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Paas (p‰s), n. Pace [Obs.] Chaucer
1. The act of feeding, or providing food. [Obs.] Cockeram.
2. Food; fodder; pabulum. [Obs.]
4. A slow gait; a footpace. [Obs.] Chucer.
5. Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
6. Any single movement, step, or procedure. [R.]
2. To proceed; to pass on. [Obs.]
4. To pass away; to die. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
Shak
2. Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.
5. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.]
He . . . must not die
4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
Poor Stella must pack off to town
3. A charge made for packing goods.
2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
3. (Masonry) Same as Filling. [Rare in the U. S.]
4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] Bale.
1. (Zoˆl.) Same as Alpaca.
2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. Addison
4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
Pad, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]
2. To rob on foot. [Obs.] Cotton Mather.
3. To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
2. A highwayman; a footpad. [Obs.]
2. The material with which anything is padded.
4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant.
2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.
3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zoˆl.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing.
Pad"dle*cock` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The lumpfish. [Prov. Eng.]
Pad"dock, n. [Corrupted fr. parrock. See Parrock.]
1. A small inclosure or park for sporting. [Obs.]
2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
2. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
3. See PÊon.
2. A boy child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
2. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
3. (Print.) The type set up for printing a page.
2. An idol. [Obs.] Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. An idol. [R.] Brande & C.
2. Satisfied; contented. [Obs.] "Paid of his poverty." Chaucer.
Pail`mall" (?), n. & a. See Pall-mall. [Obs.]
3. pl. Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.
1 Sam. iv. 19.
5. See Pains, labor, effort.
I am pained at my very heart.
Pain"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. pÈnible.] Causing pain; painful. [Obs.]
3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. [Obs.] Fuller.
2 Kings ix. 30.
2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
2. A cosmetic; rouge. Praed.
3. Color laid on; paint. [R.] Shak.
4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
3. Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
2. See To pair off, under Pair, v. i.
2. The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.
3. Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house.
3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker.
4. (Bot.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
Pa*lat"ic, n. (Phon.) A palatal. [R.]
2. The Palatine hill in Rome.
C. Bront&?;
4. A stripe or band, as on a garment. Chaucer.
6. A cheese scoop. Simmonds.
7. (Shipbuilding) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
2. Inclosed with a paling. "A paled green." Spenser.
Pal"ette (?), n. [See Pallet a thin board.]
3. (Mech.) A breastplate for a breast drill.
2. A small saddle horse for ladies. Spenser.
2. A retraction; esp., a formal retraction. Sandys.
2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.
3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as Pallium.
Pall, v. t. To cloak. [R.] Shak
2. To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite.
Pal*la"di*um (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, &?;, Pallas.]
9. A cup containing three ounces, -- &?;ormerly used by surgeons.
1. A born beggar; a vagabond. [Obs.] Halliwell.
2. A lecher; a lewd person. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. Eased; mitigated; alleviated. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.
2. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. Bacon.
5. (Naut.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.
2. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds.
Palm"er (?), n. 1. (Zoˆl.) A palmerworm. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A dexterous use or trick of the hand. Addison.
2. Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous.
2. (Med.) Examination of a patient by touch. Quain.
3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]
2. Of or pertaining to a marsh or fen. [R.]
C. Kingsley.
3. [Perh. a different word.] A leaf of gold or silver.
3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
5. (C&?;rp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.
2. (Bot.) The herb allheal.
Pance (?), n. (Bot.) The pansy. [Also paunce.]
Pan"dar*ize (?), v. i. To pander. [Obs.]
Pan"dar*ous (?), a. Panderous. [Obs.]
2. An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage.
1. A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.
2. (Mach.) Having flat sides or surfaces; as, a six&?;paned nut.
5. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. Gwilt.
Pan"ier (?), n. See Pannier, 3. [Obs.]
2. (Falconry) The stomach of a hawk. Ainsworth.
3. A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.
Pa*nop"ti*con (?), n. [NL. See Pan- , and Optic.]
2. A room for the exhibition of novelties.
1. A complete view in every direction.
2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic]
2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.]
2. A violent palpitation of the heart. Shak.
Pan"ta*ble (?), n. See Pantofle. [Obs.]
3. pl. In recent times, same as Trousers.
2. Materials for pantaloons.
Pa"nym (?), n. & a. See Panim. [Obs.]
Pap (?), n. [Cf. OSw. papp. Cf. Pap soft food.]
1. (Anat.) A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. Dryden.
3. The pulp of fruit. Ainsworth.
1. A child's word for father.
2. A parish priest in the Greek Church. Shipley.
2. The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.
Pa"pal (?), a. [F., fr. L. papa bishop. See Papacy.]
Pa"pal*ize (?), v. t. To make papal. [R.]
Pa"pal*ly, adv. In a papal manner; popishly
2. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
2. To fold or inclose in paper.
3. To put on paper; to make a memorandum of. [Obs.]
Par (?), n. [L. par, adj., equal. See Peer an equal.]
2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
Par"a*ble, v. t. To represent by parable. [R.]
2. In the form of a parabola.
3. Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.]
6. A public walk; a promenade.
3. (Rhet.) An illustration, as by a parable or fable.
2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] Oxf. Gloss.
Par`a*dis"ic*al (?), a. Paradisiacal. [R.]
Par"a*dox`al (?), a. Paradoxical. [Obs.]
2. The quality or state of being paradoxical. Coleridge
3. Kindred; family; birth. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
2. (Med.) Coaptation. [Obs.] Dunglison.
2. Emulation; rivalry; competition. [Obs.]
Par"a*gon, v. t. [Cf. OF. paragonner, F. parangonner.]
2. To compare with; to equal; to rival. [R.] Spenser.
3. To serve as a model for; to surpass. [Obs.]
Par"a*gon, v. i. To be equal; to hold comparison. [R.]
1. To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character ∂.
3. To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs
2. Direction conformable to that of another line,
3. To equal; to match; to correspond to. Shak.
4. To produce or adduce as a parallel. [R.] Locke.
1. The quality or state of being parallel.
2. Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.
Par"al*lel*ize (?), v. t. To render parallel. [R.]
Par"al*lel*less, a. Matchless. [R.]
2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
3. Inclined or tending to paralysis.
1. To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
2. Love; gallantry. [Obs.] "For paramour and jollity." Chaucer.
2. Hence: An ally; a supporter or abettor. Jer. Taylor.
Par`a*nym"phal (?), a. Bridal; nuptial. [R.]
2. Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.
I. Disraeli.
Par`a*phra"sian (?), n. A paraphraser. [R.]
2. A preparation. [R.] Donne.
Par"a*si`tism (?), n. [Cf. F. parasitisme.]
2. (Bot. & Zoˆl.)The state of being parasitic.
Par"a*sol`, v. t. To shade as with a parasol. [R.]
3. (Print.) The matter contained within brackets.
4. (Eccl.) A commendatory prayer. Shipley.
1. In front; publicly. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Beforehand; first. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.]
Par"cel*ing, n. [Written also parcelling.]
1. The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.
2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
2. An official warrant of remission of penalty.
3. The state of being forgiven. South.
2 Kings v. 18.
I pray you, pardon me; pray heartily, pardom me.
I pray thee, pardon my sin.
1 S&?;&?;. xv. 25.
3. To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.
4. To give leave (of departure) to. [Obs.]
2. A seller of indulgences. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
Pare"ment (?), n. See Parament. [Obs.]
2. Using or containing parentheses.
1. The act of one who kills one's own parent. [R.]
2. One who kills one's own parent; a parricide. [R.]
2. To paint; to cover over. [Obs.]
2. To paint, as the face. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. Paint, especially for the face. [Obs.] Drayton.
2. An outcast; one despised by society.
2. Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
2. (Bot.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
2. That which is pared off. Pope.
Parle, n. Conversation; talk; parley. [Obs.]
Par`lia*men"tal (?), a. Parliamentary. [Obs.]
Par`lia*men"ta*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. parlementaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority. Bacon.
2. Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act. Sir M. Hale.
2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]
I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace.
Pa*rol" (?), n. [See Parole, the same word.]
1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.]
4. (Law) Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.
Par"o*nym (?), n. A paronymous word. [Written also paronyme.]
Par*quet" (?), n. [F. See Parquetry.]
2. Same as Parquetry.
2. A chimney-piece. Halliwell.
Par`ri*cid"i*ous (?), a. Parricidal. [Obs.]
2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.
3. Money paid for the support of a parson. [Scot.]
I am a part of all that I have met.
2 Sam. xx. 1.
6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.]
Part"age (?), n. [F. See Part, v. & n.]
1. Division; the act of dividing or sharing. [Obs.] Fuller.
2. Part; portion; share. [Obs.] Ford.
3. To distribute; to communicate. [Obs.] Shak.
2. An accomplice; an associate; a partner. [Obs.]
2. Endowed with parts or abilities. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. The pit of a theater; the parquet. [France]
Par"tial*ist n. 1. One who is partial. [R.]
Par"tial*ize (?), v. t. & i. To make or be partial. [R.]
2. To impart, or give, or share of. [Obs.] Drayton.
2. Distribution; division into shares. [Obs.] Raleigh.
3. community; fellowship; association. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Anything that partakes of the nature of different things. [Obs.]
2. (Theol.) The doctrine of particular election.
Par*tic"u*lar*ment (?), n. A particular; a detail. [Obs.]
Par*tic"u*late (?), v. t. & i. [See Particle.] To particularize. [Obs.]
3. Departing. "Speed the parting guest." Pope.
4. Admitting of being parted; partible.
2. A separation; a leave-taking. Shak.
3. A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
6. (Geol.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
7. (Naut.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
5. (Mus.) A score.
2. A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest.
5. (Arith.) See Fellowship, n., 6.
3. The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). [New Eng.]
Par*tu"ri*ate (?), v. i. [See Parturient.] To bring forth young. [Obs.]
2. That which is brought forth; a birth. [Obs.]
Par*tu"ri*tive (?), a. Pertaining to parturition; obstetric. [R.]
8. Cause; side; interest.
9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.]
2. Partial; favoring one party.
I will be true judge, and not party.
