Piss (?), v. t. & i. [OE. pissen, F. pisser; akin to It. pisciare, D. &
G. pissen, Dan. pisse, Icel. pissa.] To discharge urine, to urinate.
Shak.
Piss, n. Urine.
Piss"a*bed` (?), n. (Bot.) A name locally applied to various wild
plants, as dandelion, bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.
Pis"sas*phalt (?), n. [L. pissasphaltus, Gr. &?;; &?; pitch + &?;
asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte.] (Min.) Earth pitch; a soft, black
bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is
inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt. [Written
also pisasphaltum, pisasphalt, etc.]
Pist (?), n. (Man.) See Piste.
Pis*ta"chio (?), n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho, F. pistache),
fr. L. pistacium, Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. Per. pistah. Cf. Fistinut.] (Bot.)
The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order AnacardiaceÊ,
containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant
taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable
taste and odor; -- called also pistachio nut. It is wholesome and
nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily.
[Written also pistachia.]
||Pis*ta"ci*a (?), 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.
Pis"ta*cite (?), n. [Cf. F. pistacite. So called from its green color.
See Pistachio.] (Min.) Epidote.
Pis`ta*reen" (?), n. An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about
twenty cents.
Pis"ta*zite (?), n. (Min.) Same as Pistacite.
Piste (?), n. [F., fr. L. pisere, pinsere, pistum, to pound.] (Min.)
The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.
Johnson.
{ Pis"tel (?), Pis"til (?) }, n. An epistle. [Obs.]
Pis"tic (?), a. [L. pisticus, Gr. &?;.] Pure; genuine. [R.] Jer.
Taylor.
Pis"til (?), n. [L. pistillum, pistillus, a pestle: cf. F. pistil. See
Pestle.] (Bot.) The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an
ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which
is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When
composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it
is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
Pis`til*la"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Growing on, or having nature of, the
pistil; of or pertaining to a pistil. Barton.
Pis"til*late (?), a. (Bot.) Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said
of flowers having pistils but no stamens.
Pis`til*la"tion (?), n. [L. pistillum a pestle.] The act of pounding or
breaking in a mortar; pestillation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
||Pis`til*lid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Pistillida (#). [NL., fr. E. pistil.]
||(Bot.) Same as Archegonium.
Pis`til*lif"er*ous (?), a. [Pistil + -ferous: cf. F. pistillifËre.]
(Bot.) Pistillate.
Pis"til*lo*dy (?), n. [Pistil + Gr. &?; form.] (Bot.) The metamorphosis
of other organs into pistils.
Pis"tol (?), n. [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob. from a form
Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where pistols were first made.
Cf. Pistole.] The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one
hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names.
See Illust. of Revolver.
Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and thus capable
of being used either as a pistol or a carbine. -- Pistol pipe (Metal.),
a pipe in which the blast for a furnace is heated, resembling a pistol
in form. -- Pistol shot. (a) The discharge of a pistol. (b) The
distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.
Pis"tol, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pistoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pistoling.]
[Cf. F. pistoler.] To shoot with a pistol. "To pistol a poacher."
Sydney Smith.
Pis"to*lade` (?), n. [F.] A pistol shot.
Pis*tole" (?), n. [F., probably a name given in jest in France to a
Spanish coin. Cf. Pistol.] The name of certain gold coins of various
values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was
equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and
Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about
$5.40.
Pis`to*leer" (?), n. [Cf. F. pistolier.] One who uses a pistol. [R.]
Carlyle.
Pis"to*let` (?), n. [F., a dim. of pistole.] A small pistol. Donne.
Beau. & Fl.
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Pis"ton (?), n. [F. piston; cf. It. pistone piston, also pestone a
large pestle; all fr. L. pinsere, pistum, to pound, to stamp. See
Pestle, Pistil.] (Mach.) A sliding piece which either is moved by, or
moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder
fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and
forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam,
and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes.
Piston head (Steam Eng.), that part of a piston which is made fast to
the piston rod. -- Piston rod, a rod by which a piston is moved, or by
which it communicates motion. -- Piston valve (Steam Eng.), a slide
valve, consisting of a piston, or connected pistons, working in a
cylindrical case which is provided with ports that are traversed by the
valve.
Pit (?), n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well,
pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or
artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation;
specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit. (b) A large
hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone
pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime
pit; a charcoal pit. (c) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.
Tumble me into some loathsome pit.
Shak.