P/E ratio
         n 1: (stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings
               [syn: {price-to-earnings ratio}, {P/E ratio}]

English Dictionary: prat	by the DICT Development Group
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paired adj used of gloves, socks, etc. Synonym(s): mated, paired of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves" Synonym(s): opposite, paired Antonym(s): alternate mated sexually
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parade n a ceremonial procession including people marching an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses" a visible display; "she made a parade of her sorrows" v walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" Synonym(s): parade, exhibit, march march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street" Synonym(s): parade, troop, promenade
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Pareto n Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923) Synonym(s): Pareto, Vilfredo Pareto
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Paridae n titmice and chickadees Synonym(s): Paridae, family Paridae
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parity n (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children" Synonym(s): parity, para (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity; "parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data" (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error Synonym(s): parity bit, parity, check bit (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system Synonym(s): parity, conservation of parity, space-reflection symmetry, mirror symmetry functional equality
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parody n a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Synonym(s): parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on humorous or satirical mimicry Synonym(s): parody, mockery, takeoff v make a spoof of or make fun of make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers" Synonym(s): spoof, burlesque, parody
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parrot n usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated v repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"
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Parrotia n one species: iron tree Synonym(s): Parrotia, genus Parrotia
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part adv in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" Synonym(s): partially, partly, part Antonym(s): all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly n something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" Synonym(s): part, portion, component part, component, constituent something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" Synonym(s): part, portion a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" Synonym(s): part, piece that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation; "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part" the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" Synonym(s): region, part the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" Synonym(s): function, office, part, role an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" Synonym(s): character, role, theatrical role, part, persona assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" Synonym(s): share, portion, part, percentage one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" Synonym(s): part, section, division a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle" Synonym(s): part, parting the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" Synonym(s): part, voice the part played by a person in bringing about a result; "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work" Synonym(s): contribution, part, share v go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" Synonym(s): separate, part, split discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" Synonym(s): separate, part, split up, split, break, break up leave; "The family took off for Florida" Synonym(s): depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" Synonym(s): separate, divide, part force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" Synonym(s): separate, disunite, divide, part
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Parthia n an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226
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party n an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level" Synonym(s): party, political party a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner" a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen" Synonym(s): party, company an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day" a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part" v have or participate in a party; "The students were partying all night before the exam"
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pay rate n amount of money received per unit time; "women's pay rate is lower than men's" Synonym(s): pay rate, rate of pay
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period n an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" Synonym(s): time period, period of time, period the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods" Synonym(s): period, geological period the end or completion of something; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility" the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"-- Aristotle Synonym(s): menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop" Synonym(s): period, point, full stop, stop, full point
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pert adj characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" Synonym(s): impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy
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Perth n the state capital of Western Australia
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pierid n any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs Synonym(s): pierid, pierid butterfly
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Pieridae n arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies Synonym(s): Pieridae, family Pieridae
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Pierrot n a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
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pirate n someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own Synonym(s): plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, pirate someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation Synonym(s): pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover a ship that is manned by pirates Synonym(s): pirate, pirate ship v copy illegally; of published material take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" Synonym(s): commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate
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pirouette n (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) v do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance
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port adj located on the left side of a ship or aircraft [syn: port, larboard] n a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal Synonym(s): port, port wine an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through Synonym(s): port, embrasure, porthole the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose Synonym(s): larboard, port Antonym(s): starboard (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) Synonym(s): interface, port v put or turn on the left side, of a ship; "port the helm" bring to port; "the captain ported the ship at night" land at or reach a port; "The ship finally ported" turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship; "The big ship was slowly porting" carry, bear, convey, or bring; "The small canoe could be ported easily" carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons; "port a rifle" drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner" modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
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porta n an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" Synonym(s): orifice, opening, porta
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Porte n the Ottoman court in Constantinople [syn: Porte, {Sublime Porte}]
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Porto n port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine [syn: Porto, Oporto]
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pour out v express without restraint; "The woman poured out her frustrations as the judge listened" pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" Synonym(s): decant, pour, pour out be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets" Synonym(s): spill over, spill out, pour out pour out; "effused brine" Synonym(s): effuse, pour out
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powered adj (often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind; "powered flight"; "kerosine-powered jet engines" Antonym(s): unpowered
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prat n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
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prate n idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music] v speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly Synonym(s): chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
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preheat v heat beforehand; "Preheat the oven!"
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pretty adv to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" Synonym(s): reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably Antonym(s): immoderately, unreasonably adj pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room" (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
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pride n a feeling of self-respect and personal worth [syn: pride, pridefulness] Antonym(s): humbleness, humility satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements; "he takes pride in his son's success" the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards a group of lions unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins) Synonym(s): pride, superbia v be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school" Synonym(s): pride, plume, congratulate
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prie-dieu n low bench for kneeling on
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prod n a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" Synonym(s): goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion Synonym(s): prod, goad v to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant" Synonym(s): nudge, poke at, prod urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" Synonym(s): prod, incite, egg on poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" Synonym(s): jab, prod, stab, poke, dig
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protea n any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones
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proto adj indicating the first or earliest or original; "`proto' is a combining form in a word like `protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages"
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proud adj feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes" Antonym(s): humble having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" Synonym(s): gallant, lofty, majestic, proud
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prude n a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum Synonym(s): prude, puritan
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purdah n a state of social isolation Synonym(s): solitude, purdah the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded Synonym(s): purdah, sex segregation a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
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purity n being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material [syn: purity, pureness] Antonym(s): impureness, impurity the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil Synonym(s): purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness a woman's virtue or chastity Synonym(s): honor, honour, purity, pureness
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pyrite n a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color Synonym(s): pyrite, iron pyrite, fool's gold
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paired}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pairing}.]       1. To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for             breeding.          2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.                         My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.                                                                               --Rowe.          3. Same as {To pair off}. See phrase below.          {To pair off}, to separate from a company in pairs or             couples; specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one             of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on             specified questions or issues. See {Pair}, n., 6.
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Parade \Pa*rade"\, v. i.       1. To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by             walking in a public place.          2. To assemble in military order for evolutions and             inspection; to form or march, as in review.
