pair
         n 1: a set of two similar things considered as a unit [syn:
               {pair}, {brace}]
         2: two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {pair}, {twosome},
            {twain}, {brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {couplet}, {distich},
            {duo}, {duet}, {dyad}, {duad}]
         3: two people considered as a unit
         4: a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
         v 1: form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"
               [syn: {pair}, {pair off}, {partner off}, {couple}]
         2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is
            coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my
            daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired
            with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn:
            {match}, {mate}, {couple}, {pair}, {twin}]
         3: occur in pairs [syn: {pair}, {geminate}]
         4: arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" [syn: {pair},
            {geminate}]
         5: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
            [syn: {copulate}, {mate}, {pair}, {couple}]

English Dictionary: purau	by the DICT Development Group
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par n (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole"; "par for this course is 72" a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" Synonym(s): equality, equivalence, equation, par v make a score (on a hole) equal to par
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para n (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children" Synonym(s): parity, para 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia a soldier in the paratroops Synonym(s): paratrooper, para an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows Synonym(s): Para, Para River port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin Synonym(s): Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
para I n (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time Synonym(s): primipara, para I
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pare v decrease gradually or bit by bit Synonym(s): pare, pare down cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood" Synonym(s): whittle, pare strip the skin off; "pare apples" Synonym(s): skin, peel, pare remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber" Synonym(s): pare, trim
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pariah n a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]
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Parr n Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548) Synonym(s): Parr, Catherine Parr a young salmon up to 2 years old the young of various fishes
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parry n (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword a return punch (especially by a boxer) Synonym(s): counterpunch, parry, counter v impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack" Synonym(s): parry, block, deflect avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pawer n a person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner
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payer n a person who pays money for something [syn: payer, remunerator]
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pear n sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties Synonym(s): pear, pear tree, Pyrus communis
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pear haw n erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries Synonym(s): blackthorn, pear haw, pear hawthorn, Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa
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Peary n United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920) Synonym(s): Peary, Robert Peary, Robert E. Peary, Robert Edwin Peary
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peer n a person who is of equal standing with another in a group Synonym(s): peer, equal, match, compeer a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage v look searchingly; "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"
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Peoria n a city in central Illinois on the Illinois River
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peri n a beautiful and graceful girl (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
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Perry n United States philosopher (1876-1957) [syn: Perry, {Ralph Barton Perry}] United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858) Synonym(s): Perry, Matthew Calbraith Perry United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819) Synonym(s): Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry, Commodore Perry a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
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Peru n a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries Synonym(s): Peru, Republic of Peru
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Pharaoh n the title of the ancient Egyptian kings [syn: Pharaoh, Pharaoh of Egypt]
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pier n a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats Synonym(s): pier, wharf, wharfage, dock (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows) a support for two adjacent bridge spans
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Pierre n capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river Synonym(s): Pierre, capital of South Dakota
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poor adj deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" Synonym(s): hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" Antonym(s): rich characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" Antonym(s): rich lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value" Antonym(s): rich not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" Synonym(s): inadequate, poor, short unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor" n people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance" Synonym(s): poor people, poor Antonym(s): rich, rich people
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pore n any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas) any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass Synonym(s): stoma, stomate, pore v direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" Synonym(s): concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
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pour v cause to run; "pour water over the floor" move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" Synonym(s): pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" Synonym(s): decant, pour, pour out flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor" supply in large amounts or quantities; "We poured money into the education of our children" rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" Synonym(s): pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
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power n possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" Synonym(s): power, powerfulness Antonym(s): impotence, impotency, powerlessness (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second) possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" Synonym(s): ability, power Antonym(s): inability (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president" Synonym(s): office, power one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil" Synonym(s): power, force a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself Synonym(s): exponent, power, index physical strength Synonym(s): might, mightiness, power a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world Synonym(s): world power, major power, great power, power, superpower a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" Synonym(s): baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon v supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"
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Pr n a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process Synonym(s): praseodymium, Pr, atomic number 59 a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico Synonym(s): Puerto Rico, Porto Rico, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, PR a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution Synonym(s): public relations, PR
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Praha n the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century Synonym(s): Prague, Praha, Prag, Czech capital
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Praia n the capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island [syn: Praia, Cidade de Praia, capital of Cape Verde]
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pray v address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer; "pray to the Lord" call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" Synonym(s): beg, implore, pray
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praya n colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long
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prey n a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" Synonym(s): prey, quarry, target, fair game animal hunted or caught for food Synonym(s): prey, quarry v profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity" Synonym(s): prey, feed prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" Synonym(s): raven, prey, predate
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pro adv in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. Antonym(s): con adj in favor of (an action or proposal etc.); "a pro vote" Antonym(s): anti n an athlete who plays for pay Synonym(s): professional, pro Antonym(s): amateur an argument in favor of a proposal Antonym(s): con
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prow n front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" Synonym(s): bow, fore, prow, stem
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pry n a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge [syn: crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar] v to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" Synonym(s): pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!" search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office" Synonym(s): intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him" Synonym(s): pry, prise
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purau n shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament Synonym(s): mahoe, majagua, mahagua, balibago, purau, Hibiscus tiliaceus
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pure adj free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen" Antonym(s): impure without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" Synonym(s): arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black Synonym(s): saturated, pure Antonym(s): unsaturated free from discordant qualities concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science" (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow" Antonym(s): impure in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" Synonym(s): pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous
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puree n food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender v rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby" Synonym(s): puree, strain
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purr n a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat v make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" Synonym(s): whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats Synonym(s): purr, make vibrant sounds
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PWR n a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine Synonym(s): pressurized water reactor, PWR
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pyorrhea n discharge of pus Synonym(s): pyorrhea, pyorrhoea chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets Synonym(s): pyorrhea, pyorrhoea, pyorrhea alveolaris, Riggs' disease
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pyorrhoea n discharge of pus Synonym(s): pyorrhea, pyorrhoea chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets Synonym(s): pyorrhea, pyorrhoea, pyorrhea alveolaris, Riggs' disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyre n wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn: pyre, funeral pyre]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyuria n presence of white blood cells in the urine; symptom of urinary tract infection
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thermoelectric couple \Ther`mo*e*lec"tric couple\ [or] pair    \pair\ (Elec.)       A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar       metals joined at their extremities, for producing a       thermoelectric current.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair,       fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. {Apparel}, {Par} equality, {Peer}       an equal.]       1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging             together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. [bd]A             pair of beads.[b8] --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. [bd]Four pair             of stairs.[b8] --Macaulay.          Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]                            Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards.                                                                               --Beau. & Fl.          2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each             other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of             gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.          3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a             pair of horses; a pair of oxen.          4. A married couple; a man and wife. [bd]A happy pair.[b8]             --Dryden. [bd]The hapless pair.[b8] --Milton.          5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each             other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of             tongs; a pair of bellows.          6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a             parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a             given question, or on issues of a party nature during a             specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final             vote. [Parliamentary Cant]          7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies,             which are so applied to each other as to mutually             constrain relative motion.          Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion                they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a                turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair,                a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in                which the constraining contact is along lines or at                points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is                designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining                surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and                eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower                pair.          {Pair royal} (pl. {Pairs Royal}) three things of a sort; --             used especially of playing cards in some games, as             cribbage; as three kings, three [bd]eight spots[b8] etc.             Four of a kind are called a double pair royal.             [bd]Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a             pair royal of naturals in my own hand.[b8] --Goldsmith.             [bd]That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the             Fates].[b8] --Quarles. [Written corruptly {parial} and             {prial}.]          Syn: {Pair}, {Flight}, {Set}.          Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but                   was applied to any number of equal things (pares),                   that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of                   chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair                   (pack) of cards. A [bd]pair of stairs[b8] is still in                   popular use, as well as the later expression,                   [bd]flight of stairs.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, v. t. [See {Impair}.]       To impair. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paired}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pairing}.]       1. To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for             breeding.          2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.                         My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.                                                                               --Rowe.          3. Same as {To pair off}. See phrase below.          {To pair off}, to separate from a company in pairs or             couples; specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one             of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on             specified questions or issues. See {Pair}, n., 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, v. t.       1. To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together,             as things which belong together, or which complement, or             are adapted to one another.                         Glossy jet is paired with shining white. --Pope.          2. To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions             not to vote on a particular question or class of             questions. [Parliamentary Cant]          {Paired fins}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Fin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thermoelectric couple \Ther`mo*e*lec"tric couple\ [or] pair    \pair\ (Elec.)       A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar       metals joined at their extremities, for producing a       thermoelectric current.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair,       fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. {Apparel}, {Par} equality, {Peer}       an equal.]       1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging             together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. [bd]A             pair of beads.[b8] --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. [bd]Four pair             of stairs.[b8] --Macaulay.          Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]                            Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards.                                                                               --Beau. & Fl.          2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each             other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of             gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.          3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a             pair of horses; a pair of oxen.          4. A married couple; a man and wife. [bd]A happy pair.[b8]             --Dryden. [bd]The hapless pair.[b8] --Milton.          5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each             other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of             tongs; a pair of bellows.          6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a             parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a             given question, or on issues of a party nature during a             specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final             vote. [Parliamentary Cant]          7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies,             which are so applied to each other as to mutually             constrain relative motion.          Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion                they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a                turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair,                a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in                which the constraining contact is along lines or at                points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is                designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining                surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and                eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower                pair.          {Pair royal} (pl. {Pairs Royal}) three things of a sort; --             used especially of playing cards in some games, as             cribbage; as three kings, three [bd]eight spots[b8] etc.             Four of a kind are called a double pair royal.             [bd]Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a             pair royal of naturals in my own hand.[b8] --Goldsmith.             [bd]That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the             Fates].[b8] --Quarles. [Written corruptly {parial} and             {prial}.]          Syn: {Pair}, {Flight}, {Set}.          Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but                   was applied to any number of equal things (pares),                   that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of                   chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair                   (pack) of cards. A [bd]pair of stairs[b8] is still in                   popular use, as well as the later expression,                   [bd]flight of stairs.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, v. t. [See {Impair}.]       To impair. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paired}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pairing}.]       1. To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for             breeding.          2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.                         My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.                                                                               --Rowe.          3. Same as {To pair off}. See phrase below.          {To pair off}, to separate from a company in pairs or             couples; specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one             of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on             specified questions or issues. See {Pair}, n., 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, v. t.       1. To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together,             as things which belong together, or which complement, or             are adapted to one another.                         Glossy jet is paired with shining white. --Pope.          2. To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions             not to vote on a particular question or class of             questions. [Parliamentary Cant]          {Paired fins}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Fin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Par \Par\, n.       1. An amount which is taken as an average or mean. [Eng.]          2. (Golf) The number of strokes required for a hole or a             round played without mistake, two strokes being allowed on             each hole for putting. Par represents perfect play,             whereas bogey makes allowance on some holes for human             frailty. Thus if par for a course is 75, bogey is usually             put down, arbitrarily, as 81 or 82.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Par \Par\, prep. [F., fr. L. per. See {Per}.]       By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases       taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of       the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par       cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Par \Par\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Parr}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Par \Par\, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See {Peer} an equal.]       1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the             value expressed on the face or in the words of a             certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.          2. Equality of condition or circumstances.          {At par}, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at             a premium.          {Above par}, at a premium.          {Below par}, at a discount.          {On a par}, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances,             position, rank, etc.; as, their pretensions are on a par;             his ability is on a par with his ambition.          {Par of exchange}. See under {Exchange}.          {Par value}, nominal value; face value.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Para- \Par"a-\ [Gr. [?] beside; prob. akin to E. for- in       forgive. Cf. {For-}.]       1. A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against,             amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox,             that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.          2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting:             (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the                   substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the                   name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde,                   paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification.             (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or                   radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are                   opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2                   and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid.                   Cf. {Ortho-}, and {Meta-}. Also used adjectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Para0 \Pa*r[a0]"\, n.       1. The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport             on this arm.          2. Short for {Par[a0] rubber}.
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Pare \Pare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pared}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Paring}.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or       curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry,       ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. {Empire}, {Parade},       {Pardon}, {Parry}, {Prepare}.]       1. To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or             extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's             hoof.          2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin,             ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off             or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away             redundancies.          3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.                         The king began to pare a little the privilege of                      clergy.                                             --Bacon.
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Pari- \Par"i-\ [L. par, paris, equal.]       A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate,       paripinnate.
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Pariah \Pa"ri*ah\, n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of       the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the       drums at certain festivals.]       1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by             the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They             are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See             {Caste}. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).          2. An outcast; one despised by society.          {Pariah dog} (Zo[94]l.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs             which act as scavengers in Oriental cities.          {Pariah kite} (Zo[94]l.), a species of kite ({Milvus             govinda}) which acts as a scavenger in India.
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Parr \Parr\, n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. bradan a salmon.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse             bands; -- called also {samlet}, {skegger}, and             {fingerling}.       (b) A young leveret.
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d8Axis \[d8]Ax"is\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.)       The spotted deer ({Cervus axis} or {Axis maculata}) of India,       where it is called {hog deer} and {parrah} (Moorish name).
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Parry \Par"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parried}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Parrying}.] [F. par[82], p. p. of parer. See {Pare}, v. t.]       1. To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a             thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.             --Locke.                         Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword                      of straw.                                          --Cowper.          2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.                         The French government has parried the payment of our                      claims.                                             --E. Everett.
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Parry \Par"ry\, v. i.       To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow,       argument, etc. --Locke.
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Parry \Par"ry\, n.; pl. {Parries}.       A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet       exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive       movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.
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Payer \Pay"er\, n.       One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note       has been, or should be, paid.
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Payor \Pay*or"\, n. (Law)       See {Payer}. [R.]
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Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or       OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The       final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf.       {Pease}.]       1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of             many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a             papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume,             popularly called a pod.          Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of,                the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained                nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease                is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at                dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the                form peas being used in both senses.          2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the             seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos},             {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum)             of a different color from the rest of the seed.          Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or                less closely related to the common pea. See the                Phrases, below.          {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}.                      {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos             sph[91]rospermus} and its seed.          {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana},             having showy blossoms.          {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}.          {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}.          {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}.          {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n.          {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue.                      {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and             {Orris}.          {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}.          {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows             single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used             adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.          {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}.          {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.          {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus             {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp.,             the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the             common mussel and the cockle.          {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove.          {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of             leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of             the pea. --G. Bentham.          {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth             ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas.          {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in             round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.          {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is             sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.                      {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of             the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China.          {Pea vine}. (Bot.)             (a) Any plant which bears peas.             (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States                   ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species).          {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi})             which destroys peas by eating out the interior.          {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}.          {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus};             also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.
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Pear \Pear\ (p[acir]r), n. [OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F.       poire. Cf. {Perry}.] (Bot.)       The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus       communis}), cultivated in many varieties in temperate       climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See {Pear       family}, below.          {Pear blight}.       (a) (Bot.) A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees,             both causing a destruction of the branches, viz., that             caused by a minute insect ({Xyleborus pyri}), and that             caused by the freezing of the sap in winter. --A. J.             Downing.       (b) (Zo[94]l.) A very small beetle ({Xyleborus pyri}) whose             larv[91] bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them             to wither.          {Pear family} (Bot.), a suborder of rosaceous plants             ({Pome[91]}), characterized by the calyx tube becoming             fleshy in fruit, and, combined with the ovaries, forming a             pome. It includes the apple, pear, quince, service berry,             and hawthorn.          {Pear gauge} (Physics), a kind of gauge for measuring the             exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; -- so called because             consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel.          {Pear shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the             genus {Pyrula}, native of tropical seas; -- so called from             the shape.          {Pear slug} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a sawfly which is very             injurious to the foliage of the pear tree.
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Peer \Peer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peered}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Peering}.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. para[8c]tre to       appear, L. parere. Cf. {Appear}.]       1. To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic]                         So honor peereth in the meanest habit. --Shak.                         See how his gorget peers above his gown! --B.                                                                               Jonson.          2. [Perh. a different word; cf. OE. piren, LG. piren. Cf.             {Pry} to peep.] To look narrowly or curiously or intently;             to peep; as, the peering day. --Milton.                         Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads.                                                                               --Shak.                         As if through a dungeon grate he peered.                                                                               --Coleridge.
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Peer \Peer\ v. t.       To make equal in rank. [R.] --Heylin.
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Peer \Peer\ v. t.       To be, or to assume to be, equal. [R.]
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Peer \Peer\, n. [OE. per, OF. per, F. pair, fr. L. par equal.       Cf. {Apparel}, {Pair}, {Par}, n., {Umpire}.]       1. One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character,             etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.                         In song he never had his peer.            --Dryden.                         Shall they consort only with their peers? --I.                                                                               Taylor.          2. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.                         He all his peers in beauty did surpass. --Spenser.          3. A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the             British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount,             baron; as, a peer of the realm.                         A noble peer of mickle trust and power. --Milton.          {House of Peers}, {The Peers}, the British House of Lords.             See {Parliament}.          {Spiritual peers}, the bishops and archibishops, or lords             spiritual, who sit in the House of Lords.
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Peerie \Peer"ie\, Peery \Peer"y\, a. [See 1st {Peer}, 2.]       Inquisitive; suspicious; sharp. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [bd]Two       peery gray eyes.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
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Peerie \Peer"ie\, Peery \Peer"y\, a. [See 1st {Peer}, 2.]       Inquisitive; suspicious; sharp. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [bd]Two       peery gray eyes.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
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Peorias \Pe*o"ri*as\, n. pl.; sing. {Peoria}. (Ethnol.)       An Algonquin tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part       of Illinois.
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Per- \Per-\ [See {Per}.]       1. A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or             as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial,             that lasts throughout the year; perforce, through or by             force; perfoliate, perforate; perspicuous, evident             throughout or very evident; perplex, literally, to             entangle very much.          2. (Chem.) Originally, denoting that the element to the name             of which it is prefixed in the respective compounds             exercised its highest valence; now, only that the element             has a higher valence than in other similar compounds;             thus, barium peroxide is the highest oxide of barium;             while nitrogen and manganese peroxides, so-called, are not             the highest oxides of those elements.
