Phytochemistry
Phytochemistry, fī-tō-kem′is-tri, n. the chemistry of plants—also Phy′tochimy.—adj. Phytochem′ical.
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Phytochemistry, fī-tō-kem′is-tri, n. the chemistry of plants—also Phy′tochimy.—adj. Phytochem′ical.
English · e-38699-3012 · brief source recordPhytogenesis, fī-tō-jen′e-sis, n. the theory of the generation of plants—also Phytog′eny.—adjs. Phytogenet′ic, -al. [Gr. phyton, a plant, genesis, birth.]
English · e-38699-3013Phytogeography, fī-tō-je-og′ra-fi, n. the geographical distribution of plants.—adjs. Phytogeograph′ic, -al.
English · e-38699-3014 · brief source recordPhytoglyphy, fī-tog′li-fi, n. the art of printing from nature, by taking impressions from plants, &c., on soft metal, from which an electrotype plate is taken.—adj. Phytoglyph′ic. [Gr. phyton, a plant, glyphein, to engra
English · e-38699-3015Phytography, fī-tog′raf-i, n. the department of botany relating to the particular description of species of plants.—n. Phytog′rapher.—adj. Phytograph′ical. [Gr. phyton, a plant, graphein, to write.]
English · e-38699-3016Phytoid, fī′toid, adj. plant-like, esp. of animals and organs. [Gr. phyton, a plant, eidos, form.]
English · e-38699-3017 · brief source recordPhytolithology, fī-tō-li-thol′ō-ji, n. the science of fossils plants.—n. Phytolithol′ogist.
English · e-38699-3018 · brief source recordPhytology, fī-tol′ō-ji, n. the science of plants, botany.—adj. Phytolog′ical.—n. Phytol′ogist. [Gr. phyton, a plant, logia, discourse.]
English · e-38699-3019Phytonomy, fī-ton′ō-mi, n. the science of the origin and growth of plants: botany. [Gr. phyton, a plant, nomos, a law.]
English · e-38699-3020 · brief source recordPhytopathology, fī-tō-pā-thol′ō-ji, n. the science of the diseases of plants.—adj. Phytopatholog′ical.—n. Phytopathol′ogist.
English · e-38699-3021Phytophagous, fī-tof′a-gus, adj. feeding on plants—also Phytophag′ic.—ns. Phytoph′agan; Phytoph′agy. [Gr. phyton, a plant, phagein, to eat.]
English · e-38699-3022Phytosis, fī-tō′sis, n. the presence of vegetable parasites, or the diseases caused by them.
English · e-38699-3023 · brief source recordPhytotomy, fī-tot′ō-mi, n. the dissection of plants.—n. Phytot′omist.—adj. Phytot′omous. [Gr. phyton, a plant, tomos, a cutting—temnein, to cut.]
English · e-38699-3024Phytozoa, fī-tō-zō′a, n.pl. plant-like animals: animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance and habits, such as sponges, sea-anemones, &c.:—sing. Phytozō′on.—adj. and n. Phytozō′an. [Gr. phyton, a plant, zōo
English · e-38699-3025Pi, Pie, pī, n. a mass of types confusedly mixed.—v.t. to reduce to a mixed mass, or to a state of pi, as types. [Cf. Pie, a magpie, &c.]
English · e-38699-3026Pia, pē′a, n. a perennial Polynesian herb, whose fleshy tubers yield arrowroot.
English · e-38699-3027 · brief source recordPia mater, pī′a mā′tėr, n. the vascular membrane investing the brain: (Shak.) the brain. [L.]
English · e-38699-3031 · brief source recordPiacere, pia-chā′re, n. (mus.) a piacere, at pleasure.—adj. Piacevole (pia-chā′vō-le), pleasant, playful. [It.]
English · e-38699-3028 · brief source recordPiacular, pī-ak′ū-lar, adj. serving to appease, expiatory: requiring expiation: atrociously bad.—n. Piacular′ity. [L. piaculum, sacrifice—piāre, expiate—pius, pious.]
English · e-38699-3029Piaffe, pi-af′, v.i. in horsemanship, to advance at a piaffer.—n. Piaf′fer, a gait in which the feet are lifted in the same succession as the trot, but more slowly.—Also Spanish-walk. [Fr. piaffer.]
English · e-38699-3030Pianoforte, pi-ä′no-fōr′tā, generally shortened to Piano (pi-an′ō), n. a musical instrument furnished with wires struck by little hammers which are moved by keys, so as to produce both soft and strong sounds.—ns. Pianett
English · e-38699-3032Piarist, pī′ar-ist, n. one of a religious congregation for the education of the poor, founded in Rome in 1617 by Joseph Calasanza. [L. pius, pious.]