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Parade \Pa*rade"\, n. [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an       assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled       to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See {Pare}, v.       t.]       1. The ground where a military display is held, or where             troops are drilled.          2. (Mil.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of             troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions             before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades             are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or             company), according to the force assembled.          3. Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.                         Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. --Swift.          4. That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing             procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military             order; as, a parade of firemen.                         In state returned the grand parade.   --Swift.          5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.]                         When they are not in parade, and upon their guard.                                                                               --Locke.          6. A public walk; a promenade.          {Dress parade}, {Undress parade}. See under {Dress}, and             {Undress}.          {Parade rest}, a position of rest for soldiers, in which,             however, they are required to be silent and motionless.             --Wilhelm.          Syn: Ostentation; display; show.          Usage: {Parade}, {Ostentation}. Parade is a pompous                   exhibition of things for the purpose of display;                   ostentation now generally indicates a parade of                   virtues or other qualities for which one expects to be                   honored. [bd]It was not in the mere parade of royalty                   that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power.[b8]                   --Robertson. [bd]We are dazzled with the splendor of                   titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of                   victories.[b8] --Spectator.
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Parade \Pa*rade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paraded}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Parading}.] [Cf. F. parader.]       1. To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.                         Parading all her sensibility.            --Byron.          2. To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or             march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pard \Pard\ (p[aum]rd), n. [L. pardus, Gr. pa`rdos; cf. Skr.       p[rsdot]d[be]ku tiger, panther.] (Zo[94]l.)       A leopard; a panther.                   And more pinch-spotted make them Than pard or cat                o'mountain.                                             --Shak.
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Parde \Par*de"\, Pardie \Par*die"\, adv. [or] interj. [F. pardi,       for par Dieu by God.]       Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath.       [Written also {pardee}, {pardieux}, {perdie}, etc.] [Obs.]                   He was, parde, an old fellow of yours.   --Chaucer.
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Parde \Par*de"\, Pardie \Par*die"\, adv. [or] interj. [F. pardi,       for par Dieu by God.]       Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath.       [Written also {pardee}, {pardieux}, {perdie}, etc.] [Obs.]                   He was, parde, an old fellow of yours.   --Chaucer.
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Parde \Par*de"\, Pardie \Par*die"\, adv. [or] interj. [F. pardi,       for par Dieu by God.]       Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath.       [Written also {pardee}, {pardieux}, {perdie}, etc.] [Obs.]                   He was, parde, an old fellow of yours.   --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pardo \Par"do\, n. [Pg. pardao, fr. Skr. prat[be]pa splendor,       majesty.]       A money of account in Goa, India, equivalent to about 2s. 6d.       sterling. or 60 cts.
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Pare \Pare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pared}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Paring}.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or       curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry,       ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. {Empire}, {Parade},       {Pardon}, {Parry}, {Prepare}.]       1. To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or             extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's             hoof.          2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin,             ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off             or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away             redundancies.          3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.                         The king began to pare a little the privilege of                      clergy.                                             --Bacon.
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Tit \Tit\, n.       1. A small horse. --Tusser.          2. A woman; -- used in contempt. --Burton.          3. A morsel; a bit. --Halliwell.          4. [OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word             probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps             the same as teat. Cf. {Titmouse}, {Tittle}.] (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds                   belonging to the families {Parid[91]} and                   {Leiotrichid[91]}; a titmouse.             (b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark.          {Ground tit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wren tit}, under {Wren}.          {Hill tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic             singing birds belonging to {Siva}, {Milna}, and allied             genera.          {Tit babbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus             {Trichastoma}.          {Tit for tat}. [Probably for tip for tap. See {Tip} a slight             blow.] An equivalent; retaliation.          {Tit thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             Asiatic and East Indian birds belonging to {Suthora} and             allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate             between the thrushes and titmice.
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Parieto- \Pa*ri"e*to-\ (Anat.)       A combining form used to indicate connection with, or       relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of       the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.
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Parity \Par"i*ty\, n. [L. paritas, fr. par, paris, equal: cf. F.       parit[82]. See {Pair}, {Peer} an equal.]       The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like       state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as,       parity of reasoning. [bd]No parity of principle.[b8] --De       Quincey.                   Equality of length and parity of numeration. --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.
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Parody \Par"o*dy\, n.; pl. {Parodies}. [L. parodia, Gr. [?]; [?]       beside + [?] a song: cf. F. parodie. See {Para-}, and {Ode}.]       1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author             is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in             which what is written on one subject is altered, and             applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.                         The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's                      [bd]Hind and Panther[b8] was received with great                      applause.                                          --Macaulay.          2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]
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Parody \Par"o*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parodied}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Parodying}.] [Cf. F. parodier.]       To write a parody upon; to burlesque.                   I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of                Horace.                                                   --Pope.
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Parry \Par"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parried}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Parrying}.] [F. par[82], p. p. of parer. See {Pare}, v. t.]       1. To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a             thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.             --Locke.                         Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword                      of straw.                                          --Cowper.          2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.                         The French government has parried the payment of our                      claims.                                             --E. Everett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre       Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf.       {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order             {Psittaci}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis},             {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]},             as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.             They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked             space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P.             erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of             Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are             examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to             imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.          {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See             {Parrakeet}.          {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}.                      {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling             and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]                      {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green},             n.          {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia             frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer             parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid             leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.          {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the             genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the             Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly             prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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Parrot \Par"rot\, v. t.       To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
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Parrot \Par"rot\, v. i.       To chatter like a parrot.
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Part \Part\, n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to       bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel},       {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.]       1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything             is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a             whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as             going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity,             mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a             fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.                         And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a                      certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet.                                                                               --Acts v. 2.                         Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not                      contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke.                         I am a part of all that I have met.   --Tennyson.          2. Hence, specifically:             (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many                   like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is                   divided, or of which it is composed; proportional                   division or ingredient.                               An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex.                                                                               xvi. 36.                               A thought which, quartered, hath but one part                            wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak.             (b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole;                   a member; an organ; an essential element.                               All the parts were formed . . . into one                            harmonious body.                           --Locke.                               The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble.             (c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality;                   faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a                   collective sense. [bd]Men of considerable parts.[b8]                   --Burke. [bd]Great quickness of parts.[b8] --Macaulay.                               Which maintained so politic a state of evil,                            that they will not admit any good part to                            intermingle with them.                  --Shak.             (d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.                   [bd]The uttermost part of the heaven.[b8] --Neh. i. 9.                               All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and                            fears.                                          --Dryden.             (e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a                   certain number of times, will exactly make that                   quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of                   multiple. Also, a line or other element of a                   geometrical figure.          3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or             which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share;             portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.                         We have no part in David.                  --2 Sam. xx.                                                                               1.                         Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou                      but thine.                                          --Milton.                         Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share.                                                                               --Dryden.          4. Hence, specifically:             (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or                   a controversy; a faction.                               For he that is not against us is on our part.                                                                               --Mark ix. 40.                               Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.                                                                               --Waller.             (b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an                   assumed personification; also, the language, actions,                   and influence of a character or an actor in a play;                   or, figuratively, in real life. See {To act a part},                   under {Act}.                               That part Was aptly fitted and naturally                            performed.                                    --Shak.                               It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a                            calf.                                          --Shak.                               Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well                            your part, there all the honor lies. --Pope.             (c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted                   composition, which heard in union compose its harmony;                   also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the                   treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.          {For my part}, so far as concerns me; for my share.          {For the most part}. See under {Most}, a.          {In good part}, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a             friendly manner. --Hooker.          {In ill part}, unfavorably; with displeasure.          {In part}, in some degree; partly.          {Part and parcel}, an essential or constituent portion; -- a             reduplicative phrase. Cf. {might and main}, {kith and             kin}, etc. [bd]She was . . . part and parcel of the race             and place.[b8] --Howitt.          {Part of speech} (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a             particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech             denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech             which asserts something of the subject of a sentence.          {Part owner} (Law), one of several owners or tenants in             common. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}.          {Part singing}, singing in which two or more of the harmonic             parts are taken.          {Part song}, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct             vocal parts. [bd]A part song differs from a madrigal in             its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in             its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to             each part.[b8] --Stainer & Barrett.          Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece;                share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}.