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Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf. {Far}, {For-}, {Pardon}, and cf. {Par},       prep.]       Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for       each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to       individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of       itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.          {Per annum}, by the year; in each successive year; annually.                      {Per cent}, {Per centum}, by the hundred; in the hundred; --             used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of             interest, and the like; commonly used in the shortened             form per cent.
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Per- \Per-\ [See {Per}.]       1. A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or             as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial,             that lasts throughout the year; perforce, through or by             force; perfoliate, perforate; perspicuous, evident             throughout or very evident; perplex, literally, to             entangle very much.          2. (Chem.) Originally, denoting that the element to the name             of which it is prefixed in the respective compounds             exercised its highest valence; now, only that the element             has a higher valence than in other similar compounds;             thus, barium peroxide is the highest oxide of barium;             while nitrogen and manganese peroxides, so-called, are not             the highest oxides of those elements.
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Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf. {Far}, {For-}, {Pardon}, and cf. {Par},       prep.]       Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for       each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to       individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of       itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.          {Per annum}, by the year; in each successive year; annually.                      {Per cent}, {Per centum}, by the hundred; in the hundred; --             used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of             interest, and the like; commonly used in the shortened             form per cent.
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Pere \Pere\, n.       A peer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Peri- \Per"i-\ [Gr. [?], prep.]       A prefix used to signify around, by, near, over, beyond, or       to give an intensive sense; as, perimeter, the measure       around; perigee, point near the earth; periergy, work beyond       what is needed; perispherical, quite spherical.
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Peri \Pe"ri\, n.; pl. {Peris}. [Per. per[c6] a female genus, a       fairy.] (Persian Myth.)       An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy,       represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from       paradise till penance is accomplished. --Moore.
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Peri- \Per"i-\ [Gr. [?], prep.]       A prefix used to signify around, by, near, over, beyond, or       to give an intensive sense; as, perimeter, the measure       around; perigee, point near the earth; periergy, work beyond       what is needed; perispherical, quite spherical.
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Peri \Pe"ri\, n.; pl. {Peris}. [Per. per[c6] a female genus, a       fairy.] (Persian Myth.)       An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy,       represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from       paradise till penance is accomplished. --Moore.
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Perrie \Per"rie\, n. [F. pierreries, pl., fr. pierre stone, L.       petra.]       Precious stones; jewels. [Obs.] [Written also {perre},       {perrye}, etc.] --Chaucer.
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Perrie \Per"rie\, n. [F. pierreries, pl., fr. pierre stone, L.       petra.]       Precious stones; jewels. [Obs.] [Written also {perre},       {perrye}, etc.] --Chaucer.
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Perry \Per"ry\, n. [OF. per[82], F. poir[82], fr. poire a pear,       L. pirum. See {Pear} the fruit.]       A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider. --Mortimer.
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Perry \Per"ry\, n.       A suddent squall. See {Pirry}. [Obs.]
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Perrie \Per"rie\, n. [F. pierreries, pl., fr. pierre stone, L.       petra.]       Precious stones; jewels. [Obs.] [Written also {perre},       {perrye}, etc.] --Chaucer.
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Pery \Per"y\, n.       A pear tree. See {Pirie}. [Obs.]
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Pirie \Pir"ie\, n. [See {Pear}.] (Bot.)       A pear tree. [Written also {pery}, {pyrie}.] [Obs.]       --Chaucer.
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Pery \Per"y\, n.       A pear tree. See {Pirie}. [Obs.]
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Pirie \Pir"ie\, n. [See {Pear}.] (Bot.)       A pear tree. [Written also {pery}, {pyrie}.] [Obs.]       --Chaucer.
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Pharaoh \Pha"raoh\, n. [Heb. par[d3]h; of Egyptian origin: cf.       L. pharao, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Faro}.]       1. A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt were             designated.          2. See {Faro}.          {Pharaoh's chicken} (Zo[94]l.), the gier-eagle, or Egyptian             vulture; -- so called because often sculpured on Egyptian             monuments. It is nearly white in color.          {Pharaoh's rat} (Zo[94]l.), the common ichneumon.
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Phare \Phare\, n. [See {Pharos}.]       1. A beacon tower; a lighthouse. [Obs.]          2. Hence, a harbor. --Howell.
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Pharo \Pha"ro\, n.       1. A pharos; a lighthouse. [Obs.]          2. See {Faro}.
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Pheer \Pheer\, n.       See 1st {Fere}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Pier \Pier\, n. [OE. pere, OF. piere a stone, F. pierre, fr. L.       petra, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Petrify}.]       1. (Arch.)             (a) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or                   supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a                   bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.             (b) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to                   stiffen a wall. See {Buttress}.          2. A projecting wharf or landing place.          {Abutment pier}, the pier of a bridge next the shore; a pier             which by its strength and stability resists the thrust of             an arch.          {Pier glass}, a mirror, of high and narrow shape, to be put             up between windows.          {Pier table}, a table made to stand between windows.
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Band \Band\ (b[acr]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banded}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Banding}.]       1. To bind or tie with a band.          2. To mark with a band.          3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. [bd]Banded             against his throne.[b8] --Milton.          {Banded architrave}, {pier}, {shaft}, etc. (Arch.), an             architrave, pier, etc., of which the regular profile is             interrupted by blocks or projections crossing it at right             angles.
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Pier \Pier\, n. [OE. pere, OF. piere a stone, F. pierre, fr. L.       petra, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Petrify}.]       1. (Arch.)             (a) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or                   supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a                   bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.             (b) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to                   stiffen a wall. See {Buttress}.          2. A projecting wharf or landing place.          {Abutment pier}, the pier of a bridge next the shore; a pier             which by its strength and stability resists the thrust of             an arch.          {Pier glass}, a mirror, of high and narrow shape, to be put             up between windows.          {Pier table}, a table made to stand between windows.
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Band \Band\ (b[acr]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banded}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Banding}.]       1. To bind or tie with a band.          2. To mark with a band.          3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. [bd]Banded             against his throne.[b8] --Milton.          {Banded architrave}, {pier}, {shaft}, etc. (Arch.), an             architrave, pier, etc., of which the regular profile is             interrupted by blocks or projections crossing it at right             angles.
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Pirai \Pi*rai"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Piraya}.
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Pirie \Pir"ie\, n. (Naut.)       See {Pirry}.
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Pirie \Pir"ie\, n. [See {Pear}.] (Bot.)       A pear tree. [Written also {pery}, {pyrie}.] [Obs.]       --Chaucer.
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Pirry \Pir"ry\, Pirrie \Pir"rie\, n. [Cf. Scot. pirr a gentle       breeze, Icel. byrr a prosperous wind, bylr a blast of wind.]       A rough gale of wind. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.
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Pirry \Pir"ry\, Pirrie \Pir"rie\, n. [Cf. Scot. pirr a gentle       breeze, Icel. byrr a prosperous wind, bylr a blast of wind.]       A rough gale of wind. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.
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Poor \Poor\, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.]       [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the       first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see       {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare,       procure. See {Few}, and cf. {Parade}, {Pauper}, {Poverty}.]       1. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or             goods; needy; indigent.          Note: It is often synonymous with indigent and with                necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied                to persons who are not entirely destitute of property,                but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor                people.          2. (Law) So completely destitute of property as to be             entitled to maintenance from the public.          3. Hence, in very various applications: Destitute of such             qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be             expected; as:             (a) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean;                   emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.                   [bd]Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very                   ill-favored and lean-fleshed.[b8] --Gen. xli. 19.             (b) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as,                   poor health; poor spirits. [bd]His genius . . . poor                   and cowardly.[b8] --Bacon.             (c) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby;                   mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. [bd]A poor                   vessel.[b8] --Clarendon.             (d) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; --                   said of land; as, poor soil.             (e) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor                   discourse; a poor picture.             (f) Without prosperous conditions or good results;                   unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor                   business; the sick man had a poor night.             (g) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor                   excuse.                               That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea                            or apology at the last day.         --Calamy.          4. Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a             term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and             sometimes as a word of contempt.                         And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray.                                                                               --Shak.                         Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. --Prior.          5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.             [bd]Blessed are the poor in spirit.[b8] --Matt. v. 3.          {Poor law}, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or             support of the poor.          {Poor man's treacle} (Bot.), garlic; -- so called because it             was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng]             --Dr. Prior.          {Poor man's weatherglass} (Bot.), the red-flowered pimpernel             ({Anagallis arvensis}), which opens its blossoms only in             fair weather.          {Poor rate}, an assessment or tax, as in an English parish,             for the relief or support of the poor.          {Poor soldier} (Zo[94]l.), the friar bird.          {The poor}, those who are destitute of property; the             indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on             charity or maintenance by the public. [bd]I have observed             the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less             they provide for themselves.[b8] --Franklin.
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Poor \Poor\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A small European codfish ({Gadus minutus}); -- called also       {power cod}.
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Pore \Pore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pored}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Poring}.] [OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to       poke, thrust, Gael. purr.]       To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the       attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now       usually with over.[bd]Painfully to pore upon a book.[b8]       --Shak.                   The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same                thing.                                                   --Dryden.
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Pore \Pore\, n. [F., fr. L. porus, Gr. [?] a passage, a pore.       See {Fare}, v.]       1. One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable             membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.          2. A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the             constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the             pores of stones.
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Pory \Por"y\, a.       Porous; as, pory stone. [R.] Dryden.
