Po*made" (?; 277), n. [F. pommade pomatum, OF. pomade cider (cf. Sp.
pomada, It. pomata, LL. pomata a drink made of apples), from L. pomum
fruit, LL., an apple. Cf. Pomatum.] 1. Cider. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
2. Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum;
-- originally made from apples.
Po*man"der (?), n. [Sp. poma.] (a) A perfume to be carried with one,
often in the form of a ball. (b) A box to contain such perfume,
formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly
pomander box. [Obs.] Bacon.
Po"ma*rine (?), a. [Gr. &?; a lid + &?;, &?;, nose.] (Zoˆl.) Having the
nostril covered with a scale.
Pomarine jager (Zoˆl.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus)
having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.
Po*ma"tum (?), n. [See Pomade.] A perfumed unguent or composition,
chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade. Wiseman.
Po*ma"tum, v. t. To dress with pomatum.
Pome (?), n. [L. pomum a fruit: cf. F. pomme apple. Cf. Pomade.] 1.
(Bot.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels
inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and
partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with
hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands
during the service.
Pome, v. i. [Cf. F. pommer. See Pome, n.] To grow to a head, or form a
head in growing. [Obs.]
Pome"gran`ate (?; 277), n. [OE. pomgarnet, OF. pome de grenate, F.
grenade, L. pomum a fruit + granatus grained, having many grains or
seeds. See Pome, and Garnet, Grain.] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of the tree
Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine), which is
native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm
countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as
large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large
seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp.
2. A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate. Ex.
xxviii. 33.
Pom"el (?), n. A pommel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pom"e*lo (?), n. [Cf. Pompelmous.] A variety of shaddock, called also
grape fruit.
Pome"ly (?), a. [OF. pomelÈ, F. pommelÈ. See Pome.] Dappled. [Obs.]
"Pomely gray." Chaucer.
Pom`e*ra"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of
Prussia on the Baltic Sea. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
Pomeranian dog (Zoˆl.), the loup- loup, or Spitz dog.
Pome"wa`ter (?), n. A kind of sweet, juicy apple. [Written also
pomwater.] Shak.
Pom"ey (?), n.; pl. Pomeys (#). [F. pommÈ grown round, or like an
apple, p. p. of pommer to pome.] (Her.) A figure supposed to resemble
an apple; a roundel, -- always of a green color.
Pom"fret (?), n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind of fish.]
(Zoˆl.) (a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the
genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus) native of Southern Europe and
Asia. (b) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
Po*mif"er*ous (?), a. [L. pomifer; pomum fruit + ferre to bear: cf. F.
pomifËre.] (Bot.) (a) Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits. (b) Bearing
fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple.
Pom"mage (?; 48), n. See Pomage.
||Pom`mÈ" (?), a. [F. See Pomey.] (Her.) Having the ends terminating in
||rounded protuberances or single balls; -- said of a cross.
||Pomme` blanche" (?). [F., literally, white apple.] The prairie
||turnip. See under Prairie.
Pom"mel (?), n. [OE. pomel, OF. pomel, F. pommeau, LL. pomellus, fr. L.
pomum fruit, LL. also, an apple. See Pome.] A knob or ball; an object
resembling a ball in form; as: (a) The knob on the hilt of a sword.
Macaulay. (b) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow. (c) The top
(of the head). Chaucer. (d) A knob forming the finial of a turret or
pavilion.
Pom"mel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pommeled (?) or Pommelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pommeling or Pommelling.] To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a
sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.
[Written also pummel.]
Pom*mel"ion (?), n. [See Pommel: cf. LL. pomilio pygmy.] (Mil.) The
cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon. [R.]
||Pom`met`tÈ" (?), a. [F.] Having two balls or protuberances at each
||end; -- said of a cross.
Po`mo*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. pomologique.] Of or pertaining to
pomology.
Po*mol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit
trees.
Po*mol"o*gy (?), n. [L. pomum fruit + -logy: cf. F. pomologie.] The
science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and
fruit trees.
Po*mo"na (?), n. [L., from pomum fruit.] (Class. Myth.) The goddess of
fruits and fruit trees.
Pomp (?), n. [OE. pompe, F. pompe, L. pompa, fr. Gr. &?; a sending, a
solemn procession, pomp, fr. &?; to send. Cf. Pump a shoe.] 1. A
procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. "All
the pomps of a Roman triumph." Addison.