Pir`ou*ette", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pirouetted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pirouetting.] [F. pirouetter.] To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a
dancer.
{ Pir"ry, 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.
Pis`as*phal"tum (?), n. See Pissasphalt.
Pi"say (?), n. (Arch.) See PisÈ.
Pis"ca*ry (?), n. [L. piscarius relating to fishes or to fishing, fr.
piscis a fish.] (Law) The right or privilege of fishing in another
man's waters. Blackstone.
Pis*ca"tion (?), n. [L. piscatio, fr. piscari to fish.] Fishing;
fishery. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
||Pis*ca"tor (?), n. [L.] A fisherman; an angler.
{ Pis`ca*to"ri*al (?), Pis"ca*to*ry (?), } a. [L. piscatorius, fr.
piscator a fisherman, fr. piscari to fish, fr. piscis a fish. See Fish
the animal.] Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing. Addison.
||Pis"ces (?), n. pl. [L. piscis a fish.] 1. (Astron.) (a) The twelfth
||sign of the zodiac, marked in almanacs. (b) A zodiacal constellation,
||including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial
||point; the Fish.
2. (Zoˆl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The
principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei.
Pis"ci*cap`ture (?), n. Capture of fishes, as by angling. [R.] W. H.
Russell.
Pis`ci*cul"tur*al (?), a. Relating to pisciculture.
Pis`ci*cul"ture (?), n. [L. piscis a fish + E. culture.] Fish culture.
See under Fish.
Pis`ci*cul"tur*ist, n. One who breeds fish.
Pis"ci*form (?), a. [L. piscis fish + -form.] Having the form of a
fish; resembling a fish.
||Pis*ci"na (?), n. [L., a certain, fishpond, fr. piscis a fish.]
||(Arch.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin
||for rinsing altar vessels.
Pis"ci*nal (?), a. [L. piscinalis: cf. F. piscinal.] Belonging to a
fishpond or a piscina.
Pis"cine (?), a. [L. piscis a fish.] (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to a fish
or fishes; as, piscine remains.
Pis*civ"o*rous (?), a. [L. piscis a fish + vorare to devour: cf. F.
piscivore.] (Zoˆl.) Feeding or subsisting on fish.
||Pi`sÈ" (?), n. [F. pisÈ, from piser to stamp, pound, L. pisare.]
||(Arch.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in
||between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also
||pisÈ work. Gwilt.
Pish (?), interj. An exclamation of contempt.
Pish (?), v. i. To express contempt. Pope.
||Pi"shu (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The Canada lynx. [Written also peeshoo.]
Pi"si*form (?), a. [L. pisum a pea + -form: cf. F. pisiforme.]
Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape; as, a pisiform iron ore.
Pi"si*form, n. (Anat.) A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in
man and many mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
Pis"mire (?), n. [Piss + mire; so called because it discharges a
moisture vulgarly considered urine. See Mire an ant.] (Zoˆl.) An ant,
or emmet.
Pi"so*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; a pea + - lite: cf. F. pisolithe.] (Min.) A
variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated
globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone,
peagrit.
Oˆlite is similar in structure, but the concretions are as small as the
roe of a fish.
Pi`so*lit"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. pisolithique.] (Min.) Composed of,
containing, or resembling, pisolite.