2. Right of going foremost; precedence. Arbuthnot.
2. A crushing blow. [Obs.]
3. A heavy fall of rain or snow. [Prov. Eng.]
Pas"quil (?), n. [It. pasquillo.] See Pasquin. [R.]
Pas"quin, v. t. To lampoon; to satiraze. [R.]
I. Watts.
Mark vi. 35
12. To take heed; to care. [Obs.]
13. To go through the intestines. Arbuthnot.
15. (Fencing) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.
I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array.
I had only time to pass my eye over the medals.
3. To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.
5. (Fencing) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. Shak.
5. State of things; condition; predicament.
7. Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit. Shak.
8. Estimation; character. [Obs.]
9. [Cf. Passus.] A part; a division. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.
9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
2. Curs&?;ry, careless. [Obs.]
3. Surpassing; excelling. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A master key; a latchkey.
5. Disorder of the mind; madness. [Obs.] Shak.
6. Passion week. See Passion week, below. R. of Gl.
3. Suffering; sorrowful. [Obs.] Shak.
Pas"sion*ate (?), v. i. 1. To affect with passion; to impassion. [Obs.]
2. To express feelingly or sorrowfully. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Angrily; irascibly. Locke.
2. As a passive verb; in the passive voice.
2. Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
3. Above; exceeding; more than. [R.]
6. (Min.) The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.
2. (Cookery) A board on which pastry dough is rolled; a molding board.
2. A shackle for horses while pasturing. Knight.
3. A patten. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. Pasteurization.
2. To treat by pasteurism.
2. An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche.
3. See Pastel, a crayon.
Pas"time`, v. i. To sport; to amuse one's self. [R.]
2. A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.
2. In the manner of a pastor.
Pas"tor*ling (?), n. An insignificant pastor. [R.]
2. Grass growing for feed; grazing.
3. The business of feeding or grazing cattle.
3. Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage.
2. A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.
I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter.
3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
Patch"ing*ly (?), adv. Knavishy; deceitfully. [Obs.]
2. The perfume made from this plant.
2. The skin of a calf's head.
2. (Anat.) The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
2. (Zoˆl.) Resembling a limpet of the genus Patella.
2. The state of being patent or evident.
Pat`e*re"ro (?), n. See Pederero. [Obs.]
3. Origin; authorship.
2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.
3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead&?;shaped sinkers.
Pa*tib"u*la`ted, a. Hanged on a gallows. [R.]
I must have patience to endure the load.
3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.
4. Sufferance; permission. [Obs.] Hooker.
6. (Card Playing) Solitaire.
5. Forbearing; long-suffering.
1 Thess. v. 14.
3. A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.
2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
2. Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.
2. A person of high birth; a nobleman.
2. The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide.
2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment. Shipley.
I. Taylor.
4. (Eccl. Law) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [Eng.]
5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
6. (Naut.) See Padrone, 2.
2. Business custom. [Commercial Cant]
3. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. Addison.
2. A stilt. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.]
2. [See Patter, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers.
To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]
2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
I will be the pattern of all patience.
3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
5. Something made after a model; a copy. Shak.
2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
2. A patty. [Obs.]
Pau*cil"o*quent (?), a. Uttering few words; brief in speech. [R.]
I. Taylor.
2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; -- called also panch.
3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
2. To stuff with food. [Obs.] Udall.
2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
I stand in pause where I shall first begin.
5. A break or paragraph in writing.
6. (Mus.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
2. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [R.]
Pav"age (?), n. [Cf. F. pavage.] See Pavage. [R.]
Pa*vid"i*ty (?), n. Timidity. [R.]
3. (Mil.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.
4. (Her.) Same as Tent (Her.)
7. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
2. A pavement.
2. A rammer for driving paving stones.
3. A brick or slab used for paving.
2. (Astron.) The Peacock, a constellation of the southern hemisphere.
2. The hand. [Jocose] Dryden.
2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic]
3. Punishment; chastisement. [R.]
Pay*or" (?), n. (Law) See Payer. [R.]
2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.
3. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. Shak.
2. (Oftener &?;) Sickly; not robust. [Colloq.]
Peak"ing (?), a. 1. Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar]
2. Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.]
2. Having peaks; peaked.
2. Sickly; peaked. [Colloq.]
2. To resound; to echo.
2. To assail with noise or loud sounds.
3. To pour out. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl.
3. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
4. (Zoˆl.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
5. (Zoˆl.) A light-colored tern.
7. A whitish speck or film on the eye. [Obs.] Milton.
9. (Print.) A size of type, between agate and diamond.
2. To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
2. Rusticity; coarseness. [Obs.] p. Butler.
2. A plural form of Pea. See the Note under Pea.
2. A sin; an offense. W. Montagu.
2. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors. Bacon.
3. Wrong; defective; faulty. [R.] Ayliffe.
2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
2. An instrument for pecking; a pick. Garth.
Pec"kled (?), a. Speckled; spotted. [Obs.]
3. (Zoˆl.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b).
2. The act of combing; the combing of the head.
3. (Nat. Hist.) Comblike toothing.
3. A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.
2. Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
3. Exclusive possession or right. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
2. A special fund for private and personal uses.
2. (&?;) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
2. (Geom.) A pedal curve or surface.
Pe*dan"tic*ly (?), adv. Pedantically. [R.]
2. To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
Build him a pedestal, and say, "Stand there!"
I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees.
Peenge (?), v. i. To complain. [Scot.]
3. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.
2. First outlook or appearance.
2. One who peeps; a prying person; a spy.
3. The eye; as, to close the peepers. [Colloq.]
I. Taylor.
2. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.
Peer v. t. To be, or to assume to be, equal. [R.]
2. The body of peers; the nobility, collectively.
Peer"dom (?), n. Peerage; also, a lordship. [Obs.]
3. Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.]
4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails.
2. (Zoˆl.) Wandering.
Pel"e*grine (?), a. See Peregrine. [Obs.]
2. (Min.) See Peliom.
2. A roll of parchment; a parchment record.
2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. The human skin. [Jocose] Dryden.
3. (Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
2. To throw; to use as a missile.
2. To throw out words. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.) A flat apothecium having no rim.
Pelt"ry*ware` (?), n. Peltry. [Obs.]
2. (Zoˆl.) The calyx of a crinoid.
2. A wing. [Obs.] Milton.
5. (Zoˆl.) The internal shell of a squid.
6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoˆl.) A female swan. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Sport.) To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3. [Eng.]
3. A handicap. [Sporting Cant]
Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, And penance more will do."
Pen"ance*less, a. Free from penance. [R.]
6. (Med.) A small medicated bougie.
2. Radiated; having pencils of rays.
3. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with parallel or radiating lines.
2. The art of composing or writing; authorship.
I would not give a groat for that person's knowledge in pencraft.
Pend (?), n. Oil cake; penock. [India]
I. Taylor.
2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.
4. A pendulum. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
Pen"du*late (?), v. i. To swing as a pendulum. [R.]
I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats.
M. Arnold.
Pen"house` (?), n. A penthouse. [Obs.]
Pen"i*ten*cy (?), n. Penitence. [Obs.]
2. Doing penance. [Obs.] Shak.
3. One under the direction of a confessor.
2. Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.
2. One who does penance. [Obs.] Hammond.
3. A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed. Shpiley.
4. That part of a church to which penitents were admitted. Shipley.
2. An author; a composer. South.
2. (Bot.) Same as Pinnate.
Penned (?), a. 1. Winged; having plumes. [Obs.]
2. Written with a pen; composed. "Their penned speech." Shak.
2. A case for holding pens. [Obs.]
2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. Shak.
3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
4. (Script.) See Denarius.
3. A small quantity; a trifle. Bacon.
1 Esd. iv. 56.
2. Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance.
2. One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.
2. The barrel of a wooden pump.
2. An order or system of five sounds. Busby.
2. Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes.
Pen`ta*hed"ric*al (?), a. Pentahedral. [R.]
2. (Zoˆl.) Belonging to the Pentamera.
2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
C. Pitt.
2. Penuriousness; miserliness. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
3. (Chess) See 2d Pawn.
2. A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen. [Obs.] Fairholt.
2. Anything insignificant; a particle.
3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.
2. Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.
2. Able to digest. [R.]
2. pl. The digestive organs.
2. An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.
3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing.
3. To be affected of influented by. [R.]
2. Perception. [R.] Dr. H. More.
4. An idea; a notion. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
2. To occupy as a perch. Milton.
2. One of the Insessores.
2. Conclusion; end. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Loss of diminution. [Obs.] Shak.
2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. Shak.
Per*dy" (?), adv. Truly. See Parde. [Obs.]
2. Travel; wandering. [R.] Carlyle.
2. Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical.
3. Firmly determined; unawed. [Poetic] Shak.
2. (Zoˆl.) Belonging to the Perennibranchiata.
2 Cor. xii. 9.
I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
2. Well informed; certain; sure.
I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms.
1 John iv. 12.
2. (Zoˆl.) Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind.
Per*force", v. t. To force; to compel. [Obs.]
3. To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
2. A substance that emits an agreeable odor.
2. One whose trade is to make or sell perfumes.
2. [Cf. F. parfumerie.] The art of preparing perfumes.
2. The state of being in peril. [Obs.]
2. (Rhet.) A bombastic or labored style. [R.]
2 Cor. xi. 26.
2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] Latimer.
9. (Mus.) A complete musical sentence.
Per`i*pa*te"cian (?), n. A peripatetic. [Obs.]
2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
2. (Geom.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.
2. (Zoˆl.) Feathered all around.
I perish with hunger!
Pe*rite" (?), a. [L. peritus.] Skilled. [Obs.]
2. To enter and spread through; to pervade.
2. Permitted; tolerated; suffered. Milton.
3. To give over; to resign; to leave; to commit.
Per*mix" (?), v. t. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
3. (Law) Barter; exchange.
2. To exchange; to barter; to traffic. [Obs.]
Per"nel (?), n. See Pimpernel. [Obs.]
Per*pen"si*ty (?), n. Perpension. [Obs.]
2. The thing perpetrated; an evil action.
Per*pet"u*ance (?), n. Perpetuity. [Obs.]
I. Taylor.
2. Something that is perpetual. South.
2 Cor. iv. 8.
3. To plague; to vex; to tormen. Glanvill.
Per"ry, n. A suddent squall. See Pirry. [Obs.]