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Part \Part\, v. i.       1. To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to             become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair             parts in the middle.          2. To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other;             hence, to die; -- often with from.                         He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.                                                                               --Shak.                         He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few                      hours before.                                    --Macaulay.                         His precious bag, which he would by no means part                      from.                                                --G. Eliot.          3. To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection             of any kind; -- followed by with or from.                         Celia, for thy sake, I part With all that grew so                      near my heart.                                    --Waller.                         Powerful hands . . . will not part Easily from                      possession won with arms.                  --Milton.                         It was strange to him that a father should feel no                      tenderness at parting with an only son. --A.                                                                               Trollope.          4. To have a part or share; to partake. [Obs.] [bd]They shall             part alike.[b8] --1 Sam. xxx. 24.
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Part \Part\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Parting}.] [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus,       fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See {Part}, n.]       1. To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into             two or more parts or pieces; to sever. [bd]Thou shalt part             it in pieces.[b8] --Lev. ii. 6.                         There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues.                                                                               --Keble.          2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot;             to apportion; to share.                         To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee.                                                                               --Pope.                         They parted my raiment among them.      --John xix.                                                                               24.          3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove             from contact or contiguity; to sunder.                         The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but                      death part thee and me.                     --Ruth i. 17.                         While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and                      carried up into heaven.                     --Luke xxiv.                                                                               51.                         The narrow seas that part The French and English.                                                                               --Shak.          4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene             betwixt, as combatants.                         The stumbling night did part our weary powers.                                                                               --Shak.          5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or             secretion; as, to part gold from silver.                         The liver minds his own affair, . . . And parts and                      strains the vital juices.                  --Prior.          6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.]                         Since presently your souls must part your bodies.                                                                               --Shak.          {To part a cable} (Naut.), to break it.          {To part company}, to separate, as travelers or companions.
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Part \Part\, adv.       Partly; in a measure. [R.] --Shak.
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Party \Par"ty\, a. [F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See       {Part}, v., and cf. {Partite}.]       1. (Her.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of             one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.          2. Partial; favoring one party.
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Party \Par"ty\, n.; pl. {Parties}. [F. parti and partie, fr. F.       partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See {Part}, v.]       1. A part or portion. [Obs.] [bd]The most party of the             time.[b8] --Chaucer.          2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as             distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community             or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people             is divided on questions of public policy.                         Win the noble Brutus to our party.      --Shak.                         The peace both parties want is like to last.                                                                               --Dryden.          3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment;             especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on             special service.          4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a             select company; as, a dinner party; also, the             entertainment itself; as, to give a party.          5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes             part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to             the plot; a party to the contract.          6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an             individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.                         The cause of both parties shall come before the                      judges.                                             --Ex. xxii. 9.          7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed             or antagonistic to another.                         It the jury found that the party slain was of                      English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J.                                                                               Davies.          8. Cause; side; interest.                         Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the                      Duke of Albany?                                 --Shak.          9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a             vulgarism.]          Note: [bd]For several generations, our ancestors largely                employed party for person; but this use of the word,                when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike,                more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the                consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to                leave it in their undisputed possession.[b8] --Fitzed.                Hall.          {Party jury} (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as             one which is half natives and half foreigners.          {Party man}, a partisan. --Swift.          {Party spirit}, a factious and unreasonable temper, not             uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately.          {Party verdict}, a joint verdict. --Shak.          {Party wall}.             (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between                   two adjoining properties, usually having half its                   thickness on each property.             (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a                   block or row.
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Party \Par"ty\, adv.       Partly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Peart \Peart\, a. [A variant of pert, a.]       Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to       convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. [O. Eng. &       Colloq. U. S.]                   There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray,                As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as                flowers in May.                                       --Warner                                                                               (1592).
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Peer \Peer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peered}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Peering}.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. para[8c]tre to       appear, L. parere. Cf. {Appear}.]       1. To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic]                         So honor peereth in the meanest habit. --Shak.                         See how his gorget peers above his gown! --B.                                                                               Jonson.          2. [Perh. a different word; cf. OE. piren, LG. piren. Cf.             {Pry} to peep.] To look narrowly or curiously or intently;             to peep; as, the peering day. --Milton.                         Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads.                                                                               --Shak.                         As if through a dungeon grate he peered.                                                                               --Coleridge.
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Peert \Peert\, a.       Same as {Peart}.
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Peerweet \Peer"weet\, n.       Same as {Pewit} (       a &       b ).
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Parde \Par*de"\, Pardie \Par*die"\, adv. [or] interj. [F. pardi,       for par Dieu by God.]       Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath.       [Written also {pardee}, {pardieux}, {perdie}, etc.] [Obs.]                   He was, parde, an old fellow of yours.   --Chaucer.
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Perdie \Per*die"\, adv.       See {Parde}. --Spenser.
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Parde \Par*de"\, Pardie \Par*die"\, adv. [or] interj. [F. pardi,       for par Dieu by God.]       Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath.       [Written also {pardee}, {pardieux}, {perdie}, etc.] [Obs.]                   He was, parde, an old fellow of yours.   --Chaucer.
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Perdie \Per*die"\, adv.       See {Parde}. --Spenser.
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Perdu \Per*du"\, n. [See {Perdu}, a.]       1. One placed on watch, or in ambush.          2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. --Shak.
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Perdu \Per*du"\, Perdue \Per*due"\, a. [F. perdu, f. perdue,       lost, p. p. of perdre to lose, L. perdere. See {Perdition}.]       1. Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close.                         He should lie perdue who is to walk the round.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises;             hence, reckless; hopeless. [bd]A perdue captain.[b8]             --Beau. & Fl.
