Pru*rig"i*nous (?), a. [L. pruriginosus: cf. F. prurigineux.] (Med.)
Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of,
prurigo.
||Pru*ri"go (?), n. [L., an itching, the itch, fr. prurire to itch.]
||(Med.) A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the
||chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy
||cuticle in color.
||Pru*ri"tus (?), n. [L.] (Med.) Itching.
Prus"sian (?), a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F. prussien.] Of or
pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Prussia.
Prussian blue (Chem.), any one of several complex double cyanides of
ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark blue amorphous substance
having a coppery luster, obtained by adding a solution of potassium
ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used
in dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also Williamson's blue, insoluble
Prussian blue, Berlin blue, etc. -- Prussian carp (Zoˆl.) See Gibel. --
Prussian green. (Chem.) Same as Berlin green, under Berlin.
Prus"si*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. prussiate.] (Chem.) A salt of prussic acid;
a cyanide.
Red prussiate of potash. See Potassium ferricyanide, under
Ferricyanide. -- Yellow prussiate of potash. See Potassium
ferrocyanide, under Ferrocyanide.
Prus"sic (?), a. [Cf. F. prussique.] (Old Chem.) designating the acid
now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerly called prussic acid, because
Prussian blue is derived from it or its compounds. See Hydrocyanic.
Pru*ten"ic (?), a. (Astron.) Prussian; -- applied to certain
astronomical tables published in the sixteenth century, founded on the
principles of Copernicus, a Prussian.
Pry (?), n. [Corrupted fr. prize a lever. See Prize, n.] A lever; also,
leverage. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]
Pry pole, the pole which forms the prop of a hoisting gin, and stands
facing the windlass.
Pry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Prying.] To raise
or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize.
[Local, U. S. & Eng.]
Pry, v. i. [OE. prien. Cf. Peer to peep.] To peep narrowly; to gaze; to
inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing
curiosity; -- often implying reproach. " To pry upon the stars."
Chaucer.
Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, To pry into the secrets
of the state.
Shak.
Pry, n. Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
Pry"an (?), n. (Mining) See Prian.
Pry"ing, a. Inspecting closely or impertinently.
Syn. -- Inquisitive; curious. See Inquisitive.
Pry"ing*ly, adv. In a prying manner.
||Pryt`a*ne"um (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; prytanis.] (Gr.
||Antiq.) A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a
||public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which
||official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and
||strangers.
||Pryt"a*nis (?), n.; pl. Prytanes (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Gr. Antiq.)
||A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of
||five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the
||presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year.
Pryt"a*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;.] (Gr. Antiq.) The period during which the
presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.
Pryth"ee (?), interj. See Prithee.
Psalm (?), n. [OE. psalm, salm, AS. sealm, L. psalmus, psalma, fr. Gr.
&?;, &?;, fr. &?; to pull, twitch, to play upon a stringed instrument,
to sing to the harp: cf. OF. psalme, salme, F. psaume.] 1. A sacred
song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
Humus devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly.
Milton.
2. Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one
book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn
for public worship.
Psalm, v. t. To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises.
Sylvester.
Psalm"ist (?), n. [L. psalmista, Gr. &?;: cf. F. psalmiste. See Psalm.]
1. A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title particularly
applied to David and the other authors of the Scriptural psalms.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of music, in the
church.
Psalm"ist*ry (?), n. The use of psalms in devotion; psalmody.
{ Psal*mod"ic (?), Psal*mod"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. psalmodique.]
Relating to psalmody.
Psal"mo*dist (?), n. One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist.
Psal"mo*dize (?), v. i. To practice psalmody. " The psalmodizing art."
J. G. Cooper.
Psal"mo*dy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; psalm + &?; a song, an ode: cf. F.
psalmodie, LL. psalmodia. See Psalm, and Ode.] The act, practice, or
art of singing psalms or sacred songs; also, psalms collectively, or a
collection of psalms.
Psal"mo*graph (?), n. [See Psalmographer.] A writer of psalms; a
psalmographer.
{ Psal*mog"ra*pher (?), Psal*mog"ra*phist (?), } n. [L. psalmographus,
Gr. &?;; &?; a psalm + &?; to write.] A writer of psalms, or sacred
songs and hymns.
Psal*mog"ra*phy (?), n. [Cf. F. psalmographie.] The act or practice of
writing psalms, or sacred songs.