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Pour \Pour\, v. i.       To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall       continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people       poured out of the theater.                   In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. --Gay.
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Pour \Pour\, n.       A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.]       [bd]A pour of rain.[b8] --Miss Ferrier.
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Pour \Pour\, a.       Poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pour \Pour\, v. i.       To pore. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pour \Pour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poured}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pouring}.] [OE. pouren, of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to       cast, throw, shed, bwrw gwlaw to rain.]       1. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything             flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it;             as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a             decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or             dust.          2. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let             escape freely or wholly.                         I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord. --1                                                                               Sam. i. 15.                         Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee.                                                                               --Ezek. vii.                                                                               8.                         London doth pour out her citizens !   --Shak.                         Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With                      such a full and unwithdrawing hand ?   --Milton.          3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge             uninterruptedly.                         Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? --Pope.
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Accumulation \Ac*cu`mu*la"tion\, n. [L. accumulatio; cf. F.       accumulation.]       1. The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated,             or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of             earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.          2. (Law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.          {Accumulation of energy} or {power}, the storing of energy by             means of weights lifted or masses put in motion;             electricity stored.          {An accumulation of degrees} (Eng. Univ.), the taking of             several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or             than is allowed by the rules.
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Power \Pow"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Poor}, the fish.
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Power \Pow"er\, n. [OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F.       pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to       be able, to have power. See {Possible}, {Potent}, and cf.       {Posse comitatus}.]       1. Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the             faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for             action or performance; capability of producing an effect,             whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of             great power; the power of capillary attraction; money             gives power. [bd]One next himself in power, and next in             crime.[b8] --Milton.          2. Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength,             force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in             moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in             producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm. [bd]The             power of fancy.[b8] --Shak.          3. Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted             upon; susceptibility; -- called also {passive power}; as,             great power of endurance.                         Power, then, is active and passive; faculty is                      active power or capacity; capacity is passive power.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          4. The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the             exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion;             sway; command; government.                         Power is no blessing in itself but when it is                      employed to protect the innocent.      --Swift.          5. The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual             invested with authority; an institution, or government,             which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe;             hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.             [bd]The powers of darkness.[b8] --Milton.                         And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.                                                                               --Matt. xxiv.                                                                               29.          6. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.             --Spenser.                         Never such a power . . . Was levied in the body of a                      land.                                                --Shak.
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Accumulation \Ac*cu`mu*la"tion\, n. [L. accumulatio; cf. F.       accumulation.]       1. The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated,             or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of             earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.          2. (Law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.          {Accumulation of energy} or {power}, the storing of energy by             means of weights lifted or masses put in motion;             electricity stored.          {An accumulation of degrees} (Eng. Univ.), the taking of             several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or             than is allowed by the rules.
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Power \Pow"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Poor}, the fish.
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Power \Pow"er\, n. [OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F.       pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to       be able, to have power. See {Possible}, {Potent}, and cf.       {Posse comitatus}.]       1. Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the             faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for             action or performance; capability of producing an effect,             whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of             great power; the power of capillary attraction; money             gives power. [bd]One next himself in power, and next in             crime.[b8] --Milton.          2. Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength,             force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in             moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in             producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm. [bd]The             power of fancy.[b8] --Shak.          3. Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted             upon; susceptibility; -- called also {passive power}; as,             great power of endurance.                         Power, then, is active and passive; faculty is                      active power or capacity; capacity is passive power.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          4. The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the             exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion;             sway; command; government.                         Power is no blessing in itself but when it is                      employed to protect the innocent.      --Swift.          5. The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual             invested with authority; an institution, or government,             which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe;             hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.             [bd]The powers of darkness.[b8] --Milton.                         And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.                                                                               --Matt. xxiv.                                                                               29.          6. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.             --Spenser.                         Never such a power . . . Was levied in the body of a                      land.                                                --Shak.
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Pr91- \Pr[91]-\       A prefix. See {Pre-}.
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Pre- \Pre-\ [L. prae, adv. & prep., before, akin to pro, and to       E. for, prep.: cf. F. pr[82]-. See {Pro-}, and cf. {Prior}.]       A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as,       precede, to go before; precursor, a forerunner; prefix, to       fix or place before; pre[89]minent eminent before or above       others. Pre- is sometimes used intensively, as in prepotent,       very potent. [Written also {pr[91]-}.]
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Pr91- \Pr[91]-\       A prefix. See {Pre-}.
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Pre- \Pre-\ [L. prae, adv. & prep., before, akin to pro, and to       E. for, prep.: cf. F. pr[82]-. See {Pro-}, and cf. {Prior}.]       A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as,       precede, to go before; precursor, a forerunner; prefix, to       fix or place before; pre[89]minent eminent before or above       others. Pre- is sometimes used intensively, as in prepotent,       very potent. [Written also {pr[91]-}.]
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Pray \Pray\, n. & v.       See {Pry}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Pray \Pray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Praying}.] [OE. preien, OF. preier, F. prier, L. precari,       fr. prex, precis, a prayer, a request; akin to Skr. prach to       ask, AS. frignan, fr[c6]nan, fricgan, G. fragen, Goth.       fra[a1]hnan. Cf. {Deprecate}, {Imprecate}, {Precarious}.]       To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something       desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to       a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to       address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession,       supplication, and thanksgiving.                   And to his goddess pitously he preyde.   --Chaucer.                   When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou                hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in                secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall                reward thee openly.                                 --Matt. vi. 6.          {I pray}, [or] (by ellipsis) {Pray}, I beg; I request; I             entreat you; -- used in asking a question, making a             request, introducing a petition, etc.; as, Pray, allow me             to go.                         I pray, sir. why am I beaten?            --Shak.          Syn: To entreat; supplicate; beg; implore; invoke; beseech;                petition.
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Pray \Pray\, v. t.       1. To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat;             to implore; to beseech.                         And as this earl was preyed, so did he. --Chaucer.                         We pray you . . . by ye reconciled to God. --2 Cor.                                                                               v. 20.          2. To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication;             to entreat for.                         I know not how to pray your patience. --Shak.          3. To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out             of purgatory. --Milman.          {To pray in aid}. (Law)             (a) To call in as a helper one who has an interest in the                   cause. --Bacon.             (b) A phrase often used to signify claiming the benefit of                   an argument. See under {Aid}. --Mozley & W.
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Pre- \Pre-\ [L. prae, adv. & prep., before, akin to pro, and to       E. for, prep.: cf. F. pr[82]-. See {Pro-}, and cf. {Prior}.]       A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as,       precede, to go before; precursor, a forerunner; prefix, to       fix or place before; pre[89]minent eminent before or above       others. Pre- is sometimes used intensively, as in prepotent,       very potent. [Written also {pr[91]-}.]
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Prey \Prey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Preying}.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See       {Prey}, n.]       To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by       violence.                   More pity that the eagle should be mewed, While kites                and buzzards prey at liberty.                  --Shak.          {To prey on} [or] {upon}.       (a) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob.             --Shak.       (b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize             and devour. --Shak.       (c) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away;             as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. --Addison.
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Prey \Prey\, n. [OF. preie, F. proie, L. praeda, probably for       praeheda. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Depredate},       {Predatory}.]       Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything       taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.                   And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the                spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest. --Num. xxxi.                                                                               12.          2. That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be             devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.                         The old lion perisheth for lack of prey. --Job iv.                                                                               ii.                         Already sees herself the monster's prey. --Dryden.          3. The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.                         Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, . . . lion in prey.                                                                               --Shak.          {Beast of prey}, a carnivorous animal; one that feeds on the             flesh of other animals.
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Prie \Prie\, n. (Bot.)       The plant privet. [Obs.] --Tusser.
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Prie \Prie\, v. i.       To pry. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pro- \Pro-\ [L. pro, or Gr. [?]. See {Pro}.]       A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf       of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before;       proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward;       prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel,       prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word       instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a       consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.
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Pro \Pro\, adv.       For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in       contrast with {con}.          {Pro and con}, for and against, on the affirmative and on the             negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con;             -- formerly used also as a verb.          {Pros and cons}, the arguments or reasons on either side.
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Pro- \Pro-\ [L. pro, or Gr. [?]. See {Pro}.]       A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf       of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before;       proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward;       prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel,       prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word       instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a       consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.
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Pro \Pro\, adv.       For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in       contrast with {con}.          {Pro and con}, for and against, on the affirmative and on the             negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con;             -- formerly used also as a verb.          {Pros and cons}, the arguments or reasons on either side.
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Proa \Pro"a\, n. [Malay pr[be][?], pr[be]h[?].] (Naut.)       A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago,       having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an       ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and       narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log       attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It       has been called the {flying proa}, and is the swiftest       sailing craft known.
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Prow \Prow\, n. [F. proue (cf. Sp. & Pg. proa, It. prua), L.       prora, Gr. [?], akin to [?] before. See {Pro-}, and cf.       {Prore}.]       The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the       vessel itself. --Wordsworth.                   The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with                beaked prow rode tilting o'er the waves. --Milton.
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Prow \Prow\, a. [Compar. {Prower}; superl. {Prowest}.] [OF.       prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be       useful. See {Pro-}, and cf. {Prude}.]       Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] --Tennyson.                   The prowest knight that ever field did fight.                                                                               --Spenser.