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Perdu \Per*du"\, Perdue \Per*due"\, a. [F. perdu, f. perdue,       lost, p. p. of perdre to lose, L. perdere. See {Perdition}.]       1. Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close.                         He should lie perdue who is to walk the round.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises;             hence, reckless; hopeless. [bd]A perdue captain.[b8]             --Beau. & Fl.
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Perdy \Per*dy"\, adv.       Truly. See {Parde}. [Obs.]                   Ah, dame! perdy ye have not done me right. --Spenser.
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d8Peridium \[d8]Pe*rid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Peridia}. [NL., fr. Gr.       [?] about + [?], a dim. ending.] (Bot.)       The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs       and earthstars.
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Period \Pe"ri*od\, v. t.       To put an end to. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Period \Pe"ri*od\, v. i.       To come to a period; to conclude. [Obs.] [bd]You may period       upon this, that,[b8] etc. --Felthman.
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Period \Pe"ri*od\, n. [L. periodus, Gr. [?] a going round, a way       round, a circumference, a period of time; [?] round, about +       [?] a way: cf. F. p[82]riode.]       1. A portion of time as limited and determined by some             recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution             of one of the heavenly bodies; a division of time, as a             series of years, months, or days, in which something is             completed, and ready to recommence and go on in the same             order; as, the period of the sun, or the earth, or a             comet.          2. Hence: A stated and recurring interval of time; more             generally, an interval of time specified or left             indefinite; a certain series of years, months, days, or             the like; a time; a cycle; an age; an epoch; as, the             period of the Roman republic.                         How by art to make plants more lasting than their                      ordinary period.                                 --Bacon.          3. (Geol.) One of the great divisions of geological time; as,             the Tertiary period; the Glacial period. See the Chart of             {Geology}.          4. The termination or completion of a revolution, cycle,             series of events, single event, or act; hence, a limit; a             bound; an end; a conclusion. --Bacon.                         So spake the archangel Michael; then paused, As at                      the world's great period.                  --Milton.                         Evils which shall never end till eternity hath a                      period.                                             --Jer. Taylor.                         This is the period of my ambition.      --Shak.          5. (Rhet.) A complete sentence, from one full stop to             another; esp., a well-proportioned, harmonious sentence.             [bd]Devolved his rounded periods.[b8] --Tennyson.                         Periods are beautiful when they are not too long.                                                                               --B. Johnson.          Note: The period, according to Heyse, is a compound sentence                consisting of a protasis and apodosis; according to                Becker, it is the appropriate form for the                co[94]rdinate propositions related by antithesis or                causality. --Gibbs.          6. (Print.) The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a             complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word.          7. (Math.) One of several similar sets of figures or terms             usually marked by points or commas placed at regular             intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots,             and in circulating decimals.
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Perite \Pe*rite"\, a. [L. peritus.]       Skilled. [Obs.]
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Pert \Pert\, v. i.       To behave with pertness. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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Pert \Pert\, a. [An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known,       true, free, or impudent. See {Apert}.]       1. Open; evident; apert. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.          2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] --Shak.          3. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.             [bd]A very pert manner.[b8] --Addison.                         The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.                                                                               --Cowper.
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Pierid \Pi"er*id\, n. [See {Peirides}.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any butterfly of the genus {Pieris} and related genera. See       {Cabbage butterfly}, under {Cabbage}.
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Pirate \Pi"rate\, v. t.       To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of       the author.
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Pirate \Pi"rate\, n. [L. pirata, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to attempt,       undertake, from making attempts or attacks on ships, [?] an       attempt, trial; akin to E. peril: cf. F. pirate. See       {Peril}.]       1. A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes             the property of another on the high seas; especially, one             who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or             plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in             a harbor.          2. An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal             commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on             the high seas.          3. One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the             work of an author without permission.          {Pirate perch} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water percoid fish of the             United States ({Aphredoderus Sayanus}). It is of a dark             olive color, speckled with blackish spots.
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Pirate \Pi"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pirated}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pirating}.] [Cf. F. pirater.]       To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
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Pirouette \Pir`ou*ette"\, n. [F.; of uncertain origin.]       1. A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.          2. (Man.) The whirling about of a horse.
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Pirouette \Pir`ou*ette"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pirouetted}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Pirouetting}.] [F. pirouetter.]       To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.
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Poor \Poor\, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.]       [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the       first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see       {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare,       procure. See {Few}, and cf. {Parade}, {Pauper}, {Poverty}.]       1. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or             goods; needy; indigent.          Note: It is often synonymous with indigent and with                necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied                to persons who are not entirely destitute of property,                but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor                people.          2. (Law) So completely destitute of property as to be             entitled to maintenance from the public.          3. Hence, in very various applications: Destitute of such             qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be             expected; as:             (a) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean;                   emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.                   [bd]Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very                   ill-favored and lean-fleshed.[b8] --Gen. xli. 19.             (b) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as,                   poor health; poor spirits. [bd]His genius . . . poor                   and cowardly.[b8] --Bacon.             (c) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby;                   mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. [bd]A poor                   vessel.[b8] --Clarendon.             (d) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; --                   said of land; as, poor soil.             (e) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor                   discourse; a poor picture.             (f) Without prosperous conditions or good results;                   unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor                   business; the sick man had a poor night.             (g) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor                   excuse.                               That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea                            or apology at the last day.         --Calamy.          4. Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a             term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and             sometimes as a word of contempt.                         And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray.                                                                               --Shak.                         Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. --Prior.          5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.             [bd]Blessed are the poor in spirit.[b8] --Matt. v. 3.          {Poor law}, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or             support of the poor.          {Poor man's treacle} (Bot.), garlic; -- so called because it             was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng]             --Dr. Prior.          {Poor man's weatherglass} (Bot.), the red-flowered pimpernel             ({Anagallis arvensis}), which opens its blossoms only in             fair weather.          {Poor rate}, an assessment or tax, as in an English parish,             for the relief or support of the poor.          {Poor soldier} (Zo[94]l.), the friar bird.          {The poor}, those who are destitute of property; the             indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on             charity or maintenance by the public. [bd]I have observed             the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less             they provide for themselves.[b8] --Franklin.
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Pore \Pore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pored}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Poring}.] [OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to       poke, thrust, Gael. purr.]       To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the       attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now       usually with over.[bd]Painfully to pore upon a book.[b8]       --Shak.                   The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same                thing.                                                   --Dryden.
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Porite \Po"rite\, n. [Cf. F. porite. See {Pore}, n.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any coral of the genus Porites, or family {Poritid[91]}.
