Pec"to*ral*ly (?), adv. As connected with the breast.
Pec`to*ri*lo"qui*al (?), a. [Cf. F. pectoriloque.] Pertaining to, or of
the nature of, pectoriloquy.
Pec`to*ril"o*quism (?), n. Pectoriloquy.
Pec`to*ril"o*quous (?), a. Pectoriloquial.
Pec`to*ril"o*quy (?), n. [L. pectus, -oris, the breast + loqui to
speak: cf. F. pectoriloquie.] (Med.) The distinct articulation of the
sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in
auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or
pleural cavity.
Pec"tose` (?), n. [Pectic + cellulose.] (Chem.) An amorphous
carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom, esp. in unripe fruits. It
is associated with cellulose, and is converted into substances of the
pectin group.
Pec*to"sic (?), a. (Chem.)Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived
from, pectose; specifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute
largely ordinary pectin or vegetable jelly.
||Pec*tos"tra*ca (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; fixed + &?; shell of a
||testacean.] (Zoˆl.) A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the
||Rhizocephala and Cirripedia.
Pec"tous (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, pectose.
||Pec"tus (?), n.; pl. Pectora (#). [L., the breast.] (Zoˆl.) The
||breast of a bird.
Pec"ul (?), n. See Picul.
Pec"u*late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Peculating.] [L. peculatus, p. p. of peculari to peculate, akin to
peculium private property. See Peculiar.] To appropriate to one's own
use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to
one's care; to embezzle.
An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating despotism.
Burke.
Pec`u*la"tion (?), n. The act or practice of peculating, or of
defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or
goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement;
embezzlement.
Every British subject . . . active in the discovery of peculations
has been ruined.
Burke.
Pec"u*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who peculates. "Peculators of the public
gold." Cowper.
Pe*cul"iar (?), a. [L. peculiaris, fr. peculium private property, akin
to pecunia money: cf. OF. peculier. See Pecuniary.] 1. One's own;
belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by
others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not
owned in common or in participation.
And purify unto himself a peculiar people.
Titus ii. 14.
Hymns . . . that Christianity hath peculiar unto itself.
Hooker.