Psal"ter (?), n. [OE. psauter, sauter, OF. sautier, psaltier, F.
psautier, from L. psalterium. See Psaltery.] 1. The Book of Psalms; --
often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed.
2. Specifically, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of Common
Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the Breviary which
contains the Psalms arranged for each day of the week.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads,
corresponding to the number of the psalms.
Psal*te"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the psalterium.
||Psal*te"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Psalteria (#). [L., a psaltery.] (Anat.)
||(a) The third stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies. (b) The lyra of
||the brain.
Psal"ter*y (?), n.; pl. Psalteries (#). [OE. sautrie, OF. psalterie, F.
psaltÈrion, L. psalterium psaltery, psalter, from Gr. &?;, fr. &?;. See
Psalm, Psalter.] A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews,
the form of which is not known.
Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings.
Ps. xxxiii. 2.
Psam"mite (?), n. [Gr. &?; sandy, from &?; sand: cf. F. psammite.]
(Min.) A species of micaceous sandstone. -- Psam*mit"ic (#), a.
Psar"o*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; speckled + -lite.] (Paleon.) A silicified
stem of tree fern, found in abundance in the Triassic sandstone.
Psel"lism (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to stammer.] Indistinct
pronunciation; stammering.
Pse"phism (?), n. [Gr. &?; a decree, fr. &?; to vote with a pebble, fr.
&?; pebble.] (Gr. Antiq.) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes;
especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute. J.
P. Mahaffy.
||Pseu`dÊs*the"si*a (?), n. [NL. See Pseudo-, and ∆sthesia.] (Physiol.)
||False or imaginary feeling or sense perception such as occurs in
||hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that has been
||removed, as an amputated foot.
Pseu*dem"bry*o (?), n. [Pseudo- + embryo.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A false embryo.
(b) An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.
{ Pseu*dep`i*graph"ic (?), Pseu*dep`i*graph"ic (?), } a. Of or
pertaining to pseudepigraphy.
Pseu`de*pig"ra*phous (?), a. [Gr. &?; falsely inscribed. See Pseudo-,
and Epigraphy.] Inscribed with a false name. Cudworth.
Pseu`de*pig"ra*phy (?), n. The ascription of false names of authors to
works.
Pseud*hÊ"mal (?), a. [Pseudo- + hÊmal.] (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the
vascular system of annelids.
PseudhÊmal fluid, the circulatory fluid, or blood, of annelids,
analogous to the blood of vertebrates. It is often red, but is
sometimes green or colorless. -- PseudhÊmal vessels, the blood vessels
of annelids.
Pseu"do- (?). [Gr. pseydh`s lying, false, akin to psey`dein to belie;
cf. psydro`s lying, psy`qos a lie.] A combining form or prefix
signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle,
a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy;
pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo- form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher.
Also used adjectively.
Pseu`do*bac*te"ri*a (?), n. pl. [Pseudo- + bacteria.] (Biol.)
Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic
substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria.
The globules which divide and develop in form of chains are organized
beings; when this does not occur, we are dealing with pseudobacteria.
Sternberg.
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||Pseu`do*blep"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + ble`psis
||sight.] (Med.) False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects.
||Forsyth.
Pseu"do*branch (?), n. (Anat.) Same as Pseudobranchia.
||Pseu`do*bran"chi*a (?), n.; pl. PseudobranchiÊ (#). [NL. See Pseudo-,
||and Branchia.] (Anat.) A rudimentary branchia, or gill. --
||Pseu`do*bran"chi*al (#), a.
Pseu"do-bulb` (?), n. [Pseudo- + bulb.] (Bot.) An aÎrial corm, or
thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants.
Pseu"do*carp (?), n. [Pseudo- + Gr. &?; fruit.] (Bot.) That portion of
an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft
part of a strawberry or of a fig.
Pseu`do-chi"na (?), n. [Pseudo- + china.] (Bot.) The false china root,
a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America.
Pseu"do*cúle (?), n. Same as Pseudocúlia.
||Pseu`do*cú"li*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + &?; hollow.]
||(Anat.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. B.
||G. Wilder.
Pseu"do-cone` (?), n. [Pseudo- + cone.] (Zoˆl.) One of the soft
gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking
the place of the crystalline cones of others.