English · e-38699-3033Piassava, pi-as′a-va, n. a coarse stiff fibre used for rope-making in Brazil.—Also Piass′aba. [Port.]
English · e-38699-3034 · brief source recordPiastre, Piaster, pi-as′tėr, n. a silver coin of varying value, used in Turkey and other countries: the Spanish dollar. [Fr.,—It. piastra.]
English · e-38699-3035Piazza, pi-az′a, n. a place or square surrounded by buildings: a walk under a roof supported by pillars.—adj. Piazz′ian. [It.,—L. platea, a place.]
English · e-38699-3036Pibroch, pē′broh, n. a form of bagpipe music, generally of a warlike character, including marches, dirges, &c. [Gael. piobaireachd, pipe-music—piobair, a piper—piob, a pipe, fear, a man.]
English · e-38699-3037Pica, pī′ka, n. a size of type smaller than English and larger than Small pica, equal to 12 points in the new system of sizes, about 6 lines to the inch, used by printers as a standard unit of measurement for thickness a
English · e-38699-3038Pica, pī′ka, n. a magpie. [Pie.]
English · e-38699-3039 · brief source recordPicador, pik-a-dōr′, n. a horseman armed with a lance, who commences a bull-fight by pricking the bull with his weapon. [Sp. pica, a pike.]
English · e-38699-3040Picamar, pik′a-mär, n. the bitter principle of tar. [L. pix, pitch, amarus, bitter.]
English · e-38699-3041 · brief source recordPicard, pik′ärd, n. a high shoe for men, introduced from France about 1720.
English · e-38699-3042 · brief source recordPicaroon, pik-a-rōōn′, n. one who lives by his wits: a cheat: a pirate.—adj. Picaresque′.—Picaresque novels, the tales of Spanish rogue and vagabond life, much in vogue in the 17th century. [Sp. picaron—pícaro, a rogue.]
English · e-38699-3043Picayune, pik-a-yōōn′, n. a small coin worth 6¼ cents, current in United States before 1857, and known in different states by different names (fourpence, fippence, fip, sixpence, &c.).—adj. petty. [Carib.]
English · e-38699-3044Piccadilly, pik′a-dil-i, n. a standing-up collar with the points turned over, first worn about 1870: a high collar worn in the time of James I.: an edging of lace on a woman's broad collar (17th century).
English · e-38699-3045Piccalilli, pik′a-lil-i, n. a pickle of various vegetable substances with mustard and spices.
English · e-38699-3046 · brief source recordPiccaninny, Pickaninny, pik′a-nin-i, n. a little child: an African or negro child. [Perh. from Sp. pequeño niño='little child.']
English · e-38699-3047Piccolo, pik′ō-lō, n. a flute of small size, having the same compass as an ordinary flute, while the notes all sound an octave higher than their notation.—Also Flauto piccolo, Octave flute, Ottavino. [It.]
English · e-38699-3048Pice, pīs, n.sing. and pl. a money of account and a copper coin, ¼ anna. [Marathi paisa.]
English · e-38699-3049 · brief source recordPicea, pī′sē-a, n. a genus of coniferous trees, including the spruce.
English · e-38699-3050 · brief source recordPiceous, pish′ē-us, adj. pitch-black.
English · e-38699-3051 · brief source recordPiciform, pis′i-form, adj. like to, or relating to, the woodpecker.
English · e-38699-3052 · brief source recordPick, pik, v.t. to prick with a sharp-pointed instrument: to peck, as a bird: to pierce: to open with a pointed instrument, as a lock: to pluck or gather, as flowers, &c.: to separate or pull apart: to clean with the tee
English · e-38699-3053Pickaback, pik′a-bak, adv. on the back like a pack.—Also Pick′back, Pick′apack.
English · e-38699-3054 · brief source recordPickaxe, pik′aks, n. a picking tool, with a point at one end of the head and a cutting blade at the other, used in digging. [M. E. pikois—O. Fr. picois, a mattock, piquer, to pierce, pic, a pick—Celt.]
English · e-38699-3055Pickeer, pi-kēr′, v.i. (obs.) to act as a skirmisher.—n. Pickeer′er.
English · e-38699-3056 · brief source recordPickerel, pik′e-rel, n. an American pike: a wading bird, the dunlin. [Pike + er + el.]
English · e-38699-3057 · brief source recordPicket, pik′et, n. a pointed stake used in fortification: a small outpost or guard stationed in front of an army: a number of men sent out by a trades-union to prevent others from working against the wishes or decisions
English · e-38699-3058Pickle, pik′l, n. a liquid of salt and water in which flesh and vegetables are preserved: vinegar, &c., in which articles of food are preserved: anything pickled: a disagreeable position: (coll.) a troublesome child.—v.t
English · e-38699-3059Pickle, pik′l, n. (Scot.) a small quantity.—v.t. and v.i. to eat sparingly: to pilfer.