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Porret \Por"ret\, n. [F. porrette, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek.       See {Porraceous}.]       A scallion; a leek or small onion. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Induction \In*duc"tion\, n. [L. inductio: cf. F. induction. See       {Induct}.]       1. The act or process of inducting or bringing in;             introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.                         I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this                      time, as the affair now stands, the induction of                      your acquaintance.                              --Beau. & Fl.                         These promises are fair, the parties sure, And our                      induction dull of prosperous hope.      --Shak.          2. An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a             preface; a prologue. [Obs.]                         This is but an induction: I will d[?]aw The curtains                      of the tragedy hereafter.                  --Massinger.          3. (Philos.) The act or process of reasoning from a part to a             whole, from particulars to generals, or from the             individual to the universal; also, the result or inference             so reached.                         Induction is an inference drawn from all the                      particulars.                                       --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.                         Induction is the process by which we conclude that                      what is true of certain individuals of a class, is                      true of the whole class, or that what is true at                      certain times will be true in similar circumstances                      at all times.                                    --J. S. Mill.          4. The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an             official into a office, with appropriate acts or             ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an             ecclesiastical living or its temporalities.          5. (Math.) A process of demonstration in which a general             truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases,             one of which is known to be true, the examination being so             conducted that each case is made to depend on the             preceding one; -- called also {successive induction}.          6. (Physics) The property by which one body, having             electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in             another body without direct contact; an impress of             electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on             another without actual contact.          {Electro-dynamic induction}, the action by which a variable             or interrupted current of electricity excites another             current in a neighboring conductor forming a closed             circuit.          {Electro-magnetic induction}, the influence by which an             electric current produces magnetic polarity in certain             bodies near or around which it passes.          {Electro-static induction}, the action by which a body             possessing a charge of statical electricity develops a             charge of statical electricity of the opposite character             in a neighboring body.          {Induction coil}, an apparatus producing induced currents of             great intensity. It consists of a coil or helix of stout             insulated copper wire, surrounded by another coil of very             fine insulated wire, in which a momentary current is             induced, when a current (as from a voltaic battery),             passing through the inner coil, is made, broken, or             varied. The inner coil has within it a core of soft iron,             and is connected at its terminals with a condenser; --             called also {inductorium}, and {Ruhmkorff's coil}.          {Induction pipe}, {port}, [or] {valve}, a pipe, passageway,             or valve, for leading or admitting a fluid to a receiver,             as steam to an engine cylinder, or water to a pump.          {Magnetic induction}, the action by which magnetic polarity             is developed in a body susceptible to magnetic effects             when brought under the influence of a magnet.          {Magneto-electric induction}, the influence by which a magnet             excites electric currents in closed circuits.          {Logical induction}, (Philos.), an act or method of reasoning             from all the parts separately to the whole which they             constitute, or into which they may be united collectively;             the operation of discovering and proving general             propositions; the scientific method.          {Philosophical induction}, the inference, or the act of             inferring, that what has been observed or established in             respect to a part, individual, or species, may, on the             ground of analogy, be affirmed or received of the whole to             which it belongs. This last is the inductive method of             Bacon. It ascends from the parts to the whole, and forms,             from the general analogy of nature, or special             presumptions in the case, conclusions which have greater             or less degrees of force, and which may be strengthened or             weakened by subsequent experience and experiment. It             relates to actual existences, as in physical science or             the concerns of life. Logical induction is founded on the             necessary laws of thought; philosophical induction, on the             interpretation of the indications or analogy of nature.
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Port \Port\, n. [AS. port, L. portus: cf. F. port. See {Farm},       v., {Ford}, and 1st, 3d, & 4h {Port}.]       1. A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a             sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used             also figuratively.
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Port \Port\, n. [From Oporto, in Portugal, i. e., [?] porto the       port, L. portus. See {Port} harbor.]       A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It       contains a large percentage of alcohol.
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Port \Port\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ported}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Porting}.] [F. porter, L. portare to carry. See {Port}       demeanor.]       1. To carry; to bear; to transport. [Obs.]                         They are easily ported by boat into other shires.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. (Mil.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body,             with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small             of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing             the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.                         Began to hem him round with ported spears. --Milton.          {Port arms}, a position in the manual of arms, executed as             above.
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Port \Port\, n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS.       porte, fr. L. porta. See {Port} a harbor, and cf. {Porte}.]       1. A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place;             a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic]                         Him I accuse The city ports by this hath entered.                                                                               --Shak.                         Form their ivory port the cherubim Forth issuing.                                                                               --Milton.          2. (Naut.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure             through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also,             the shutters which close such an opening.                         Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Raleigh.          3. (Mach.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid,             as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the             interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in             a valve seat, or valve face.          {Air port}, {Bridle port}, etc. See under {Air}, {Bridle},             etc.          {Port bar} (Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a             gale.          {Port lid} (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the             portholes of a vessel.          {Steam port}, [and] {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the ports             of the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves,             for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively.
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Port \Port\, n. [F. port, fr. porter to carry, L. portare, prob.       akin to E. fare, v. See {Port} harbor, and cf. {Comport},       {Export}, {Sport}.]       The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment;       carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of       living; as, a proud port. --Spenser.                   And of his port as meek as is a maid.      --Chaucer.                   The necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port                in the world.                                          --South.
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Port \Port\, n. [Etymology uncertain.] (Naut.)       The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern       toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See {Note} under       {Larboard}. Also used adjectively.
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Port \Port\, v. t. (Naut.)       To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; --       said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a       command; as, port your helm.