2. The state or condition of being persecuted. Locke.
3. A carrying on; prosecution. [Obs.]
Per*sev"er (?), v. i. To persevere. [Obs.]
2. Discrimination. [Obs.] Sir J. Harrington.
2. The language spoken in Persia.
3. A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings. Beck.
4. pl. (Arch.) See Persian columns, under Persian, a.
5. A parson; the parish priest. [Obs.] Chaucer.
6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
Per"son*al*ty (?), n. 1. The state of being a person; personality. [R.]
3. To personify; to typify; to describe. Shak.
Per"son*ize (?), v. t. To personify. [R.]
5. A drawing in linear perspective.
Per*spec"tive*ly (?), adv. 1. Optically; as through a glass. [R.]
2. According to the rules of perspective.
2. Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.
Per"spi*ca*cy (?), n. Perspicacity. [Obs.]
3. Sagacity; perspicacity.
2. Emitting perspiration; perspiring. [R.] Bacon.
2. That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.
2. To criticise; to touch upon. [R.] Evelyn.
2. To try to influence. [Obsolescent]
2 Kings xviii. 32.
2. Persuasive. [Obs.] Bale.
4. The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness.
5. That which persuades; a persuasive. [R.]
Per*sul"phu*ret (?), n. (Chem.) A persulphide. [Obs.]
2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To have relation or reference to something.
2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
Per"ti*nate (?), a. Pertinacious. [Obs.]
Per"ti*nate*ly, adv. Pertinaciously. [Obs.]
2. To disorder; to confuse. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Per"tur*bate (?), a. Perturbed; agitated. [R.]
Per"tur*ba`tor (?), n. A perturber. [R.]
2. A punched hole; a perforation. Bacon.
Per"uke, v. t. To dress with a peruke. [R.]
2. (Bot.) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.
2. To read through; to read carefully. Shak.
Per*versed" (?), a. Turned aside. [Obs.]
Per*vers"ed*ly (?), adv. Perversely. [Obs.]
Per"vi*ca*cy (?), n. [L. pervicacia.] Pervicacity. [Obs.]
3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] Prior.
Per"y (?), n. A pear tree. See Pirie. [Obs.]
2. A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.
2. One who looks on the dark side of things.
2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
Pes`ti*len"tious (?), a. Pestilential. [Obs.]
2. (Zoˆl.) A stalk or peduncle.
1 Macc. vii. 37.
2. The state or condition of being petrified.
2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
Pet"ri*fi*cate (?), v. t. To petrify. [Obs.]
2. Fig.: Obduracy; callousness. Hallywell.
2. Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
Pe*trol" (?), n. Petroleum. [R.]
2. A treatise on petrology.
2. (Anat.) Same as Petrosal.
2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
2. An intimate associate; a companion. Shak.
2. (Zoˆl.) A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.
2. See PhaÎthon.
2. The dwelling house of a Fourierite community.
3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
2. The apparatus by which such an effect is produced.
2. See Faro.
Phare (?), n. [See Pharos.] 1. A beacon tower; a lighthouse. [Obs.]
2. Hence, a harbor. Howell.
2. A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.
2. A chemical laboratory. [Obs.] Dunglison.
Pha"ro (?), n. 1. A pharos; a lighthouse. [Obs.]
2. See Faro.
2. (Zoˆl.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.]
Phene (?), n. (Chem.) Benzene. [Obs.]
Phenic acid (Chem.), a phenol. [Obsoles.]
2. (Astron.) A southern constellation.
3. A marvelous person or thing. [R.] Latimer.
Phil"i*beg (?), n. See Filibeg. [Scot.]
2. [See Philippic.] To write or speak in the style of a philippic.
2. A bailiff. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] Swift.
2. Uncultured; commonplace.
M. Arnold.
Phil`o*lo"gi*an (?), n. A philologist. [R.]
3. A treatise on the science of language.
2. Having love of learning or letters.
2. (Zoˆl.) A genus of birds including the nightingales.
Phil"o*mene (?), n. The nightingale. [Obs.]
3. An alchemist. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. Reasoning; argumentation.
5. The course of sciences read in the schools. Johnson.
6. A treatise on philosophy.
Phi"ton*ess (?), n. Pythoness; witch. [Obs.]
Phleg*mat"ic*ly (?), a. Phlegmatically. [Obs.]
2. (Med.) Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.
2. The sun. "Phúbus 'gins arise." Shak.
2. (Bot.) A genus of palms including the date tree.
2. One who advocates a phonetic spelling.
I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
2. A record of sounds made by a phonograph.
2. Of or pertaining to phonograph; done by the phonograph.
Phos*pho"re*ous (?), a. Phosphorescent. [Obs.]
2. A phosphoric light.
2. Phosphorescent. "A phosphoric sea." Byron.
Phos"phu*ret (?), n. (Chem.) A phosphide. [Obsoles.]
Pho"to*gene (?), n. [See Photogen.] 1. A photograph. [Obsoles.]
Pho*tog"e*ny (?), n. [See Photogen.] See Photography. [Obsoles.]
Pho"to*gram (?), n. [Photo- + -gram.] A photograph. [R.]
2. The art or process of producing pictures by this action of light.
2. A microscopically small photograph of an object.
4. (Mus.) A short clause or portion of a period.
Phrase, v. i. 1. To use proper or fine phrases. [R.]
I. Taylor.
2. A collection of phrases; a phrase book. [R.]
2. See Frenzy.
Phren"tic (?), n. & a. See Phrenetic. [Obs.]
2. (Eccl. Hist.) A Montanist.
2. A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
4. A physician. [R.] Shak.
2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
I am not now treating physically of light or colors.
2. According to the rules of medicine. [Obs.]
2. One who tells fortunes by physiognomy. Holland.
3. The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features. [Obs.] Bale.
2. A treatise on physiology.
Phys"no*my (?), n. Physiogmony. [Obs.]
3. (R. C. Ch.) A service-book. See Pie. [Obs.]
This line is printed in pica
This line is printed in small pica
2. (Mus.) A small upright piano.
3. (Mus.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone.
4. To open (a lock) as by a wire.
9. To trim. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
3. Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.
4. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Fineness; spruceness; smartness. [Obs.]
Pick*eer"er (?), n. One who pickeers. [Obs.]
4. (Ordnance) A priming wire for cleaning the vent.
2. A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
6. A game at cards. See Piquet.
2. To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
3. To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
4. To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
2. The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.
3. That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
4. Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.
6. (Mining) Rough sorting of ore.
7. Overburned bricks. Simmonds.
2. Nice; careful. [Obs.]
2. Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar.
4. A troublesome child; as, a little pickle. [Colloq.]
2. A merry-andrew; a buffoon. [Obs.] Addison.
2. One who picks locks; a thief. "A picklock of secrets." Jer. Taylor.
I have not seen him so pictured.
Pic`tur*esqu"ish, a. Somewhat picturesque. [R.]
2. To adorn with pictures.
2. To be squeamishly nice about one's food. Swift.
3. To urinate; -- child's word.
2. See Camp, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book.
3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See Pi.
2. Fig.: Mixed. "Piebald languages." Hudibras.
5. (Chess) One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.
6. A castle; a fortified building. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To unite; to join; to combine. Fuller.
Piece"ly, adv. In pieces; piecemeal. [Obs.]
2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
2. Same as Piecer, 2.
2. A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.
Pied"stall (?), n. See Pedestal. [Obs.]
2. A projecting wharf or landing place.
2. Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion.
Pig (?), n. A piggin. [Written also pigg.]
2. (Zoˆl.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low]
2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
2. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang]
I found him pight to do it.
3. Wine flavored with species and honey. Sir W. Scott.
2. to receive in pawn, as a pawnbroker does. [Obs.]
Pig"no*ra*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. pignoratif.] Pledging, pawning. [R.]
2. (Hair Dressing) A cue, or queue. J. & H. Smith.
3. A kind of twisted chewing tobacco.
3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Raymond.
5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
7. A turnpike; a toll bar. Dickens.
2. A miner who works with a pick. Beaconsfield.
3. A keeper of a turnpike gate. T. Hughes.
2. (Zoˆl.) A covering of hair or fur.
2. A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot.
3. A funeral pile; a pyre. Dryden.
4. A large building, or mass of buildings.
5. (Iron Manuf.) Same as Fagot, n., 2.
3. (Zoˆl.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
2. A tedious and wearisome time.
2. Beset with hairs.
2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
Pill"er (?), n. One who pills or plunders. [Obs.]
2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. Gladstone.
3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
2. (Zoˆl.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.]
2. The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
3. Guidance, as by a pilot. Sir W. Scott.
Pil"our (?), n. A piller; a plunderer. [Obs.]
2. Puny; sickly. [Local, U.S.]
Pimp"ship (?), n. The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp. [R.]
3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] "In merry pin." Cowper.
8. (Med.) Caligo. See Caligo. Shak.
10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang]
2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.]
3. To plait. [Obs.]
2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. [Obs.]
3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. Gower.
3. Pian; pang. "Necessary's sharp pinch." Shak.
Pin"chem (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The European blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.] Milton.
Pine, v. i. 1. To suffer; to be afflicted. [Obs.]
2. The wood of the pine tree.
3. A pineapple.
2. A hothouse in which pineapples are grown.
2. Wasting; consuming. "The pining malady of France." Shak.
2. A wing, literal or figurative.
3. The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body. Johnson.
4. A fetter for the arm. Ainsworth.
2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. Johnson.
2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. Addison.
3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] Herbert.
2. (Zoˆl.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ.
4. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear.
2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
Pin"nage (?), n. [Cf. Pinfold.] Poundage of cattle. See Pound. [Obs.]
3. A pin maker.
Pin"patch` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The common English periwinkle. [Prov. Eng.]
Pint, n. (Zoˆl.) The laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.]
5. The key or sound of the voice. [R.] Shak.
6. The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.
7. pl. The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.
8. (Mining) An elongated body or vein of ore.
2. (Naut.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.
2. To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts. [Slang, Eng.]
3. Emitting a high, shrill sound.
2. Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.
3. The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc.
2. Keenly felt desire; a longing.
3. To pride or value; -- used reflexively.
Pi*queer" (?), v. i. See Pickeer. [R.]