English · e-38699-3060 · brief source recordPickwickian, pik-wik′i-an, adj. relating to or resembling Mr Pickwick, the hero of Dickens's Pickwick Papers.—In a Pickwickian sense, in a merely hypothetical sense—a phrase by which the members of the Pickwick Club expl
English · e-38699-3061Picnic, pik′nik, n. a short excursion into the country by a pleasure-party who take their own provisions with them: an entertainment in the open air, towards which each person contributes.—v.i. to go on a picnic:—pr.p. p
English · e-38699-3062Picot, pē-kō′, n. a loop in an ornamental edging, the front of a flounce, &c.—adj. Picotté. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-3063 · brief source recordPicotee, pik-ō-tē′, n. a florist's variety of carnation. [From the French botanist Picot, Baron de la Peyrouse, 1744-1818.]
English · e-38699-3064Picqué-work, pē-kā′-wurk, n. decoration by dots or slight depressions.—Also Pounced-work.
English · e-38699-3066 · brief source recordPicquet. Same as Piquet.
English · e-38699-3065 · brief source recordPicra, pik′ra, n. a cathartic powder of aloes and canella. [Gr. pikros, bitter.]
English · e-38699-3067 · brief source recordPicric, pik′rik, adj. carbazotic.—n. Pic′rāte, a salt of picric acid.—adj. Pic′rāted, mixed with a picrate as in a composition for a whistling rocket.—ns. Pic′rīte, one of the peridotites or olivine-rocks; Picrotox′ine,
English · e-38699-3068Pict, pikt, n. one of an ancient race for 5½ centuries (296-844 A.D.) inhabiting eastern Scotland, from the Forth to the Pentland Firth, most probably Celts, but more nearly allied to the Cymry than to the Gael.—adj. Pic
English · e-38699-3069Picture, pik′tūr, n. a painting: a likeness in colours: a drawing: painting: a resemblance: an image: a vivid verbal description.—v.t. to paint, to represent by painting: to form a likeness of in the mind: to describe vi
English · e-38699-3070Picturesque, pik-tū-resk′, adj. like a picture: such as would make a good or striking picture: expressing the pleasing beauty of a picture.—adv. Picturesque′ly.—n. Picturesque′ness. [It. pittoresco—pittura, a picture—L.
English · e-38699-3071Picul, Pecul, pik′ul, n. a Chinese weight of about 133⅓ lb.
English · e-38699-3072 · brief source recordPicus, pī′kus, n. a Linnæan genus of woodpeckers.
English · e-38699-3073 · brief source recordPiddle, pid′l, v.i. to deal in trifles: to trifle: to eat with little relish: to make water.—n. Pidd′ler, a trifler.—adj. Pidd′ling, trifling, squeamish. [Peddle.]
English · e-38699-3074Piddock, pid′ok, n. the pholas.
English · e-38699-3075 · brief source recordPidgin-English, pij′in-ing′glish, n. a mixture of corrupted English with Chinese and other words, a sort of lingua franca which grew up between Chinese on the sea-board and foreigners, as a medium of intercommunication i
English · e-38699-3076Pie, pī, n. a magpie: (print.) type mixed or unsorted (cf. Pi). [Fr.,—L. pica.]
English · e-38699-3077 · brief source recordPie, pī, n. a book which ordered the manner of performing divine service: a service-book: an ordinal.—By cock and pie (Shak.), a minced oath=By God and the service-book. [Fr.,—L. pica, lit. magpie, from its old black-let
English · e-38699-3078Pie, pī, n. the smallest Indian copper coin, equal to ⅓ of a pice, or 1⁄12 of an anna. [Marathi pā'ī, a fourth.]
English · e-38699-3079 · brief source recordPie, pī, n. a quantity of meat or fruit baked within a crust of prepared flour.—A finger in the pie (see Finger); Humble-pie (see Humble); Mince-pie (see Mince); Perigord pie, a pie flavoured with truffles, abundant in P
English · e-38699-3080Piebald, Pyebald, pī′bawld, adj. of various colours: having spots and patches. [For pie-balled—pie, a magpie, W. bal, a streak on a horse's forehead.]
English · e-38699-3081Piece, pēs, n. a part of anything: a single article: a definite quantity, as of cloth or paper: an amount of work to be done at one time: a separate performance: a literary or artistic composition: a gun: a coin: a man i
English · e-38699-3082Pied, pīd, adj. variegated like a magpie: of various colours: spotted.—n. Pied′ness.
English · e-38699-3083 · brief source recordPieled, pēld, adj. (Shak.) peeled, bare, bald.
English · e-38699-3084 · brief source recordPiend, pēnd, n. the sharp point or edge of a hammer: a salient angle.