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Prow \Prow\, n.       See {Proa}.
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Prow \Prow\, n. [OE. & OF. prou. See {Prow}, a.]       Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.]                   That shall be for your hele and for your prow.                                                                               --Chaucer.
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Pry \Pry\, n. [Corrupted fr. prize a lever. See {Prize}, n.]       A lever; also, leverage. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]          {Pry pole}, the pole which forms the prop of a hoisting gin,             and stands facing the windlass.
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Pry \Pry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pried}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Prying}.]       To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or       lever; to prize. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]
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Pry \Pry\, v. i. [OE. prien. Cf. {Peer} to peep.]       To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to       discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often       implying reproach. [bd] To pry upon the stars.[b8] --Chaucer.                   Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, To pry into                the secrets of the state.                        --Shak.
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Pry \Pry\, n.       Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
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Puer \Pu"er\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]       The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning.       --Simmonds.
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Pur \Pur\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Purred}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Purring}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. Prov. G. purren.]       To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does       when pleased. [Written also {purr}.]
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Pur \Pur\, v. t.       To signify or express by purring. --Gray.
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Pur \Pur\, n.       The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment       or pleasure. [Written also {purr}.]
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Pure \Pure\, a. [Compar. {Purer}; superl. {Purest}.] [OE. pur,       F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to       clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider,       think, Skr. p[?] to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf.       {Putative}.]       1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free             from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed;             as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.                         The pure fetters on his shins great.   --Chaucer.                         A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. --I.                                                                               Watts.          2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent;             guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. [bd]Keep thyself             pure.[b8] --1 Tim. v. 22.                         Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a                      pure heart, and of a good conscience. --1 Tim. i. 5.          3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or             pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and             actions. [bd]Pure religion and impartial laws.[b8]             --Tickell. [bd]The pure, fine talk of Rome.[b8] --Ascham.                         Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure                      as any that ancient or modern history records.                                                                               --Macaulay.          4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.                         Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon                      the pure table before the Lord.         --Lev. xxiv.                                                                               6.          5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of             some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.          {Pure-impure}, completely or totally impure. [bd]The             inhabitants were pure-impure pagans.[b8] --Fuller.          {Pure blue}. (Chem.) See {Methylene blue}, under {Methylene}.                      {Pure chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}.          {Pure mathematics}, that portion of mathematics which treats             of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to             applied mathematics, which treats of the application of             the principles to the investigation of other branches of             knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See             {Mathematics}. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )          {Pure villenage} (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain             services at the will of the lord. --Blackstone.          Syn: Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine;                unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished;                unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless;                incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate;                innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy.
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Puri \Pur"i\, n. (Chem.)       See {Euxanthin}.
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Euxanthin \Eux*an"thin\, n. [Gr. [?] well + [?] yellow.] (Chem.)       A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a       strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of       herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a       magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also {puri},       {purree}, and {Indian yellow}.
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Puri \Pur"i\, n. (Chem.)       See {Euxanthin}.
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Euxanthin \Eux*an"thin\, n. [Gr. [?] well + [?] yellow.] (Chem.)       A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a       strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of       herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a       magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also {puri},       {purree}, and {Indian yellow}.
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Pur \Pur\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Purred}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Purring}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. Prov. G. purren.]       To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does       when pleased. [Written also {purr}.]
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Pur \Pur\, n.       The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment       or pleasure. [Written also {purr}.]
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Purr \Purr\, v. i. & t.       To murmur as a cat. See {Pur}.
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Purr \Purr\, n.       The low murmuring sound made by a cat; pur. See {Pur}.
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Pur \Pur\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Purred}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Purring}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. Prov. G. purren.]       To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does       when pleased. [Written also {purr}.]
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Pur \Pur\, n.       The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment       or pleasure. [Written also {purr}.]
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Purr \Purr\, v. i. & t.       To murmur as a cat. See {Pur}.
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Purr \Purr\, n.       The low murmuring sound made by a cat; pur. See {Pur}.
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Purre \Purre\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
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Purree \Pur"ree\, n. [Hind. peori yellow.] (Chem.)       A yellow coloring matter. See {Euxanthin}.
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Euxanthin \Eux*an"thin\, n. [Gr. [?] well + [?] yellow.] (Chem.)       A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a       strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of       herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a       magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also {puri},       {purree}, and {Indian yellow}.
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Purree \Pur"ree\, n. [Hind. peori yellow.] (Chem.)       A yellow coloring matter. See {Euxanthin}.
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Euxanthin \Eux*an"thin\, n. [Gr. [?] well + [?] yellow.] (Chem.)       A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a       strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of       herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a       magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also {puri},       {purree}, and {Indian yellow}.
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Pyro- \Pyro-\, Pyr- \Pyr-\ . [Gr. [?], [?], fire.]       Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically       (Chem.), used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by       the action of heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric,       pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic, etc.
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Pyre \Pyre\, n. [L. pure, Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See {Fire}.]       A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are       burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.                   For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The                pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. --Pope.
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Pirie \Pir"ie\, n. [See {Pear}.] (Bot.)       A pear tree. [Written also {pery}, {pyrie}.] [Obs.]       --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyro- \Pyro-\, Pyr- \Pyr-\ . [Gr. [?], [?], fire.]       Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically       (Chem.), used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by       the action of heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric,       pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyro \Py"ro\, n. (Photog.)       Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyro- \Pyro-\, Pyr- \Pyr-\ . [Gr. [?], [?], fire.]       Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically       (Chem.), used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by       the action of heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric,       pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyro \Py"ro\, n. (Photog.)       Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid. [Colloq.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Peoria, AZ (city, FIPS 54050)       Location: 33.68848 N, 112.24446 W       Population (1990): 50618 (21944 housing units)       Area: 159.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 85345, 85381, 85382    Peoria, IL (city, FIPS 59000)       Location: 40.74496 N, 89.60922 W       Population (1990): 113504 (48260 housing units)       Area: 105.9 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61602, 61604, 61605, 61606, 61615    Peoria, OK (town, FIPS 58100)       Location: 36.91596 N, 94.66922 W       Population (1990): 136 (63 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Perry, AR (town, FIPS 54650)       Location: 35.04487 N, 92.79382 W       Population (1990): 228 (94 housing units)       Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72125    Perry, FL (city, FIPS 56150)       Location: 30.10869 N, 83.58172 W       Population (1990): 7151 (2898 housing units)       Area: 24.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 32347    Perry, GA (city, FIPS 60340)       Location: 32.46409 N, 83.73801 W       Population (1990): 9452 (3732 housing units)       Area: 38.