Pi*queer"er (?), n. See Pickeerer. [R.]
Piqu"et (?), n. See Picket. [R.]
2. To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines.
2. (Man.) The whirling about of a horse.
Pis"o*phalt (?), n. [For pissasphalt.] (Min.) Pissasphalt. [Obs.]
2. Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.
2. (Geol.) See Pitchstone.
2. Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
4. To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.
5. To set or fix, as a price or value. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
3. To fix one's choise; -- with on or upon.
4. Height; stature. [Obs.] Hudibras.
5. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
2. A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] Mortimer.
2. Smeared with pitch.
3. Black; pitch-dark; dismal. "Pitchy night." Shak.
4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. "Piteous amends." Milton.
2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.
2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
2. Exciting no pity; as, a pitiless condition.
2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.]
I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy.
2. To announce by placards; as, to placard a sale.
I know my place as I would they should do theirs.
6. A definite position or passage of a document.
8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.
5. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
To place (a person), to identify him. [Colloq. U.S.]
2. (Med.) A prescription intended to humor or satisfy.
Place"ful (?), a. In the appointed place. [Obs.]
2. Position; place.
2. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.
2. (Old Eng. Law) A court, or cause in court.
3. (Law) A plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit. Burrill.
3. A woman's pocket.
2. That which plagiarized.
3. Plagiarism; literary thief. Milton.
2. Practicing plagiarism. Bp. Hall.
2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
2. Wearing a plaid. Campbell.
2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
2. A field of battle. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
2. To make plain or manifest; to explain.
2. An accusation or protest on account of an injury.
Plaise (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Plaice. [Obs.]
2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
M. R. Smith.
3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
2. (Arch.) The under side of a cornice; a soffit.
2. To efface or remove.
3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.]
2. A star, as influencing the fate of a men.
2. Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system.
4. Caused by planets. "A planetary plague." Shak.
2. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
2. The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4.
5. A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick. [Slang]
4. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
8. To set up; to install; to instate.
I have planted; Apollos watered.
1 Cor. iii. 6.
3. An original settlement in a new country; a colony.
2. That which is planted; a plantation.
2. A dash of water; a splash.
2. Specked, as if plashed with color. Keats.
2. (Biol.) Same as Plasma.
3. Unorganized material; elementary matter.
Plas"ma*ture (?), n. Form; mold. [R.]
2. The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
3. A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
Plas"tic*al (?), a. See Plastic. [R.]
2. (Physiol.) Plastic force. Dunglison.
2. Imitation of handwriting; forgery.
3. (Anc. Armor) An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.
I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground.
Plat, adv. 1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.]
2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] Drant.
2. Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
11. (Her.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
13. A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
3. To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.
4. To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminÊ.
5. To calender; as, to plate paper.
2. An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
2. A machine for calendering paper.
2. A place laid out after a model. [Obs.]
Plat"form`, v. t. 1. To place on a platform. [R.]
2. To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.]
2. A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
3. A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.
2. The process by which such pictures are produced.
Plat"ly (?), a. Flatly. See Plat, a. [Obs.]
2. Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical.
2. The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
3. Anything plausible or specious. R. Browning.
3. Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker.
Plau"si*ble*ize (?), v. t. To render plausible. [R.]
2. Contentedly, readily. [Obs.]
2. Plausible, specious. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
4. To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute.
5. To act; to behave; to practice deception.
7. To move gayly; to wanton; to disport.
8. To act on the stage; to personate a character.
2. To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ.
7. To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
7. Performance on an instrument of music.
2. One who plays any game.
3. A dramatic actor. Shak.
5. A gamester; a gambler.
2. A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.
Play"mak`er (?), n. A playwright. [R.]
4. An urgent prayer or entreaty.
3. To contend; to struggle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
I will neither plead my age nor sickness, in excuse of faults.
2. A secluded part of a garden. [Archaic]
Pleas"ant, n. A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.]
I pray to God that it may plesen you.
2 Tim. iii. 4.
4. That which pleases; a favor; a gratification. Shak.
Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
Pleas"ure*ful (?), a. Affording pleasure. [R.]
2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men.
Ple*be"iance (?), n. 1. Plebeianism. [Obs.]
2. Plebeians, collectively. [Obs.]
2. The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity.
3. A hypothecation without transfer of possession.
3. To secure performance of, as by a pledge. [Obs.]
Pledg"er*y (?), n. [Cf. OF. pleigerie.] A pledging; suretyship. [Obs.]
2. (Naut.) A string of oakum used in calking.
Plein, v. i. & t. To complain. See Plain. [Obs.]
I. Watts.
Ple"na*ry, n. (Law) Decisive procedure. [Obs.]
Plene (?), Ê. [L. plenus full.] Full; complete; plenary. [Obs.]
2. To furnish; to stock, as a house or farm. [Scot.]
Plen"ish*ing, n. Household furniture; stock. [Scot.]
2. Animal fullness; repletion; plethora. [Obs.]
3. Having plenty; abounding; rich.
2. Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful.
3. Lavish; profuse; prodigal. [Obs.]
He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from
Plen"ty, a. Plentiful; abundant. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Shak. (Folio ed.)
2. State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.
2. (Zoˆl.) Same as Pleuron.
3. (Zoˆl.) The bend of the wing of a bird.
To bring our craft all in another plight
2. To promise; to engage; to betroth.
2. A plantation laid out. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
I have overheard a plot of death.
2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. Johnson.
3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
6. (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain.
2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.
Ploy (?), n. Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
5. (Zoˆl.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]
Plucked (?), a. Having courage and spirit. [R.]
2. A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
2. A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it. [Scot.]
2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
2. The material of which a plug or stopple is made.
2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
Plumb"age (plm"j; 48), n. Leadwork [R.]
2. Dull; heavy; stupid. [R.] J. P. Smith.
Plumb"er*y (?), n. [F. plomberie.] 1. The business of a plumber. [Obs.]
2. A place where plumbing is carried on; lead works.
Plume (?), n. [F., fr. L. pluma. Cf. Fly, v.]
2. (Zoˆl.) An ornamental tuft of feathers.
3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. "Farewell the plumed troop." Shak.
2. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
3. Hence, any weight.
1. Having feathers or plumes.
3. To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
3. A voter who plumps his vote. [Eng.]
4. A downright, unqualified lie. [Colloq. or Low]
Plump"ly, adv. Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve. [Colloq.]
2. (Zoˆl.) A down feather.
I. Watts.
2. To baptize by immersion.
3. To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. [Obs.]
5. (Gun.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
3. (Eccl.) See Plurality of benefices, below.
2. To multiply; to make manifold. [R.]
2. (Eccl.) To hold more than one benefice at the same time. [Eng.]
Plu"ral*i`zer (?), n. (Eccl.) A pluralist. [R.]
2. Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual.
2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain.
And plies him with redoubled strokes
3. To employ diligently; to use steadily.
4. To practice or perform with diligence; to work at.
Ply, v. i. 1. To bend; to yield. [Obs.]
3. (Naut.) To work to windward; to beat.
2. Bent; turn; direction; bias.
Pneu*mat"ics (?), n. [Cf. F. pneumatique.]
2. To force, drive, or plunge into anything. [Obs.]
3. To make soft or muddy by trampling Tennyson.
4. To begin and not complete. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Zoˆl.) The American widgeon. [Local, U.S.]
Pock"arred (?), a. See Pockmarked. [Obs.]
7. (Zoˆl.) Same as Pouch.
2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
1. Pertaining to the gout; gouty; caused by gout.
2. Afflicted with gout. Sir T. Browne.
2. A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
2. Porridge. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. (Zoˆl.) The foot.
2. Poetry; metrical composition; poems.
Po"et*as`try (?), n. The works of a poetaster. [R.]
I versify the truth, not poetize.
Po"et*ship, n. The state or personality of a poet. [R.]
2. Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.
2. To distrain. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
2. One who distrains property. [Scot.] Jamieson.
11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio.
18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.]
23. A tyne or snag of an antler.
24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.
5. To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.
7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.
9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
1. (Bot.) The pistil of a plant.
3. (Arch.) See Poyntel. [Obs. or R.]
3. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
4. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
2. To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
3. To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
4. To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
5. To weigh (down); to oppress. [Obs.]
2. To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.
2. Capable of being poisoned.
Poi"sure (?), n. [See Poise.] Weight. [Obs.]
Poize (?), n. See Poise. [Obs.]
2. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
He poked John, and said "Sleepest thou ?"
2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
3. A poking-stick. Decker.
4. (Zoˆl.) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.]
Pok"er*ish, a. Stiff like a poker. [Colloq.]
Pok"ing (?), a. Drudging; servile. [Colloq.]
Pok"y (?), a. [Written also pokey.] 1. Confined; cramped. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Dull; tedious; uninteresting. [Colloq.]
2. (Mus.) See Polonaise.
Po*lar"ic (?), a. See Polar. [R.]
Po`lar*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. polarisation.]
2. To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
3. To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
4. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
4. The firmament; the sky. [Poetic]
5. (Geom.) See Polarity, and Polar, n.
2. A polemic argument or controversy.
Po*lem"i*cist (?), n. A polemic. [R.]
Pol"e*mist (?), n. A polemic. [R.]
2. A guide or director.
2. (Mil.) To make clean; as, to police a camp.
Po*li"cial (&?;), a. Relating to the police. [R.]
6. Motive; object; inducement. [Obs.]
2. Anything used to produce a gloss.
3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
2. In a polite manner; with politeness.
4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] Sterne.
2. Politicly; artfully. [Obs.] Knolles.
Pol`i*ti"cian (?), n. [Cf. F. politicien.]
Po*lit"i*cist (?), n. A political writer. [R.]
3. Policy; art; management. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
7. (Zoˆl.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).
2 Sam. xiv. 26.
3. To extort from; to plunder; to strip. [Obs.]
4. To impose a tax upon. [Obs.]
5. To pay as one's personal tax.
2. A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit. [Obs.] Camden.
2. Plunder, or extortion. [Obs.] E. Hall.
3. The act of voting, or of registering a vote.
Ps. cvi. 38
2 Esd. xv. 6.
2. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.
2. (Min.) Same as Pollucite.
2. (Zoˆl.) Pairing with more than one female.
