. See       {Terebinth}.]       A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of       the terebinth, or turpentine, tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}),       a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained       from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine,       larch, and fir.          Note: There are many varieties of turpentine. Chian                turpentine is produced in small quantities by the                turpentine tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}). Venice,                Swiss, or larch turpentine, is obtained from {Larix                Europ[91]a}. It is a clear, colorless balsam, having a                tendency to solidify. Canada turpentine, or Canada                balsam, is the purest of all the pine turpentines (see                under {Balsam}). The Carpathian and Hungarian varieties                are derived from {Pinus Cembra} and {Pinus Mugho}.                Carolina turpentine, the most abundant kind, comes from                the long-leaved pine ({Pinus palustris}). Strasburg                turpentine is from the silver fir ({Abies pectinata}).          {Oil of turpentine} (Chem.), a colorless oily hydrocarbon,             {C10H16}, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the             distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making             varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the             terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also             {terebenthene}, {terpene}, etc.          {Turpentine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             small tortricid moths whose larv[91] eat the tender shoots             of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or             resin.          {Turpentine tree} (Bot.), the terebinth tree, the original             source of turpentine. See {Turpentine}, above.
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Chian \Chi"an\a. [L. chius, fr. Chios the island Chios, Gr.       [?].]       Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the [92]gean Sea.          {Chian earth}, a dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios,             used anciently as an astringent and a cosmetic.          {Chian turpentine}, a fragrant, almost transparent             turpentine, obtained from the {Pistacia Terebinthus}.
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Pistache \Pis*tache"\, n. [OE. pistace, fr. F. pistache. See       {Pistachio}.] (Bot.)       The anacardiaceous tree {Pistacia vera}, which yields the       pistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extract       prepared from it.
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Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho,       F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. [?], [?], fr. Per.       pistah. Cf. {Fistinut}.] (Bot.)       The nut of the {Pistacia vera}, a tree of the order       {Anacardiace[91]}, containing a kernel of a pale greenish       color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the       almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; --       called also {pistachio nut}. It is wholesome and nutritive.       The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written       also {pistachia}.]
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Pistacite \Pis"ta*cite\, n. [Cf. F. pistacite. So called from       its green color. See {Pistachio}.] (Min.)       Epidote.
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Pistazite \Pis"ta*zite\, n. (Min.)       Same as {Pistacite}.
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Water lettuce \Wa"ter let"tuce\ (Bot.)       A plant ({Pistia stratiotes}) which floats on tropical       waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves.       --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
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Pistic \Pis"tic\, a. [L. pisticus, Gr. [?].]       Pure; genuine. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard    grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,    troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,    ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,    etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}    (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.    Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.    Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed    meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a    striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,    hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,    etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama    grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in    Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,    meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear    grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,    troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum    jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.    Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.    Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal    grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,    valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,    hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.          Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not                true grasses botanically considered, such as black                grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.          {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),             growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.          {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum             avenaceum} of Europe.          {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}             growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.             palustris}; in the United States there are several             species.          {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.          {Grass bird}, the dunlin.          {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the             grass-cloth plant.          {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family             ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in             Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and             strong fibers suited for textile purposes.          {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes                   gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and                   {bay-winged bunting}.             (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of                   which several species are known.          {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land             and giving rich milk.          {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.          {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus             {Crambus}, found in grass.          {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in             India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --             used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger             grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.                      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix             Capensis}).          {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of             Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also             applied to the zebra parrakeet.          {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.          {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum             Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.          {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American             finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of             the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.          {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus                   natrix}).             (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.                   See {Green snake}, under {Green}.          {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa             maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.          {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena             n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous             when covered with dew.          {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial             sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.          {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.          {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with             narrow grasslike leaves.          {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.             strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]             (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]             (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or                   prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her                   husband. [Slang.]          {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.          {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the             surface of the ground.          {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze             a season, as cattle.
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Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE.       bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo[94]l.)       A bird of the genus {Emberiza}, or of an allied genus,       related to the finches and sparrows (family       {Fringillid[91]}).          Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting                ({Emberiza miliaria}); the ortolan ({E. hortulana});                the cirl ({E. cirlus}); and the black-headed                ({Granitivora melanocephala}). American species are the                bay-winged or grass ({Po[94]c[91]tes or Po[d2]cetes                gramineus}); the black-throated ({Spiza Americana});                the towhee bunting or chewink ({Pipilo}); the snow                bunting ({Plectrophanax nivalis}); the rice bunting or                bobolink, and others. See {Ortolan}, {Chewick}, {Snow                bunting}, {Lark bunting}.
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Chronometer \Chro*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] time + -meter: cf. F.       chronom[8a]tre.]       1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.          2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance,             and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time             with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations,             in determining longitude, etc.          3. (Mus.) A metronome.          {Box chronometer}. See under {Box}.          {Pocket chronometer}, a chronometer in the form of a large             watch.          {To rate a chronometer}. See {Rate}, v. t.