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Induction \In*duc"tion\, n. [L. inductio: cf. F. induction. See       {Induct}.]       1. The act or process of inducting or bringing in;             introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.                         I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this                      time, as the affair now stands, the induction of                      your acquaintance.                              --Beau. & Fl.                         These promises are fair, the parties sure, And our                      induction dull of prosperous hope.      --Shak.          2. An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a             preface; a prologue. [Obs.]                         This is but an induction: I will d[?]aw The curtains                      of the tragedy hereafter.                  --Massinger.          3. (Philos.) The act or process of reasoning from a part to a             whole, from particulars to generals, or from the             individual to the universal; also, the result or inference             so reached.                         Induction is an inference drawn from all the                      particulars.                                       --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.                         Induction is the process by which we conclude that                      what is true of certain individuals of a class, is                      true of the whole class, or that what is true at                      certain times will be true in similar circumstances                      at all times.                                    --J. S. Mill.          4. The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an             official into a office, with appropriate acts or             ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an             ecclesiastical living or its temporalities.          5. (Math.) A process of demonstration in which a general             truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases,             one of which is known to be true, the examination being so             conducted that each case is made to depend on the             preceding one; -- called also {successive induction}.          6. (Physics) The property by which one body, having             electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in             another body without direct contact; an impress of             electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on             another without actual contact.          {Electro-dynamic induction}, the action by which a variable             or interrupted current of electricity excites another             current in a neighboring conductor forming a closed             circuit.          {Electro-magnetic induction}, the influence by which an             electric current produces magnetic polarity in certain             bodies near or around which it passes.          {Electro-static induction}, the action by which a body             possessing a charge of statical electricity develops a             charge of statical electricity of the opposite character             in a neighboring body.          {Induction coil}, an apparatus producing induced currents of             great intensity. It consists of a coil or helix of stout             insulated copper wire, surrounded by another coil of very             fine insulated wire, in which a momentary current is             induced, when a current (as from a voltaic battery),             passing through the inner coil, is made, broken, or             varied. The inner coil has within it a core of soft iron,             and is connected at its terminals with a condenser; --             called also {inductorium}, and {Ruhmkorff's coil}.          {Induction pipe}, {port}, [or] {valve}, a pipe, passageway,             or valve, for leading or admitting a fluid to a receiver,             as steam to an engine cylinder, or water to a pump.          {Magnetic induction}, the action by which magnetic polarity             is developed in a body susceptible to magnetic effects             when brought under the influence of a magnet.          {Magneto-electric induction}, the influence by which a magnet             excites electric currents in closed circuits.          {Logical induction}, (Philos.), an act or method of reasoning             from all the parts separately to the whole which they             constitute, or into which they may be united collectively;             the operation of discovering and proving general             propositions; the scientific method.          {Philosophical induction}, the inference, or the act of             inferring, that what has been observed or established in             respect to a part, individual, or species, may, on the             ground of analogy, be affirmed or received of the whole to             which it belongs. This last is the inductive method of             Bacon. It ascends from the parts to the whole, and forms,             from the general analogy of nature, or special             presumptions in the case, conclusions which have greater             or less degrees of force, and which may be strengthened or             weakened by subsequent experience and experiment. It             relates to actual existences, as in physical science or             the concerns of life. Logical induction is founded on the             necessary laws of thought; philosophical induction, on the             interpretation of the indications or analogy of nature.
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Port \Port\, n. [AS. port, L. portus: cf. F. port. See {Farm},       v., {Ford}, and 1st, 3d, & 4h {Port}.]       1. A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a             sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used             also figuratively.
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Port \Port\, n. [From Oporto, in Portugal, i. e., [?] porto the       port, L. portus. See {Port} harbor.]       A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It       contains a large percentage of alcohol.
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Port \Port\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ported}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Porting}.] [F. porter, L. portare to carry. See {Port}       demeanor.]       1. To carry; to bear; to transport. [Obs.]                         They are easily ported by boat into other shires.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. (Mil.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body,             with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small             of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing             the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.                         Began to hem him round with ported spears. --Milton.          {Port arms}, a position in the manual of arms, executed as             above.
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Port \Port\, n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS.       porte, fr. L. porta. See {Port} a harbor, and cf. {Porte}.]       1. A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place;             a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic]                         Him I accuse The city ports by this hath entered.                                                                               --Shak.                         Form their ivory port the cherubim Forth issuing.                                                                               --Milton.          2. (Naut.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure             through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also,             the shutters which close such an opening.                         Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Raleigh.          3. (Mach.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid,             as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the             interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in             a valve seat, or valve face.          {Air port}, {Bridle port}, etc. See under {Air}, {Bridle},             etc.          {Port bar} (Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a             gale.          {Port lid} (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the             portholes of a vessel.          {Steam port}, [and] {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the ports             of the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves,             for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively.
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Port \Port\, n. [F. port, fr. porter to carry, L. portare, prob.       akin to E. fare, v. See {Port} harbor, and cf. {Comport},       {Export}, {Sport}.]       The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment;       carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of       living; as, a proud port. --Spenser.                   And of his port as meek as is a maid.      --Chaucer.                   The necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port                in the world.                                          --South.
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Port \Port\, n. [Etymology uncertain.] (Naut.)       The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern       toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See {Note} under       {Larboard}. Also used adjectively.
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Port \Port\, v. t. (Naut.)       To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; --       said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a       command; as, port your helm.
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d8Porta \[d8]Por"ta\, n.; pl. {Port[91]}. [L., a gate. See       {Port} a hole.] (Anat.)       (a) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels             and nerves enter; the hilus.       (b) The foramen of Monro. --B. G. Wilder.
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Porte \Porte\, n. [F. porte a gate, L. porta. See {Port} a       gate.]       The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire,       officially called the {Sublime Porte}, from the gate (port)       of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.
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Pour \Pour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poured}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pouring}.] [OE. pouren, of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to       cast, throw, shed, bwrw gwlaw to rain.]       1. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything             flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it;             as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a             decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or             dust.          2. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let             escape freely or wholly.                         I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord. --1                                                                               Sam. i. 15.                         Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee.                                                                               --Ezek. vii.                                                                               8.                         London doth pour out her citizens !   --Shak.                         Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With                      such a full and unwithdrawing hand ?   --Milton.          3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge             uninterruptedly.                         Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? --Pope.
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Prad \Prad\, n. [Cf. D. paard.]       A horse. [Colloq. Eng.]
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Prate \Prate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prated}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Prating}.] [Akin to LG. & D. praten, Dan. prate, Sw. & Icel.       prata.]       To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to       speak foolishly; to babble.                   To prate and talk for life and honor.      --Shak.                   And make a fool presume to prate of love. --Dryden.
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Prate \Prate\, v. t.       To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to       chatter, or babble.                   What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, When                thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate ! --Dryden.
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Prate \Prate\, n. [Akin to LG. & D. praat, Sw. prat.]       Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.                   Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate.      --Pope.
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Pray \Pray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Praying}.] [OE. preien, OF. preier, F. prier, L. precari,       fr. prex, precis, a prayer, a request; akin to Skr. prach to       ask, AS. frignan, fr[c6]nan, fricgan, G. fragen, Goth.       fra[a1]hnan. Cf. {Deprecate}, {Imprecate}, {Precarious}.]       To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something       desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to       a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to       address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession,       supplication, and thanksgiving.                   And to his goddess pitously he preyde.   --Chaucer.                   When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou                hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in                secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall                reward thee openly.                                 --Matt. vi. 6.          {I pray}, [or] (by ellipsis) {Pray}, I beg; I request; I             entreat you; -- used in asking a question, making a             request, introducing a petition, etc.; as, Pray, allow me             to go.                         I pray, sir. why am I beaten?            --Shak.          Syn: To entreat; supplicate; beg; implore; invoke; beseech;                petition.
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Prede \Prede\, v. i. [L. praedari. See {Prey}.]       To prey; to plunder. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
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Prede \Prede\, n.       Prey; plunder; booty. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
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Predy \Pre"dy\, a. [Cf. F. pr[88]t ready.]       Cleared and ready for engagement, as a ship. --Smart.