2. (Zoˆl.) The state or habit of having more than one mate.
2. (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the Polygastrica. [Obs.]
2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.
2. Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
2. Done with a polygraph; as, a polygraphic copy.
3. The art or practice of using a polygraph.
2. (Opt.) A polyscope, or multiplying glass.
2. (Chem.) Polymeric. [Obs.]
2. A polynomial name or term.
2. Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.
2. (Mus.) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
2. (Paleon.) A fossil coral.
Pol`y*sul"phu*ret (?), n. (Chem.) A polysulphide. [Obsoles.]
2. (Zoˆl.) Producing many or young.
Pol"yve (?), n. [See Polive.] A pulley. [Obs.]
2. Like pomace.
2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
2. A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds.
Pond, v. t. [See Ponder.] To ponder. [Obs.]
1. To weigh. [Obs.]
Pon"der*ate, v. i. To have weight or influence. [R.]
2. Of or pertaining to the pope; papal. Shenstone.
2. Of or pertaining to the building of bridges. [R.]
2. The term of office of a pontiff. Milman.
2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.]
4. A small glass of beer. [Slang]
4. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
3. Meanly; without spirit.
4. Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.
3. (Zoˆl.) The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
4. (Zoˆl.) A fish; the ruff.
2. The jurisdiction of the pope.
2. An adherent of the pope. [R.] Marlowe.
1. (Zoˆl.) (a) The green woodpecker. (b) A parrot.
2. A target in the form of a parrot. [Scot.]
2. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar. [U.S.]
3. (Mach.) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.
Pop"ple, n. 1. The poplar. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]
2. Tares. [Obs.] "To sow popple among wheat." Bale.
5. Public sentiment; general passion. [R.]
Pop"u*late, v. i. To propagate. [Obs.]
2. Popular; famous. [Obs.] J. Webster.
3. Common; vulgar. [Obs.] Arden of Feversham.
Por"ce*lain (?), n. (Bot.) Purslain. [Obs.]
2. A portico; a covered walk. [Obs.]
2. (Gr. Geom.) A corollary. Brande & C.
2. (Med.) A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution.
2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [R.]
Por"pesse (?), n. A porpoise. [Obs.]
2. (Zoˆl.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.
2. Possible to be endured; supportable. [Obs.]
Por"tace (?; 48), n. See Portass. [Obs.]
2. The price of carriage; porterage. Bp. Fell.
3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
4. A prayer book or breviary; a portass. [Obs.]
Por"ta*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. portatif.] 1. Portable. [Obs.]
Port"cluse (?), n. A portcullis. [Obs.]
Port"ed (?), a. Having gates. [Obs.]
Por"te*gue (?), n. See Portague. [Obs.]
3. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
5. A wife's fortune; a dowry. Shak.
2. To endow with a portion or inheritance.
2. (Eccl.) See Portionist, 2.
Por"tise (?), n. See Portass. [Obs.]
2. Bulkiness; corpulence.
2. Bulky; corpulent. "A portly personage." Dickens.
Port*man"tle (?), n. A portmanteau. [Obs.]
Por"tos (?), n. See Portass. [Obs.]
2. Pictures, collectively; painting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. The art or practice of making portraits. Walpole.
2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
3. To adorn with pictures. [R.]
Por"tu*a*ry (?; 135), n. [Cf. Portass.] (R. C. Ch.) A breviary. [Eng.]
I. Watts.
2. That which settles by absolute appointment.
3. (Gram.) The positive degree or form.
5. (Elec.) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
Pos"i*ture (?; 135), n. See Posture. [Obs.]
2. A collection of people; a throng; a rabble. [Colloq.]
I am yours, and all that I possess.
I have possessed your grace of what I purpose.
Pos*ses"sion, v. t. To invest with property. [Obs.]
2. (Gram.) A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case.
7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
3. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
6. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
2. A boy who carries letters from the post.
2. To affix a date to after the event.
2. (Bookkeeping) An additional or subsequent entry.
2. One who posts bills; a billposter.
2. A post horse. "Posters at full gallop." C. Lever.
2. Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.
2. Succeeding generations; future times. Shak.
2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
C. Knight.
2. To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order.
2. Fig., belonging to the after portion of life; late. [R.]
2. To take without express consent; to assume.
3. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
Pos"tu*mous (?), a. See Posthumous. [R.]
2. Place; position; situation. [Obs.] Milton.
2. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. Knight.
8. A size of paper. See Pott.
Pot, v. i. To tipple; to drink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Pot"ash`es (?), n. pl. (Chem.) Potash. [Obs.]
2. A draught. "Potations pottle deep." Shak.
3. Drink; beverage. "Thin potations." Shak.
Pot"e*ca*ry (?), n. An apothecary. [Obs.]
2. [See Potence.] A staff or crutch. [Obs.]
Po"ten*ta*cy (?), n. [See Potentate.] Sovereignty. [Obs.]
1 Tim. vi. 15.
Po*ten"tial*ly (?), adv. 1. With power; potently. [Obs.]
2. In a potential manner; possibly, not positively.
2. A popgun. [Obs.] Swift.
Poth"e*ca*ry (?), n. An apothecary. [Obs.]
2. A servant in a public house; a potboy.
Pot"-sure` (-shr), a. Made confident by drink. [Obs.]
2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey.
3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
4. (Zoˆl.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
2. The place where earthen vessels are made.
2. A pot or tankard. Shak.
3. A vessel or small basket for holding fruit.
2. Nearly drunk; tipsy. [Obs.]
2. One who cleans pots; a scullion. [Slang, U. S.]
2. To swallow; -- said of fowls. Derham.
3. To pout. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
4. To pocket; to put up with. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Poul"da`vis (?), n. Same as Poledavy. [Obs.]
Poul"der (?), n. & v. Powder. [Obs.]
2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] "A pounce to print money with." Withals.
3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] Homilies.
2. Decorative perforation of cloth. [Obs.]
2. A level stretch in a canal between locks.
2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord.
1 Sam. i. 15.
3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
Pout (pt), v. i. To shoot pouts. [Scot.]
2. To protrude. "Pouting lips." Dryden.
3. To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat. [Obs.]
2. To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.
2. Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned. [Obs.]
3. (Her.) Same as SemÈ. Walpole.
6. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host. Spenser.
2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
2. Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting. [Colloq. U. S.]
2. A ropedancer's balancing pole. Johnson.
Poy nette" (?), n. [Cf. Point.] A bodkin. [Obs.]
4. Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
2 Pet. ii. 14.
2. Customary or constant use; state of being used.
4. Actual performance; application of knowledge; -- opposed to theory.
5. To make use of; to employ. [Obs.]
6. To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
2. To learn by practice; to form a habit.
3. To try artifices or stratagems.
2. Used habitually; learned by practice.
2. One who exercises a profession; a practitioner.
3. One who uses art or stratagem. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Prac"ti*sour (?), n. A practitioner. [Obs.]
2. One who does anything customarily or habitually.
3. A sly or artful person. Whitgift.
Prad (?), n. [Cf. D. paard.] A horse. [Colloq. Eng.]
2. A solemn public ordinance or decree.
2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow.
3. To value; to appraise. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
3. The object, ground, or reason of praise.
Praise"ful (?), a. Praiseworthy. [Obs.]
Praise"ful (?), a. Praiseworthy. [Obs.]
Praise"ment (?), n. Appraisement. [Obs.]
2. An appraiser; a valuator. [Obs.] Sir T. North.
2. To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner.
M. Arnold.
Prank, a. Full of gambols or tricks. [Obs.]
I pray, sir. why am I beaten?
2 Cor. v. 20.
I know not how to pray your patience.
3. To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon.
5. To advise or recommend earnestly.
2. One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
2. One who holds that men existed before Adam.
2. A preamble. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pre*am"bu*la*to*ry (?), a. Preceding; going before; introductory. [R.]
Pre*arm" (?), v. t. To forearm. [R.]
2. A prebendary. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A prebendaryship. [Obs.] Bailey.
2. To take precaution against. [R.] Dryden.
2. To go before in place, rank, or importance.
2. (Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process. Burrill.
Pre*cep"tial (?), a. Preceptive. [Obs.]
2. The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars. Sir W. Scott.
3. Particular; fastidious; overnice. [Obs.]
3. Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.
Pre*cip"i*tate, v. i. 1. To dash or fall headlong. [R.]
2. To hasten without preparation. [R.]
2. A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity.
4. (Chem.) The act or process of precipitating from a solution.
2. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
Pre*ci"sian (?), n. 1. One who limits, or restrains. [Obs.]
I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions.
Pre*coce" (?), a. [F. prÈcoce.] Precocious. [Obs.]
Pre`col*lec"tion (?), n. A collection previously made. [R.]
Pre*cur"so*ry, n. An introduction. [Obs.]
2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [Obs.]
3. (Zoˆl.) Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.
Pre*des"ti*ny (?), n. Predestination. [Obs.]
2. To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
2. Attached to land or farms; as, predial slaves.
3. Issuing or derived from land; as, predial tithes.
2. (Logic) See Category.
2. To found; to base. [U.S.]
2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.
Pre*dic"tion*al (?), a. Prophetic; prognostic. [R.]
2. (Astrol.) The superior influence of a planet. Shak.
Pre*dom"i*nate, v. t. To rule over; to overpower. [R.]
Preed"y (?), adv. With ease. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To trim up, as trees. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Pre`Îx*ist"en*cy (?), n. PreÎxistence. [Obs.]
I would prefer him to a better place.
4. Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment. Locke.
I. Watts
Shak
Prel"ate (?), v. i. To act as a prelate. [Obs.]
I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist.
Prel"a*try (?), n. Prelaty; prelacy. [Obs.]
2. A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.
Pre*lim"it (?), v. t. To limit previously. [R.]
The last Georgic was a good prelude to the ∆nis
2. To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory.
Longfellow
Pre*me"di*ate (?), v. t. To advocate. [R.]
Prem"iss (?), n. Premise. Whately. I. Watts
Pren"tice*hood (&?;), n. Apprenticehood. [Obs.]
Pren"tice*ship, n. Apprenticeship. [Obs. or Colloq.]
