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   paterfamilias
         n 1: the male head of family or tribe [syn: {patriarch},
               {paterfamilias}]

English Dictionary: putrefaction	by the DICT Development Group
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Pee Dee River n a river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean Synonym(s): Pee Dee, Pee Dee River
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Peter Abelard n French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142) Synonym(s): Abelard, Peter Abelard, Pierre Abelard
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Peter Behrens n German architect known for his simple utilitarian factory buildings (1868-1940) Synonym(s): Behrens, Peter Behrens
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Peter Pan n a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up
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Peter Pan collar n a flat collar with rounded ends that meet in front
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Peter Paul Mauser n German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914) Synonym(s): Mauser, von Mauser, P. P. von Mauser, Peter Paul Mauser
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Peter Paul Rubens n prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English king Charles I (1577-1640) Synonym(s): Rubens, Peter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
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Peterburg n a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia Synonym(s): St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg
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petrifaction n the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape Synonym(s): petrifaction, petrification a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form
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petrification n the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape Synonym(s): petrifaction, petrification
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Petrified Forest National Park n a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees
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petrify v cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking" change into stone; "the wood petrified with time" Synonym(s): lapidify, petrify make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" Synonym(s): rigidify, ossify, petrify
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petrifying adj paralyzing with terror
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Pieter Breughel n Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569) [syn: Brueghel, Breughel, Bruegel, Pieter Brueghel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Bruegel, Breughel the Elder, Pieter Brueghel the Elder]
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Pieter Bruegel n Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569) [syn: Brueghel, Breughel, Bruegel, Pieter Brueghel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Bruegel, Breughel the Elder, Pieter Brueghel the Elder]
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Pieter Brueghel n Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569) [syn: Brueghel, Breughel, Bruegel, Pieter Brueghel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Bruegel, Breughel the Elder, Pieter Brueghel the Elder]
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Pieter Brueghel the Elder n Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569) [syn: Brueghel, Breughel, Bruegel, Pieter Brueghel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Bruegel, Breughel the Elder, Pieter Brueghel the Elder]
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pitter-patter adv as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall" Synonym(s): pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-patter describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat" Synonym(s): pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter- patter n a series of rapid tapping sounds; "she missed the pitter- patter of little feet around the house" v rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" Synonym(s): sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain" Synonym(s): patter, pitter-patter
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potherb n any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning
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potter bee n solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant
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pouter pigeon n one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out Synonym(s): pouter pigeon, pouter
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powder blue adj of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue [syn: {powder blue}, powdery-blue] n a pale blue color with grey in it
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powder flask n container for carrying gunpowder; made of the hollow horn of an animal Synonym(s): powder horn, powder flask
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powder photography n a process for identifying minerals or crystals; a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays; the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification Synonym(s): powder photography, powder method, powder technique
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powder-post termite n extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions Synonym(s): powder-post termite, Cryptotermes brevis
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powder-puff adj used of competitive activities in which only women take part; "powder-puff baseball"; "a powder-puff football game"
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powderpuff n a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin Synonym(s): powderpuff, puff
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powdery-blue adj of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue [syn: {powder blue}, powdery-blue]
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pteropogon n southern Australian plant having feathery hairs surrounding the fruit Synonym(s): pteropogon, Pteropogon humboltianum
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Pteropogon humboltianum n southern Australian plant having feathery hairs surrounding the fruit Synonym(s): pteropogon, Pteropogon humboltianum
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Pteropsida n used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae Synonym(s): Pteropsida, subdivision Pteropsida
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Pteropus n a genus of Megachiroptera [syn: Pteropus, {genus Pteropus}]
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Pteropus capestratus n a variety of fruit bat
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Pteropus hypomelanus n a variety of fruit bat
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putrefacient adj causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction [syn: putrefactive, putrefacient]
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putrefaction n a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor Synonym(s): putrefaction, rot (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action Synonym(s): decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" Synonym(s): corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
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putrefactive adj causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction [syn: putrefactive, putrefacient]
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putrefiable adj liable to decay or spoil or become putrid [syn: decayable, putrescible, putrefiable, spoilable]
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putrefy v become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies"
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Smartweed \Smart"weed`\, n. (Bot.) An acrid plant of the genus {Polygonum} ({P. Hydropiper}), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.
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d8Pistacia \[d8]Pista"cia\, n. [NL. See {Pistachio}.] (Bot.) The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree ({Pistacia Lentiscus}), and the species ({P. Terebinthus}) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine.
