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   padding
         n 1: artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to
               fill or give shape or protect or add comfort [syn:
               {padding}, {cushioning}]

English Dictionary: pudding pipe tree by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patency
n
  1. the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
  2. the property of being easy to see and understand
    Synonym(s): obviousness, noticeability, noticeableness, patency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patience
n
  1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence [syn: patience, forbearance, longanimity]
    Antonym(s): impatience
  2. a card game played by one person
    Synonym(s): solitaire, patience
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patinise
v
  1. coat with a patina [syn: patinate, patinize, patinise]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patinize
v
  1. coat with a patina [syn: patinate, patinize, patinise]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patness
n
  1. timely convenience [syn: opportuneness, patness, timeliness]
    Antonym(s): inopportuneness, untimeliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peat moss
n
  1. any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
    Synonym(s): sphagnum, sphagnum moss, peat moss, bog moss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pediamycin
n
  1. an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram- positive bacteria and some Gram-negative
    Synonym(s): erythromycin, Erythrocin, E-Mycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peduncle
n
  1. the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
  2. stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
  3. a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain
    Synonym(s): peduncle, cerebral peduncle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedunculate
adj
  1. having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk; "a pedunculate flower"; "a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk"
    Synonym(s): pedunculate, stalked
    Antonym(s): sessile, stalkless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedunculate oak
n
  1. medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
    Synonym(s): common oak, English oak, pedunculate oak, Quercus robur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedunculated polyp
n
  1. a polyp with a stalk or peduncle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pettiness
n
  1. narrowness of mind or ideas or views
  2. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
    Synonym(s): pettiness, triviality, slightness, puniness
  3. lack of generosity in trifling matters
    Synonym(s): pettiness, littleness, smallness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petting
n
  1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
    Synonym(s): caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petting zoo
n
  1. a collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Petunia axillaris
n
  1. annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers
    Synonym(s): large white petunia, Petunia axillaris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photoemission
n
  1. an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photoemissive
adj
  1. of or relating to photoemission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photoengraving
n
  1. an engraving used to reproduce an illustration [syn: halftone, halftone engraving, photoengraving]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photomechanical
adj
  1. of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photomechanics
n
  1. the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods; "photomechanics revolutionized the practice of printing"
    Synonym(s): photomechanics, photoplate making
  2. the technique of using photomechanical methods to make photographs into plates for printing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photomicrograph
n
  1. a photograph taken with the help of a microscope
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photomosaic
n
  1. arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
    Synonym(s): mosaic, arial mosaic, photomosaic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phytomastigina
n
  1. plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae
    Synonym(s): Phytomastigina, subclass Phytomastigina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitanga
n
  1. Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida
    Synonym(s): Surinam cherry, pitanga, Eugenia uniflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pithiness
n
  1. terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
    Synonym(s): conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pitt the Younger
n
  1. English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806)
    Synonym(s): Pitt, William Pitt, Second Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Younger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pittance
n
  1. an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitting
n
  1. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
    Synonym(s): pitting, roughness, indentation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pityingly
adv
  1. in a compassionate manner; "the nurse looked at him pityingly"
    Synonym(s): pityingly, compassionately
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pitymys
n
  1. pine mice
    Synonym(s): Pitymys, genus Pitymys
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pitymys pinetorum
n
  1. short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
    Synonym(s): pine vole, pine mouse, Pitymys pinetorum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potamogale
n
  1. amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter
    Synonym(s): otter shrew, potamogale, Potamogale velox
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potamogale velox
n
  1. amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter
    Synonym(s): otter shrew, potamogale, Potamogale velox
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potamogalidae
n
  1. otter shrews
    Synonym(s): Potamogalidae, family Potamogalidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potamogeton
n
  1. a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the water
    Synonym(s): Potamogeton, genus Potamogeton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potamogeton americanus
n
  1. pondweed with floating leaves; of northern United States and Europe
    Synonym(s): loddon pondweed, Potamogeton nodosus, Potamogeton americanus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potamogeton crispus
n
  1. European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California
    Synonym(s): curled leaf pondweed, curly pondweed, Potamogeton crispus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potamogeton gramineous
n
  1. of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States
    Synonym(s): variously-leaved pondweed, Potamogeton gramineous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potamogeton nodosus
n
  1. pondweed with floating leaves; of northern United States and Europe
    Synonym(s): loddon pondweed, Potamogeton nodosus, Potamogeton americanus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potamogetonaceae
n
  1. plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae
    Synonym(s): Potamogetonaceae, family Potamogetonaceae, pondweed family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potemkin
n
  1. a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
    Synonym(s): Potemkin, Potyokin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potemkin village
n
  1. something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potence
n
  1. the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
    Synonym(s): potency, potence
    Antonym(s): impotence, impotency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potency
n
  1. the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"
    Synonym(s): authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
  2. capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"
    Synonym(s): potency, effectiveness, strength
  3. the inherent capacity for coming into being
    Synonym(s): potential, potentiality, potency
  4. the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
    Synonym(s): potency, potence
    Antonym(s): impotence, impotency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potomac
n
  1. a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
    Synonym(s): Potomac, Potomac River
  2. term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potomac River
n
  1. a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
    Synonym(s): Potomac, Potomac River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poutingly
adv
  1. with a pout or in a pouting manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudding
n
  1. any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes; "corn pudding"
  2. (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
    Synonym(s): pudding, pud
  3. any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudding berry
n
  1. creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska
    Synonym(s): bunchberry, dwarf cornel, crackerberry, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudding face
n
  1. a large fat human face [syn: pudding face, {pudding- face}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudding head
n
  1. a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
    Synonym(s): stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudding pipe tree
n
  1. deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
    Synonym(s): golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola, canafistula, Cassia fistula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudding stone
n
  1. a composite rock made up of particles of varying size [syn: pudding stone, conglomerate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudding-face
n
  1. a large fat human face [syn: pudding face, {pudding- face}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudding-wife
n
  1. bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
    Synonym(s): puddingwife, pudding-wife, Halicoeres radiatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puddingheaded
adj
  1. stupid and confused; "blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are"; "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne
    Synonym(s): addlebrained, addlepated, puddingheaded, muddleheaded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puddingwife
n
  1. bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
    Synonym(s): puddingwife, pudding-wife, Halicoeres radiatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
put one across
v
  1. fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
    Synonym(s): gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
putting
n
  1. hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter; "his putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet"
    Synonym(s): putt, putting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
putting green
n
  1. an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker"
    Synonym(s): green, putting green, putting surface
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
putting iron
n
  1. the iron normally used on the putting green [syn: putter, putting iron]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
putting surface
n
  1. an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker"
    Synonym(s): green, putting green, putting surface
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
putting to death
n
  1. the act of terminating a life [syn: killing, kill, putting to death]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pythian Games
n
  1. the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of Apollo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Python sebae
n
  1. very large python of tropical and southern Africa [syn: rock python, rock snake, Python sebae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pythoness
n
  1. a witch with powers of divination
  2. (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
    Synonym(s): Pythia, Pythoness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prune \Prune\, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See {Plum}.]
      A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or
      Turkish prunes; California prunes.
  