2. To prepossess; to prejudice. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
2. Anticipation of objections. [R.] South.
Prep`a*ra"tion (?), n. [F. prÈparation, L. praeparatio. See Prepare.]
5. An army or fleet. [Obs.] Shak.
7. Accomplishment; qualification. [Obs.] Shak.
Ps. cvii. 36
Pre*pense", v. i. To deliberate beforehand. [Obs.]
Pre*pon"der (?) v. t. To preponderate. [Obs.]
2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.]
2. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [Obs.]
1. Preoccupation; prior possession. Hammond.
1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. [Obs.]
Pre*po"ten*cy (?), n. [L. praepotentia: cf. F. prÈpotence.]
Pre*po"tent (?), a. [L. praepotens. See Pre-, and Potent.]
2. (Biol.) Characterized by prepotency. Darwin.
I. Taylor.
2. Precedence; preÎminence; first rank. [Obs.]
1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.
1. The act or art of presaging; a foreboding. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Pre*sa"gious (?), a. Foreboding; ominous. [Obs.]
Pres"by*ter (?), n. [L. an elder, fr. Gr. &?;. See Priest.]
I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest.
3. (Presbyterian Ch.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.
4. A Presbyterian. [Obs.] Hudibras.
1. A body of elders in the early Christian church.
3. The Presbyterian religion of polity. [R.] Tatler.
1. To cut off; to abstract. [Obs.] Norris.
2. To influence by long use [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Pre"script, n. [L. praescriptum: cf. OF. prescript.]
1. Direction; precept; model prescribed. Milton.
2. A medical prescription. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.
I'll bring thee to the present business
4. Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit. [R.]
5. Favorably attentive; propitious. [Archaic]
Job i. 6
I. Watts.
6. To present; to personate. [Obs.] Shak.
Pre*sen"ti*ate (?), v. t. To make present. [Obs.]
Pres`en*tif"ic*al (?), a. Presentific. [Obs.]
Pre*sen"tion (?), n. See Presension. [Obs.]
Pres"ent*ly (?), adv. 1. At present; at this time; now. [Obs.]
3. With actual presence; actually . [Obs.]
2. To protect game for purposes of sport.
2. One who makes preserves of fruit.
2. To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
Pres"i*dence (?), n. See Presidency. [Obs.]
2. A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius. [Obs.]
I have misused the king's press.
4. To embrace closely; to hug.
5. To oppress; to bear hard upon.
6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.
2. Specifically, a printing press.
5. The act of pressing or thronging forward.
2. (Cartesian Philos.) An endeavor to move.
Press"ly (?), adv. Closely; concisely. [Obs.]
2. One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
3. Affliction; distress; grievance.
4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
5. Impression; stamp; character impressed.
2. Neat; tidy; proper. [Obs.] Tusser.
Prest, v. t. To give as a loan; to lend. [Obs.]
Prest"a*ble (?), a. Payable. [Scot.]
I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece.
2. Presumptuous; arrogant. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.
4. To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt. [Obs.]
2. One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
4. Intention; design. [Obs.]
2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.]
2. (Rhet.) See Preterition.
Pre*tex"ture (?; 135), n. A pretext. [Obs.]
2. Hence, a mayor or magistrate. [R.] Dryden.
Pre"tor*ship (?), n. The office or dignity of a pretor. J. Warton
3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.
5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.]
Pret"ty-spo`ken (?), a. Spoken or speaking prettily. [Colloq.]
1 Sam. xvii. 50.
2. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
3. One who betrays or abuses a trust. Prynne.
Pre*ven"i*ence (?; 106), n. The act of going before; anticipation. [R.]
1 Thess. iv. 15.
2. To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.]
Pre*vent", v. i. To come before the usual time. [Obs.]
3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
4. Prejudice; prepossession. [A Gallicism] Dryden.
Pre*ven"tion*al (?), a. Tending to prevent. [Obs.]
2. To inform beforehand; to warn. Ld. Lytton.
3. The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
Prey"ful (?), a. 1. Disposed to take prey. [Obs.]
2. Rich in prey. [Obs.] Shak.
Pric"a*sour (?), n. A hard rider. [Obs.]
2. Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
3. Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry.
2. To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
3. To ask the price of; as, to price eggs. [Colloq.]
2. Of no value; worthless. [R.] J. Barlow.
4. (Naut.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] Hudibras.
9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.]
2. To spur onward; to ride on horseback. Milton.
3. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
4. To aim at a point or mark. Hawkins.
2. One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
3. A sensation of being pricked. Shak.
5. Dressing one's self for show; prinking. [Obs.]
3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [Eng.]
Prick"shaft` (?), n. An arrow. [Obs.]
I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
5. Show; ostentation; glory.
Pride, v. i. To be proud; to glory. [R.]
Prid"ing*ly (?), adv. Proudly. [Obs.]
Prieve (?), v. t. To prove. [Obs. or Scot.]
Prig, v. t. 1. To cheapen. [Scot.]
2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] Shak.
2. Roguery; thievery. [Obs.] Fielding.
2. The button of metal from an assay.
Prim, v. i. To dress or act smartly. [R.]
Pri*mal"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being primal. [Obs.]
4. (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
2. A primary meeting; a caucus.
2. (Zoˆl.) One of the Primates.
4. Early; blooming; being in the first stage. [Poetic]
5. Lecherous; lustful; lewd. [Obs.] Shak.
6. Marked or distinguished by a mark (′) called a prime mark.
5. (Fencing) The first of the chief guards.
7. (Arith.) A prime number. See under Prime, a.
4. To trim or prune, as trees. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
5. (Math.) To mark with a prime mark.
Prime, v. i. 1. To be renewed, or as at first. [Obs.]
2. To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
2. In a prime manner; excellently.
2. The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.
Pri*me"vous, a. Primeval. [Obs.]
2. Primarily; not derivatively.
Pri`mo*gen"i*tive, n. Primogeniture. [Obs.]
Prince"let (?), n. A petty prince. [R.]
3. The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.
2. Of or pertaining to a prince; princely. [A Latinism] [Obs.] Spenser.
3. An original faculty or endowment.
Prin"prid`dle (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The long-tailed titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To publish a book or an article.
6. (Founding) A core print. See under Core.
Print"a-ble (?), a. Worthy to be published. [R.]
2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak.
Pris (?), n. See Price, and 1st Prize. [Obs.]
Pris"er (?), n. See 1st Prizer. [Obs.]
3. (Crystallog.) Same as Orthorhombic.
Pris"my (?), a. Pertaining to a prism. [R.]
2. To bind (together); to enchain. [Obs.]
2. Pique; offense. [Obs.] D. Rogers.
3. Concealment of what is said or done. Shak.
4. A private matter; a secret. Fuller.
5. See Privity, 2. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
5. Having secret or private knowledge; privy. [Obs.]
1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.]
4. One not invested with a public office. [Archaic]
6. pl. The private parts; the genitals.
2. The commander of a privateer.
1. In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others.
2. The state of one not invested with public office.
3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
1. That of which the essence is the absence of something.
3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.
2. (Stockbroker's Cant) See Call, Put, Spread, etc.
1. Privacy; secrecy; confidence. Chaucer.
I will unto you, in privity, discover . . . my purpose.
3. A private matter or business; a secret. Chaucer.
4. pl. The genitals; the privates.
Priv"y (?), a. [F. privÈ, fr. L. privatus. See Private.]
2. Secret; clandestine. " A privee thief." Chaucer.
2. A necessary house or place; a backhouse.
I will depart my pris, or my prey, by deliberation.
I fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize.
4. A contest for a reward; competition. [Obs.] Shak.
5. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. [Written also prise.]
1. To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
I prize it [life] not a straw, but for mine honor.
I prized your person, but your crown disdain.
Proach (?), v. i. See Approach. [Obs.]
Prob"a*bil*ist, n. [Cf. F. probabiliste.]
1. Capable of being proved. [Obs.]
1. Proof. [Obs.] Skelton.
1. The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof. [Obs.]
1. One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice.
2. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof. Jer. Taylor.
3. The nose. [Jocose]
3. That which results; issue; product. [Obs.] Bacon.
I proceeded forth and came from God.
5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur. [Obs.]
6. To have application or effect; to operate.
7. (Law) To begin and carry on a legal process.
1. Inciting; animating; encouraging. [R.] Johnson.
Proc"ess, n. [F. procËs, L. processus. See Proceed.]
3. A statement of events; a narrative. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pro*ces"sion (?), n. [F., fr. L. processio. See Proceed.]
That the procession of their life might be
Pro*ces"sion, v. i. To march in procession. [R.]
Pro*ces"sion, v. i. To honor with a procession. [R.]
Pro*ces"sion*al, n. [F. processionnal, LL. processionale.]
Pro*ces"sion*al*ist, n. One who goes or marches in a procession. [R.]
1. One who takes part in a procession.
2. A manual of processions; a processional. Fuller.
2. To outlaw by public proclamation.
I heard myself proclaimed.
1. The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
1 Kings xv. 22.
Pro*cliv"i*ty (?), n. [L. proclivitas: cf. F. proclivitÈ.]
2. Readiness; facility; aptitude.
Pro*cli"vous (?), a. [L. proclivus. See Proclive.]
1. Inclined; tending by nature. [R.]
2. (Zoˆl.) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.
1. Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers.
2. Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province.
I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago.
Pro*cras"tine (?), v. t. To procrastinate. [Obs.]
Proc*tor"ic*al (?), a. Proctorial. [R.]
2. Authority to act for another; a proxy. [Obs.]
1. The act of procuring; procurement.
2. The management of another's affairs.
2. To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
3. To solicit; to entreat. [Obs.]
4. To cause to come; to bring; to attract. [Obs.]
5. To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.
1. To pimp. Shak.
2. To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]
1. The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
2. Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
Pro*cur"er (?), n. [Cf. F. procureur.]
2. (Zoˆl.) A genus of mammals including the raccoon.
2. A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.
1. Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously great.
Prod"i*tor (?), n. [L.] A traitor. [Obs.]
Prod`i*to"ri*ous (?), a. [Cf. OF. proditoire.]
1. Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous. [Obs.] Daniel.
Prod"i*to*ry (?), a. Treacherous. [Obs.]
Prod"ro*mous (?), a. Precursory. [R.]