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Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F.       pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of       Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook       eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.]       1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a             garment for carrying small articles, particularly money;             hence, figuratively, money; wealth.          2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into             which the balls are driven.          3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as             ginger, hops, cowries, etc.          Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a                sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity,                the articles being sold by actual weight.          4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of             board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.          5. (Mining.)             (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or                   other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a                   cavity.             (b) A hole containing water.          6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a             batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.          7. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pouch}.          Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation                of compound words usually of obvious signification; as,                pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket                handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or                pocket-picking, etc.          {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep.          {Pocket borough}, a borough [bd]owned[b8] by some person. See             under {Borough}. [Eng.]          {Pocket gopher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys},             family {Geomyd[91]}. They have large external cheek             pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit             North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the             Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}.          {Pocket mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of American mice of             the family {Saccomyid[91]}. They have external cheek             pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus             {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are             native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.          {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not             spent.          {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket.          {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole             authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges             in the exchequer. --Burrill.
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Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See       {Gauffer}.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the             genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family             {Geomyid[91]}; -- called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched             rat}. See {Pocket gopher}, and {Tucan}.          Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to                many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the                earth.          2. One of several western American species of the genus             {Spermophilus}, of the family {Sciurid[91]}; as, the gray             gopher ({Spermophilus Franklini}) and the striped gopher             ({S. tridecemlineatus}); -- called also {striped prairie             squirrel}, {leopard marmot}, and {leopard spermophile}.             See {Spermophile}.          3. A large land tortoise ({Testudo Carilina}) of the Southern             United States, which makes extensive burrows.          4. A large burrowing snake ({Spilotes Couperi}) of the             Southern United States.          {Gopher drift} (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift,             following or seeking the ore without regard to regular             grade or section. --Raymond.
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Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F.       pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of       Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook       eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.]       1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a             garment for carrying small articles, particularly money;             hence, figuratively, money; wealth.          2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into             which the balls are driven.          3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as             ginger, hops, cowries, etc.          Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a                sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity,                the articles being sold by actual weight.          4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of             board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.          5. (Mining.)             (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or                   other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a                   cavity.             (b) A hole containing water.          6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a             batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.          7. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pouch}.          Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation                of compound words usually of obvious signification; as,                pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket                handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or                pocket-picking, etc.          {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep.          {Pocket borough}, a borough [bd]owned[b8] by some person. See             under {Borough}. [Eng.]          {Pocket gopher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys},             family {Geomyd[91]}. They have large external cheek             pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit             North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the             Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}.          {Pocket mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of American mice of             the family {Saccomyid[91]}. They have external cheek             pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus             {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are             native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.          {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not             spent.          {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket.          {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole             authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges             in the exchequer. --Burrill.
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Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See       {Gauffer}.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the             genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family             {Geomyid[91]}; -- called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched             rat}. See {Pocket gopher}, and {Tucan}.          Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to                many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the                earth.          2. One of several western American species of the genus             {Spermophilus}, of the family {Sciurid[91]}; as, the gray             gopher ({Spermophilus Franklini}) and the striped gopher             ({S. tridecemlineatus}); -- called also {striped prairie             squirrel}, {leopard marmot}, and {leopard spermophile}.             See {Spermophile}.          3. A large land tortoise ({Testudo Carilina}) of the Southern             United States, which makes extensive burrows.          4. A large burrowing snake ({Spilotes Couperi}) of the             Southern United States.          {Gopher drift} (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift,             following or seeking the ore without regard to regular             grade or section. --Raymond.
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Statute \Stat"ute\, n. [F. statut, LL. statutum, from L.       statutus, p. p. of statuere to set, station, ordain, fr.       status position, station, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See       {Stand}, and cf. {Constitute}, {Destitute}.]       1. An act of the legislature of a state or country,             declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a             positive law; the written will of the legislature             expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; --             used in distinction fraom {common law}. See {Common law},             under {Common}, a. --Bouvier.          Note: Statute is commonly applied to the acts of a                legislative body consisting of representatives. In                monarchies, legislature laws of the sovereign are                called edicts, decrees, ordinances, rescripts, etc. In                works on international law and in the Roman law, the                term is used as embracing all laws imposed by competent                authority. Statutes in this sense are divided into                statutes real, statutes personal, and statutes mixed;                statutes real applying to immovables; statutes personal                to movables; and statutes mixed to both classes of                property.          2. An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a             permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.          3. An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by             statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also             {statute fair}. [Eng.] Cf. 3d {Mop}, 2. --Halliwell.          {Statute book}, a record of laws or legislative acts.             --Blackstone.          {Statute cap}, a kind of woolen cap; -- so called because             enjoined to be worn by a statute, dated in 1571, in behalf             of the trade of cappers. [Obs.] --Halliwell.          {Statute fair}. See {Statute}, n., 3, above.          {Statute labor}, a definite amount of labor required for the             public service in making roads, bridges, etc., as in             certain English colonies.          {Statute merchant} (Eng. Law), a bond of record pursuant to             the stat. 13 Edw. I., acknowledged in form prescribed, on             which, if not paid at the day, an execution might be             awarded against the body, lands, and goods of the debtor,             and the obligee might hold the lands until out of the             rents and profits of them the debt was satisfied; --             called also a {pocket judgment}. It is now fallen into             disuse. --Tomlins. --Bouvier.          {Statute mile}. See under {Mile}.          {Statute of limitations} (Law), a statute assigned a certain             time, after which rights can not be enforced by action.          {Statute staple}, a bond of record acknowledged before the             mayor of the staple, by virtue of which the creditor may,             on nonpayment, forthwith have execution against the body,             lands, and goods of the debtor, as in the statute             merchant. It is now disused. --Blackstone.          Syn: Act; regulation; edict; decree. See {Law}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F.       pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of       Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook       eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.]       1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a             garment for carrying small articles, particularly money;             hence, figuratively, money; wealth.          2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into             which the balls are driven.          