      {German prune} (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval
            shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving,
            either dried or in sirup.
  
      {Prune tree}. (Bot.)
      (a) A tree of the genus {Prunus} ({P. domestica}), which
            produces prunes.
      (b) The West Indian tree, {Prunus occidentalis}.
  
      {South African prune} (Bot.), the edible fruit of a
            sapindaceous tree ({Pappea Capensis}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hake \Hake\, n. [Also {haak}.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit.,
      hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See {Hook}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
      {Phycis}, {Merlucius}, and allies. The common European hake
      is {M. vulgaris}; the American silver hake or whiting is {M.
      bilinearis}. Two American species ({Phycis chuss} and {P.
      tenius}) are important food fishes, and are also valued for
      their oil and sounds. Called also {squirrel hake}, and
      {codling}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pad \Pad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Padded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Padding}.]
      1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
  
      2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as,
            to pad cloth. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Padding \Pad"ding\, n.
      1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting
            stuffing.
  
      2. The material with which anything is padded.
  
      3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book,
            essay, etc. --London Sat. Rev.
  
      4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a
            mordant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Padnag \Pad"nag`\, n. [lst pad + nag.]
      An ambling nag. [bd]An easy padnag.[b8] --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patency \Pa"ten*cy\, n. [See {Patent}.]
      1. The condition of being open, enlarged, or spread.
  
      2. The state of being patent or evident.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Path \Path\ (p[adot][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pathed}
      (p[adot][th]d); pr.p. & vb. n. {Pathing}.]
      To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). [R.]
      [bd]Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways.[b8] --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pathmaker \Path"mak`er\, n.
      One who, or that which, makes a way or path.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monk \Monk\, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. [?],
      fr. [?] alone. Cf. {Monachism}.]
      1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of
            the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a
            religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and
            bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and
            poverty. [bd]A monk out of his cloister.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in
                     the substantial vows of religion; but in other
                     respects monks and regulars differ; for that
                     regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so
                     strict a rule of life as monks are.   --Ayliffe.
  
      2. (Print.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused
            by the ink not being properly distributed. It is
            distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a
            deficiency of ink.
  
      3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the
            powder hose or train of a mine.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A South American monkey ({Pithecia monachus}); also
                  applied to other species, as {Cebus xanthocephalus}.
            (b) The European bullfinch.
  
      {Monk bat} (Zo[94]l.), a South American and West Indian bat
            ({Molossus nasutus}); -- so called because the males live
            in communities by themselves.
  
      {Monk bird}(Zo[94]l.), the friar bird.
  
      {Monk seal} (Zo[94]l.), a species of seal ({Monachus
            albiventer}) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean
            Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic.
  
      {Monk's rhubarb} (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called
            {patience} ({Rumex Patientia}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patience \Pa"tience\, n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See
      {Patient}.]
      1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of
            suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils
            or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression,
            calamity, etc.
  
                     Strenthened with all might, . . . unto all patience
                     and long-suffering.                           --Col. i. 11.
  
                     I must have patience to endure the load. --Shak.
  
                     Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle,
                     patience from his cross.                     --Keble.
  
      2. The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for
            something due or hoped for; forbearance.
  
                     Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
                                                                              --Matt. xviii.
                                                                              29.
  
      3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.
  
                     He learned with patience, and with meekness taught.
                                                                              --Harte.
  
      4. Sufferance; permission. [Obs.] --Hooker.
  
                     They stay upon your patience.            --Shak.
  
      5. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex Patientia}), less common in
            America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.
  
      6. (Card Playing) Solitaire.
  
      Syn: {Patience}, {Resignation}.
  
      Usage: Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of
                  one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.;
                  resignation implies submission to the will of another.
                  The Stoic may have patience; the Christian should have
                  both patience and resignation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monk \Monk\, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. [?],
      fr. [?] alone. Cf. {Monachism}.]
      1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of
            the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a
            religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and
            bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and
            poverty. [bd]A monk out of his cloister.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in
                     the substantial vows of religion; but in other
                     respects monks and regulars differ; for that
                     regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so
                     strict a rule of life as monks are.   --Ayliffe.
  
      2. (Print.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused
            by the ink not being properly distributed. It is
            distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a
            deficiency of ink.
  
      3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the
            powder hose or train of a mine.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A South American monkey ({Pithecia monachus}); also
                  applied to other species, as {Cebus xanthocephalus}.
            (b) The European bullfinch.
  
      {Monk bat} (Zo[94]l.), a South American and West Indian bat
            ({Molossus nasutus}); -- so called because the males live
            in communities by themselves.
  
      {Monk bird}(Zo[94]l.), the friar bird.
  
      {Monk seal} (Zo[94]l.), a species of seal ({Monachus
            albiventer}) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean
            Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic.
  
      {Monk's rhubarb} (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called
            {patience} ({Rumex Patientia}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patience \Pa"tience\, n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See
      {Patient}.]
      1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of
            suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils
            or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression,
            calamity, etc.
  
                     Strenthened with all might, . . . unto all patience
                     and long-suffering.                           --Col. i. 11.
  
                     I must have patience to endure the load. --Shak.
  
                     Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle,
                     patience from his cross.                     --Keble.
  
      2. The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for
            something due or hoped for; forbearance.
  
                     Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
                                                                              --Matt. xviii.
                                                                              29.
  
      3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.
  
                     He learned with patience, and with meekness taught.
                                                                              --Harte.
  