Prod"ro*mus (?), n. [NL.]
1. A prodrome.
Pro*duce"ment (?), n. Production. [Obs.]
1. One who produces, brings forth, or generates.
Prod"uct (?), n. [L. productus, p. pr. of producere. See Produce.]
2. To lengthen out; to extend. [Obs.]
3. To produce; to make. [Obs.] Holinshed.
3. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
Prof"a*nate (?), v. t. To profane. [Obs.]
2. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
Pro*fan"i*ty (?), n. [L. profanitas.]
2. That which is profane; profane language or acts.
I do profess to be no less than I seem.
2. To declare friendship. [Obs.] Shak.
Pro*fes"sion*al*ist, n. professional person. [R.]
2. A professorship.
I reck not what wrong that thou me profre.
2. Essay; attempt. [R.] Bacon.
1 Cor. vii. 35.
I profit not by thy talk.
2. To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
1 Tim. iv. 15.
1. Overthrown; beaten; conquered. [Obs.]
2. An abyss. Milton.
Pro*found", v. i. To dive deeply; to penetrate. [Obs.]
Pro*fu"sion (?), n. [L. profusio: cf. F. profusion.]
Pro*fu"sive (?), a. Profuse; lavish; prodigal.[Obs.]
I have been endeavoring to prog for you.
2. To steal; to rob; to filch. [Low] Johnson.
3. To prick; to goad; to progue. [Scot.]
2. A vagrant beggar; a tramp. [Slang]
3. A goal; progue. [Scot.]
Pro*gen"i*ture (?), n. [F. progÈniture.] A begetting, or birth. [R.]
Prog*nos"tic, v. t. To prognosticate. [Obs.]
Prog*nos`ti*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. prognostication.]
2. That which foreshows; a foretoken. Shak.
3. See Programme.
4. A preface. [Obs.] T. Warton.
2. To make improvement; to advance. Bayard.
Pro*gres"sion (?), n. [L. progressio: cf. F. progression.]
1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.
2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
Pro*gress"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. progressif.]
2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state.
2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
Pro`hi*bi"tion (?), n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F. prohibition.]
Proin, v. i. To employed in pruning. [Obs.]
1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.] Fuller.
Pro*ject"ile (?), a. [Cf. F. projectile.]
1. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.
Pro*ject"ile, n. [Cf. F. projectile.]
Pro*jec"tion (?), n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.]
1. The act of throwing or shooting forward.
Pro*la"tion (?), n. [L. prolatio: cf. F. prolation.]
2. The act of deferring; delay. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
2. Previous; antecedent. Glanvill.
Pro*lif"er*ate (?), v. t. [L. proles offspring + ferre to bear.]
2. (Zoˆl.) To produce zooids by budding.
Pro*lif"er*ous (?), a. [L. proles offspring + -ferous.]
3. (Bot.) Proliferous.
Pro*lif"ic*a*cy (?), n. Prolificness. [R.]
Pro*lif`i*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. prolification, LL. prolificatio.]
1. The generation of young.
1. One who speaks for another. Jeffrey.
2. The presiding officer of a convocation. Macaulay.
Pro"lo*gi`zer (?), n. One who prologizes. [R.]
2. One who delivers a prologue. [R.] Shak.
1. To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
3. To put off to a distant time; to postpone. Shak.
Pro`lon*ga"tion (?), n. [F. prolongation.]
2. That which forms an additional length.
1. A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise. Burke.
2. A place for walking; a public walk. Bp. Montagu.
1. To oblige; to confer a favor on. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
2. To deserve; to procure by merit. [Obs.] Davenant.
Pro*me"the*an (?), a. [L. Prometh&?;us: cf. F. promÈthÈen.]
2. Having a life-giving quality; inspiring.
2. That which is prominent; a protuberance.
3. Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent character.
4. Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised.
Prom"ise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Promised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Promising.]
1. To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration.
I will promote thee unto very great honor.
3. One who excites; as, a promoter of sedition.
4. An informer; a makebate. [Obs.] Tusser.
Pro*mov"er (?), n. A promoter. [Obs.]
3. Easy; unobstructed. [Obs.]
Prompt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prompted; p. pr. & vb. n. Prompting.]
2. To suggest; to dictate.
3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
I. Taylor.
1. Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.
2. Cheerful willingness; alacrity.
1. Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
2. The state of lying with the face down; -- opposed to supineness.
3. Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill.
1. A sharp-pointed instrument.
2. The mode of uttering words or sentences.
Pro*nun"ci*a*tive (?), a. [L. pronunciativus.]
1. Of or pertaining to pronunciation.
2. Uttering confidently; dogmatical. [Obs.] Bacon.
4. Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
1. Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.
I . . . have found thee Proof against all temptation.
I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me.
Prop"a*ga*ble (?), a. [See Propagate.]
4. To multiply; to increase. [Obs.]
5. To generate; to produce.
Prop`a*ga"tion (?), n. [L. propagatio: cf. F. propagation.]
1. One who, or that which, propels.
3. A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
Pro*pend"en*cy (?), n. 1. Propensity. [R.]
2. Attentive deliberation. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
2. Individually; after one's own manner. [Obs.]
1. The quality of being proper.
2. Tallness; comeliness. [Obs.] Udall.
I will draw a bill of properties.
6. Propriety; correctness. [Obs.] Camden.
1. To invest which properties, or qualities. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To make a property of; to appropriate. [Obs.]
Pro*phane" (?), a. & v. t. See Profane. [Obs.]
2. Pet. i. 21.
1 Kings xxii. 8.
2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
1. One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller.
3. An interpreter; a spokesman. [R.] Ex. vii. 1.
4. (Zoˆl.) A mantis.
Pro*phor"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; utterance.] Enunciative. [R.]
C. Smart.
2. Hence, to give in token of friendship. [Obs.]
3. To give, or deliver; to subject. [Obs.] Fotherby.
1. A pledge. [Obs. or Scot.]
2. A gift; esp., drink money. [Obs or Scot.]
1. Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity.
2. Nearness in time. Sir T. Browne.
3. Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity. Shak.
Pro*pi`ti*a"tion (?), n. [L. propitiatio: cf. F. propitiation.]
1 John ii. 2.
Pro*plas"tics (?), n. The art of making molds for castings. [R.]
1. One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition. Dryden.
2. (Law) The propounder of a thing.
4. A part considered comparatively; a share.
2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.
3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
2. Relating to, or securing, proportion. Hutton.
2. (Chem.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element. [Obs.]
Pro*pose", v. i. 1. To speak; to converse. [Obs.]
3. To offer one's self in marriage.
2. A speaker; an orator. [Obs.] Shak.
2. A body proprietors, taken collectively.
2. An impelling act or movement.
Pro"ro*gate (?), v. t. To prorogue. [R.]
2. One who is proscribed. [R.]
I speak in prose, and let him rymes make.
2. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
I am beloved Hermia; Why should not I, then, prosecute my right ?
2. Conversion to a religion, system, or party.
Prose"man (?), n. A writer of prose. [R.]
Pros"er (?), n. 1. A writer of prose. [Obs.]
2. One who talks or writes tediously. Sir W. Scott.
I went to Putney . . . to take prospects in crayon.
3. A position affording a fine view; a lookout. [R.]
2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] Chaucer. Beau. & Fl.
2. To grow; to increase. [Obs.]
Prior
2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden.
3. Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
4. (Bot.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
Pros"y (?), a. [Compar. Prosier (?); superl. Prosiest.]
1. Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.
2. Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.
Pro*ten"sive (?), a. Drawn out; extended. [R.]
I will protest your cowardice.
Prot"es*tan*cy (?), n. Protestantism. [R.]
Prot`es*tant"ic*al (?), a. Protestant. [Obs.]
2. (Law) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.
2. (Med.) See Prosthesis. Dunglison.
5. (Gr. Ch.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.
2. The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
5. An adjustable pattern used by tailors. Knight.
1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. Locke.
2. The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.
2. Capable of being protruded; protrusile.
Pro*tu"ber*ous (?), a. Protuberant. [R.]
2. The Provencal language. See Langue d'oc.
Prov"end (?), n. See Provand. [Obs.]
2. Food or provisions. [R or Obs.]
Prov"ent (?), n. See Provand. [Obs.]
3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
4. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
Prov"erb, v. t. 1. To name in, or as, a proverb. [R.]
2. To provide with a proverb. [R.]
I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase.
Prov"erb, v. i. To write or utter proverbs. [R.]
2. To supply; to afford; to contribute.
5. To foresee. [A Latinism] [Obs.] B. Jonson.
4. Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
3. A region of country; a tract; a district.
I. Watts.
4. Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [Obs.]
2. Making temporary provision; provisional.
3. Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth.
5. An appeal to a court. [A Latinism] [Obs.] Ayliffe.
2. To appeal. [A Latinism] [Obs.] Dryden.
2. The keeper of a prison. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money. [Obs.]
Prox*im"i*ous (?), a. Proximate. [Obs.]
I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.
2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
5. (Eccl.) See Procuration. [Obs.]
I. Watts.
2. To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
3. To preen; to prepare; to dress. Spenser.
I. Taylor.
2. (Zoˆl.) A rhizopod.
2. The soul; the vital principle; the mind.
3. [F. psychÈ.] A cheval glass.
2. (Spiritualism) Spirit writing.
Psy*cho"sis (?), n. [NL. See Psycho- .]
1. Any vital action or activity. Mivart.
2. (Bot.) The period when a plant first bears flowers.
D. Webster.
2. A public house; an inn. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
4. An act done in public. [R. & Obs.]
Pub"lic-heart`ed (?), a. Public- spirited. [R.]
2. In the name of the community. Addison.
Pu"cel (?), n. See Pucelle. [Obs.]
Pu"cel*age (?; 48), n. [F.] Virginity. [R.]
2. (Zoˆl.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.
4. Any food or victuals.
5. (Naut.) Same as Puddening.
Pud"ding-head`ed (?), a. Stupid. [Colloq.]
Pue"fel`low (?), n. A pewfellow. [Obs.]
Pu*er"per*ous (?), a. Bearing children. [R.]
2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. Boyle.
2. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
I puff the prostitute away.
Jowett (Thucyd. )
4. (Dyeing) A kier.
2. (Bot.) The puffball.