English · e-38699-3085 · brief source recordPiepowder, pī′pow-dėr, n. an ancient court held in fairs and markets to administer justice in a rough-and-ready way to all comers—also Court of Dusty Foot.—adj. Pie′powdered, with dusty feet. [O. Fr. piepoudreux, a hawke
English · e-38699-3086Pier, pēr, n. the mass of stone-work between the openings in the wall of a building: an arch, bridge, &c.: a stone pillar on which the hinges of a gate are fixed: a mass of stone or wood-work projecting into the sea for
English · e-38699-3087Pierce, pērs, v.t. to thrust or make a hole through: to enter, or force a way into: to touch or move deeply: to dive into, as a secret.—v.i. to penetrate.—adj. Pierce′able, capable of being pierced.—n. Pierc′er, one who,
English · e-38699-3088Pierian, pī-ē′ri-an, adj. pertaining to the Muses.—n. Pier′ides, the nine Muses. [L. Pierius—Mt. Pierus, in Thessaly, the haunt of the Muses.]
English · e-38699-3089Pierrot, pye-rō′, n. a buffoon with loose long-sleeved white robe: an 18th-century women's low-cut basque, with sleeves. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-3090Piet, pī′et, n. a pie or magpie. [Pie.]
English · e-38699-3091 · brief source recordPietà, pē-ā-ta′, n. a representation of the Virgin embracing the dead body of Jesus.
English · e-38699-3092 · brief source recordPietra-dura, pyā′tra-dōō′ra, n. Florentine mosaic-work, in which the inlaid materials are hard stones—jasper, agate, &c.
English · e-38699-3093Piety, pī′e-ti, n. the quality of being pious: reverence for the Deity, and desire to do His will: love and duty towards parents, friends, or country: sense of duty: dutiful conduct.—ns. Pī′etism, the doctrine and practi
English · e-38699-3094Piezometer, pī-e-zom′e-tėr, n. an instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids. [Gr. piezein, to press, metron, a measure.]
English · e-38699-3095Piffero, pif′e-rō, n. a form of oboe: an organ-stop.
English · e-38699-3096 · brief source recordPig, pig, n. a swine of either gender: an oblong mass of unforged metal, as first extracted from the ore, so called because it is made to flow when melted in channels called pigs, branching from a main channel called the
English · e-38699-3097Pig, pig, n. an earthen vessel. [Piggin.]
English · e-38699-3098 · brief source recordPigeon, pij′un, n. a well-known bird, the dove: any bird of the dove family.—adjs. Pig′eon-breast′ed, having a physical deformity, due to rickets, in which the chest is flattened from side to side, and the sternum or bre
English · e-38699-3099Piggin, pig′in, n. a small wooden or earthen vessel. [Gael. pigean, dim. of pigeadh, or pige, a pot.]
English · e-38699-3100 · brief source recordPight, pīt, v.t. (Spens.) to place, to fix.—adj. placed, fixed, determined. [Pitch, to place.]
English · e-38699-3101 · brief source recordPigmean, pig-mē′an, adj. like a pygmy: very small.
English · e-38699-3102 · brief source recordPigment, pig′ment, n. paint: any substance used for colouring: that which gives colour to animal and vegetable tissues.—adjs. Pigment′al, Pig′mentary.—n. Pig′ment-cell, a cell which secrets pigment. [L. pigmentum—pingĕre
English · e-38699-3103Pigmy. Same as Pygmy.
English · e-38699-3104 · brief source recordPignoration, pig-nō-rā′shun, n. act of giving in pledge: (law) a seizing and detaining of cattle straying and doing damage, till the damage be made good. [L. pignus, -oris, a pledge.]
English · e-38699-3105Pike, pīk, n. a sharp point: a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head like a spear, formerly used by foot-soldiers: a sharp-pointed hill or summit: a voracious fresh-water fish (so called from its pointed snout).—adj.
English · e-38699-3106Pike, pīk, v.i. to go quickly.—n. a turnpike.—n. Pī′ker, a tramp.
English · e-38699-3107 · brief source recordPila, pī′la, n. in archæology and art, a mortar. [L.]
English · e-38699-3108 · brief source recordPilar, pī′lar, adj. hairy.—Also Pil′ary.
English · e-38699-3109 · brief source recordPilaster, pi-las′tėr, n. a square column, partly built into, partly projecting from a wall.—adj. Pilas′tered, furnished with pilasters or inserted pillars. [Fr. pilastre—It. pilastro—L. pīla, a pillar.]
English · e-38699-3110Pilau, pi-law′, n. a dish, in origin purely Mohammedan, consisting of meat or fowl, boiled along with rice and spices.—Also Pillau′, Pilaw′, Pilaff′, Pilow′. [Pers. pilāw, pilaw.]