      4. Sufferance; permission. [Obs.] --Hooker.
  
                     They stay upon your patience.            --Shak.
  
      5. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex Patientia}), less common in
            America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.
  
      6. (Card Playing) Solitaire.
  
      Syn: {Patience}, {Resignation}.
  
      Usage: Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of
                  one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.;
                  resignation implies submission to the will of another.
                  The Stoic may have patience; the Christian should have
                  both patience and resignation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patness \Pat"ness\, n.
      Fitness or appropriateness; striking suitableness;
      convenience.
  
               The description with equal patness may suit both.
                                                                              --Barrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patonce \Pa*tonce"\, a. [Cf. F. patte d'once paw of an ounce.]
      (Her.)
      Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end;
      -- said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of {Cross}.

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   Pat \Pat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Patting}.] [Cf. G. patschen, Prov. G. patzen, to strike,
      tap.]
      To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly;
      to tap; as, to pat a dog.
  
               Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. --Pope.

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   Pattinson's process \Pat"tin*son's proc"ess\ (Metal.)
      A process of desilverizing argentiferous lead by repeated
      meltings and skimmings, which concentrate the silver in the
      molten bath, the final skimmings being nearly pure lad. The
      processwas invented in 1833 by Hugh Lee Pattinson, an English
      metallurgist.

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   Peat \Peat\, n. [Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make
      the fire burn better, fr. AS. b[?]tan to better, mend (a
      fire), b[?]t advantage. See {Better}, {Boot} advantage.]
      A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and
      fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and
      found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations,
      where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is
      often dried and used for fuel.
  
      {Peat bog}, a bog containing peat; also, peat as it occurs in
            such places; peat moss.
  
      {Peat moss}.
      (a) The plants which, when decomposed, become peat.
      (b) A fen producing peat.
      (c) (Bot.) Moss of the genus {Sphagnum}, which often grows
            abundantly in boggy or peaty places.
  
      {Peat reek}, the reek or smoke of peat; hence, also, the
            peculiar flavor given to whisky by being distilled with
            peat as fuel. [Scot.]

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   Pedaneous \Pe*da"ne*ous\, a. [L. pedaneus of the size of a
      foot.]
      Going on foot; pedestrian. [R.]

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   Peduncle \Pe*dun"cle\, n. [Formed fr. (assumed) L. pedunculus,
      dim. of pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. p[82]doncule.]
      1. (Bot.) The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit
            of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits.
  
      Note: The ultimate divisions or branches of a peduncle are
               called pedicels. In the case of a solitary flower, the
               stalk would be called a peduncle if the flower is
               large, and a pedicel if it is small or delicate.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A sort of stem by which certain shells and
            barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of
            {Barnacle}.
  
      3. (Anat.) A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting
            different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the
            cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland.

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   Peduncled \Pe*dun"cled\, a.
      Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate.

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   Peduncular \Pe*dun"cu*lar\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]donculaire.]
      Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as,
      a peduncular tendril.

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   Pedunculate \Pe*dun"cu*late\, Pedunculated \Pe*dun"cu*la`ted\,
      a. (Biol.)
      Having a peduncle; growing on a peduncle; as, a pedunculate
      flower; a pedunculate eye, as in a lobster.

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   Pedunculate \Pe*dun"cu*late\, Pedunculated \Pe*dun"cu*la`ted\,
      a. (Biol.)
      Having a peduncle; growing on a peduncle; as, a pedunculate
      flower; a pedunculate eye, as in a lobster.

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   Petong \Pe*tong"\, n. (Metal.)
      See {Packfong}.

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   Pettiness \Pet"ti*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness;
      meanness.

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   Pet \Pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Petting}.]
      To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted
      and spoiled.

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   Petunse \Pe*tunse"\, Petuntse \Pe*tuntse"\, Petuntze
   \Pe*tuntze"\, n. [From Chinese.]
      Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture
      of porcelain.

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   Phd2nician \Ph[d2]*ni"cian\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Ph[d2]nica. -- n. A native or inhabitant
      of Ph[d2]nica.

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   Phd2nicious \Ph[d2]*ni"cious\, a.
      See {Phenicious}.

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   Melanochroite \Mel`a*no*chro"ite\, n. [See {Melanochroic}.]
      (Min.)
      A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is
      a chromate of lead; -- called also {ph[d2]nicocroite}.

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   Phenix \Phe"nix\, n.; pl. {Phenixes}. [L. phoenix, Gr. foi^nix.]
      [Written also {ph[d2]nix}.]
      1. (Gr. Myth.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed
            by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes.
            Hence, an emblem of immortality.
  
      2. (Astron.) A southern constellation.
  
      3. A marvelous person or thing. [R.] --Latimer.

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   Date \Date\, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. [?], prob. not
      the same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.]
      (Bot.)
      The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
  
      Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,
               containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome,
               and inclosing a hard kernel.
  
      {Date palm}, [or] {Date tree} (Bot.), the genus of palms
            which bear dates, of which common species is {Ph[d2]nix
            dactylifera}. See Illust.
  
      {Date plum} (Bot.), the fruit of several species of
            {Diospyros}, including the American and Japanese
            persimmons, and the European lotus ({D. Lotus}).
  
      {Date shell}, or {Date fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve shell, or
            its inhabitant, of the genus {Pholas}, and allied genera.
            See {Pholas}.

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   Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf
      resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.]
      1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or
            {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree.
  
      Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic
               size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched,
               and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent
               bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a
               terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing,
               often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great
               size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft.
               There are about one thousand species known, nearly all
               of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions.
               The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many
               species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic
               economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the
               cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm,
               the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm
               and palmetto.
  
      2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a
            symbol of victory or rejoicing.
  
                     A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and
                     before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme
                     in their hands.                                 --Rev. vii. 9.
  
      3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or
            triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm
            of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     So get the start of the majestic world And bear the
                     palm alone.                                       --Shak.
  
      {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella
            l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx.
  
      {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as
            food.
  
      {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure.
  
      {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab.
  
      {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of
            several species of palms, as the African oil palm
            ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of
            soap and candles. See {El[91]is}.
  
      {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus
            Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut
            palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf
            of the palmyra palm.
  
      {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}.
  
      {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very
            large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91]
            bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and
            {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food.
  
