He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead.
Macaulay.
To pocket a ball (Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket of the
table. -- To pocket an insult, affront, etc., to receive an affront
without open resentment, or without seeking redress. "I must pocket up
these wrongs." Shak.
Pock"et*book` (?), n. A small book or case for carrying papers, money,
etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.
Pock"et*ful (?), n.; pl. Pocketfuls (&?;). As much as a pocket will
hold; enough to fill a pocket; as, pocketfuls of chestnuts.
Pock"et*knife` (?), n.; pl. -knives (&?;). A knife with one or more
blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in
the pocket.
Pock"-fret`ten (?), a. See Pockmarked.
Pock"i*ness (?), n. The state of being pocky.
Pock"mark (?), n. A mark or pit made by smallpox.
Pock"marked` (?), a. Marked by smallpox; pitted.
Pock"-pit`ted (?), a. Pockmarked; pitted.
Pock"-pud`ding (?), n. A bag pudding; a name of reproach or ridicule
formerly applied by the Scotch to the English.
Pock"wood` (?), n. [So called because formerly used as a specific for
the pock.] (Bot.) Lignum- vitÊ.
Pock"y (?), a. [Compar. Pockier (?); superl. Pockiest.] Full of pocks;
affected with smallpox or other eruptive disease. Bp. Hall.
||Po"co (?), adv. [It.] (Mus.) A little; -- used chiefly in phrases
||indicating the time or movement; as, poco pi˘ allegro, a little
||faster; poco largo, rather slow.
||Poco a poco [It.] (Mus.) Little by little; as, poco a poco crescendo,
||gradually increasing in loudness.
Po"cock (?), n. Peacock. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Po`co*cu*ran"te (?), n. [It. poco curante caring little.] A careless
person; a trifler. [R.]
Po`co*cu*ran"tism (?). n. Carelessness; apathy; indifference. [R.]
Carlyle.
Po*co"son (?), n. Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and
Virginia. [Written also poquoson.] Washington.
Poc"u*lent (?), a. [L. poculentus, fr. poculum a cup.] Fit for drink.
[Obs.] "Some those herbs which are not esculent, are . . . poculent."
Bacon.
Poc"u*li*form (?), a. [L. poculum a cup + -form: cf. F. poculiforme.]
Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.
-pod (?). [See Foot.] A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s,
podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an
animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
Pod (?), n. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same word as pad
a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion, and also E. cod a husk,
pod.] 1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent
fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
3. (Zoˆl.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together;
-- said of seals.
Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight
instead of twisted.
Pod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n. Podding.] To swell; to
fill; also, to produce pods.
-po*da (?). A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. &?;,
&?;, foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod.
Pod"a*gra (?), n. [L. See Podagric.] (Med.) Gout in the joints of the
foot; - - applied also to gout in other parts of body.
{ Po*dag"ric (?), Po*dag"ric*al (?), } a. [L. podagricus, Gr. &?;, fr.
&?; gout in the feet; &?;, &?;, Foot + &?; a catching.]