3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as             ginger, hops, cowries, etc.          Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a                sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity,                the articles being sold by actual weight.          4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of             board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.          5. (Mining.)             (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or                   other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a                   cavity.             (b) A hole containing water.          6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a             batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.          7. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pouch}.          Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation                of compound words usually of obvious signification; as,                pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket                handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or                pocket-picking, etc.          {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep.          {Pocket borough}, a borough [bd]owned[b8] by some person. See             under {Borough}. [Eng.]          {Pocket gopher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys},             family {Geomyd[91]}. They have large external cheek             pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit             North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the             Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}.          {Pocket mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of American mice of             the family {Saccomyid[91]}. They have external cheek             pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus             {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are             native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.          {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not             spent.          {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket.          {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole             authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges             in the exchequer. --Burrill.
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Pocketknife \Pock"et*knife`\, n.; pl. {-knives}.       A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle       so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.
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Postal \Post"al\, a. [Cf. F. postal.]       Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal       arrangements; postal authorities.          {Postal card}, [or] {Post card}, a card sold by the             government for transmission through the mails, at a lower             rate of postage than a sealed letter. The message is             written on one side of the card, and the direction on the             other.          {Postal money order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}.          {Postal note}, an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money             (in the United States less than five dollars under             existing law), issued from one post office and payable at             another specified office.          {Postal Union}, a union for postal purposes entered into by             the most important powers, or governments, which have             agreed to transport mail matter through their several             territories at a stipulated rate.
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Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses       were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L.       positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf.       {Post} a pillar.]       1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed;             a station. Specifically:             (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established                   for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on                   some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.             (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a                   body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such                   a station.             (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is                   limited.          2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially,             one who is employed by the government to carry letters and             parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter             carrier; a postman.                         In certain places there be always fresh posts, to                      carry that further which is brought unto them by the                      other.                                                --Abp. Abbot.                         I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving                      them from such a worthless post.         --Shak.          3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or             station to another; especially, the governmental system in             any country for carrying and distributing letters and             parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by             which the mail is transported.                         I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness,                      which I should not care to hazard by the common                      post.                                                --Pope.          4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.             [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak.          5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal             station. [Obs.]                         He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then                      called, post, for several years.         --Palfrey.          6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or             emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.                         The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.          7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under             {Paper}.          {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a             hand of three cards. --B. Jonson.          {Post bag}, a mail bag.          {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster.          {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four             wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post.                      {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs.          {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton.          {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a             carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman.          {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the             post.          {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens.          {Post office}.             (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where                   letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are                   received and distributed; a place appointed for                   attending to all business connected with the mail.             (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter.          {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}.          {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the             mail is carried.          {Post town}.             (a) A town in which post horses are kept.             (b) A town in which a post office is established by law.                            {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from             place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little             delay as possible.          {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of             horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses             are attached at each stopping place.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses       were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L.       positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf.       {Post} a pillar.]       1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed;             a station. Specifically:             (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established                   for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on                   some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.             (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a                   body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such                   a station.             (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is                   limited.          2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially,             one who is employed by the government to carry letters and             parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter             carrier; a postman.                         In certain places there be always fresh posts, to                      carry that further which is brought unto them by the                      other.                                                --Abp. Abbot.                         I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving                      them from such a worthless post.         --Shak.          3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or             station to another; especially, the governmental system in             any country for carrying and distributing letters and             parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by             which the mail is transported.                         I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness,                      which I should not care to hazard by the common                      post.                                                --Pope.          4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.             [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak.          5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal             station. [Obs.]                         He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then                      called, post, for several years.         --Palfrey.          6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or             emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.                         The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.          7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under             {Paper}.          {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a             hand of three cards. --B. Jonson.          {Post bag}, a mail bag.          {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster.          {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four             wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post.                      {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs.          {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton.          {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a             carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman.          {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the             post.          {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens.          {Post office}.             (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where                   letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are                   received and distributed; a place appointed for                   attending to all business connected with the mail.             (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter.          {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}.          {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the             mail is carried.          {Post town}.             (a) A town in which post horses are kept.             (b) A town in which a post office is established by law.                            {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from             place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little             delay as possible.          {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of             horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses             are attached at each stopping place.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses       were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L.       positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf.       {Post} a pillar.]       1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed;             a station. Specifically:             (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established                   for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on                   some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.             (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a                   body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such                   a station.             (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is                   limited.          2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially,             one who is employed by the government to carry letters and             parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter             carrier; a postman.                         In certain places there be always fresh posts, to                      carry that further which is brought unto them by the                      other.                                                --Abp. Abbot.                         I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving                      them from such a worthless post.         --Shak.          3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or             station to another; especially, the governmental system in             any country for carrying and distributing letters and             parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by             which the mail is transported.                         I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness,                      which I should not care to hazard by the common                      post.                                                --Pope.          4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.             [Obs.] [bd]In post he came.[b8] --Shak.          5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal             station. [Obs.]                         He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then                      called, post, for several years.         --Palfrey.          6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or             emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.                         The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.          7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under             {Paper}.          {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a             hand of three cards. --B. Jonson.          {Post bag}, a mail bag.          {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster.          {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four             wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post.                      {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs.          {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton.          {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a             carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman.          {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the             post.          {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens.          {Post office}.             (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where                   letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are                   received and distributed; a place appointed for                   attending to all business connected with the mail.             (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter.          {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}.          {Post road}, [or] {Post route}, a road or way over which the             mail is carried.          {Post town}.             (a) A town in which post horses are kept.             (b) A town in which a post office is established by law.                            {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from             place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little             delay as possible.          {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of             horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses             are attached at each stopping place.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.       eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks             have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and             staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,             called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a             scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now             recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly             fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,             Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few             barely reaching the northern parts of South America and             Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand             proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually             hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary             rays, forming the silver grain.          2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.          Note: Among the true oaks in America are:          {Barren oak}, or          {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.          {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.          {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or             {quercitron oak}.          {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also             {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.          {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.          {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.          {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also             called {enceno}.          {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all             for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.                      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.          {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.          {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.          {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.          {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.          {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.          {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.          {Swamp Spanish oak}, or          {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.          {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.          {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.          {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.          {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe             are:          {Bitter oak}, [or]          {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).          {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.          {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.          {Evergreen oak},          {Holly oak}, [or]          {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.          {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.          {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.          Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus                {Quercus}, are:          {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia             Africana}).          {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus             {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).          {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).          {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.          {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon             excelsum}).          {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Postact \Post"act`\, n.       An act done afterward.
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Postage \Post"age\, n.       The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of       a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.          {Postage stamp}, a government stamp required to be put upon             articles sent by mail in payment of the postage, esp. an             adhesive stamp issued and sold for that purpose.
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Postage \Post"age\, n.       The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of       a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.          {Postage stamp}, a government stamp required to be put upon             articles sent by mail in payment of the postage, esp. an             adhesive stamp issued and sold for that purpose.
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Postaxial \Post*ax"i*al\, a. [Pref. post- + axial.] (Anat.)       Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal;       caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or       posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a       vertebrate limb.
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Post-captain \Post"-cap`tain\, n.       A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was       [bd]posted,[b8] in the seniority list of the British navy, as       distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted.       The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such       commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either       service, and the term has fallen into disuse.
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d8Postcava \[d8]Post"ca`va\, n.; pl. {Postcav[91]} . [NL. See       {Post-}, and {Cave}, n.] (Anat.)       The inferior vena cava. -- {Post"ca`val}, a. --B. G. Wilder.
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d8Postcava \[d8]Post"ca`va\, n.; pl. {Postcav[91]} . [NL. See       {Post-}, and {Cave}, n.] (Anat.)       The inferior vena cava. -- {Post"ca`val}, a. --B. G. Wilder.
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Postclavicle \Post*clav"i*cle\, n. [Pref. post- + clavicle.]       (Anat.)       A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting       backward from the clavicle. -- {Post`*cla*vic"u*lar}, a.
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Postclavicle \Post*clav"i*cle\, n. [Pref. post- + clavicle.]       (Anat.)       A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting       backward from the clavicle. -- {Post`*cla*vic"u*lar}, a.
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Postcomminion \Post`com*min"ion\, n. [Pref. post- + communion.]       1. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) The concluding portion of             the communion service.          2. (R. C. Ch.) A prayer or prayers which the priest says at             Mass, after the ablutions.
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Postcommissure \Post*com"mis*sure\, n. [Pref. post- +       commisure.] (Anat.)       A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of       the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral       commisure. --B. G. Wilder.
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d8Postcornu \[d8]Post*cor"nu\, n.; pl. {Postcornua}. [NL. See       {Post-}, and {Cornu}.] (Anat.)       The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.       --B. G. Wilder.
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Post-disseizin \Post"-dis*sei"zin\, n. [Pref. post- +       disseizin.] (O. Eng. Law)       A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the       disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ       founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished.       --Burrill. Tomlins.
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Post-disseizor \Post`-dis*sei"zor\, n. [Pref. post- +       disseizor.] (O. Eng. Law)       A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee       had before recovered of the same disseizor. --Blackstone.