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Monarchian \Monar"chian\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also {patripassian}.
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Patripassian \Pa`tripas"sian\, n. [LL. Patripassiani, pl.; L. pater father + pati, passus, to suffer: cf. F. patripassiens.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent pre[89]xistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian. -- {Pa`tripas"sian*ism}, n.
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Monarchian \Monar"chian\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also {patripassian}.
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Patripassian \Pa`tripas"sian\, n. [LL. Patripassiani, pl.; L. pater father + pati, passus, to suffer: cf. F. patripassiens.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent pre[89]xistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian. -- {Pa`tripas"sian*ism}, n.
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Patripassian \Pa`tripas"sian\, n. [LL. Patripassiani, pl.; L. pater father + pati, passus, to suffer: cf. F. patripassiens.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent pre[89]xistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian. -- {Pa`tripas"sian*ism}, n.
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Peter \Pe"ter\, n. A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles, {Peter boat}, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers. {Peter Funk}, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.] {Peter pence}, [or] {Peter's pence}. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also {Rome scot}, and {hearth money}. (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope. {Peter's fish} (Zo[94]l.), a haddock; -- so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to other fishes having similar spots.
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Peter \Pe"ter\, n. A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles, {Peter boat}, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers. {Peter Funk}, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.] {Peter pence}, [or] {Peter's pence}. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also {Rome scot}, and {hearth money}. (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope. {Peter's fish} (Zo[94]l.), a haddock; -- so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to other fishes having similar spots.
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Peter \Pe"ter\, n. A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles, {Peter boat}, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers. {Peter Funk}, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.] {Peter pence}, [or] {Peter's pence}. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also {Rome scot}, and {hearth money}. (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope. {Peter's fish} (Zo[94]l.), a haddock; -- so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to other fishes having similar spots.
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Petrifaction \Pet`ri*fac"tion\, n. [See {Petrify}.] 1. The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness. 2. The state or condition of being petrified. 3. That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation. 4. Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. [bd]Petrifaction of the soul.[b8] --Cudworth.
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Petrifactive \Pet`ri*fac"tive\, a. 1. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying. 2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction. The . . . petrifactive mutations of hard bodies. --Sir T. Browne.
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Petrific \Pe*trif"ic\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]trifique.] Petrifying; petrifactive. Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry. --Milton.
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Petrificate \Pet"rificate\, v. t. To petrify. [Obs.] Our hearts petrificated were. --J. Hall (1646).
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Petrification \Pet`rifica"tion\, n. [Cf. F. p[82]trification. See {Petrify}.] 1. See {Petrifaction}. 2. Fig.: Obduracy; callousness. --Hallywell.
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Petrify \Pet"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petrifying}.] [L. petra rock, Gr. [?] (akin to [?] a stone) + -fy: cf. F. p[82]trifier. Cf. {Parrot}, {Petrel}, {Pier}.] 1. To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance. A river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves. --Kirwan. 2. To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young. [bd]Petrifying accuracy.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. And petrify a genius to a dunce. --Pope. The poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of what he was doing. --De Quincey. A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to petrify your volition. --G. Eliot.
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Petrify \Pet"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petrifying}.] [L. petra rock, Gr. [?] (akin to [?] a stone) + -fy: cf. F. p[82]trifier. Cf. {Parrot}, {Petrel}, {Pier}.] 1. To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance. A river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves. --Kirwan. 2. To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young. [bd]Petrifying accuracy.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. And petrify a genius to a dunce. --Pope. The poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of what he was doing. --De Quincey. A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to petrify your volition. --G. Eliot.
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Petrify \Pet"ri*fy\, v. i. 1. To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits. 2. Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate. Like Niobe we marble grow, And petrify with grief. --Dryden.
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Petrify \Pet"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petrifying}.] [L. petra rock, Gr. [?] (akin to [?] a stone) + -fy: cf. F. p[82]trifier. Cf. {Parrot}, {Petrel}, {Pier}.] 1. To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance. A river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves. --Kirwan. 2. To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young. [bd]Petrifying accuracy.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. And petrify a genius to a dunce. --Pope. The poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of what he was doing. --De Quincey. A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to petrify your volition. --G. Eliot.
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Pitter-patter \Pit"ter-pat`ter\, n. A sound like that of alternating light beats. Also, a pattering of words.
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Pitter-patter \Pit"ter-pat`ter\, adv. With, or with the sound of, alternating light beats; as, his heart went pitter-patter.