English · e-38699-3111Pilch, pilch, n. (Shak.) a cloak or gown lined with furs: a flannel cloth or wrap for a child.—n. Pilch′er, one who wears a pilch: a scabbard. [A.S. pylce—Low L. pellicea—L. pellis, skin.]
English · e-38699-3112Pilchard, pil′chärd, n. a sea-fish like the herring, but thicker and rounder, caught chiefly on the Cornish coast. [Prob. Celt., Ir. pilseir.]
English · e-38699-3113Pile, pīl, n. a roundish mass: a heap of separate objects: combustibles, esp. for burning dead bodies: a large building: a heap of shot or shell: (elect.) a form of battery consisting of a number of dissimilar metal plat
English · e-38699-3114Pile, pīl, n. a pillar: a large stake driven into the earth to support foundations: a pyramidal figure in a heraldic bearing.—v.t. to drive piles into.—ns. Pile′-driv′er, Pile′-en′gine, an engine for driving down piles;
English · e-38699-3115Pile, pīl, n. hair, fur: the nap on cloth, esp. if regular and closely set.—v.t. to furnish with pile, to make shaggy.—adj. Pile′-worn, worn threadbare. [O. Fr. peil, poil—L. pĭlus, a hair.]
English · e-38699-3116Pile-wort, pīl′-wurt, n. a buttercup, the celandine.
English · e-38699-3120 · brief source recordPiles, pīlz, n.pl. hæmorrhoids. [L. pĭla, a ball.]
English · e-38699-3117 · brief source recordPileum, pil′ē-um, n. (ornith.) the top of the head from the base of the bill to the nape—including the forehead or front, the vertex or corona, and the hindhead or occiput:—pl. Pil′ēa.
English · e-38699-3118Pileus, pil′ē-us, n. a Roman conical cap: (bot.) the summit of the stipe bearing the hymenium in some fungi:—pl. Pil′ei (-ī).—adjs. Pil′ēate, -d, fitted with a cap: having the form of a cap or hat; Pil′ēiform.—n. Pilē′ol
English · e-38699-3119Pilfer, pil′fėr, v.i. to steal small things.—v.t. to steal by petty theft.—ns. Pil′ferer; Pil′fering, Pil′fery, petty theft.—adv. Pil′feringly. [Pelf.]
English · e-38699-3121Pilgarlick, pil-gar′lik, n. a low fellow—perh. because pilled or made bald by a shameful disease.
English · e-38699-3122 · brief source recordPilgrim, pil′grim, n. one who travels to a distance to visit a sacred place: a wanderer: a traveller: a silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck: (slang) a new-comer.—adj. of or p
English · e-38699-3123Piliform, pil′i-form, adj. slender as a hair.—adjs. Pilif′erous, Pilig′erous, bearing hairs. [L. pilus, a hair, forma, form.]
English · e-38699-3124Piling, pī′ling, n. the act of piling up: the driving of piles: a series of piles placed in order: pilework.
English · e-38699-3125 · brief source recordPilkins, pil′kinz, n. (prov.) the naked oat, Avena nuda.—Also Pill′as, Pill′corn.
English · e-38699-3126 · brief source recordPill, pil, n. a little ball of medicine: anything nauseous which must be accepted: (slang) a doctor: a disagreeable person.—v.t. (slang) to blackball.—n. Pill′-box, a box for holding pills: a kind of one-horse carriage.
English · e-38699-3127Pill, pil, v.t. and v.i. to strip, peel: to deprive of hair.—n. (Spens.) skin. [Peel.]
English · e-38699-3128 · brief source recordPillage, pil′āj, n. (Shak.) act of plundering: plunder: spoil, esp. taken in war.—v.t. to plunder or spoil.—v.t. Pill, to rob or plunder.—n. Pill′ager. [O. Fr.,—piller—L. pilāre, to plunder.]
English · e-38699-3129Pillar, pil′ar, n. (archit.) a detached support, differing from a column in that it is not necessarily cylindrical, or of classical proportions: one who, or anything that, sustains: something resembling a pillar in appea
English · e-38699-3130Pillau, pil-law′, n. See Pilau.
English · e-38699-3131 · brief source recordPillicock, pil′i-kok, n. (Shak.) a term of endearment.
English · e-38699-3132 · brief source recordPillion, pil′yun, n. a cushion for a woman behind a horseman: the cushion of a saddle. [Ir. pilliun, Gael. pillean, a pad, a pack-saddle—peall, a skin or mat, L. pellis, skin.]