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 31069    Perry, IA (city, FIPS 62355)       Location: 41.84212 N, 94.09979 W       Population (1990): 6652 (2860 housing units)       Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50220    Perry, IL (village, FIPS 59156)       Location: 39.78243 N, 90.74724 W       Population (1990): 491 (240 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 62362    Perry, KS (city, FIPS 55450)       Location: 39.07318 N, 95.38738 W       Population (1990): 881 (376 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 66073    Perry, ME       Zip code(s): 04667    Perry, MI (city, FIPS 63700)       Location: 42.82088 N, 84.22825 W       Population (1990): 2163 (759 housing units)       Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 48872    Perry, MO (city, FIPS 57080)       Location: 39.42995 N, 91.66793 W       Population (1990): 711 (382 housing units)       Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 63462    Perry, NY (village, FIPS 57243)       Location: 42.71732 N, 78.00673 W       Population (1990): 4219 (1794 housing units)       Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 14530    Perry, OH (village, FIPS 61882)       Location: 41.76735 N, 81.14305 W       Population (1990): 1012 (340 housing units)       Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 44081    Perry, OK (city, FIPS 58250)       Location: 36.28766 N, 97.30422 W       Population (1990): 4978 (2408 housing units)       Area: 15.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 73077    Perry, SC (town, FIPS 55960)       Location: 33.62700 N, 81.30921 W       Population (1990): 241 (99 housing units)       Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Perry, UT (city, FIPS 59390)       Location: 41.46485 N, 112.03434 W       Population (1990): 1211 (374 housing units)       Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Peru, IA       Zip code(s): 50222    Peru, IL (city, FIPS 59234)       Location: 41.34175 N, 89.12829 W       Population (1990): 9302 (3954 housing units)       Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61354    Peru, IN (city, FIPS 59328)       Location: 40.75364 N, 86.06805 W       Population (1990): 12843 (5732 housing units)       Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 46970    Peru, KS (city, FIPS 55525)       Location: 37.08124 N, 96.09601 W       Population (1990): 206 (114 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67360    Peru, MA       Zip code(s): 01235    Peru, ME       Zip code(s): 04290    Peru, NE (city, FIPS 38960)       Location: 40.47866 N, 95.73102 W       Population (1990): 1110 (334 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68421    Peru, NY (CDP, FIPS 57364)       Location: 44.58002 N, 73.53446 W       Population (1990): 1565 (552 housing units)       Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 12972    Peru, VT       Zip code(s): 05152
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pharr, TX (city, FIPS 57200)       Location: 26.18195 N, 98.18848 W       Population (1990): 32921 (11031 housing units)       Area: 40.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 78577
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pierre, SD (city, FIPS 49600)       Location: 44.37298 N, 100.32248 W       Population (1990): 12906 (5390 housing units)       Area: 33.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 57501
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Piru, CA (CDP, FIPS 57372)       Location: 34.40730 N, 118.79875 W       Population (1990): 1157 (399 housing units)       Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Power, MT       Zip code(s): 59468
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pray, MT       Zip code(s): 59065
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Prue, OK (town, FIPS 60850)       Location: 36.24902 N, 96.26564 W       Population (1990): 346 (192 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 74060
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
payware /pay'weir/ n.   Commercial software.   Oppose {shareware}    or {freeware}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Pari          A system for {symbolic mathematics},       especially {number theory}.          Version 1.37 for {Unix}, {Macintosh}, {MS-DOS}, {Amiga}.          E-mail: .          {(ftp://math.ucla.edu/pub/pari)}.          (1995-04-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
payware          /pay'weir/   Commercial software.   Opposite: {shareware}       or {freeware}.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
peer          A unit of communications hardware or software that is on the       same {protocol layer} of a network as another.   A common way       of viewing a communications link is as two {protocol stack}s,       which are actually connected only at the very lowest       (physical) layer, but can be regarded as being connected at       each higher layer by virtue of the services provided by the       lower layers.   Peer-to-peer communication refers to these real       or virtual connections between corresponding systems in each       layer.          To give a simple example, when two people talk to each other,       the lowest layer is the physical layer which concerns the       sound pressure waves travelling from mouth to ear (so mouths       and ears are peers) the next layer might be the speech and       hearing centres in the people's brains and the top layer their       cerebellums or minds.   Although, barring telepathy, nothing       passes directly between the two minds, there is a peer-to-peer       communication between them.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PER          1. {Packed Encoding Rules}.          2. {partial equivalence relation}.          (1998-05-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
POWER          Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC.   The {IBM}       processor architecture on which {PowerPC} was based.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PR          {Packet Radio}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pr          The {country code} for Puerto Rico.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PR          {Packet Radio}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pr          The {country code} for Puerto Rico.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PRA          PRAgmatics.          The language used by {COPS} for specification of {code       generator}s.          ["Metalanguages of the Compiler Production System COPS", J.       Borowiec, in GI Fachgesprach "Compiler-Compiler", ed       W. Henhapl, Tech Hochs Darmstadt 1978, pp. 122-159].          (1994-11-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PRI          {ISDN} {Primary Rate Interface}.          See also {BRI}          (1994-12-08)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Paarai       opening of the Lord, "the Arbite," one of David's heroes (2 Sam.       23:35); called also Naarai, 1 Chr. 11:37.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Parah       the heifer, a town in Benjamin (Josh. 18:23), supposed to be       identical with the ruins called Far'ah, about 6 miles north-east       of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far'ah, which is a branch of the Wady       Kelt.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Paruah       flourishing, the father of Jehoshaphat, appointed to provide       monthly supplies for Solomon from the tribe of Issachar (1 Kings       4:17).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Peor       opening. (1.) A mountain peak (Num. 23:28) to which Balak led       Balaam as a last effort to induce him to pronounce a curse upon       Israel. When he looked on the tribes encamped in the acacia       groves below him, he could not refrain from giving utterance to       a remarkable benediction (24:1-9). Balak was more than ever       enraged at Balaam, and bade him flee for his life. But before he       went he gave expression to that wonderful prediction regarding       the future of this mysterious people, whose "goodly tents" were       spread out before him, and the coming of a "Star" out of Jacob       and a "Sceptre" out of Israel (24:14-17).                (2.) A Moabite divinity, called also "Baal-peor" (Num. 25:3,       5, 18; comp. Deut. 3:29).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pharaoh       the official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time       when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See {EGYPT}.) The name is a compound, as some think, of the words       Ra, the "sun" or "sun-god," and the article phe, "the,"       prefixed; hence phera, "the sun," or "the sun-god." But others,       perhaps more correctly, think the name derived from Perao, "the       great house" = his majesty = in Turkish, "the Sublime Porte."                (1.) The Pharaoh who was on the throne when Abram went down       into Egypt (Gen. 12:10-20) was probably one of the Hyksos, or       "shepherd kings." The Egyptians called the nomad tribes of Syria       Shasu, "plunderers," their king or chief Hyk, and hence the name       of those invaders who conquered the native kings and established       a strong government, with Zoan or Tanis as their capital. They       were of Semitic origin, and of kindred blood accordingly with       Abram. They were probably driven forward by the pressure of the       Hittites. The name they bear on the monuments is "Mentiu."                (2.) The Pharaoh of Joseph's days (Gen. 41) was probably       Apopi, or Apopis, the last of the Hyksos kings. To the old       native Egyptians, who were an African race, shepherds were "an       abomination;" but to the Hyksos kings these Asiatic shepherds       who now appeared with Jacob at their head were congenial, and       being akin to their own race, had a warm welcome (Gen. 47:5, 6).       Some argue that Joseph came to Egypt in the reign of Thothmes       III., long after the expulsion of the Hyksos, and that his       influence is to be seen in the rise and progress of the       religious revolution in the direction of monotheism which       characterized the middle of the Eighteenth Dynasty. The wife of       Amenophis III., of that dynasty, was a Semite. Is this singular       fact to be explained from the presence of some of Joseph's       kindred at the Egyptian court? Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Thy       father and thy brethren are come unto thee: the land of Egypt is       before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and       brethren to dwell" (Gen. 47:5, 6).                (3.) The "new king who knew not Joseph" (Ex. 1:8-22) has been       generally supposed to have been Aahmes I., or Amosis, as he is       called by Josephus. Recent discoveries, however, have led to the       conclusion that Seti was the "new king."                For about seventy years the Hebrews in Egypt were under the       powerful protection of Joseph. After his death their condition       was probably very slowly and gradually changed. The invaders,       the Hyksos, who for some five centuries had been masters of       Egypt, were driven out, and the old dynasty restored. The       Israelites now began to be looked down upon. They began to be       afflicted and tyrannized over. In process of time a change       appears to have taken place in the government of Egypt. A new       dynasty, the Nineteenth, as it is called, came into power under       Seti I., who was its founder. He associated with him in his       government his son, Rameses II., when he was yet young, probably       ten or twelve years of age.                Note, Professor Maspero, keeper of the museum of Bulak, near       Cairo, had his attention in 1870 directed to the fact that       scarabs, i.e., stone and metal imitations of the beetle (symbols       of immortality), originally worn as amulets by royal personages,       which were evidently genuine relics of the time of the ancient       Pharaohs, were being sold at Thebes and different places along       the Nile. This led him to suspect that some hitherto       undiscovered burial-place of the Pharaohs had been opened, and       that these and other relics, now secretly sold, were a part of       the treasure found there. For a long time he failed, with all       his ingenuity, to find the source of these rare treasures. At       length one of those in the secret volunteered to give       information regarding this burial-place. The result was that a       party was conducted in 1881 to Dier el-Bahari, near Thebes, when       the wonderful discovery was made of thirty-six mummies of kings,       queens, princes, and high priests hidden away in a cavern       prepared for them, where they had lain undisturbed for thirty       centuries. "The temple of Deir el-Bahari stands in the middle of       a natural amphitheatre of cliffs, which is only one of a number       of smaller amphitheatres into which the limestone mountains of       the tombs are broken up. In the wall of rock separating this       basin from the one next to it some ancient Egyptian engineers       had constructed the hiding-place, whose secret had been kept for       nearly three thousand years." The exploring party being guided       to the place, found behind a great rock a shaft 6 feet square       and about 40 feet deep, sunk into the limestone. At the bottom       of this a passage led westward for 25 feet, and then turned       sharply northward into the very heart of the mountain, where in       a chamber 23 feet by 13, and 6 feet in height, they came upon       the wonderful treasures of antiquity. The mummies were all       carefully secured and brought down to Bulak, where they were       deposited in the royal museum, which has now been removed to       Ghizeh.                