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Postexilian \Post`ex*il"i*an\, Postexilic \Post`ex*il"ic\, a.]       After the exile; specif. (Jewish Hist.), belonging to a       period subsequent to the Babylonian captivity or exile (b. c.       597 or about 586-about 537).
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Postexilian \Post`ex*il"i*an\, Postexilic \Post`ex*il"ic\, a.]       After the exile; specif. (Jewish Hist.), belonging to a       period subsequent to the Babylonian captivity or exile (b. c.       597 or about 586-about 537).
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Postexist \Post`ex*ist"\, v. i. [Pref. post- + exist.]       To exist after; to live subsequently. [Obs. or R.]
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Postexistence \Post`ex*ist"ence\, n.       Subsequent existence.
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Postexistent \Post`ex*ist"ent\, a.       Existing or living after. [R.] [bd]Postexistent atoms.[b8]       --Cudworth.
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Postgeniture \Post*gen"i*ture\ (?; 135), n. [Pref. post- + L.       genitura birth, geniture.]       The condition of being born after another in the same family;       -- distinguished from primogeniture. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Postglacial \Post*gla"cial\, a. (Geol.)       (a) Formed or occurring after the last glacial epoch of the             Pleistocene period, or at a locality within the area of             Pleistocene glaciation after the final disappearance of             the glacier from the locality.       (b) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an epoch after the             last Glacial and before the Terrace epoch. [R.]
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Postglenoid \Post*gle"noid\, a. [Pref. post- + glenoid.] (Anat.)       Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.
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Postgraduate \Post*grad"u*ate\, a. [Pref. post- + graduate.]       Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after       graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a       college; graduate. -- n. A student who pursues such studies.          Note: Most careful writers consider the word graduate to be                the proper word to use in this sense.
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Posthaste \Post`haste"\, n.       Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier.       --Shak.
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Posthaste \Post`haste\, adv.       With speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send       posthaste. --Shak.
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Posthouse \Post"house`\, n.       1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where             relays of horses can be obtained.          2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
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Postic \Pos"tic\, a. [L. posticus, fr. post after, behind.]       Backward. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Postocular \Post*oc"u*lar\, a. & n. [Pref. post- + ocular.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Postorbital}.
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Postscapular \Post*scap"u*lar\, a. (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous.
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Postscribe \Post*scribe"\, v. t. [L. postscribere. See       {Postscript}.]       To make a postscript. [R.] --T. Adams.
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Postscript \Post"script\, n. [L. postscriptus, (assumed) p. p.       of postscribere to write after; post after + scribere to       write: cf. F. postscriptum. See {Post-}, and {Scribe}.]       A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and       signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or       composition after the main body of the work has been       finished, containing something omitted, or something new       occurring to the writer. [Abbrev. P. S.]
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Postscripted \Post"script*ed\, a.       Having a postscript; added in a postscript. [R.] --J. Q.       Adams.
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Postsphenoid \Post*sphe"noid\, a. [Pref. post- + sphenoid.]       (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.
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Postticous \Post"ti*cous\, a. [L. posticus.] (Bot.)       (a) Posterior.       (b) Situated on the outer side of a filament; -- said of an             extrorse anther.
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d8Postzygapophysis \[d8]Post*zyg`a*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl.       {Postzygapophyses}. [NL. See {Post-}, and {Zygapophysis}.]       (Anat.)       A posterior zygapophysis.
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Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or                   the wombat.             (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher.             (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched                   squirrels.          {Pouched dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Zebra wolf}, under {Zebra}.          {Pouched frog} (Zo[94]l.), the nototrema, the female of which             has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in             which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage.          {Pouched gopher}, [or] {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket             gopher}, under {Pocket}.          {Pouched mouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket mouse}, under             {Pocket}.
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Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F.       pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of       Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook       eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.]       1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a             garment for carrying small articles, particularly money;             hence, figuratively, money; wealth.          2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into             which the balls are driven.          3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as             ginger, hops, cowries, etc.          Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a                sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity,                the articles being sold by actual weight.          4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of             board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.          5. (Mining.)             (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or                   other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a                   cavity.             (b) A hole containing water.          6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a             batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.          7. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pouch}.          Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation                of compound words usually of obvious signification; as,                pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket                handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or                pocket-picking, etc.          {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep.          {Pocket borough}, a borough [bd]owned[b8] by some person. See             under {Borough}. [Eng.]          {Pocket gopher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys},             family {Geomyd[91]}. They have large external cheek             pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit             North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the             Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}.          {Pocket mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of American mice of             the family {Saccomyid[91]}. They have external cheek             pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus             {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are             native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.          {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not             spent.          {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket.          {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole             authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges             in the exchequer. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or                   the wombat.             (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher.             (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched                   squirrels.          {Pouched dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Zebra wolf}, under {Zebra}.          {Pouched frog} (Zo[94]l.), the nototrema, the female of which             has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in             which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage.          {Pouched gopher}, [or] {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket             gopher}, under {Pocket}.          {Pouched mouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket mouse}, under             {Pocket}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F.       pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of       Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook       eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.]       1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a             garment for carrying small articles, particularly money;             hence, figuratively, money; wealth.          2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into             which the balls are driven.          3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as             ginger, hops, cowries, etc.          Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a                sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity,                the articles being sold by actual weight.          4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of             board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.          5. (Mining.)             (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or                   other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a                   cavity.             (b) A hole containing water.          6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a             batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.          7. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pouch}.          Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation                of compound words usually of obvious signification; as,                pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket                handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or                pocket-picking, etc.          {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep.          {Pocket borough}, a borough [bd]owned[b8] by some person. See             under {Borough}. [Eng.]          {Pocket gopher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys},             family {Geomyd[91]}. They have large external cheek             pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit             North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the             Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}.          {Pocket mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of American mice of             the family {Saccomyid[91]}. They have external cheek             pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus             {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are             native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.          {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not             spent.          {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket.          {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole             authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges             in the exchequer. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or                   the wombat.             (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher.             (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched                   squirrels.          {Pouched dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Zebra wolf}, under {Zebra}.          {Pouched frog} (Zo[94]l.), the nototrema, the female of which             has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in             which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage.          {Pouched gopher}, [or] {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket             gopher}, under {Pocket}.          {Pouched mouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket mouse}, under             {Pocket}.