English · e-38699-3133Pillory, pil′o-ri, n. a wooden frame, supported by an upright pillar or post, and having holes through which the head and hands of a criminal were put as a punishment, disused in England since 1837.—vs.t. Pill′ory, Pill′
English · e-38699-3134Pillow, pil′ō, n. a cushion filled with feathers, &c., for resting the head on: any cushion: a block of metal for bearing the end of a shaft, or the end of a bowsprit: the socket of a pivot.—v.t. to lay or rest on for su
English · e-38699-3135Pillworm, pil′wurm, n. the millipede.
English · e-38699-3136 · brief source recordPilocarpus, pī-lō-kär′pus, n. a shrub about four or five feet high, slightly branched, the branches erect, a native of Brazil.—n. Pilocar′pine, an alkaloid isolated from pilocarpus, with sudorific properties. [Gr. pilos,
English · e-38699-3137Pilose, pī′lōs, adj. hairy—also Pī′lous.—n. Pilos′ity. [L. pilosus—pilus, hair.]
English · e-38699-3138 · brief source recordPilot, pī′lut, n. the steersman of a ship: one who conducts ships in and out of a harbour, along a dangerous coast, &c.: a guide.—v.t. to conduct as a pilot: to direct through dangerous places.—ns. Pī′lotage, the skill o
English · e-38699-3139Pilule, pil′ūl, n. a little pill—also Pil′ula.—adj. Pil′ular, pertaining to pills.
English · e-38699-3140 · brief source recordPilum, pī′lum, n. the heavy javelin used by Roman foot-soldiers:—pl. Pī′la. [L.]
English · e-38699-3141 · brief source recordPilus, pī′lus, n. one of the slender hairs on plants:—pl. Pī′li. [L.]
English · e-38699-3142 · brief source recordPimento, pi-men′to, n. allspice or Jamaica pepper: the tree producing it.—Also Pimen′ta. [Port. pimenta—L. pigmentum, paint.]
English · e-38699-3143Pimp, pimp, n. one who procures gratifications for the lust of others: a pander.—v.i. to pander.—adjs. Pimp′ing, petty: mean; Pimp′-like. [Fr. pimper, a nasalised form of piper, to pipe, hence to cheat.]
English · e-38699-3144Pimpernel, pim′pėr-nel, n. a plant of the primrose family, with reddish flowers—also Poor man's weather-glass, Red chickweed.—n. Pimpinel′la, a genus of umbelliferous plants—anise, pimpernel, breakstone. [Fr. pimprenelle
English · e-38699-3145Pimple, pim′pl, n. a pustule: a small swelling.—adjs. Pim′pled, Pim′ply, having pimples. [A.S. pipel, nasalised from L. papula, a pustule.]
English · e-38699-3146Pin, pin, n. a piece of wood or of metal used for fastening things together: a peg or nail: a sharp-pointed piece of wire with a rounded head for fastening clothes: anything that holds parts together: a piece of wood set
English · e-38699-3147Pin, pin, n. an induration of the membranes of the eye, cataract. [A.S. pinn—Low L. pannus.]
English · e-38699-3148 · brief source recordPiña-cloth, pē′nya-kloth, n. a beautiful fabric made of the fibres of the leaves of the pine-apple plant.
English · e-38699-3149 · brief source recordPinafore, pin′a-fōr, n. a loose covering of cotton or linen over a child's dress. [Pin + afore.]
English · e-38699-3150 · brief source recordPinaster, pi-nas′tėr, n. the cluster-pine.
English · e-38699-3151 · brief source recordPince-nez, pangs′-nā, n. a pair of eye-glasses with a spring for catching the nose. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-3152 · brief source recordPincers. Same as Pinchers.
English · e-38699-3153 · brief source recordPinch, pinsh, v.t. to grip hard: to squeeze between two hard or firm substances: to squeeze the flesh so as to give pain: to nip: to distress: to gripe.—v.i. to act with force: to bear or press hard: to live sparingly.—n
English · e-38699-3154Pinchbeck, pinsh′bek, n. a yellow alloy of five parts of copper to one of zinc. [From Chris. Pinchbeck, an 18th-century London watchmaker.]
English · e-38699-3155Pindari, Pindaree, pin′dar-ē, n. one of a band of freebooters who, after the overthrow of the Mogul empire in India, grew (1804-17) to be a formidable power in the Central Provinces. [Hind.]
English · e-38699-3156Pindaric, pin-dar′ik, adj. after the manner of Pindar, one of the first of Greek lyric poets.—n. an ode in imitation of one of Pindar's: an ode of irregular metre.—n. Pin′darism, imitation of Pindar.
English · e-38699-3157Pinder, pin′dėr, n. one who impounds stray cattle.—Also Pin′ner. [A.S. pyndan, to shut up—pund. Cf. Pen, v., and Pound, to shut up.]