Pseu`do-cu"mene (?), n. [Pseudo- + cumene.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of
the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in
coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid.
Pseu`do-dip"ter*al (?), a. [Pseudo- + dipteral: cf. F. pseudodiptËre.]
(Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner
range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space
between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to
two intercolumns and one column. -- n. A pseudo-dipteral temple.
Pseu"do*dox (?), a. [Gr. pseydo`doxos; pseydh`s false + do`xa an
opinion.] Not true in opinion or doctrine; false. -- n. A false opinion
or doctrine. "To maintain the atheistical pseudodox which judgeth evil
good, and darkness light." T. Adams.
||Pseu`do*fi*la"ri*a (?), n.; pl. Pseudofilari&?; (#). [NL. See
||Pseudo-, and Filaria.] (Zoˆl.) One of the two elongated vibratile
||young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of
||certain GregarinÊ.
Pseu`do-ga*le"na (?), n. [Pseudo- + galena.] (Min.) False galena, or
blende. See Blende (a).
Pseu"do*graph (?), n. [See Pseudography.] A false writing; a spurious
document; a forgery.
Pseu*dog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; pseydh`s false + &?; to write.] False
writing; forgery.
||Pseu`do*hal"ter (?), n.; pl. Pseudohalteres (#). [NL. See Pseudo-,
||and Halteres.] (Zoˆl.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain
||insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind
||wings, of Diptera.
Pseu"do-heart` (?), n. [Pseudo- + heart.] (Zoˆl.) Any contractile
vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart,
especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.
Pseu`do-hy`per*thoph"ic (?), a. [Pseudo- + hypertrophic.] (Med.)
Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of
paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really
degenerated and replaced by fat.
Pseu*dol"o*gist (?), n. [Gr. &?;.] One who utters falsehoods; a liar.
Pseu*dol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; pseydh`s false + &?; speech: cf. F.
pseudologie.] Falsehood of speech. Arbuthnot.
Pseu`do-me*tal"lic (?), a. [Pseudo- + metallic.] Falsely or
imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster, as in minerals.
Pseu`do-mon`o*cot`y*led"on*ous (?), a. [Pseudo- + monocotyledonous.]
(Bot.) Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-
chestnut.
Pseu"do*morph (?), n. [See Pseudomorphous.] 1. An irregular or
deceptive form.
2. (Crystallog.) A pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of
quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal
having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution.
Pseu`do*mor"phism (?), n. (Crystallog.) The state of having, or the
property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the
species.
Pseu`do*mor"phous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; pseydh`s false + &?; form: cf. F.
pseudomorphe.] Not having the true form.
Pseudomorphous crystal, one which has a form that does not result from
its own powers of crystallization.
||Pseu`do*nav`i*cel"la (?), n.; pl. PseudonavicullÊ (#). [NL.] (Zoˆl.)
||Same as Pseudonavicula.
||Pseu`do*na*vic"u*la (?), n.; pl. PseudonaviculÊ (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
||pseydh`s false + NL. navicula, a genus of diatoms. See Navicular.]
||(Zoˆl.) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of GregarinÊ and
||some other Protozoa.
||Pseu`do*neu*rop"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Neuroptera.]
||(Zoˆl.) division of insects (Zoˆl.) reticulated wings, as in the
||Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon
||flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zoˆlogists they are
||classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera.
Pseu`do*neu*rop"ter*ous (?), a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the
Pseudoneuroptera.
Pseu"do*nym (?), n. [Cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudonymous.] A fictitious
name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name. [Written also
pseudonyme.]
Pseu`do*nym"i*ty (?), n. The using of fictitious names, as by authors.
Pseu*don"y*mous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; pseydh`s false + &?;, &?;, a name:
cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudo-, and Name.] Bearing a false or
fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ly, adv.
-- Pseu*don"y*mous*ness, n.
Pseu`do-pe*rip"ter*al (?), a. [Pseudo- + peripteral: cf. F.
pseudopÈriptËre.] (Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a
temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an
ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end. -- n. A
pseudo-peripteral temple. Oxf. Gloss.
||Pseu"do*pod (?), n. [Pseudo- + -pod.] 1. (Biol.) Any protoplasmic
||filament or irregular process projecting from any unicellular
||organism, or from any animal or plant call.