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Jakie \Ja"kie\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A South American striped frog ({Pseudis paradoxa}),       remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and       hence called also {paradoxical frog}.
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Pseudocarp \Pseu"do*carp\, n. [Pseudo- + Gr. [?] fruit.] (Bot.)       That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived       from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.
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Pseudocd2le \Pseu"do*c[d2]le\, n.       Same as {Pseudoc[d2]lia}.
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Pseudo-china \Pseu`do-chi"na\, n. [Pseudo- + china.] (Bot.)       The false china root, a plant of the genus {Smilax} ({S.       Pseudo-china}), found in America.
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Pseudo-cone \Pseu"do-cone`\, n. [Pseudo- + cone.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes       of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones       of others.
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Pseudo-cumene \Pseu`do-cu"mene\, n. [Pseudo- + cumene.] (Chem.)       A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with       mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a       colorless liquid.
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Pseudo-galena \Pseu`do-ga*le"na\, n. [Pseudo- + galena.] (Min.)       False galena, or blende. See {Blende}       (a) .
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Pseudograph \Pseu"do*graph\, n. [See {Pseudography}.]       A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
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Pseudography \Pseu*dog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?]; pseydh`s false +       [?] to write.]       False writing; forgery.
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Boletic \Bo*let"ic\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or obtained from, the {Boletus}.          {Boletic acid}, an acid obtained from the {Boletus             fomentarius}, variety {pseudo-igniarius}. Same as             {{Fumaric acid}}.
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Pseudoscope \Pseu"do*scope\, n. [Pseudo- + -scope.] (Opt.)       An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief       reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the       stereoscope. --Wheatstone.
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Pseudoscopic \Pseu`do*scop"ic\, a. (Opt.)       Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its       parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic       image.
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Pseudosphere \Pseu"do*sphere`\, n. [Pseudo- + sphere.] (Geom.)       The surface of constant negative curvature generated by the       revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in       non-Euclidian space to the sphere in ordinary space. An       important property of the surface is that any figure drawn       upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or       altering in size any of its elements.
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Pseudospore \Pseu"do*spore`\, n. [Pseudo- + spore.] (Bot.)       A peculiar reproductive cell found in some fungi.
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d8Pseudostoma \[d8]Pseu*dos"to*ma\, n.; pl. {Pseudostomata}.       [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Stoma}.] (Anat.)       A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true       aperture among them.
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Persulphocyanogen \Per*sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.)       An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of       chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of       potassium; -- called also {pseudosulphocyanogen},       {perthiocyanogen}, and formerly {sulphocyanogen}.
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Pseudo-symmetric \Pseu`do-sym*met"ric\, a. (Crystallog.)       Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.
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Pseudo-symmetry \Pseu`do-sym"me*try\, n. [Pseudo- + symmetry.]       (Crystallog.)       A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which       from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a       system other than that to which they belong, as the       apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite.
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Psittaceous \Psit*ta"ceous\, Psittacid \Psit"ta*cid\, a. [L.       psittacus a parrot, Gr. [?]: cf. F. psittacide.] (Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. -- n. One       of the Psittaci.
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Psittaceous \Psit*ta"ceous\, Psittacid \Psit"ta*cid\, a. [L.       psittacus a parrot, Gr. [?]: cf. F. psittacide.] (Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. -- n. One       of the Psittaci.
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d8Sarracenia \[d8]Sar`ra*ce"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after a Dr.       Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.)       A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the       American pitcher plant.          Note: They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and                solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style.                {Sarracenia purpurea}, the sidesaddle flower, is common                at the North; {S. flava}, {rubra}, {Drummondii},                {variolaris}, and {psittacina} are Southern species.                All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in                their curious leaves. See {Illust}. of Sidesaddle                flower, under {Sidesaddle}.
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Psitta-co-fulvine \Psit`ta-co-ful"*vine\, n. [Gr. [?] a parrot +       L. fulvus yellow.]       A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.