English · e-38699-3158Pine, pīn, n. a northern cone-bearing, evergreen, resinous tree, furnishing valuable timber.—adj. Pin′eal.—ns. Pin′eal-gland, a rounded body about the size of a pea, of a slightly yellowish colour, situated upon the ante
English · e-38699-3159Pine, pīn, v.i. to waste away under pain or mental distress: to languish with longing.—v.t. to grieve for: to bewail.—n. wasting pain: weary suffering.—Done to pine, starved to death. [A.S. pínian, to torment—L. pœna, pu
English · e-38699-3160Pinfold, pin′fōld, n. a pound or enclosure for cattle.—v.t. to impound. [For pind-fold=pound-fold.]
English · e-38699-3161 · brief source recordPing, ping, n. the whistling sound of a bullet.—v.i. to produce such a sound.—n. Ping′-pong, a kind of indoor lawn-tennis, played with battledores or small rackets over a net on a table. [From the sounds made by the stro
English · e-38699-3162Pingle, ping′gl, v.i. (prov.) to eat with feeble appetite: to dawdle.—adj. Ping′ling, dawdling, feeble.
English · e-38699-3163 · brief source recordPinguid, ping′gwid, adj. fat.—n. Ping′uitude. [L. pinguis, fat.]
English · e-38699-3164 · brief source recordPinguin, pin′gwin, n. Same as Penguin.
English · e-38699-3165 · brief source recordPinion, pin′yun, n. a wing: the joint of a wing most remote from the body of the bird: a small wheel with 'leaves' or teeth working into others.—v.t. to confine the wings of: to cut off the pinion: to confine by binding
English · e-38699-3166Pink, pingk, n. a boat with a narrow stern.—Also Pink′y. [Dut.; Ger. pinke.]
English · e-38699-3167 · brief source recordPink, pingk, v.t. to stab or pierce, esp. with a sword or rapier: to decorate by cutting small holes or scallops.—n. a stab: an eyelet.—adj. Pinked, pierced or worked with small holes.—n. Pink′ing-ī′ron, a tool for pinki
English · e-38699-3168Pink, pingk, n. a flower of any one of several plants of the genus Dianthus—carnation, &c.: a shade of light-red colour like that of the flower: a scarlet hunting-coat, also the person wearing such: the minnow, from the
English · e-38699-3169Pink, pingk, v.i. to wink: to half-shut.—n. Pink′-eye, a disease in horses in which the eye turns somewhat red.—adj. Pink′-eyed, having pink eyes like a rabbit: having small or half-shut eyes.—adj. Pink′y, winking. [Dut.
English · e-38699-3170Pinna, pin′a, n. a single leaflet of a pinnate leaf: a wing, fin, or the like: the auricle of the ear:—pl. Pinn′æ.—adjs. Pinn′ate, -d, shaped like a feather: furnished with wings or fins.—adv. Pinn′ately.—adjs. Pinnat′if
English · e-38699-3171Pinnace, pin′ās, n. a small vessel with oars and sails: a boat with eight oars: a man-of-war's boat. [Fr. pinasse—It. pinassa—L. pinus, a pine.]
English · e-38699-3172Pinnacle, pin′a-kl, n. a slender turret: a high point like a spire: the highest point of a mountain, &c.—v.t. to build with pinnacles: to place on a pinnacle. [Fr. pinacle—Low L. pinna-culum, double dim. from L. pinna, a
English · e-38699-3173Pinner, pin′ėr. See Pin.
English · e-38699-3174 · brief source recordPinnet, pin′et, n. (Scott) a pinnacle.
English · e-38699-3175 · brief source recordPinnock, pin′ok, n. the hedge-sparrow.
English · e-38699-3176 · brief source recordPinnoed, pin′ōd, adj. (Spens.) pinioned.
English · e-38699-3177 · brief source recordPinny, Pinnie, pin′ī, n. a pinafore. [Pinafore.]
English · e-38699-3178 · brief source recordPinnywinkle, pin′i-wingk-l, n. an ancient form of torture for the fingers.—Also Pinn′iewinkle, Pil′nie-winks. [A corr. of periwinkle.]
English · e-38699-3179Pint, pīnt, n. a measure of capacity=½ quart or 4 gills: (med.) 12 ounces.—ns. Pint′-pot, a pot for holding a pint, esp. a pewter pot for beer: a seller or drinker of beer; Pint′-stoup, a vessel for holding a Scotch pint
English · e-38699-3180Pintado, pin-tä′do, adj. painted, spotted.—n. the guinea-fowl: chintz, applied to all printed goods.
English · e-38699-3181 · brief source recordPintail, Pin-wheel. See Pin.
English · e-38699-3182 · brief source recordPintle, pin′tl, n. a little pin: a long iron bolt: the bolt or pin on which the rudder of a ship turns. [Dim. of pin.]
