Pol"ly (?), n. A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot.
Pol"ly*wog (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A polliwig.
Po"lo (?), n. [Of Eastern origin; -- properly, the ball used in the
game.] 1. A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the
players on horseback.
2. A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players
wearing skates.
Po`lo*naise" (?), a. [F. polonais, polonaise, Polish.] Of or pertaining
to the Poles, or to Poland. [Written also Polonese.]
Po`lo*naise" (?), n. [Written also Polonese and Polonoise.] 1. The
Polish language.
2. An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer
skirt in one piece.
3. (Mus.) A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always
on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the
beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to
such music; a polacca.
Po`lo*nese" (?), a. & n. See Polonaise.
Po*lo"ny (?), n. [Prob. corrupt. fr. Bologna.] A kind of sausage made
of meat partly cooked.
Pol"ron (?), n. See Pauldron.
Polt (?), n. [Cf. E. pelt, L. pultare to beat, strike.] A blow or
thump. Halliwell. -- a. Distorted.
Pot foot, a distorted foot. Sir T. Herbert.
{ Polt"-foot` (?), Polt"-foot`ed (?), } a. Having a distorted foot, or
a clubfoot or clubfeet. B. Jonson.
Pol*troon" (?), n. [F. poltron, from It. poltrone an idle fellow,
sluggard, coward, poltro idle, lazy, also, bed, fr. OHG. polstar,
bolstar, cushion, G. polster, akin to E. bolster. See Bolster.] An
arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch. Shak.
Pol*troon", a. Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
Pol*troon"er*y (?), n. [F. poltronnerie; cf. It. poltroneria.]
Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.
Pol*troon"ish, a. Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.
Pol"ve*rine (?), n. [It. polverino, fr. polvere &?;ust, L. pulvis, -
veris. See Powder.] Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash,
brought from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine
glass.
Pol"wig (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A polliwig. Holland.
Pol"y- (?). [See Full, a.] A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s,
many; as, polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many
atoms; polychord, polyconic.
Po"ly (?), n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium,
Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium Polium) of the order
LabiatÊ, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The name, with
sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the
same genus. [Spelt also poley.]
Poly mountain. See Poly-mountain, in Vocabulary.
Pol`y*ac"id (?), a. [Poly- + acid.] (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing, or
of combining with, several molecules of a monobasic acid; having more
than one hydrogen atom capable of being replaced by acid radicals; --
said of certain bases; as, calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid
bases.
Pol`y*a*cous"tic (?), a. [Poly- + acoustic: cf. F. polyacoustique.]
Multiplying or magnifying sound. -- n. A polyacoustic instrument.
Pol`y*a*cous"tics (?), n. The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.
||Pol`y*a"cron (?), n.; pl. Polyacra (#), E. Polyacrons (#). [NL., fr.
||Gr. poly`s many + 'a`kron summit.] (Geom.) A solid having many
||summits or angular points; a polyhedron.
||Pol`y*ac*tin"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Poly-, and Actinia.] (Zoˆl.) An
||old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous
||simple tentacles.
||Pol`y*a*del"phi*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s many + &?;
||brother.] (Bot.) A LinnÊan class of plants having stamens united in
||three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.
{ Pol`y*a*del"phi*an (?), Pol`y*a*del"phous (?), } a. (Bot.) Belonging
to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more
bundles.
||Pol`y*an"dri*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Polyandry.] (Bot.) A LinnÊan
||class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or
||any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
Pol`y*an"dri*an (?), a. (Bot.) Polyandrous.
Pol`y*an"dric (?), a. [Cf. polyandrique.] Pertaining to, or
characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males. "Polyandric
societies." H. Spencer.
Pol`y*an"drous (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having
many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
Pol`y*an"dry (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. &?;, &?;, man, male: cf. F.
polyandrie.] The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the
same time; -- contrasted with monandry.
In law, this falls under the head of polygamy.
Pol`y*an"thus (?), n.; pl. Polyanthuses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; rich in
flowers; poly`s many + &?; flower.] [Written also polyanthos.] (Bot.)
(a) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered
umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus
(N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of
Narcissus.