      {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially,
            in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}),
            the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it
            yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery.
            Called also {palm toddy}.
  
      {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The larva of a palm weevil.
            (b) A centipede.

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   Phitoness \Phi"ton*ess\, n.
      Pythoness; witch. [Obs.]

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   Loquat \Lo"quat\, n. [Chinese name.] (Bot.)
      The fruit of the Japanese medlar ({Photinia Japonica}). It is
      as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains
      four or five large seeds. Also, the tree itself.

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   Photo-engrave \Pho`to-en*grave"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Photo-engraved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Photo-engraving}.] [Photo-
      + engrave.]
      To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a
      photo-engraving of. -- {Pho`to-en*grav"er}, n.

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   Photo-engrave \Pho`to-en*grave"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Photo-engraved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Photo-engraving}.] [Photo-
      + engrave.]
      To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a
      photo-engraving of. -- {Pho`to-en*grav"er}, n.

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   Photo-engrave \Pho`to-en*grave"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Photo-engraved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Photo-engraving}.] [Photo-
      + engrave.]
      To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a
      photo-engraving of. -- {Pho`to-en*grav"er}, n.

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   Photo-engrave \Pho`to-en*grave"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Photo-engraved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Photo-engraving}.] [Photo-
      + engrave.]
      To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a
      photo-engraving of. -- {Pho`to-en*grav"er}, n.

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   Photo-engraving \Pho`to-en*grav"ing\, n. [Photo- + engraving.]
      The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the
      photographic image, to be used in printing; also, a picture
      produced by such a process.

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   Photomagnetic \Pho`to*mag*net"ic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to photomagnetism.

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   Photomagnetism \Pho`to*mag"net*ism\, n.
      The branch of science which treats of the relation of
      magnetism to light.

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   Photomechanical \Pho`to*me*chan"ic*al\, a.
      Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in
      which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention
      of hand engraving.

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   Photomezzotype \Pho`to*mez"zo*type\, n. [Photo- + It. mezzo
      middle, half + -type.]
      A photomechanical process similar to collotype.

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   Photomicrograph \Pho`to*mi"cro*graph\
      (f[omac]`t[osl]*m[imac]"kr[osl]*gr[adot]f), n. [Photo- +
      micro + -graph.]
      1. An enlarged or macroscopic photograph of a microscopic
            object. See {Microphotograph}.
  
      2. A microscopically small photograph of an object.

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   Photomicrography \Pho`to*mi*crog"ra*phy\, n.
      The art of producing photomicrographs.

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   Water buck \Wa"ter buck`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, heavy antelope ({Kobus ellipsiprymnus}) native of
      Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a
      good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called
      also {photomok}, {water antelope}, and {waterbok}.
  
      Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
               the leche ({Kobus leche}), which has similar habits.

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   Phthongal \Phthon"gal\, a. [Gr. [?] voice.]
      Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; -- said
      of all the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or
      sonant consonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc.

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   Phthongal \Phthon"gal\, n.
      A vocalized element or letter.

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   Phthongometer \Phthon*gom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] voice + -meter.]
      An instrument for measuring vocal sounds. --Whewell.

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   d8Phyton \[d8]Phy"ton\, n.; pl. {Phytons}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]
      plant.] (Bot.)
      One of the parts which by their repetition make up a
      flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its
      leaf or leaves; a phytomer.

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   Piedness \Pied"ness\, n.
      The state of being pied. --Shak.

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   Pithiness \Pith"i*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being pithy.

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   Pittance \Pit"tance\ (p[icr]t"t[ait]ns), n. [OE. pitance,
      pitaunce, F. pitance; cf. It. pietanza, LL. pitancia,
      pittantia, pictantia; perh. fr. L. pietas pity, piety, or
      perhaps akin to E. petty. Cf. {Petty}, and {Pity}.]
      1. An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of
            victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole. [bd]A good
            pitaunce.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     One half only of this pittance was ever given him in
                     money.                                                --Macaulay.
  
      2. A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an
            inconsiderable salary or compensation. [bd]The small
            pittance of learning they received.[b8] --Swift.
  
                     The inconsiderable pittance of faithful professors.
                                                                              --Fuller.

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   Pit \Pit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Pitting}.]
      1. To place or put into a pit or hole.
  
                     They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts,
                     tumbled into the grave.                     --T. Grander.
  
      2. To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a
            face pitted by smallpox.
  
      3. To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a
            contest; as, to pit one dog against another.

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   Pitying \Pit"y*ing\, a.
      Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. --
      {Pit"y*ing*ly}, adv.

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   Pity \Pit"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Pitying}.]
      1. To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to
            compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings
            toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.
  
                     Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
                     pitieth them that fear him.               --Ps. ciii.
                                                                              13.
  
      2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.]
  
                     It pitieth them to see her in the dust. --Bk. of
                                                                              Com. Prayer.

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   Pitying \Pit"y*ing\, a.
      Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. --
      {Pit"y*ing*ly}, adv.

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   Pod \Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Podded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Podding}.]
      To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

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   Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta,
      Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.]
      1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a
            great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables,
            for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a
            flower pot; a bean pot.
  
      2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
  
      3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of
            ale. [bd]Give her a pot and a cake.[b8] --De Foe.
  
      4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top
            of a chimney; a chimney pot.
  
      5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
  
      6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
  
      7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight.
  
      8. A size of paper. See {Pott}.
  
      {Jack pot}. See under 2d {Jack}.
  
      {Pot cheese}, cottage cheese. See under {Cottage}.
  
      {Pot companion}, a companion in drinking.
  
      {Pot hanger}, a pothook.
  
      {Pot herb}, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are
            boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane,
            and many others.
  
      {Pot hunter}, one who kills anything and everything that will
            help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for
            the table or for the market.
  
      {Pot metal}.
            (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different
                  from common pig iron.
            (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large
                  vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure.
            (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are
                  incorporated with the melted glass in the pot.
                  --Knight.
  
      {Pot plant} (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the
            monkey-pot.
  
      {Pot wheel} (Hydraul.), a noria.
  
      {To go to pot}, to go to destruction; to come to an end of
            usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G.
            Saxe.

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   Bush \Bush\, n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to
      D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[umac]skr, b[umac]ski,
      Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr.
      bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether
      the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL.,
      it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf.
      {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.]
      1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild
            forest.
  
      Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the
               Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In
               this sense it is extensively used in the British
               colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also
               in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the
               bush.
  
      2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near
            the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
  
                     To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling
                     flowers.                                             --Gascoigne.
  
      3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,
            bushes to support pea vines.
  
      4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to
            Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern
            sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern
            itself.
  
                     If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is
                     true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak.
  
      5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
  
      {To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a
            round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a
            metaphor taken from hunting.
  
      {Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and
            requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety
            {nanus}). See {Bean}, 1.
  
      {Bush buck}, [or] {Bush goat} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful South
            African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called
            because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is
            also applied to other species.
  
      {Bush cat} (Zo[94]l.), the serval. See {Serval}.
  
      {Bush chat} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of
            the Thrush family.
  
      {Bush dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Potto}.
  
      {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}.
  
      {Bush hog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African wild hog
            ({Potamoch[d2]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig},
            and {water hog}.
  
      {Bush master} (Zo[94]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus})
            of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}.
  
      {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
           
  
      {Bush shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus},
            and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species
            inhabit tropical America.
  
      {Bush tit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of the genus
            {Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {P. minimus}
            inhabits California.

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   Shrew \Shrew\, n. [See {Shrew}, a.]
      1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of
            either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a
            brawler; a scold.
  
                     A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men]
                     have prosperity, or else that good men have
                     adversity.                                          --Chaucer.
  
                     A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could
                     be no quiet in the house for her.      --L'Estrange.
  
      2. [AS. scre[a0]wa; -- so called because supposed to be
            venomous. ] (Zo[94]l.) Any small insectivore of the genus
            {Sorex} and several allied genera of the family
            {Sorecid[91]}. In form and color they resemble mice, but
            they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are
            the smallest of all mammals.
  
      Note: The common European species are the house shrew
               ({Crocidura araneus}), and the erd shrew ({Sorex
               vulgaris}) (see under {Erd}.). In the United States
               several species of {Sorex} and {Blarina} are common, as
               the broadnosed shrew ({S. platyrhinus}), Cooper's shrew
               ({S. Cooperi}), and the short-tailed, or mole, shrew
               ({Blarina brevicauda}). Th American water, or marsh,
               shrew ({Neosorex palustris}), with fringed feet, is
               less common. The common European water shrews are
               {Crossopus fodiens}, and the oared shrew (see under
               {Oared}).
  
      {Earth shrew}, any shrewlike burrowing animal of the family
            {Centetid[91]}, as the tendrac.
  
      {Elephant shrew}, {Jumping shrew}, {Mole shrew}. See under
            {Elephant}, {Jumping}, etc.
  
      {Musk shrew}. See {Desman}.
  
      {River shrew}, an aquatic West African insectivore
            ({Potamogale velox}) resembling a weasel in form and size,
            but having a large flattened and crested tail adapted for
            rapid swimming. It feeds on fishes.
  
      {Shrew mole}, a common large North American mole ({Scalops
            aquaticus}). Its fine, soft fur is gray with iridescent
            purple tints.

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   Potamography \Pot`a*mog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] river + -graphy.]
      An account or description of rivers; potamology.

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   Potance \Po"tance\, n. [F. potence. See {Potence}, {Potency}.]
      (Watch Making)
      The stud in which the bearing for the lower pivot of the
      verge is made.

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   Potence \Po"tence\, n. [F., fr. LL. potentia staff, crutch, L.,
      might, power. See {Potency}.]
      Potency; capacity. [R.] --Sir W. Hamilton.

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   Potency \Po"ten*cy\, n. [L. potentia, from potens, -entis,
      potent. See {Potent}, and cf. {Potance}, {Potence},
      {Puissance}.]
      The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral
      power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a
      purpose; capability; efficacy; influence. [bd]Drugs of
      potency.[b8] --Hawthorne.
  
               A place of potency and away o' the state. --Shak.

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   Pot \Pot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Potting}.]
      To place or inclose in pots; as:
      (a) To preserve seasoned in pots. [bd]Potted fowl and
            fish.[b8] --Dryden.
      (b) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.
      (c) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler,
            and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated
            heads, through which the molasses drains off. --B.
            Edwards.
      (d) (Billiards) To pocket.

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   Potting \Pot"ting\, n.
      1. Tippling. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      2. The act of placing in a pot; as, the potting of plants;
            the potting of meats for preservation.
  
      3. The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and
            draining. [West Indies] --B. Edwards.

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   Pouting \Pout"ing\, n.
      Childish sullenness.

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   Pout \Pout\ (pout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pouted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Pouting}.] [OE. pouten, of uncertain origin; cf. Prov.
      pot lip, Prov. F. potte, faire la potte to pout, W. pwdu to
      pout, be sullen, poten, potten, a paunch, belly.]
      1. To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure;
            hence, to look sullen.
  
                     Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love. --Shak.
  
      2. To protrude. [bd]Pouting lips.[b8] --Dryden.

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   Poutingly \Pout"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a pouting, or a sullen, manner.

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   Ptenoglossate \Pte`no*glos"sate\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.

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   Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L.
      botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan.
      podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten,
      also E. pod, pout, v.]
      1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
            consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour
            or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
  
                     And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
  
      2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
            of, pudding.
  
      3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
            etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
  
      4. Any food or victuals.
  
                     Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      5. (Naut.) Same as {Puddening}.
  
      {Pudding grass} (Bot.), the true pennyroyal ({Mentha
            Pulegium}), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast
            meat. --Dr. Prior.
  
      {Pudding pie}, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor
            (1630).
  
      {Pudding pipe} (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the
            leguminous tree {Cassia Fistula}. The seeds are separately
            imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See {Cassia}.
  
      {Pudding sleeve}, a full sleeve like that of the English
            clerical gown. --Swift.
  
      {Pudding stone}. (Min.) See {Conglomerate}, n., 2.
  
      {Pudding time}.
            (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish
                  first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson.
            (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
  
                           Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding
                           time came to his aid.                  --Hudibras.

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   Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \Pudding wife\ [Prob.
      corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish
      ({Iridio, syn. Platyglossus, radiatus}) of Florida, Bermuda,
      and the West Indies. Called also {pudiano}, {doncella}, and,
      at Bermuda, {bluefish}.