Among the most notable of the ancient kings of Egypt thus       discovered were Thothmes III., Seti I., and Rameses II. Thothmes       III. was the most distinguished monarch of the brilliant       Eighteenth Dynasty. When this mummy was unwound "once more,       after an interval of thirty-six centuries, human eyes gazed on       the features of the man who had conquered Syria and Cyprus and       Ethiopia, and had raised Egypt to the highest pinnacle of her       power. The spectacle, however, was of brief duration. The       remains proved to be in so fragile a state that there was only       time to take a hasty photograph, and then the features crumbled       to pieces and vanished like an apparition, and so passed away       from human view for ever." "It seems strange that though the       body of this man," who overran Palestine with his armies two       hundred years before the birth of Moses, "mouldered to dust, the       flowers with which it had been wreathed were so wonderfully       preserved that even their colour could be distinguished"       (Manning's Land of the Pharaohs).                Seti I. (his throne name Merenptah), the father of Rameses       II., was a great and successful warrior, also a great builder.       The mummy of this Pharaoh, when unrolled, brought to view "the       most beautiful mummy head ever seen within the walls of the       museum. The sculptors of Thebes and Abydos did not flatter this       Pharaoh when they gave him that delicate, sweet, and smiling       profile which is the admiration of travellers. After a lapse of       thirty-two centuries, the mummy retains the same expression       which characterized the features of the living man. Most       remarkable of all, when compared with the mummy of Rameses II.,       is the striking resemblance between the father and the son. Seti       I. is, as it were, the idealized type of Rameses II. He must       have died at an advanced age. The head is shaven, the eyebrows       are white, the condition of the body points to considerably more       than threescore years of life, thus confirming the opinions of       the learned, who have attributed a long reign to this king."                (4.) Rameses II., the son of Seti I., is probably the Pharaoh       of the Oppression. During his forty years' residence at the       court of Egypt, Moses must have known this ruler well. During       his sojourn in Midian, however, Rameses died, after a reign of       sixty-seven years, and his body embalmed and laid in the royal       sepulchre in the Valley of the Tombs of Kings beside that of his       father. Like the other mummies found hidden in the cave of Deir       el-Bahari, it had been for some reason removed from its original       tomb, and probably carried from place to place till finally       deposited in the cave where it was so recently discovered.                In 1886, the mummy of this king, the "great Rameses," the       "Sesostris" of the Greeks, was unwound, and showed the body of       what must have been a robust old man. The features revealed to       view are thus described by Maspero: "The head is long and small       in proportion to the body. The top of the skull is quite bare.       On the temple there are a few sparse hairs, but at the poll the       hair is quite thick, forming smooth, straight locks about two       inches in length. White at the time of death, they have been       dyed a light yellow by the spices used in embalmment. The       forehead is low and narrow; the brow-ridge prominent; the       eye-brows are thick and white; the eyes are small and close       together; the nose is long, thin, arched like the noses of the       Bourbons; the temples are sunk; the cheek-bones very prominent;       the ears round, standing far out from the head, and pierced,       like those of a woman, for the wearing of earrings; the jaw-bone       is massive and strong; the chin very prominent; the mouth small,       but thick-lipped; the teeth worn and very brittle, but white and       well preserved. The moustache and beard are thin. They seem to       have been kept shaven during life, but were probably allowed to       grow during the king's last illness, or they may have grown       after death. The hairs are white, like those of the head and       eyebrows, but are harsh and bristly, and a tenth of an inch in       length. The skin is of an earthy-brown, streaked with black.       Finally, it may be said, the face of the mummy gives a fair idea       of the face of the living king. The expression is       unintellectual, perhaps slightly animal; but even under the       somewhat grotesque disguise of mummification there is plainly to       be seen an air of sovereign majesty, of resolve, and of pride."                Both on his father's and his mother's side it has been pretty       clearly shown that Rameses had Chaldean or Mesopotamian blood in       his veins to such a degree that he might be called an Assyrian.       This fact is thought to throw light on Isa. 52:4.                (5.) The Pharaoh of the Exodus was probably Menephtah I., the       fourteenth and eldest surviving son of Rameses II. He resided at       Zoan, where he had the various interviews with Moses and Aaron       recorded in the book of Exodus. His mummy was not among those       found at Deir el-Bahari. It is still a question, however,       whether Seti II. or his father Menephtah was the Pharaoh of the       Exodus. Some think the balance of evidence to be in favour of       the former, whose reign it is known began peacefully, but came       to a sudden and disastrous end. The "Harris papyrus," found at       Medinet-Abou in Upper Egypt in 1856, a state document written by       Rameses III., the second king of the Twentieth Dynasty, gives at       length an account of a great exodus from Egypt, followed by       wide-spread confusion and anarchy. This, there is great reason       to believe, was the Hebrew exodus, with which the Nineteenth       Dynasty of the Pharaohs came to an end. This period of anarchy       was brought to a close by Setnekht, the founder of the Twentieth       Dynasty.                "In the spring of 1896, Professor Flinders Petrie discovered,       among the ruins of the temple of Menephtah at Thebes, a large       granite stela, on which is engraved a hymn of victory       commemorating the defeat of Libyan invaders who had overrun the       Delta. At the end other victories of Menephtah are glanced at,       and it is said that 'the Israelites (I-s-y-r-a-e-l-u) are       minished (?) so that they have no seed.' Menephtah was son and       successor of Rameses II., the builder of Pithom, and Egyptian       scholars have long seen in him the Pharaoh of the Exodus. The       Exodus is also placed in his reign by the Egyptian legend of the       event preserved by the historian Manetho. In the inscription the       name of the Israelites has no determinative of 'country' or       'district' attached to it, as is the case with all the other       names (Canaan, Ashkelon, Gezer, Khar or Southern Palestine,       etc.) mentioned along with it, and it would therefore appear       that at the time the hymn was composed, the Israelites had       already been lost to the sight of the Egyptians in the desert.       At all events they must have had as yet no fixed home or       district of their own. We may therefore see in the reference to       them the Pharaoh's version of the Exodus, the disasters which       befell the Egyptians being naturally passed over in silence, and       only the destruction of the 'men children' of the Israelites       being recorded. The statement of the Egyptian poet is a       remarkable parallel to Ex. 1:10-22."                (6.) The Pharaoh of 1 Kings 11:18-22.                (7.) So, king of Egypt (2 Kings 17:4).                (8.) The Pharaoh of 1 Chr. 4:18.                (9.) Pharaoh, whose daughter Solomon married (1 Kings 3:1;       7:8).                (10.) Pharaoh, in whom Hezekiah put his trust in his war       against Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:21).                (11.) The Pharaoh by whom Josiah was defeated and slain at       Megiddo (2 Chr. 35:20-24; 2 Kings 23:29, 30). (See {NECHO}.)                (12.) Pharaoh-hophra, who in vain sought to relieve Jerusalem       when it was besieged by Nebuchadnezzar (q.v.), 2 Kings 25:1-4;       comp. Jer. 37:5-8; Ezek. 17:11-13. (See {ZEDEKIAH}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Poor       The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially       important. (1.) They had the right of gleaning the fields (Lev.       19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19,21).                (2.) In the sabbatical year they were to have their share of       the produce of the fields and the vineyards (Ex. 23:11; Lev.       25:6).                (3.) In the year of jubilee they recovered their property       (Lev. 25:25-30).                (4.) Usury was forbidden, and the pledged raiment was to be       returned before the sun went down (Ex. 22:25-27; Deut.       24:10-13). The rich were to be generous to the poor (Deut.       15:7-11).                (5.) In the sabbatical and jubilee years the bond-servant was       to go free (Deut. 15:12-15; Lev. 25:39-42, 47-54).                (6.) Certain portions from the tithes were assigned to the       poor (Deut. 14:28, 29; 26:12, 13).                (7.) They shared in the feasts (Deut. 16:11, 14; Neh. 8:10).                (8.) Wages were to be paid at the close of each day (Lev.       19:13).                In the New Testament (Luke 3:11; 14:13; Acts 6:1; Gal. 2:10;       James 2:15, 16) we have similar injunctions given with reference       to the poor. Begging was not common under the Old Testament,       while it was so in the New Testament times (Luke 16:20, 21,       etc.). But begging in the case of those who are able to work is       forbidden, and all such are enjoined to "work with their own       hands" as a Christian duty (1 Thess. 4:11; 2 Thess. 3:7-13; Eph.       4:28). This word is used figuratively in Matt. 5:3; Luke 6:20; 2       Cor. 8:9; Rev. 3:17.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Paarai, opening
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Parah, a cow; increasing
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Paruah, flourishing; that flies away
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Peor, hole; opening
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pharaoh, that disperses; that spoils
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Phurah, that bears fruit, or grows
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pur, Purim, lot