English · e-38699-3183 · brief source recordPinxit, pingk′sit, v.i. and v.t. he or she painted—used in noting the painter of a picture, as Rubens pinxit. [L., 3d sing. perf. indic. of pingĕre, to paint.]
English · e-38699-3184Pioned, pī′ō-ned, adj. (Shak.) overgrown with marsh-marigolds, that flower being still called peony around Stratford.
English · e-38699-3185 · brief source recordPioneer, pī-ō-nēr′, n. one of a party of soldiers who clear the road before an army, sink mines, &c.: one who goes before to prepare the way for others.—v.t. to act as pioneer to.—ns. Pī′oner (Shak.), a pioneer; Pī′oning
English · e-38699-3186Pious, pī′us, adj. showing love, affection, or respect towards parents: having reverence and love for the Deity: proceeding from religious feeling.—adv. Pī′ously, in a pious manner.—adj. Pī′ous-mind′ed, of a pious dispos
English · e-38699-3187Pip, pip, n. a disease of fowls—also called Roup. [Low L. pipita—L. pipuita, rheum.]
English · e-38699-3188 · brief source recordPip, pip, n. the seed of fruit. [Pippin.]
English · e-38699-3189 · brief source recordPip, pip, n. one of the spots on dice or playing-cards. [Corr. of prov. pick—Fr. pique, a spade, at cards.]
English · e-38699-3190 · brief source recordPip, pip, v.t. (slang) to blackball.
English · e-38699-3191 · brief source recordPip, pip, v.i. to chirp, as a young bird.
English · e-38699-3192 · brief source recordPipe, pīp, n. a musical wind instrument consisting of a long tube: any long tube: a tube of clay, &c., with a bowl at one end for smoking tobacco: a pipeful: the note of a bird: a cask containing two hogsheads.—v.i. to p
English · e-38699-3193Piperaceous, pip-e-rā′shi-us, adj. pertaining to the Piperā′ceæ, the pepper family.—adj. Piper′ic, produced from such plants.—n. Pip′erine, an alkaloid found in pepper. [L. piper, pepper.]
English · e-38699-3194Pipette, pi-pet′, n. a small tube for removing small portions of a fluid from one vessel to another. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-3195 · brief source recordPipi, pē′pē, n. the astringent pods of Cæsalpinia pipai, a Brazilian plant used in tanning.
English · e-38699-3196 · brief source recordPiping, pī′ping, adj. uttering a weak, shrill, piping sound, like the sick: sickly: feeble: boiling.—n. act of piping: sound of pipes: a system of pipes for any purpose: small cord used as trimming for dresses, &c.: a sl
English · e-38699-3197Pipistrel, Pipistrelle, pip-is-trel′, n. a small reddish-brown bat. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-3198 · brief source recordPipit, pip′it, n. a genus of birds resembling larks in plumage and wagtails in habits, the most common British species being the titlark.
English · e-38699-3199Pipkin, pip′kin, n. a small earthen pot. [Pipe.]
English · e-38699-3200 · brief source recordPippin, pip′in, n. a kind of apple. [O. Fr. pepin—L. pepo—Gr. pepōn, a melon.]
English · e-38699-3201 · brief source recordPipul, pip′ul, n. the sacred fig-tree.—Also Pip′al, Pipp′ul-tree, Peep′ul-tree. [Hind.]
English · e-38699-3202 · brief source recordPipy, pī′pi, adj. like a pipe: tubular.
English · e-38699-3203 · brief source recordPiquant, pē′kant, adj. stimulating to the taste: of a lively spark.—n. Piq′uancy.—adv. Piq′uantly. [Fr. piquant, pr.p. of piquer, to prick.]
English · e-38699-3204Pique, pēk, n. an offence taken: a feeling of anger or vexation caused by wounded pride: spite: nicety: punctilio.—v.t. to wound the pride of: to offend: to pride or value (one's self):—pr.p. piq′uing; pa.t. and pa.p. pi
English · e-38699-3205Piqué, pē-kā′, n. a heavy cotton fabric having a surface corded or with a raised lozenge pattern: a similar pattern produced by quilting with the needle.—n. Piqué-work. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-3206Piquet. Same as Picket.
English · e-38699-3207 · brief source recordPiquet, pi-ket′, n. a game at cards.—n. Pique, in piquet, the scoring of 30 points in one hand before the other side scores at all. [Picket.]
English · e-38699-3208Piragua, pi-rä′gwä. Same as Periagua.
English · e-38699-3209 · brief source recordPirate, pī′rāt, n. one who, without authority, attempts to capture ships at sea: a sea-robber: an armed vessel which, without legal right, plunders other vessels at sea: one who steals or infringes a copyright.—v.t. to r
English · e-38699-3210Piriform, pir′i-form, adj. pear-shaped.
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