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   Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L.
      botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan.
      podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten,
      also E. pod, pout, v.]
      1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
            consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour
            or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
  
                     And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
  
      2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
            of, pudding.
  
      3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
            etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
  
      4. Any food or victuals.
  
                     Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      5. (Naut.) Same as {Puddening}.
  
      {Pudding grass} (Bot.), the true pennyroyal ({Mentha
            Pulegium}), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast
            meat. --Dr. Prior.
  
      {Pudding pie}, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor
            (1630).
  
      {Pudding pipe} (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the
            leguminous tree {Cassia Fistula}. The seeds are separately
            imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See {Cassia}.
  
      {Pudding sleeve}, a full sleeve like that of the English
            clerical gown. --Swift.
  
      {Pudding stone}. (Min.) See {Conglomerate}, n., 2.
  
      {Pudding time}.
            (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish
                  first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson.
            (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
  
                           Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding
                           time came to his aid.                  --Hudibras.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L.
      botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan.
      podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten,
      also E. pod, pout, v.]
      1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
            consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour
            or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
  
                     And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
  
      2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
            of, pudding.
  
      3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
            etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
  
      4. Any food or victuals.
  
                     Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      5. (Naut.) Same as {Puddening}.
  
      {Pudding grass} (Bot.), the true pennyroyal ({Mentha
            Pulegium}), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast
            meat. --Dr. Prior.
  
      {Pudding pie}, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor
            (1630).
  
      {Pudding pipe} (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the
            leguminous tree {Cassia Fistula}. The seeds are separately
            imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See {Cassia}.
  
      {Pudding sleeve}, a full sleeve like that of the English
            clerical gown. --Swift.
  
      {Pudding stone}. (Min.) See {Conglomerate}, n., 2.
  
      {Pudding time}.
            (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish
                  first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson.
            (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
  
                           Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding
                           time came to his aid.                  --Hudibras.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L.
      botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan.
      podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten,
      also E. pod, pout, v.]
      1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
            consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour
            or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
  
                     And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
  
      2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
            of, pudding.
  
      3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
            etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
  
      4. Any food or victuals.
  
                     Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      5. (Naut.) Same as {Puddening}.
  
      {Pudding grass} (Bot.), the true pennyroyal ({Mentha
            Pulegium}), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast
            meat. --Dr. Prior.
  
      {Pudding pie}, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor
            (1630).
  
      {Pudding pipe} (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the
            leguminous tree {Cassia Fistula}. The seeds are separately
            imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See {Cassia}.
  
      {Pudding sleeve}, a full sleeve like that of the English
            clerical gown. --Swift.
  
      {Pudding stone}. (Min.) See {Conglomerate}, n., 2.
  
      {Pudding time}.
            (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish
                  first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson.
            (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
  
                           Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding
                           time came to his aid.                  --Hudibras.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L.
      botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan.
      podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten,
      also E. pod, pout, v.]
      1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
            consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour
            or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
  
                     And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
  
      2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
            of, pudding.
  
      3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
            etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
  
      4. Any food or victuals.
  
                     Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      5. (Naut.) Same as {Puddening}.
  
      {Pudding grass} (Bot.), the true pennyroyal ({Mentha
            Pulegium}), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast
            meat. --Dr. Prior.
  
      {Pudding pie}, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor
            (1630).
  
      {Pudding pipe} (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the
            leguminous tree {Cassia Fistula}. The seeds are separately
            imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See {Cassia}.
  
      {Pudding sleeve}, a full sleeve like that of the English
            clerical gown. --Swift.
  
      {Pudding stone}. (Min.) See {Conglomerate}, n., 2.
  
      {Pudding time}.
            (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish
                  first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson.
            (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
  
                           Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding
                           time came to his aid.                  --Hudibras.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L.
      botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan.
      podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten,
      also E. pod, pout, v.]
      1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
            consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour
            or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
  
                     And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
  
      2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
            of, pudding.
  
      3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
            etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
  
      4. Any food or victuals.
  
                     Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      5. (Naut.) Same as {Puddening}.
  
      {Pudding grass} (Bot.), the true pennyroyal ({Mentha
            Pulegium}), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast
            meat. --Dr. Prior.
  
      {Pudding pie}, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor
            (1630).
  
      {Pudding pipe} (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the
            leguminous tree {Cassia Fistula}. The seeds are separately
            imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See {Cassia}.
  
      {Pudding sleeve}, a full sleeve like that of the English
            clerical gown. --Swift.
  
      {Pudding stone}. (Min.) See {Conglomerate}, n., 2.
  
      {Pudding time}.
            (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish
                  first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson.
            (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
  
                           Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding
                           time came to his aid.                  --Hudibras.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L.
      botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan.
      podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten,
      also E. pod, pout, v.]
      1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
            consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour
            or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
  
                     And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
  
      2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
            of, pudding.
  
      3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
            etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
  
      4. Any food or victuals.
  
                     Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      5. (Naut.) Same as {Puddening}.
  
      {Pudding grass} (Bot.), the true pennyroyal ({Mentha
            Pulegium}), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast
            meat. --Dr. Prior.
  
      {Pudding pie}, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor
            (1630).
  
      {Pudding pipe} (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the
            leguminous tree {Cassia Fistula}. The seeds are separately
            imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See {Cassia}.
  
      {Pudding sleeve}, a full sleeve like that of the English
            clerical gown. --Swift.
  
      {Pudding stone}. (Min.) See {Conglomerate}, n., 2.
  
      {Pudding time}.
            (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish
                  first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson.
            (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
  
                           Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding
                           time came to his aid.                  --Hudibras.

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   Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \Pudding wife\ [Prob.
      corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish
      ({Iridio, syn. Platyglossus, radiatus}) of Florida, Bermuda,
      and the West Indies. Called also {pudiano}, {doncella}, and,
      at Bermuda, {bluefish}.

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   Pudding-headed \Pud"ding-head`ed\, a.
      Stupid. [Colloq.]

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   Pudency \Pu"den*cy\, n. [L. pudens, p. pr. of pudere to be
      ashamed.]
      Modesty; shamefacedness. [bd]A pudency so rosy.[b8] --Shak.

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   Putanism \Pu"tan*ism\, n. [F. putanisme, fr. putain harlot.]
      Habitual lewdness or prostitution of a woman; harlotry.