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Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot. 2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug. 3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. [bd]Give her a pot and a cake.[b8] --De Foe. 4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot. 5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot. 6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc. 7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight. 8. A size of paper. See {Pott}. {Jack pot}. See under 2d {Jack}. {Pot cheese}, cottage cheese. See under {Cottage}. {Pot companion}, a companion in drinking. {Pot hanger}, a pothook. {Pot herb}, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. {Pot hunter}, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market. {Pot metal}. (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure. (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot. --Knight. {Pot plant} (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot. {Pot wheel} (Hydraul.), a noria. {To go to pot}, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G. Saxe.
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Projection \Pro*jec"tion\, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. 3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. --Davenant. 4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each. 5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane. {Conical projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Cylindric projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc. {Mercator's projection}, a mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself. {Oblique projection}, a projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely. {Polar projection}, a projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles. {Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), a certain powder cast into a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold. {Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point. {Projection of a straight line of a plane}, the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line. Syn: See {Protuberance}.
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Powder \Pow"der\, n. [OE. poudre, pouldre, F. poudre, OF. also poldre, puldre, L. pulvis, pulveris: cf. pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. pollen. Cf. {Polverine}, {Pulverize}.] 1. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust. Grind their bones to powder small. --Shak. 2. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See {Gunpowder}. {Atlas powder}, {Baking powder}, etc. See under {Atlas}, {Baking}, etc. {Powder down} (Zo[94]l.), the peculiar dust, or exfoliation, of powder-down feathers. {Powder-down feather} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar kind of modified feathers which sometimes form patches on certain parts of some birds. They have a greasy texture and a scaly exfoliation. {Powder-down patch} (Zo[94]l.), a tuft or patch of powder-down feathers. {Powder hose}, a tube of strong linen, about an inch in diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines. --Farrow. {Powder hoy} (Naut.), a vessel specially fitted to carry powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually painted red and carry a red flag. {Powder magazine}, [or] {Powder room}. See {Magazine}, 2. {Powder mine}, a mine exploded by gunpowder. See {Mine}. {Powder monkey} (Naut.), a boy formerly employed on war vessels to carry powder; a powder boy. {Powder post}. See {Dry rot}, under {Dry}. {Powder puff}. See {Puff}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Powder \Pow"der\, n. [OE. poudre, pouldre, F. poudre, OF. also poldre, puldre, L. pulvis, pulveris: cf. pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. pollen. Cf. {Polverine}, {Pulverize}.] 1. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust. Grind their bones to powder small. --Shak. 2. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See {Gunpowder}. {Atlas powder}, {Baking powder}, etc. See under {Atlas}, {Baking}, etc. {Powder down} (Zo[94]l.), the peculiar dust, or exfoliation, of powder-down feathers. {Powder-down feather} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar kind of modified feathers which sometimes form patches on certain parts of some birds. They have a greasy texture and a scaly exfoliation. {Powder-down patch} (Zo[94]l.), a tuft or patch of powder-down feathers. {Powder hose}, a tube of strong linen, about an inch in diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines. --Farrow. {Powder hoy} (Naut.), a vessel specially fitted to carry powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually painted red and carry a red flag. {Powder magazine}, [or] {Powder room}. See {Magazine}, 2. {Powder mine}, a mine exploded by gunpowder. See {Mine}. {Powder monkey} (Naut.), a boy formerly employed on war vessels to carry powder; a powder boy. {Powder post}. See {Dry rot}, under {Dry}. {Powder puff}. See {Puff}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Powder \Pow"der\, n. [OE. poudre, pouldre, F. poudre, OF. also poldre, puldre, L. pulvis, pulveris: cf. pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. pollen. Cf. {Polverine}, {Pulverize}.] 1. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust. Grind their bones to powder small. --Shak. 2. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See {Gunpowder}. {Atlas powder}, {Baking powder}, etc. See under {Atlas}, {Baking}, etc. {Powder down} (Zo[94]l.), the peculiar dust, or exfoliation, of powder-down feathers. {Powder-down feather} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar kind of modified feathers which sometimes form patches on certain parts of some birds. They have a greasy texture and a scaly exfoliation. {Powder-down patch} (Zo[94]l.), a tuft or patch of powder-down feathers. {Powder hose}, a tube of strong linen, about an inch in diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines. --Farrow. {Powder hoy} (Naut.), a vessel specially fitted to carry powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually painted red and carry a red flag. {Powder magazine}, [or] {Powder room}. See {Magazine}, 2. {Powder mine}, a mine exploded by gunpowder. See {Mine}. {Powder monkey} (Naut.), a boy formerly employed on war vessels to carry powder; a powder boy. {Powder post}. See {Dry rot}, under {Dry}. {Powder puff}. See {Puff}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Powderflask \Pow"der*flask`\, n. A flask in which gunpowder is carried, having a charging tube at the end.