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Peru       Peru:Geography       Location: Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean,    between Chile and Ecuador       Map references: South America       Area:    total area: 1,285,220 sq km    land area: 1.28 million sq km    comparative area: slightly smaller than Alaska       Land boundaries: total 6,940 km, Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km,    Chile 160 km, Colombia 2,900 km, Ecuador 1,420 km       Coastline: 2,414 km       Maritime claims:    continental shelf: 200 nm    territorial sea: 200 nm       International disputes: three sections of the boundary with Ecuador    are in dispute       Climate: varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west       Terrain: western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in    center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva)       Natural resources: copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron    ore, coal, phosphate, potash       Land use:    arable land: 3%    permanent crops: 0%    meadows and pastures: 21%    forest and woodland: 55%    other: 21%       Irrigated land: 12,500 sq km (1989 est.)       Environment:    current issues: deforestation; overgrazing of the slopes of the costa    and sierra leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in    Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining    wastes    natural hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild    volcanic activity    international agreements: party to - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol,    Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species,    Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship    Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not    ratified - Desertification, Tropical Timber 94       Note: shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake,    with Bolivia       Peru:People       Population: 24,087,372 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: 35% (female 4,152,520; male 4,296,293)    15-64 years: 61% (female 7,280,287; male 7,378,227)    65 years and over: 4% (female 535,156; male 444,889) (July 1995 est.)       Population growth rate: 1.8% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 24.88 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 6.84 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Infant mortality rate: 52.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 66.07 years    male: 63.86 years    female: 68.38 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 3 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Peruvian(s)    adjective: Peruvian       Ethnic divisions: Indian 45%, mestizo (mixed Indian and European    ancestry) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%       Religions: Roman Catholic       Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara       Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)    total population: 82%    male: 92%    female: 74%       Labor force: 8 million (1992)    by occupation: government and other services 44%, agriculture 37%,    industry 19% (1988 est.)       Peru:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Republic of Peru    conventional short form: Peru    local long form: Republica del Peru    local short form: Peru       Digraph: PE       Type: republic       Capital: Lima       Administrative divisions: 24 departments (departamentos, singular -    departamento) and 1 constitutional province* (provincia    constitucional); Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho,    Cajamarca, Callao*, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La    Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco,    Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali    note: the 1979 Constitution mandated the creation of regions    (regiones, singular - region) to function eventually as autonomous    economic and administrative entities; so far, 12 regions have been    constituted from 23 of the 24 departments - Amazonas (from Loreto),    Andres Avelino Caceres (from Huanuco, Pasco, Junin), Arequipa (from    Arequipa), Chavin (from Ancash), Grau (from Tumbes, Piura), Inca (from    Cusco, Madre de Dios, Apurimac), La Libertad (from La Libertad), Los    Libertadores-Huari (from Ica, Ayacucho, Huancavelica), Mariategui    (from Moquegua, Tacna, Puno), Nor Oriental del Maranon (from    Lambayeque, Cajamarca, Amazonas), San Martin (from San Martin),    Ucayali (from Ucayali); formation of another region has been delayed    by the reluctance of the constitutional province of Callao to merge    with the department of Lima; because of inadequate funding from the    central government and organizational and political difficulties, the    regions have yet to assume major responsibilities; the 1993    Constitution retains the regions but limits their authority; the 1993    Constitution also reaffirms the roles of departmental and municipal    governments.       Independence: 28 July 1821 (from Spain)       National holiday: Independence Day, 28 July (1821)       Constitution: 31 December 1993       Legal system: based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory    ICJ jurisdiction       Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal       Executive branch:    chief of state and head of government: President Alberto Kenyo    FUJIMORI Fujimori (since 28 July 1990); election last held 9 April    1995 (next to be held NA 2000); results - Alberto FUJIMORI 64.42%,    Javier PEREZ de CUELLAR 21.80%, Mercedes CABANILLAS 4.11%, other 9.67%       cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president    note: Prime Minister Efrain GOLDENBERG Schreiber (since NA February    1994) does not exercise executive power; this power is in the hands of    the president       Legislative branch: unicameral    Congress: elections last held 9 April 1995 (next to be held NA 2000);    results - C90/NM 52.1% of the total vote, UPP 14%, eleven other    parties 33.9%; seats - (120 total, when installed on 28 July 1995)    C90/NM 67, UPP 17, APRA 8, FIM 6, (CODE)-Pais Posible 5, AP 4, PPC 3,    Renovacion 3, IU 2, OBRAS 2, MIA 1, FRENATRACA 1, (FREPAP) 1       Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia)       Political parties and leaders: Change 90-New Majority (C90/NM),    Alberto FUJIMORI; Union for Peru (UPP), Javier PEREZ de CUELLAR;    American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA), Agustin MANTILLA    Campos; Independent Moralizing Front (FIM), Fernando OLIVERA Vega;    Democratic Coordinator (CODE) - Pais Posible, Jose BARBA Caballero and    Alejandro TOLEDO; Popular Action Party (AP), Raul DIEZ CANSECO;    Popular Christian Party (PPC), Luis BEDOYA Reyes; Renovacion, Rafael    REY Rey; Civic Works Movement (OBRAS), Ricardo BELMONT; United Left    (IU), Agustin HAYA de la TORRE; Independent Agrarian Movement (MIA),    Rolando SALVATERRIE; Peru 2000-National Front of Workers and Peasants    (FRENATRACA), Roger CACARES; Popular Agricultural Front (FREPAP),    Ezequiel ATAUCUSI       Other political or pressure groups: leftist guerrilla groups include    Shining Path, Abimael GUZMAN Reynoso (imprisoned); Tupac Amaru    Revolutionary Movement, Nestor SERPA and Victor POLAY (imprisoned)       Member of: AG, CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT,    IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,    IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU,    LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG (suspended), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,    UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO       Diplomatic representation in US:    chief of mission: Ambassador Ricardo V. LUNA Mendoza    chancery: 1700 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036    telephone: [1] (202) 833-9860 through 9869    FAX: [1] (202) 659-8124    consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York,    Paterson (New Jersey), and San Francisco       US diplomatic representation:    chief of mission: Ambassador Alvin P. ADAMS, Jr.    embassy: corner of Avenida Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and Avenida    Espana, Lima    mailing address: P. O. Box 1995, Lima 1; American Embassy (Lima), APO    AA 34031    telephone: [51] (14) 338000    FAX: [51] (14) 316682       Flag: three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), white, and red    with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms    features a shield bearing a llama, cinchona tree (the source of    quinine), and a yellow cornucopia spilling out gold coins, all framed    by a green wreath       Economy       Overview: The Peruvian economy has become increasingly    market-oriented, with major privatizations completed in 1994 in the    mining and telecommunications industries. In the 1980s the economy    suffered from hyperinflation, declining per capita output, and    mounting external debt. Peru was shut off from IMF and World Bank    support in the mid-1980s because of its huge debt arrears. An    austerity program implemented shortly after the FUJIMORI government    took office in July 1990 contributed to a third consecutive yearly    contraction of economic activity, but the slide came to a halt late    that year, and in 1991 output rose 2.4%. After a burst of inflation as    the austerity program eliminated government price subsidies, monthly    price increases eased to the single-digit level and by December 1991    dropped to the lowest increase since mid-1987. Lima obtained a    financial rescue package from multilateral lenders in September 1991,    although it faced $14 billion in arrears on its external debt. By    working with the IMF and World Bank on new financial conditions and    arrangements, the government succeeded in ending its arrears by March    1993. In 1992, GDP had fallen by 2.8%, in part because a    warmer-than-usual El Nino current resulted in a 30% drop in the fish    catch, but the economy rebounded as strong foreign investment helped    push growth to 6% in 1993 and 8.6% in 1994.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $73.6 billion (1994    est.)       National product real growth rate: 8.6% (1994 est.)       National product per capita: $3,110 (1994 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15% (1994 est.)       Unemployment rate: 15%; extensive underemployment (1992 est.)       Budget:    revenues: $2 billion    expenditures: $1.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $300    million (1992 est.)       Exports: $4.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)    commodities: copper, zinc, fishmeal, crude petroleum and byproducts,    lead, refined silver, coffee, cotton    partners: US 19%, Japan 9%, Italy, Germany       Imports: $5.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)    commodities: machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum,    iron and steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals    partners: US 21%, Colombia, Argentina, Japan, Germany, Brazil       External debt: $22.4 billion (1994 est.)       Industrial production: NA       Electricity:    capacity: 4,190,000 kW    production: 11.2 billion kWh    consumption per capita: 448 kWh (1993)       Industries: mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles, clothing,    food processing, cement, auto assembly, steel, shipbuilding, metal    fabrication       Agriculture: accounts for 12% of GDP, about 35% of labor force;    commercial crops - coffee, cotton, sugarcane; other crops - rice,    wheat, potatoes, plantains, coca; animal products - poultry, red    meats, dairy, wool; not self-sufficient in grain or vegetable oil;    fish catch of 6.9 million metric tons (1990)       Illicit drugs: world's largest coca leaf producer with about 108,600    hectares under cultivation in 1994; source of supply for most of the    world's coca paste and cocaine base; at least 85% of coca cultivation    is for illicit production; most of cocaine base is shipped to    Colombian drug dealers for processing into cocaine for the    international drug market, but exports of finished cocaine are    increasing       Economic aid:    recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1.7 billion;    Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments    (1970-89), $4.3 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $577 million       Currency: 1 nuevo sol (S/.) = 100 centimos       Exchange rates: nuevo sol (S/.) per US$1 - 2.20 (February 1995), 2.195    (1994),1.988 (1993), 1.245 (1992), 0.772 (1991), 0.187 (1990)       Fiscal year: calendar year       Peru:Transportation       Railroads:    total: 1,801 km    standard gauge: 1,501 km 1.435-m gauge    narrow gauge: 300 km 0.914-m gauge       Highways:    total: 69,942 km    paved: 7,459 km    unpaved: improved earth 13,538 km; unimproved earth 48,945 km       Inland waterways: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system    and 208 km of Lago Titicaca       Pipelines: crude oil 800 km; natural gas and natural gas liquids 64 km       Ports: Callao, Chimbote, Ilo, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa,    Salaverry, San Martin, Talara, Yurimaguas    note: Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are all on the upper reaches    of the Amazon and its tributaries       Merchant marine:    total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 90,501 GRT/144,913 DWT    ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 6, refrigerated cargo 1    note: in addition, 4 naval tankers and 1 naval cargo are sometimes    used commercially       Airports:    total: 236    with paved runways over 3,047 m: 6    with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 16    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 11    with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 5    with paved runways under 914 m: 97    with unpaved runways over 3,047 m: 1    with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2    with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 21    with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 77       Peru:Communications       Telephone system: 544,000 telephones; fairly adequate for most    requirements    local: NA    intercity: nationwide microwave radio relay system and 12 domestic    satellite links    international: 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 273, FM 0, shortwave 144    radios: NA       Television:    broadcast stations: 140    televisions: NA       Peru:Defense Forces       Branches: Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru),    Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru), National Police       Manpower availability: males age 15-49 6,369,157; males fit for    military service 4,300,772; males reach military age (20) annually    251,798 (1995 est.)       Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $810 million, about    2.7% of GDP (1994)