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   Put \Put\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to
      put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke,
      thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v.
      i.]
      1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; --
            nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put
            by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put
            forth = to thrust out).
  
                     His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy
                     spiritual employment.                        --Jer. Taylor.
  
      2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;
            figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified
            relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated
            mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put
            a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.
  
                     This present dignity, In which that I have put you.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen.
                                                                              iii. 15.
  
                     He put no trust in his servants.         --Job iv. 18.
  
                     When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts
                     invincible might.                              --Milton.
  
                     In the mean time other measures were put in
                     operation.                                          --Sparks.
  
      3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong
            construction on an act or expression.
  
      4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]
  
                     No man hath more love than this, that a man put his
                     life for his friends.                        --Wyclif (John
                                                                              xv. 13).
  
      5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;
            to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;
            figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes
            followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a
            question; to put a case.
  
                     Let us now put that ye have leave.      --Chaucer.
  
                     Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley.
  
                     These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare.
  
      6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
  
                     These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift.
  
                     Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
                     Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion [bd]overhand,[b8]
            the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in
            athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.
  
      8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working
            to the tramway. --Raymond.
  
      {Put case}, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or
            suppose the case to be.
  
                     Put case that the soul after departure from the body
                     may live.                                          --Bp. Hall.
  
      {To put about} (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as
            a ship.
  
      {To put away}.
            (a) To renounce; to discard; to expel.
            (b) To divorce.
  
      {To put back}.
            (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to
                  delay.
            (b) To refuse; to deny.
  
                           Coming from thee, I could not put him back.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.
            (d) To restore to the original place; to replace.
  
      {To put by}.
            (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. [bd]Smiling put the
                  question by.[b8] --Tennyson.
            (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by
                  money.
  
      {To put down}.
            (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down.
            (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices.
            (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to
                  suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down
                  rebellion or traitors.
  
                           Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon.
            (d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.
  
      {To put forth}.
            (a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to
                  come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.
            (b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into
                  action; to exert; as, to put forth strength.
            (c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like.
            (d) To publish, as a book.
  
      {To put forward}.
            (a) To advance to a position of prominence or
                  responsibility; to promote.
            (b) To cause to make progress; to aid.
            (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.
  
      {To put in}.
            (a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to
                  introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while
                  others are discoursing.
            (b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship.
            (c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place
                  among the records of a court. --Burrill.
            (d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.
                 
  
      {To put off}.
            (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to
                  put off mortality. [bd]Put off thy shoes from off thy
                  feet.[b8] --Ex. iii. 5.
            (b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate;
                  to baffle.
  
                           I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius
                           hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle.
  
                           We might put him off with this answer.
                                                                              --Bentley.
            (c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off
                  repentance.
            (d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass
                  fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an
                  ingenious theory

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Putting \Put"ting\, n.
      The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand
      raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a
      Scottish game.
  
      {Putting stone}, a heavy stone used in the game of putting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Putting green \Putt"ing green\ (Golf)
      The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole.
      [bd]The term putting green shall mean the ground within
      twenty yards of the hole, excepting hazards.[b8] --Golf
      Rules.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Putting \Put"ting\, n.
      The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand
      raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a
      Scottish game.
  
      {Putting stone}, a heavy stone used in the game of putting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand,
      OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh.
      to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.]
      1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in
            man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other
            animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}.
  
      2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the
            office of, a human hand; as:
            (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or
                  any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
            (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute
                  hand of a clock.
  
      3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a
            palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
  
      4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.
  
                     On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex.
                                                                              xxxviii. 15.
  
                     The Protestants were then on the winning hand.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill;
            dexterity.
  
                     He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence,
            manner of performance.
  
                     To change the hand in carrying on the war.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
                     Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my
                     hand.                                                --Judges vi.
                                                                              36.
  
      7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or
            competent for special service or duty; a performer more or
            less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand
            at speaking.
  
                     A dictionary containing a natural history requires
                     too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be
                     hoped for.                                          --Locke.
  
                     I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile.
                                                                              --Hazlitt.
  
      8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or
            running hand. Hence, a signature.
  
                     I say she never did invent this letter; This is a
                     man's invention and his hand.            --Shak.
  
                     Some writs require a judge's hand.      --Burril.
  
      9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction;
            management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in
            hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles.
  
                     Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the
                     goverment of Britain.                        --Milton.
  
      10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to
            buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when
            new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the
            producer's hand, or when not new.
  
      11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear
            hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon.
  
      12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as:
            (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the
                  dealer.
            (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied
                  together.
  
      13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock,
            which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
  
      Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts
               or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the
               hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a
               symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as:
            (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the
                  head, which implies thought, and the heart, which
                  implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every
                  man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12.
            (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures.
                  [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over
                  you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33.
            (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to
                  give the right hand.
            (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the
                  hand; to pledge the hand.
  
      Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or
               without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand;
               as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe:
               used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or
               handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or
               hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand
               loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or
               hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the
               hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or
               hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following
               paragraph are written either as two words or in
               combination.
  
      {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books,
            papers, parcels, etc.
  
      {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket.
  
      {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell.
            --Bacon.
  
      {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}.
  
      {Hand car}. See under {Car}.
  
      {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a
            good position of the hands and arms when playing on the
            piano; a hand guide.
  
      {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}.
  
      {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}.
  
      {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine,
            or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power,
            may be operated by hand.
  
      {Hand glass}.
            (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of
                  plants.
            (b) A small mirror with a handle.
  
      {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above).
  
      {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as
            practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology.
  
      {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}.
  
      {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest
            money.
  
      {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank
            turned by hand.
  
      {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand
            rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt.
  
      {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple.
  
      {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand.
  
      {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or
            weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp.
  
      {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix.
            9.
  
      {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or
            canceling papers, envelopes, etc.
  
      {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico
            ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose
            stamens unite in the form of a hand.
  
      {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small
            work. --Moxon.
  
      {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as
            distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork.
  
      {All hands}, everybody; all parties.
  
      {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every
            direction; generally.
  
      {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction;
            on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no
            hand consisting with the safety and interests of
            humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.
  
      {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above).
  
      {At hand}.
            (a) Near in time or place; either present and within
                  reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at
                  hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak.
            (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at
                  hand.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we
            receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive
            evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10.
  