Pol"y*ar`chist (?), n. One who advocates polyarchy; -- opposed to
monarchist. Cudworth.
Pol"y*ar`chy (?), n. [Poly- + -archy: cf. F. polyarchie. Cf. Polarchy.]
A government by many persons, of whatever order or class. Cudworth.
Pol`y*a*tom"ic (?), a. [Poly- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Having more than
one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms. (b) Having a
valence greater than one. [Obs.]
Pol`y*au*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Poly- + autography.] The act or practice
of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by
printing from stone, -- a species of lithography.
Pol`y*ba"sic (?), a. [Poly- + basic.] (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing,
or of combining with, several molecules of a monacid base; having
several hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced by basic radicals; --
said of certain acids; as, sulphuric acid is polybasic.
Pol`y*ba"site (?), n. [See Polybasic.] (Min.) An iron-black ore of
silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper
and arsenic.
||Pol`y*bran"chi*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Poly-, and Branchia.] (Zoˆl.) A
||division of Nudibranchiata including those which have numerous
||branchiÊ on the back.
Pol`y*bro"mide (?), n. [Poly- + bromide.] (Chem.) A bromide containing
more than one atom of bromine in the molecule.
Pol`y*car"pel*la*ry (?), a. (Bot.) Composed of several or numerous
carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange.
{ Pol`y*car"pic (?), Pol`y*car"pous (?), } a. [Poly- + Gr. &?; fruit.]
(Bot.) (a) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year. (b) Having
several pistils in one flower.
||Pol`y*chÊ"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. poly`s many + &?; hair.]
||(Zoˆl.) One of the two principal groups of ChÊtopoda. It includes
||those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setÊ. See
||Illust. under Parapodia.
Pol`y*chlo"ride (?), n. [Poly- + chloride.] (Chem.) A chloride
containing more than one atom of chlorine in the molecule.
Pol`y*chúr"a*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; wide-ruling.] A government by
many chiefs, princes, or rules. [Obs.] Cudworth.
Pol"y*chord (?), a. [Gr. &?;; poly`s many + &?; string, cord.] Having
many strings.
Pol"y*chord, n. (Mus.) (a) A musical instrument of ten strings. (b) An
apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a
keyed instrument.
Pol"y*chrest (?), n. [Gr. &?; useful for many purposes; poly`s many +
&?; useful, fr. &?; to use: cf. F. polychreste.] (Med.) A medicine that
serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases. [Obs.]
Polychrest salt (Old Med. Chem.), potassium sulphate, specifically
obtained by fusing niter with sulphur.
Pol"y*chro*ism (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. &?; color.] Same as Pleochroism.
Pol"y*chro*ite (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. &?; color: cf. F. polychroÔte.]
(Chem.) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because
of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also
crocin, and safranin.
Pol`y*chro"mate (?), n. [See Polychromic.] (Chem.) A salt of a
polychromic acid.
Pol`y*chro"mate, n. [See Polychromatic.] (Chem.) A compound which
exhibits, or from which may be prepared, a variety of colors, as
certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by
fluorescence.
Pol`y*chro*mat"ic (?), a. [Poly- + chromatic.] Showing a variety, or a
change, of colors.
Polychromatic acid (Old Chem.), a substance obtained by the action of
nitric acid on aloes.
Pol"y*chrome (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. &?; color.] (Chem.) Esculin; -- so
called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions. [R.]
Pol"y*chrome, a. [Cf. F. polychrome.] Executed in the manner of
polychromy; as, polychrome printing.
Pol`y*chro"mic (?), a. [Poly- + (sense 1) Gr. &?;, or (sense 2)
chromic.] 1. Polychromatic.
2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of several acids
(known only in their salts) which contain more than one atom of
chromium.
Pol`y*chro"mous (?), a. Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored;
polychromatic.
Pol"y*chro`my (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. &?; color.] (Anc. Art) The art or
practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in
an artistic way.
Pol`y*chro"ni*ous (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. &?; for a long time, &?; time.]
Enduring through a long time; chronic.
Pol`y*clin"ic (?), n. [Poly- + clinic.] (Med.) A clinic in which
diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which
clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.