3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] Rider's Dict. (1640).
2. Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.
2. A pug mill.
2. A name for a monkey. [Colloq.] Addison.
3. A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [Obs.] Lyly.
5. pl. Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] Holland.
6. A prostitute. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
8. (Zoˆl.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Pug"ger (?), v. t. To pucker. [Obs.]
2. Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]
Puis"ny (?), a. Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled. [R.]
2. That which causes vomiting. Garth .
2. Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.
2. To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.
2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
2. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. Carew.
3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic]
5. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. [Colloq.]
2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument.
Pul"pit (?), n. [L. pulpitum: cf. OF. pulpite, F. pulpitre.]
I stand like a clerk in my pulpit.
2. The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching.
3. A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.
Pul"pit*ed (?), a. Placed in a pulpit. [R.]
Pul"pit*er (?), n. A preacher. [Obs.]
2. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.
2. A single beat or throb of a series.
2. (Mech.) That which beats or throbs in working.
Pul*som"e*ter (?), n. [Pulse + -meter.]
2. A pulsimeter.
2. (Zoˆl.) Having the form of a cushion.
Pun (?), v. t. [See Pound to beat.] To pound. [Obs.]
Punch, n. A thrust or blow. [Colloq.]
3. A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
1. A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
I. Taylor.
2. A term applied to the point in fencing. Farrow.
2. Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.
C. Pitt.
Pun"dle (?), n. [Cf. Bundle.] A short and fat woman; a squab. [Obs.]
2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
3. (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.
Pu"nice (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Punese. [Obs. or R.]
3. To injure, as by beating; to pommel. [Low]
I never gave them condign punishment.
I. Taylor.
3. An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
4. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obsoles.] Shak.
Pun"kin (?), n. A pumpkin. [Colloq. U. S.]
Punk"ling (?), n. A young strumpet. [Obs.]
2. A person under a guardian; a ward. Dryden.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye.
Pup"li*can (?), n. Publican. [Obs.]
Purce"lane (?), n. (Bot.) Purslane. [Obs.]
4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit. [Obs.]
2. To acquire wealth or property. [Obs.]
2. The act of seeking and acquiring property.
I. Watts.
1 Tim. i. 5.
4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
2. Nicely; prettily. [Archaic] Halliwell.
2. (Her.) A border of any heraldic fur.
2. (Med.) A cathartic; a purgative. [Obs.] Bacon.
3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
4. (Zoˆl.) A tern. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
6. (Zoˆl.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.
7. pl.(Med.) See Purpura.
8. pl. A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
3. Blood-red; bloody.
I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood.
1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.]
2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. Instance; example. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
2. One who forms a purpose; one who intends.
Pur*pu"ric (?), a. [Cf. F. purpurique.]
1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to purpura. Dunglison.
Purre (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
I will go and purse the ducats straight.
Purse, v. i. To steal purses; to rob. [Obs. & R.]
Purs"er (?), n. [See Purse, and cf. Bursar.]
3. Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier.
Purser's name (Naut.), a false name. [Slang]
Pur"sive*ness, n. Pursiness. [Obs. & R.]
Pur*su"al (?), n. The act of pursuit. [R.]
2. The state of being pursuant; consequence.
5. To follow as an example; to imitate.
6. To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
I have, pursues Carneades, wondered chemists should not consider.
2. (Eccl. & Scots Law) A plaintiff; a prosecutor.
4. (Law) Prosecution. [Obs.]
2. The king's messenger; a state messenger.
Pur"sui*vant, v. t. To pursue. [Obs. & R.]
2. To procure; to get.
2. That which is provided; provisions; food.
3. a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. Addison.
2. Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
2. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
4. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
5. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
3. To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
Pus"ley (?), n. (Bot.) Purslane. [Colloq. U. S]
2. A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.
2. A catkin of the pussy willow.
3. The game of tipcat; -- also called pussy cat.
Pus"sy (?), a. See Pursy. [Colloq. or Low]
2. Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustulate.
I will put enmity between thee and the woman.
4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]
6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
2. A certain game at cards. Young.
Put (?), n. [OF. pute.] A prostitute. [Obs.]
Pu"ter*y, n. [OF. puterie.] Putage. [Obs.]
2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.
2. To corrupt; to make foul.
Pu"tri*fac`ted (?), a. [See Putrefy.] Putrefied. [Obs.]
Put"tock, n. (Naut.) See Futtock. [Obs.]
2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
2. To make intricate; to entangle.
2. To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
Py"et (?), n. A magpie; a piet. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Zoˆl.) (a) The female of the hen harrier. (b) The sea eagle.
2. Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.
Py"go*pod (?), n. [Gr. pygh` rump + -pod.]
1. (Zoˆl.) One of the Pygopodes.
Py"ral (?), a. Of or pertaining to a pyre. [R.]
Py*ram`i*dal (?), a. [Cf. F. pyramidal.]
2. (Crystallog.) Same as Tetragonal.
Pyr"i*toid (?), n. [Pyrite + - oid.] (Crystallog.) Pyritohedron. [R.]
Py"ro (?), n. (Photog.) Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid. [Colloq.]
Pyr"o*gen (?), n. [See Pyrogenous.] 1. Electricity. [R.]
Pyr`o*ma"late (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of pyromalic acid. [Obs.]
2. Same as Pyrotechnics.
Py*rox"yle (?), n. [Cf. F. pyroxyle. See Pyroxylic, -yl.]
4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis.
2. (Bot.) A pyxidium.
3. (Anat.) The acetabulum. See Acetabulum, 2.
Q.
1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
Quad, n. (Arch.) A quadrangle; hence, a prison. [Cant or Slang]
2. The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.
2. A cube. [R.]
3. (Anat.) The quadrate bone.
Quad*rat"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. quadratique.]
2. (Crystallog.) Tetragonal.
2. A quadrate; a square. Milton.
2. A square brick, tile, or the like.
Quad"ri*ble (?), a. Quadrable. [R.]
2. The appropriate music for a quadrille.
Quad*rox"ide (?), n. [Quadri- + oxide.] (Chem.) A tetroxide. [R.]
Quad*ru"pli*cate (?), a. [L. quadruplicatus, p. p.]
2. (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. [R.]
2. Elegance; beauty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.]
Bacon
I made that inquiry in quality of an antiquary.
4. An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
Quarl (?), n. [Cf. G. qualle.] (Zoˆl.) A medusa, or jellyfish. [R.]
3. A glazier's diamond. Simmonds.
4. A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
3. Earnest desire or longing. [Obs.] Holland.
3. To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake.
Quar"ry, a. [OF. quarrÈ.] Quadrate; square. [Obs.]
2. A vessel or measure containing a quart.
2. A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.
2. Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.
2. To divide; to separate into parts or regions.
4. To furnish as a portion; to allot. [R.]
2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
2. (Poet.) A stanza of four lines.
Quar"tridge (?), n. Quarterage. [Obs.]
Quat, v. t. To satiate; to satisfy. [Prov. Eng.]
1. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
3. A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
Qua"tre (?), n. [F.] A card, die. or domino, having four spots, or pips
Quave (?), n. See Quaver. [Obs.]
Quave, v. i. To quaver. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Quave"mire` (?), n. See Quagmire. [Obs.]
2. (Mus.) An eighth note. See Eighth.
Quay"age (?), n. [F.] Wharfage. [Also keyage.]
Que (?), n. [Cf. 3d Cue.] A half farthing. [Obs.]
2. Like a queach; thick; bushy. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Queer, n. Counterfeit money. [Slang]
To shove the queer, to put counterfeit money in circulation. [Slang]
Queint (?), a. See Quaint. [Obs.]
1. To die. [Obs.]
2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.]
2. To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
2. One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.
2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.
2. Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin.
Quer"ry (?), n. A groom; an equerry. [Obs.]
Quer`u*len"tial (?), a. Querulous. [R.]
3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
2. To address questions to; to examine by questions.
3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
2. Request; desire; solicitation.
3. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
4. Inquest; jury of inquest.
Quest"er (?), n. One who seeks; a seeker. [Obs.]
4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.]
I pray you, think you question with the Jew.
2. To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.
4. To talk to; to converse with.
Ques"tion*ist, n. 1. A questioner; an inquirer. [Obs.]
Ques"tion*less, a. Unquestioning; incurious. [R.]
Quet (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
Quey (?), n. [Cf. Dan. qvie.] A heifer. [Scot.]
I. Watts.
2. A pun; a low conceit.
2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth.
Quich (?), v. i. [Cf. Quinch.] To stir. [Obs.]
2 Tim. iv. 1.
3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
7. Pregnant; with child. Shak.
3. (Bot.) Quitch grass. Tennyson.
3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
Locke
4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. Mortimer.
2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
3. (Gram.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say."
2. Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
1 Pet. iii. 4.
I will sit as quiet as a lamb.
Qui"et (?), n. [L. quies, - etis. See Quiet, a.]
I would have peace and quietness.
2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. Judd.
2. To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.
3. To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.
2. A quilting bee. See Bee, 2.
3. The material used for making quilts.
4. (Naut.) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
Qui"nate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of quinic acid. [Written also kinate.]
2. (Bot.) a quince tree or shrub.
Quin*cun"cial (?), [L. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See Quincunx.]
1. Having the form of a quincunx.
Quin"dem (?), n. A fifteenth part. [Obs.]
1. Consisting of five parts.
2. (Bot.) Divided into five parts almost to the base.
2. (Mus.) The interval of a fifth.
3. A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
4. An irregular air; as, light quirks of music. Pope.
1 Sam. iv. 9.
5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]
2. Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil.
Quit"tal (-tal), n. Return; requital; quittance. [Obs.]
2. Recompense; return; repayment. [Obs.] Shak.
2. A deliverer. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
Quit"ture (-tr; 135), n. A discharge; an issue. [Obs.]
2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.
3. An odd or absurd fellow. Smart. Thackeray.
2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
Quiz, v. i. To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
Quod, v. Quoth; said. See Quoth. [Obs.]
1. A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.
2. (Mus.) A medley improvised by several performers.
Quoil (kwoil or koil), n. See Coil. [Obs.]
2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] J. Morley.
4. Quota; share. [Obs.]
3. (Com.) To name the current price of.
4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] Shak.