      {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}.
  
      {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from
            instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed
            a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand.
  
      {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of
            dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He
            that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8]
            --Job xvii. 9.
  
      {From hand to hand}, from one person to another.
  
      {Hand in hand}.
            (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift.
            (b) Just; fair; equitable.
  
                           As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand
                           comparison.                                 --Shak.
                 
  
      {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands
            alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand
            over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand
            over hand.
  
      {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what
            one does. [Obs.] --Bacon.
  
      {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand
            running.
  
      {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling!
           
  
      {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to
            hand contest. --Dryden.
  
      {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression.
  
      {In hand}.
            (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . .
                  . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson.
            (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels .
                  . . in hand.[b8] --Shak.
            (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction;
                  as, he has the business in hand.
  
      {In one's hand} [or] {hands}.
            (a) In one's possession or keeping.
            (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my
                  hand.
  
      {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office,
            in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons.
  
      {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation.
  
      {Note of hand}, a promissory note.
  
      {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay,
            hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them
            to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser.
  
      {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care.
  
      {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of
            goods on hand.
  
      {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management.
  
      {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish
            ceremony used in swearing.
  
      {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength.
  
      {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth.
  
      {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government.
  
      {To bear a hand}
            (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten.
  
      {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false
            pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under
            {Glove}.
  
      {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving.
           
  
      {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling
            it.
  
      {To change hand}. See {Change}.
  
      {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners.
            --Hudibras.
  
      {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by
            striking the palms of the hands together.
  
      {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into
            possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday.
  
      {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.]
  
                     Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them.
                                                                              --Baxter.
  
      {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain
            work; to become accustomed to a particular business.
  
      {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or
            concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in.
  
      {To have in hand}.
            (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer.
            (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with.
  
      {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can
            do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed
            with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with
            difficulties.
  
      {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or
            get, the better of another person or thing.
  
      {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already
            prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke.
  
      {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even
            conditions. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault.
  
      {To lend a hand}, to give assistance.
  
      {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack;
            to oppose; to kill.
  
      {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other
            necessaries as want compels, without previous provision.
           
  
      {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit.
  
      {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8.
  
      {To put the}
  
      {last, [or] finishing},
  
      {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to
            perfect.
  
      {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake.
  
                     That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that
                     thou settest thine hand to.               --Deut. xxiii.
                                                                              20.
  
      {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one.
  
      {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety
            for another's debt or good behavior.
  
      {To take in hand}.
            (a) To attempt or undertake.
            (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand.
  
      {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in,
            or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash
            one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24.
  
      {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or
            signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and
            seal of the owner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Putty \Put"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puttied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Puttying}.]
      To cement, or stop, with putty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pythian \Pyth"i*an\, a. [L. Pythius, Gr. [?] belonging to Pytho,
      the older name of Delphi and its environs: cf. F. pythien.]
      Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to
      the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi.
  
      {Pythian games} (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national
            festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated near Delphi, in
            honor of Apollo, the conqueror of the dragon Python, at
            first once in eight years, afterward once in four.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
      sn[be]kr, sn[?]kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
      whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}.
  
      Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
               larger number are harmless to man.
  
      {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake},
      {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under
            {Blind}, {Garter}, etc.
  
      {Fetich snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large African snake ({Python
            Seb[91]}) used by the natives as a fetich.
  
      {Ringed snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common European columbrine snake
            ({Tropidonotus natrix}).
  
      {Snake eater}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The markhoor.
      (b) The secretary bird.
  
      {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
  
      {Snake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so
            called because of their large head and elongated neck and
            prothorax.
  
      {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
            anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
            that of the serpent cucumber.
  
      {Snake killer}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The secretary bird.
      (b) The chaparral cock.
  
      {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
            clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}.
  
      {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
            ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which
            resembles a snake coiled up.
  
      {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
            especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied
            genera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pythoness \Pyth"o*ness\, n. [L. pythonissa: cf. F. pythonisse.
      See {Pythian}.]
      1. (Gr. Antiq.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at
            Delphi in Greece.
  
      2. Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort
            of witch. --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pythonic \Py*thon"ic\, a. [L. pythonicus, Gr. [?]. See
      {Pythian}.]
      Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pythonism \Pyth"o*nism\, n.
      The art of predicting events after the manner of the
      priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pythonist \Pyth"o*nist\, n.
      A conjurer; a diviner.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Paden City, WV (city, FIPS 61636)
      Location: 39.60292 N, 80.93536 W
      Population (1990): 2862 (1282 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 26159

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Patmos, AR (town, FIPS 53900)
      Location: 33.51194 N, 93.56666 W
      Population (1990): 32 (9 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pattonsburg, MO (city, FIPS 56558)
      Location: 40.04796 N, 94.13756 W
      Population (1990): 414 (223 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64670

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Peytonsburg, KY
      Zip code(s): 42768

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Potomac, IL (village, FIPS 61366)
      Location: 40.30640 N, 87.79725 W
      Population (1990): 753 (306 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61865
   Potomac, MD (CDP, FIPS 63300)
      Location: 39.02575 N, 77.19773 W
      Population (1990): 45634 (15630 housing units)
      Area: 82.3 sq km (land), 4.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 20854

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Potomac Heights, MD (CDP, FIPS 63375)
      Location: 38.60757 N, 77.12276 W
      Population (1990): 1524 (702 housing units)
      Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Powhatan County, VA (county, FIPS 145)
      Location: 37.54606 N, 77.91636 W
      Population (1990): 15328 (4910 housing units)
      Area: 676.8 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   petdingo
  
      An {Estelle} to {C++} translator.
  
      (1997-01-24)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Patmos
      a small rocky and barren island, one of the group called the
      "Sporades," in the AEgean Sea. It is mentioned in Scripture only
      in Rev. 1:9. It was on this island, to which John was banished
      by the emperor Domitian (A.D. 95), that he received from God the
      wondrous revelation recorded in his book. This has naturally
      invested it with the deepest interest for all time. It is now
      called Patmo. (See {JOHN}.)
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Pudens
      bashful, a Christian at Rome, who sent his greetings to Timothy
      (2 Tim. 4:21). (See {CLAUDIA}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Patmos, mortal
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Pudens, shamefaced
  
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