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Jako \Jak"o\ (j[acr]k"[osl]), n. (Zo[94]l.)       An African parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly kept       as a cage bird; -- called also {gray parrot}.
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Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE.       gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw,       OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel.       gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.]       1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt,             or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark             mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.                         These gray and dun colors may be also produced by                      mixing whites and blacks.                  --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.          2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.          3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.          {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.          {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara.          {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.          {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.          {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the             female mallard.          {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon.          {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.          {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black             grouse. See {Heath grouse}.          {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the             genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.          {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of             the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in             the Old World and America; as the European species ({M.             capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet             ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M.             Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}.          {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl             ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea})             inhabits arctic America.          {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}),             very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in             learning to talk.          {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}.          {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.             See {Snapper}.          {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.          {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California             whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large             numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback},             {devilfish}, and {hardhead}.
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Pastos, PR (comunidad, FIPS 60257)       Location: 18.11971 N, 66.25905 W       Population (1990): 1538 (480 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Pawcatuck, CT (CDP, FIPS 59140)       Location: 41.37560 N, 71.85295 W       Population (1990): 5289 (2324 housing units)       Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 06379
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Peshtigo, WI (city, FIPS 62175)       Location: 45.05549 N, 87.74584 W       Population (1990): 3154 (1217 housing units)       Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 54157
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Pickett County, TN (county, FIPS 137)       Location: 36.55824 N, 85.07904 W       Population (1990): 4548 (2253 housing units)       Area: 422.0 sq km (land), 30.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Piscataquis County, ME (county, FIPS 21)       Location: 45.84264 N, 69.29503 W       Population (1990): 18653 (13194 housing units)       Area: 10273.3 sq km (land), 1064.9 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pistakee Highlands, IL (CDP, FIPS 60144)       Location: 42.40316 N, 88.21216 W       Population (1990): 3848 (1336 housing units)       Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Post Oak Bend City, TX (town, FIPS 59052)       Location: 32.63207 N, 96.31326 W       Population (1990): 264 (110 housing units)       Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Puget Sound Nava, WA       Zip code(s): 98314
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
postcardware n.   A kind of {shareware} that borders on    {freeware}, in that the author requests only that satisfied users    send a postcard of their home town or something.   (This practice,    silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are    otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be    psychologically related to real estate `sales' in which $1 changes    hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
PostScript n.   A Page Description Language ({PDL}), based on    work originally done by John Gaffney at Evans and Sutherland in    1976, evolving through `JaM' (`John and Martin', Martin Newell) at    {XEROX PARC}, and finally implemented in its current form by John    Warnock et al. after he and Chuck Geschke founded Adobe Systems    Incorporated in 1982.   PostScript gets its leverage by using a full    programming language, rather than a series of low-level escape    sequences, to describe an image to be printed on a laser printer or    other output device (in this it parallels {EMACS}, which exploited a    similar insight about editing tasks).   It is also noteworthy for    implementing on-the fly rasterization, from Bezier curve    descriptions, of high-quality fonts at low (e.g.   300 dpi)    resolution (it was formerly believed that hand-tuned bitmap fonts    were required for this task).   Hackers consider PostScript to be    among the most elegant hacks of all time, and the combination of    technical merits and widespread availability has made PostScript the    language of choice for graphical output.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
pseudosuit /soo'doh-s[y]oot`/ n.   A {suit} wannabee; a hacker    who has decided that he wants to be in management or administration    and begins wearing ties, sport coats, and (shudder!)   suits    voluntarily.   It's his funeral.   See also {lobotomy}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
packed decimal          {binary coded decimal}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Packet Assembler/Disassembler          (PAD) Hardware or software device for splitting a data stream       into discrete {packet}s for transmission over some medium and       then reforming the stream(s) at the receiver.          The term is most often used for interfaces to {X.25} lines.          (1995-01-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
packet sniffer          A network monitoring tool that captures       data {packets} and decodes them using built-in knowledge of       common {protocols}.   Sniffers are used to debug and monitor       networking problems.          (1995-03-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Packet Switch Node          (PSN) A dedicated computer whose purpose is to accept, {route}       and forward {packet}s in a {packet-switched} network.          (1994-11-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
