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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pēn’ta-dăc’tyl, a. p. 966Having five fingers to the hand or five toes to the foot. 2. Characterized by marks, structure, &c., resembling five fingers.Pēn’ta-gon, n. p. 966(Geom.) A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides. Regular pentagon, a pentagon in which the angles are all equal, and likewise the sides all equal.Pen-tăg'o-nal, a. p. 966Having five corners or angles.Pen-tăg'o-nal-ly, adv. p. 966So as to have the form of a pentagon; with five angles.Pen-täg'o-noŭs, a. p. 966Pentagonal.Pĕn’ta-grāph, n. p. 966The same as PANTOGRAPH, q. v.Pĕn’ta-grāph’ic or Pĕn’ta-grāph’ic-al, a. p. 966Pertaining to, or performed by, a pentagraph.Pēn'ta-gyn'i-ā, n. p. 966(Bot.) An order of plants, in the artificial system of Linnæus, having five styles or pistils.Pĕn′ta-gȳn′i-an or Pen-tāg′y-nŏus, a. p. 966(Bot.) Of, or pertaining to, plants of the order Pentagynia; having five styles.Pēn’ta-hē’/dral, a. p. 966Having five equal sides.Pēn'ta-hēd'ric-al, a. p. 966Pentahedral. [Rare.]Pēn′ta-hē′dron, n. p. 966A solid figure having five equal sides.Pēn’ta-hē’drous, a. p. 966Pentahedral.Pĕn’ta-hĕx/a-hĕ’/dral, a. p. 966(Crystallog.) Exhibiting five ranges of faces, one above another, each range containing six faces.Pen-tăm'er-an, n. p. 966(Entom.) One of a section of coleopterous insects, having five joints on the tarsus of each leg. Brande.Pen-tām'er-oŭs, a. p. 966(Bot.) Divided into, or consisting of, five parts, as a flower. Gray.Pen-tām'e-ter, n. p. 966(Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A verse of five feet, of which the first two may be either dactyls or spondees, the third is always a spondee, and the last two anapests. ☞ A pentameter verse, joined to a…Pen-tăm'e-ter, a. p. 966Having five metrical feet.Pen-tăm'y-rōn, n. p. 966(Med.) An ancient ointment, composed of five ingredients, supposed to have been storax, mastic, wax, opobalsam, and nard ointment. Dunglison.Pen-tān'dri-ā, n. p. 966(Bot.) A class of plants in the artificial system of Linnæus, having five separate stamens.Pen-tăn'dri-an or Pen-tăn'drous, a. p. 966(Bot.) Belonging to the class Pentandria; having five stamens.Pēn'tan-gle, n. p. 966A pentagon. [Rare.] Browne.Pent-ăn’gu-lar, a. p. 966Having five corners or angles.Pĕn’ta-pĕt’al-ōŭs, a. p. 966(Bot.) Having five petals or flower-leaves.Pen-tăph'yl-lous or Pĕn-ta-phyl'lous, a. p. 966Having five leaves.Pent-ăp'o-dy, n. p. 966(Pros.) A measure consisting of five feet; five feet taken together.Pēn'tap-tōte, n. p. 966(Gram.) A noun having five cases.Pĕn’tarch-y, n. p. 966A government in the hands of five persons. Brewer.Pén'ta-spāst, n. p. 966An engine with five pulleys.Pĕn′ta-spĕrm′oüs, a. p. 966(Bot.) Containing five seeds.Pén'ta-stich, n. p. 966A composition consisting of five verses.Pén’ta-stÿle, n. p. 966(Arch.) An edifice with five columns in front.Pĕn’ta-teūch, n. p. 966The first five books of the Old Testament.Pĕn’ta-tēuch’al, a. p. 966Pertaining to the Pentateuch. Williams.Pĕn’te-cŏn’ter, n. p. 966(Gr. Antiq.) A Grecian vessel of fifty oars, smaller than a trireme. ☞ “The Greek η being represented in Latin by a, Mitford spells this word pentacont er, and other similar compounds…Pĕn’te-cōst, n. p. 966A solemn festival of the Jews, so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day after the feast of the passover. It was instituted in commemoration of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after…Pĕn’te-cōst’al, a. p. 966Pertaining to Pentecost, or to Whitsuntide.Pēnʹte-cōstʹals, n. pl. p. 966Oblations formerly made to the parish priest at Whitsuntide, and sometimes to the Romish see. Cowell.Pĕn'/te-cŏs'ter, n. p. 966(Gr. Antiq.) A military officer commanding fifty men. Milford.Pĕn’te-cŏs’tys, n. p. 967A body of fifty soldiers. Milford.Pen-tĕl'i-can, a. p. 967Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine marble quarries.Pĕnt'house, n. p. 967A shed standing aslope from the main wall or building; a lean-to. Had there not lurked under the penthouse of his eye that sly epicurean twinkle. W. Scott.Pĕn′tiçe, n. p. 967A sloping roof. [Rare.] Wotton.Pĕn′tīle, n. p. 967See PANTILE.Pĕn’tre-mīte, n. p. 967(Paleon.) A fossil crinoid of a group occurring in the upper Devonian and the Carboniferous formation. Dana.Pĕnt'ro͞of, n. p. 967A roof with a slope on one side only.Pĕn'-trough, n. p. 967A pen-stock.Pĕ'nult or Pe-nŭlt', n. p. 967(Gram. & Pros.) The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.Pe-nŭlt'i-mȧ, n. p. 967The same as PENULT.Pe-nŭlt'i-mate, a. p. 967Last but one; next before the last;—said especially of the last syllable but one of a word.Pe-nŭlt'i-mate, n. p. 967The last syllable but one of a word; penult.Pe-nŭm’brȧ, n. p. 967An incomplete or partial shadow. 2. (Astron.) The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the…Pe-nŭm'bral, a. p. 967Pertaining to, or resembling, a penumbra; partially illuminated.Pe-nū'ri-oŭs, a. p. 967Showing penury or scarcity; scanty; not bountiful or liberal; as, a penurious spring. 2. Especially, excessively saving or sparing in the use of money; parsimonious to a fault; sordid. “A penurious…Pe-nū'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 967In a penurious or parsimonious manner; with scanty supply.Pe-nū'ri-oŭs-ness, n. p. 967The quality or state of being parsimonious; scantiness; parsimony; a sordid disposition to save money.Pĕn'ū-ry, n. p. 967Absence of means or resources; want; privation; indigence; poverty. All innocent, they were exposed to hardship and penury. Sprat. It arises in neither from penury of thought. Landor.Pĕn’wom-an, n. p. 967A female writer; an authoress. Hard work is not fit for a penwoman. Johnson.Pē'on, n. p. 967A footman; a person of low rank; as, specifically, (a.) One traveling on foot; a pedestrian. (b.) A foot-soldier; hence, in India, a native constable. (c.) A day-laborer; a servant; especially, in…Pē'on-aġe, n. p. 967The state or condition of a peon.