Pol`y*con"ic (?), a. [Poly- + conic.] Pertaining to, or based upon,
many cones.
Polyconic projection (Map Making), a projection of the earth's surface,
or any portion thereof, by which each narrow zone is projected upon a
conical surface that touches the sphere along this zone, the conical
surface being then unrolled. This projection differs from conic
projection in that latter assumes but one cone for the whole map.
Polyconic projection is that in use in the United States coast and
geodetic survey.
Pol`y*cot`y*le"don (?), n. [Poly- + cotyledon: cf. F. polycotylÈdone.]
(Bot.) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed.
-- Pol`y*cot`y*led"on*ous (#), a.
Pol`y*cot`y*led"on*a*ry (?), a. [Poly- + cotyledonary.] (Anat.) Having
the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or
cotyledons.
Po*lyc"ra*cy (?), n. [Poly- + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government by
many rulers; polyarchy.
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Pol`y*crot"ic (pl`*krt"k), a. [Poly- + Gr. krotei^n to beat.]
(Physiol.) Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism;
as, a polycrotic pulse; a polycrotic pulse curve.
Po*lyc"ro*tism (?), n. (Physiol.) That state or condition of the pulse
in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary
crests or elevations; -- contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism.
Pol`y*cys"tid (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) One of the Polycystidea. (b) One of
the Polycystina. -- a. Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the
Polycystina.
||Pol`y*cys*tid"e*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Poly-, and Cystidea.] (Zoˆl.)
||A division of GregarinÊ including those that have two or more
||internal divisions of the body.
||Pol`y*cys*ti"na (?), n. pl. [NL. See Poly-, and Cyst.] (Zoˆl.) A
||division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The
||skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and
||sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state.
Pol`y*cys"tine (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the Polycystina. -- n. One
of the Polycystina.
||Pol`y*cyt*ta"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s many + &?;, dim.
||fr. &?; a hollow vessel.] (Zoˆl.) A division of Radiolaria. It
||includes those having one more central capsules.
Pol`y*dac"tyl*ism (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. &?; finger: cf. F.
polydactylisme.] (Anat.) The possession of more that the normal number
of digits.
||Pol`y*dip"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s much + &?; thirst.]
||(Med.) Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease.
Pol`y*e"dron (?), n. See Polyhedron.
Pol`y*e"drous (?), a. See Polyhedral.
Pol`y*ei"dic (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. &?; form.] (Zoˆl.) Passing through
several distinct larval forms; -- having several distinct kinds of
young.
Pol`y*ei"dism (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The quality or state of being polyeidic.
Pol`y*em"bry*o*nate (?), a. [Poly- + embryonate.] (Bot.) Consisting
of, or having, several embryos; polyembryonic.
Pol`y*em`bry*on"ic (?), a. [Poly- + embryonic.] (Bot.) Polyembryonate.
Pol`y*em"bry*o*ny (?), n. [See Poly- , and Embryo.] (Bot.) The
production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the
existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the
origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.
Pol"y*foil (?), n. [Poly- + foil, n.] (Arch.) Same as Multifoil.
||Po*lyg"a*la (?), n. [L., milkwort, fr. Gr. &?;; poly`s much + &?;
||milk.] A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a
||two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen,
||etc.); milkwort.
Pol`y*ga*la"ceous (?), a. Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
(PolygalaceÊ) of which Polygala is the type.
Po*lyg"a*lic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from,
Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called
polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with,
saponin.
||Pol`y*ga"mi*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Polygamous.] (Bot.) (a) A LinnÊan
||class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and
||unisexual flowers on the same plant. (b) A name given by LinnÊus to
||file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.
Pol`y*ga"mi*an (?), a. (Bot.) Polygamous.
Po*lyg"a*mist (?), n. [Cf. F. polygamiste, polygame, Gr. &?;, a.] One
who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness.
Po*lyg"a*mize (?), v. i. To practice polygamy; to marry several wives.
Sylvester. Coleridge.
Po*lyg"a*mous (?), a. [Gr. &?; living &?; polygamy; poly`s many + &?;
marriage. Cf. Bigamy.]
1. Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving,
polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; --
opposed to monogamous.