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Preedy \Preed"y\, adv.       With ease. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pretty \Pret"ty\, adv.       In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; --       less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact;       pretty cold weather.                   Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian.                                                                               --Atterbury.
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Pretty \Pret"ty\, a. [Compar. {Prettier}; superl. {Prettiest}.]       [OE. prati, AS. pr[91]ttig, pr[91]tig, crafty, sly, akin to       pr[91]t, pr[91]tt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky,       prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic;       cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. practica execution,       practice, plot. See {Practice}.]       1. Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not             striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form             a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or             elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not             grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a             pretty flower; a pretty poem.                         This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on                      the greensward.                                 --Shak.          2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty             fortune. [bd]Wavering a pretty while.[b8] --Evelyn.          3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.                         The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the                      world.                                                --Spectator.          4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a             pretty trick; a pretty fellow.          5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.]                         [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not                      handsome.                                          --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          Syn: Elegant; neat; fine. See {Handsome}.
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Prey \Prey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Preying}.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See       {Prey}, n.]       To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by       violence.                   More pity that the eagle should be mewed, While kites                and buzzards prey at liberty.                  --Shak.          {To prey on} [or] {upon}.       (a) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob.             --Shak.       (b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize             and devour. --Shak.       (c) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away;             as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. --Addison.
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Pride \Pride\, n. [Cf. AS. lamprede, LL. lampreda, E. lamprey.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A small European lamprey ({Petromyzon branchialis}); --       called also {prid}, and {sandpiper}.
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Pride \Pride\, n. [Cf. AS. lamprede, LL. lampreda, E. lamprey.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A small European lamprey ({Petromyzon branchialis}); --       called also {prid}, and {sandpiper}.
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Pride \Pride\, n. [AS. pr[ymac]te; akin to Icel. pr[ymac][edh]i       honor, ornament, pr[?][?]a to adorn, Dan. pryde, Sw. pryda;       cf. W. prydus comely. See {Proud}.]       1. The quality or state of being proud; inordinate             self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own             superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which             manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and             often in contempt of others.                         Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. --Dan.                                                                               iv. 37.                         Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt.                                                                               --Franklin.          2. A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is             beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble             self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing;             proud delight; -- in a good sense.                         Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride.                                                                               --Goldsmith.                         A people which takes no pride in the noble                      achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve                      anything worthy to be remembered with pride by                      remote descendants.                           --Macaulay.          3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or             arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct;             insolent exultation; disdain.                         Let not the foot of pride come against me. --Ps.                                                                               xxxvi. 11.                         That hardly we escaped the pride of France. --Shak.          4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or             self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem,             or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty,             ornament, noble character, children, etc.                         Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride. --Spenser.                         I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. --Zech.                                                                               ix. 6.                         A bold peasantry, their country's pride.                                                                               --Goldsmith.          5. Show; ostentation; glory.                         Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.                                                                               --Shak.          6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory;             as, to be in the pride of one's life.                         A falcon, towering in her pride of place. --Shak.          7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits;             mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an             excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast. [Obs.]          {Pride of India}, [or] {Pride of China}. (Bot.) See             {Margosa}.          {Pride of the desert} (Zo[94]l.), the camel.          Syn: Self-exaltation; conceit; hauteur; haughtiness;                lordliness; loftiness.          Usage: {Pride}, {Vanity}. Pride is a high or an excessive                   esteem of one's self for some real or imagined                   superiority, as rank, wealth, talents, character, etc.                   Vanity is the love of being admired, praised, exalted,                   etc., by others. Vanity is an ostentation of pride;                   but one may have great pride without displaying it.                   Vanity, which is etymologically [bd]emptiness,[b8] is                   applied especially to the exhibition of pride in                   superficialities, as beauty, dress, wealth, etc.
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Pride \Pride\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prided}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Priding}.]       To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to       plume; -- used reflexively. --Bp. Hall.                   Pluming and priding himself in all his services.                                                                               --South.
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Pride \Pride\, v. i.       To be proud; to glory. [R.]
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Pried \Pried\,       imp. & p. p. of {Pry}.
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Pry \Pry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pried}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Prying}.]       To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or       lever; to prize. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]
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Priedieu \Prie`dieu"\, n. [F., literally, pray God.]       A kneeling desk for prayers.
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Prithee \Prith"ee\, interj.       A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used       without I.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prod \Prod\, n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. brod goad, prickle, sting, and       E. brad, also W. procio to poke, thrust.]       1. A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a             goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.          2. A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.          3. A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled             prodd. --Fairholt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prod \Prod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prodded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Prodding}.]       To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with       something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to       prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a       student. --H. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prodd \Prodd\, n.       A crossbow. See {Prod}, 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proto- \Pro"to-\ [Gr. prw^tos first, a superl. fr. pro` before.       See {Pro-}.]       1. A combining form prefix signifying first, primary,             primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr;             protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial             organism; prototype, protozoan.          2. (Chem.)             (a) Denoting the first or lowest of a series, or the one                   having the smallest amount of the element to the name                   of which it is prefixed; as protoxide, protochloride,                   etc.             (b) Sometimes used as equivalent to mono-, as indicating                   that the compound has but one atom of the element to                   the name of which it is prefixed. Also used                   adjectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proud \Proud\, a. [Compar. {Prouder}; superl. {Proudest}.] [OE.       proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. pr[umac]t; akin to Icel.       pr[umac][edh]r stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome. Cf.       {Pride}.]       1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as:             (a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem;                   overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant;                   haughty; lordly; presumptuous.                               Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the                            weaker seek.                                 --Milton.                               O death, made proud with pure and princely                            beauty !                                       --Shak.                               And shades impervious to the proud world's                            glare.                                          --Keble.             (b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem;                   exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of                   one's country. [bd]Proud to be checked and                   soothed.