packet switching          A communications paradigm in which {packets}       (messages or fragments of messages) are individually {routed}       between {nodes}, with no previously established communication       path.   Packets are routed to their destination through the       most expedient route (as determined by some routing       {algorithm}).   Not all packets travelling between the same two       hosts, even those from a single message, will necessarily       follow the same route.          The destination computer reassembles the packets into their       appropriate sequence.   Packet switching is used to optimise       the use of the {bandwidth} available in a network and to       minimise the {latency}.   {X.25} is an international standard       packet switching network.          Also called {connectionless}.   Opposite of {circuit switched}       or {connection-oriented}.   See also {virtual circuit},       {wormhole routing}.          (1999-03-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
packet-switched          {packet switching}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Page Description Language          (PDL) A language such as {Adobe Systems, Inc.}'s {PostScript}       or {Xerox}'s {Interpress} which allows the appearance of a       printed page to be described in a high-level,       device-independent way.   Printing then becomes a two-stage       process: an {application program} produces a description in       the language, which is then interpreted by a specific output       device.   Such a language can therefore serve as an interchange       standard for transmission and storage of printable documents.          (1995-02-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PCCTS          {Purdue Compiler-Construction Tool Set}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PicTeX          A version of {TeX} for pictures.          {(ftp://june.cs.washington.edu/tex/PiCTeX.tar.Z)}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pocket calculator          A small battery-powered digital electronic device       for performing simple arithmetic operations on data input on a       keypad and outputting the result (usually a single number) to       a simple {LCD} or other display.          The most sophisticated programmable calculators are really       {pocket computers} which are limited to handling numerical       data only.          (1996-12-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pocket computer          {palmtop}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
postcardware          {Shareware} that borders on {freeware}, in that the author       requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their       home town or something.   (This practice, silly as it might       seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting       something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related       to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep       the transaction from being a gift.)          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
POSTGRES          An {active DBMS} developed at the {University of       California at Berkeley} by a team led by Michael Stonebraker       (1986-1994).   Postgres was later taken by {Illustra} and       developed into a commercial product, which in turn was bought       by {Informix} and integrated into their product, {Universal       Server}.          {PostgreSQL} is a further development of the original POSTGRES       code as a {free software} alternative to commercial {DBMS}       vendor offerings.          [Details?   Reference?   Relationship to {Ingres}?]          (1999-07-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PostgreSQL          /'post-gres-kyu-el/ An enhancement of the       {POSTGRES} {database} system.          PostgreSQL is an advanced {relational database management       system} with some {object oriented} approaches.   PostgreSQL is       developed and distributed as {free software}, and while       retaining its freedom it remains technically and featurewise a       worthy competitor to even the most advanced commercial       alternatives.          It was also one of the first databases to offer {MVCC} as       opposed to {row-level locking} or {table locking}, thereby       greatly improving multi-user performance.          PostgreSQL implements an extended subset of {ANSI} {SQL} and       runs on many {platforms}.   It also has {interfaces} to many       different {programming languages} and database {protocols},       like {ODBC} and {JDBC}.          {Home (http://www.postgresql.org/)}.          (1999-09-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
POSTQUEL          POSTGRES QUERy Language.   The language used by the {POSTGRES}       {database} system.          ["The Design of POSTGRES", M. Stonebraker et al, Proc ACM       SIGMOD Conf, June 1986].          {Version 4.0       (ftp://postgres.berkeley.edu/pub/postgresv4r0.tar.Z)}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PostScript          A {page description language} based       on work originally done by John Gaffney at Evans and       Sutherland in 1976, evolving through "JaM" ("John and Martin",       Martin Newell) at {XEROX PARC}, and finally implemented in its       current form by John Warnock et al. after he and Chuck Geschke       founded {Adobe Systems, Inc.} in 1982.          PostScript is an {interpreted}, {stack-based language} (like       {FORTH}).   It was used as a page description language by the       {Apple LaserWriter}, and now many {laser printers} and       on-screen graphics systems.   Its primary application is to       describe the appearance of text, graphical shapes, and sampled       {images} on printed or displayed pages.          A program in PostScript can communicate a document description       from a composition system to a printing system in a       device-independent way.          PostScript is an unusually powerful printer language because       it is a full programming language, rather than a series of       low-level escape sequences.   (In this it parallels {Emacs},       which exploited a similar insight about editing tasks).   It is       also noteworthy for implementing on-the fly {rasterisation},       from {Bezier curve} descriptions, of high-quality {fonts} at       low (e.g. 300 dpi) resolution (it was formerly believed that       hand-tuned {bitmap fonts} were required for this task).          PostScript's combination of technical merits and widespread       availability made it the language of choice for graphical       output until {PDF} appeared.          The {Postscript point}, 1/72 inch, is slightly different from       other {point} units.          {An introduction       (http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/programming/postscript/postscript.html)}.          ["PostScript Language Reference Manual" ("The Red Book"),       Adobe Systems, A-W 1985].          [{Jargon File}]          (2002-03-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Postscript point          The variant of the {point} used by {Postscript},       equal to 0.3527777778 mm, or 1/72 inch.          (2002-03-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Pseudocode          A notation resembling a programming language but not intended       for actual compilation.   It usually combines some of the       structure of a programming language with an informal       natural-language description of the computations to be carried       out.   It is often produced by CASE systems as a basis for       later hand coding.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PseudoScheme          A translator from {Scheme} to {Common Lisp} by Jonathan Rees       .   Version 2.8.   It conforms to all of       {R3RS} except {call/cc} and requires {Common Lisp}.   Runs on       {Lucid}, {Symbolics CL}, {VAX Lisp}, {Explorer CL}.          Mailing list: info-clscheme-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu.          (1994-10-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pseudosuit          /soo'doh-s[y]oot"/ A {suit} wannabee; a hacker who has decided       that he wants to be in management or administration and begins       wearing ties, sport coats, and (shudder!) suits voluntarily.       It's his funeral.   See also {lobotomy}.          [{Jargon File}]