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Powder-posted \Pow"der-post`ed\, a. Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot. See {Dry rot}, under {Dry}. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bryozoa \[d8]Bry`o*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] moss + [?] animal.] (Zo[94]l.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also {Polyzoa}. Note: They are often coralike in form and appearance, each small cell containing an individual zooid. Other species grow in delicate, flexible, branched forms, resembling moss, whence the name. Some are found in fresh water, but most are marine. The three principal divisions are {Ectoprocta}, {Entoprocta}, and {Pterobranchia}. See {Cyclostoma}, {Chilostoma}, and {Phylactolema}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pterophore \Pter"o*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] a feather + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) Any moth of the genus {Pterophorus} and allied genera; a plume moth. See {Plume moth}, under {Plume}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See {Skate}. {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins. {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}. {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and {miller}. {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo. {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}). {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also {stingaree}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pteropod \Pter"o*pod\, n. [Gr. [?] wing-footed; [?] a feather, wing + [?], [?], foot: cf. F. pt[82]ropode.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Pteropoda.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pteropodous \Pterop"odous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Pteropoda.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kalong \Ka*long"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat ({Pteropus edulis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wurbagool \Wur"ba*gool\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A fruit bat ({Pteropus medius}) native of India. It is similar to the flying fox, but smaller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putrefaction \Pu`trefac"tion\, n. [L. putrefactio: cf. F. putr[82]faction. See {Putrefy}.] 1. The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter. Note: Putrefaction* is a complex phenomenon involving a multiplicity of chemical reactions, always accompanied by, and without doubt caused by, bacteria and vibriones; hence, putrefaction is a form of fermentation, and is sometimes called putrefaction fermentative. Putrefaction is not possible under conditions that preclude the development of living organisms. Many of the products of putrefaction are powerful poisons, and are called cadaveric poisons, or ptoma[8b]nes. 2. The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied. [bd]Putrefaction's breath.[b8] --Shelley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putrefactive \Pu`trefac"tive\, a. [Cf. putr[82]factif. See {Putrefy}.] 1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. --Wiseman. 2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction. -- {Pu``trefac"tive*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings. It puts the soul to fermentation and activity. --Jer. Taylor. A univesal fermentation of human thought and faith. --C. Kingsley. {Acetous, [or] Acetic}, {fermentation}, a form of oxidation in which alcohol is converted into vinegar or acetic acid by the agency of a specific fungus or ferment ({Mycoderma aceti}). The process involves two distinct reactions, in which the oxygen of the air is essential. An intermediate product, aldehyde, is formed in the first process. 1. C2H6O + O = H2O + C2H4O Note: Alcohol. Water. Aldehyde. 2. C2H4O + O = C2H4O2 Note: Aldehyde. Acetic acid. {Alcoholic fermentation}, the fermentation which saccharine bodies undergo when brought in contact with the yeast plant or Torula. The sugar is converted, either directly or indirectly, into alcohol and carbonic acid, the rate of action being dependent on the rapidity with which the Torul[91] develop. {Ammoniacal fermentation}, the conversion of the urea of the urine into ammonium carbonate, through the growth of the special urea ferment. CON2H4 + 2H2O = (NH4)2CO3 Note: Urea. Water. Ammonium carbonate. Note: Whenever urine is exposed to the air in open vessels for several days it undergoes this alkaline fermentation. {Butyric fermentation}, the decomposition of various forms of organic matter, through the agency of a peculiar worm-shaped vibrio, with formation of more or less butyric acid. It is one of the many forms of fermentation that collectively constitute putrefaction. See {Lactic fermentation}. {Fermentation by an} {unorganized ferment [or] enzyme}. Fermentations of this class are purely chemical reactions, in which the ferment acts as a simple catalytic agent. Of this nature are the decomposition or inversion of cane sugar into levulose and dextrose by boiling with dilute acids, the conversion of starch into dextrin and sugar by similar treatment, the conversion of starch into like products by the action of diastase of malt or ptyalin of saliva, the conversion of albuminous food into peptones and other like products by the action of pepsin-hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice or by the ferment of the pancreatic juice. {Fermentation theory of disease} (Biol. & Med.), the theory that most if not all, infectious or zymotic disease are caused by the introduction into the organism of the living germs of ferments, or ferments already developed (organized ferments), by which processes of fermentation are set up injurious to health. See {Germ theory}. {Glycerin fermentation}, the fermentation which occurs on mixing a dilute solution of glycerin with a peculiar species of schizomycetes and some carbonate of lime, and other matter favorable to the growth of the plant, the glycerin being changed into butyric acid, caproic acid, butyl, and ethyl alcohol. With another form of bacterium ({Bacillus subtilis}) ethyl alcohol and butyric acid are mainly formed. {Lactic fermentation}, the transformation of milk sugar or other saccharine body into lactic acid, as in the souring of milk, through the agency of a special bacterium ({Bacterium lactis} of Lister). In this change the milk sugar, before assuming the form of lactic acid, presumably passes through the stage of glucose. C12H22O11.H2O = 4C3H6O3 Note: Hydrated milk sugar. Lactic acid. Note: In the lactic fermentation of dextrose or glucose, the lactic acid which is formed is very prone to undergo butyric fermentation after the manner indicated in the following equation: 2C3H6O3 (lactic acid) = C4H8O2 (butyric acid) + 2CO2 (carbonic acid) + 2H2 (hydrogen gas). {Putrefactive fermentation}. See {Putrefaction}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putrefactive \Pu`trefac"tive\, a. [Cf. putr[82]factif. See {Putrefy}.] 1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. --Wiseman. 2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction. -- {Pu``trefac"tive*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putrefy \Pu"tre*fy\, v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. {Putrefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putrefying}.] [F. putr[82]fier; L. putrere to be rotten + -ficare (in. comp.) to make; cf. L. putrefacere. See {Putrid}, and {-fy}.] 1. To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot. 2. To corrupt; to make foul. Private suits do putrefy the public good. --Bacon. They would but stink, and putrefy the air. --Shak. 3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putrefy \Pu"tre*fy\, v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. {Putrefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putrefying}.] [F. putr[82]fier; L. putrere to be rotten + -ficare (in. comp.) to make; cf. L. putrefacere. See {Putrid}, and {-fy}.] 1. To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot. 2. To corrupt; to make foul. Private suits do putrefy the public good. --Bacon. They would but stink, and putrefy the air. --Shak. 3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putrefy \Pu"tre*fy\, v. i. To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. --Isa. 1. 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putrefy \Pu"tre*fy\, v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. {Putrefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putrefying}.] [F. putr[82]fier; L. putrere to be rotten + -ficare (in. comp.) to make; cf. L. putrefacere. See {Putrid}, and {-fy}.] 1. To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot. 2. To corrupt; to make foul. Private suits do putrefy the public good. --Bacon. They would but stink, and putrefy the air. --Shak. 3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putrifacted \Pu"tri*fac`ted\, a. [See {Putrefy}.] Putrefied. [Obs.] What vermin bred of putrifacted slime. --Marston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putrification \Pu`trifica"tion\, n. Putrefaction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putrify \Pu"tri*fy\, v. t. & i. To putrefy.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pedro Bay, AK (CDP, FIPS 59540) Location: 59.79051 N, 154.13663 W Population (1990): 42 (36 housing units) Area: 47.1 sq km (land), 22.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99647
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Potter Valley, CA Zip code(s): 95469
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Potterville, MI (city, FIPS 66100) Location: 42.62803 N, 84.74580 W Population (1990): 1523 (596 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48876
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Powder River County, MT (county, FIPS 75) Location: 45.38230 N, 105.63599 W Population (1990): 2090 (1096 housing units) Area: 8539.9 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Powderville, MT Zip code(s): 59345
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Patrobas a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent salutations (Rom. 16:14).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Peter, First Epistle of This epistle is addressed to "the strangers scattered abroad", i.e., to the Jews of the Dispersion (the Diaspora). Its object is to confirm its readers in the doctrines they had been already taught. Peter has been called "the apostle of hope," because this epistle abounds with words of comfort and encouragement fitted to sustain a "lively hope." It contains about thirty-five references to the Old Testament. It was written from Babylon, on the Euphrates, which was at this time one of the chief seats of Jewish learning, and a fitting centre for labour among the Jews. It has been noticed that in the beginning of his epistle Peter names the provinces of Asia Minor in the order in which they would naturally occur to one writing from Babylon. He counsels (1) to steadfastness and perseverance under persecution (1-2:10); (2) to the practical duties of a holy life (2:11-3:13); (3) he adduces the example of Christ and other motives to patience and holiness (3:14-4:19); and (4) concludes with counsels to pastors and people (ch. 5).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Patrobas, paternal; that pursues the steps of his father