[b8] --Keble.                               Are we proud men proud of being proud ?                                                                               --Thackeray.          2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation;             worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent;             admirable; ostentatious. [bd]Of shadow proud.[b8]             --Chapman. [bd]Proud titles.[b8] --Shak. [bd] The proud             temple's height.[b8] --Dryden.                         Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are                      mantled with a golden cloud.               --Keble.          3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the             females of some animals. --Sir T. Browne.          Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation                of compounds which, for the most part, are                self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded,                proud-swelling.          {Proud flesh} (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of             granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prude \Prude\, n. [F., prudish, originally, discreet, modest;       shortened from OF. prudefeme, preudefeme, a discreet or       excellent woman; OF. preu, prou, excellent, brave + de of +       fete woman. See {Prow}, a., {Prowess}.]       A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is       overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary       prudence in conduct and speech.                   Less modest than the speech of prudes.   --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prythee \Pryth"ee\, interj.       See {Prithee}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purdah \Pur"dah\, n. [Per. parda a curtain.]       A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white       stripes, used for curtains. --McElrath.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pured \Pured\, a.       Purified; refined. [Obs.] [bd]Bread of pured wheat.[b8]       [bd]Pured gold.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purity \Pu"ri*ty\, n. [OE. purete, purte, OF. purt[82], F.       puret[82], from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See {Pure}.]       The condition of being pure. Specifically:       (a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as,             the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.       (b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. [bd]The purity             of a linen vesture.[b8] --Holyday.       (c) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence;             chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.       (d) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.       (e) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or             improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pur \Pur\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Purred}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Purring}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. Prov. G. purren.]       To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does       when pleased. [Written also {purr}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyrite \Pyr"ite\, n.; pl. {Pyrites}. [Cf. F. pyrite. See       {Pyrites}.] (Min.)       A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant       metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron       pyrites; iron disulphide.                   Hence sable coal his massy couch extends, And stars of                gold the sparkling pyrite blends.            --E. Darwin.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Parade, SD       Zip code(s): 57647
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Parrott, GA (town, FIPS 59416)       Location: 31.89388 N, 84.51116 W       Population (1990): 140 (67 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 31777
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Perote, AL       Zip code(s): 36061
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Perth, ND (city, FIPS 61780)       Location: 48.71464 N, 99.45721 W       Population (1990): 22 (13 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 58363
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Portia, AR (town, FIPS 56720)       Location: 36.08529 N, 91.07131 W       Population (1990): 521 (238 housing units)       Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72457
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pratt, KS (city, FIPS 57625)       Location: 37.64666 N, 98.73591 W       Population (1990): 6687 (3209 housing units)       Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67124    Pratt, WV (town, FIPS 65356)       Location: 38.20705 N, 81.38752 W       Population (1990): 640 (283 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Prewitt, NM       Zip code(s): 87045
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Priddy, TX       Zip code(s): 76870
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pride, LA       Zip code(s): 70770
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Purdy, MO (city, FIPS 60176)       Location: 36.81846 N, 93.92068 W       Population (1990): 977 (420 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 65734
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
@-party /at'par`tee/ n.   [from the @-sign in an Internet    address] (alt. `@-sign party' /at'si:n par`tee/) A semi-closed party    thrown for hackers at a science-fiction convention (esp. the annual    World Science Fiction Convention or "Worldcon"); one must have a    {network address} to get in, or at least be in company with someone    who does.   One of the most reliable opportunities for hackers to    meet face to face with people who might otherwise be represented by    mere phosphor dots on their screens.   Compare {boink}.          The first recorded @-party was held at the Westercon (a California    SF convention) over the July 4th weekend in 1980.   It is not clear    exactly when the canonical @-party venue shifted to the Worldcon but    it had certainly become established by Constellation in 1983.    Sadly, the @-party tradition has been in decline since about 1996,    mainly because having an @-address no longer functions as an    effective lodge pin.       = A =
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
power hit n.   A spike or drop-out in the electricity supplying    your machine; a power {glitch}.   These can cause crashes and even    permanent damage to your machine(s).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PARADE          PARallel Applicative Database Engine.   A project at Glasgow       University to construct a transaction-processor in the       parallel {functional programming} language {Haskell} to run on       an {ICL} {EDS+} database machine.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
parity          An extra bit added to a {byte} or       {word} to reveal errors in storage (in {RAM} or {disk}) or       transmission.   Even (odd) parity means that the parity bit is       set so that there are an even (odd) number of one bits in the       word, including the parity bit.   A single parity bit can only       reveal single bit errors since if an even number of bits are       wrong then the parity bit will not change.   Moreover, it is       not possible to tell which bit is wrong, as it is with more       sophisticated {error detection and correction} systems.          See also {longitudinal parity}, {checksum}, {cyclic redundancy       check}.          (1996-03-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
@-party          /at'par-tee/ (Or "@-sign party" /at'si:n par'tee/,       from the {@} sign in an {electronic mail address}) A       semi-closed party thrown for hackers at a science-fiction       convention (especially the annual Worldcon); one must have an       {electronic mail address} to get in, or at least be in company       with someone who does.   One of the most reliable opportunities       for hackers to meet {face-to-face} with people who might       otherwise be represented by mere phosphor dots on their       screens.          Compare {boink}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1996-05-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PERT          {Program Evaluation and Review Technique}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pForth          A portable (hence the "p") {ANS}-standard {Forth}       implemented in {ANSI C}.   {Phil Burk       (http://www.softsynth.com/philburk.html)} initially began       developing pForth in 1994 to support ASIC development at       {3DO}.          (1998-06-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pirate          {software pirate}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
port          1. A logical channel or channel endpoint in a       communications system.   The {Transmission Control Protocol}       and {User Datagram Protocol} {transport layer} protocols used       on {Ethernet} use port numbers to distinguish between       (demultiplex) different logical channels on the same {network       interface} on the same computer.          Each {application program} has a unique port number associated       with it, defined in /etc/services or the {Network Information       Service} "services" database.   Some {protocols}, e.g. {telnet}       and {HTTP} (which is actually a special form of telnet) have       default ports specified as above but can use other ports as       well.          Some port numbers are defined in {RFC 1700}, divided into       {well-known ports} and {registered ports}.          2. To translate or modify       {software} to run on a different {platform}, or the results of       doing so.   The {portability} of the software determines how       easy it is to port.          3. An {imperative} language descended from {Zed}       from {Waterloo Microsystems} (now {Hayes} Canada) ca. 1979.          ["Port Language" document in the Waterloo Port Development       System].          (2002-06-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
power hit          (Or "power {glitch}") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease       (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply.   These can cause       crashes and even permanent damage to computers.   Computers and       other electronic equipment should really include some kind of       over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such       damamge.          [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Perida       kernel, Neh. 7:57. (See {PERUDA}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Peruda       one whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:55);       called also Perida (Neh. 7:57).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pi-hahiroth       place where the reeds grow (LXX. and Copt. read "farmstead"),       the name of a place in Egypt where the children of Israel       encamped (Ex. 14:2, 9), how long is uncertain. Some have       identified it with Ajrud, a fortress between Etham and Suez. The       condition of the Isthmus of Suez at the time of the Exodus is       not exactly known, and hence this, with the other places       mentioned as encampments of Israel in Egypt, cannot be       definitely ascertained. The isthmus has been formed by the Nile       deposits. This increase of deposit still goes on, and so rapidly       that within the last fifty years the mouth of the Nile has       advanced northward about four geographical miles. In the maps of       Ptolemy (of the second and third centuries A.D.) the mouths of       the Nile are forty miles further south than at present. (See {EXODUS}.)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Perida, separation; division
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Peruda, same as Perida
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pi-hahiroth, the mouth; the pass of Hiroth
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Poratha, fruitful