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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Pē'on-ied, a. p. 967Furnished or covered with peonies.Pē'on-ĭsm, n. p. 967The state or condition of a peon; peonage. D. Webster.Pē'o-ny, n. p. 967(Bot.) A plant of the genus Pæonia, having beautiful, showy flowers. [Written also pæony and piony.]Pēo'ple, n. p. 967The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming together a whole. To him shall the gathering of the people be. Gen. xlix. 10. The ants are a…Pēo'ple, v. t. p. 967To stock with inhabitants; to furnish with population; to populate. “As the gay motes that people the sunbeams.” Milton. “And peoples them with spirits of glorious aspect.” Jeffrey.Pēo'plish, a. p. 967Vulgar. [Obs.] Chaucer.Pe-păs'tic, n. p. 967(Med.) A medicine used to promote proper suppuration and granulation in wounds not healed by the first intention, and in ulcers.Pĕp'e-rīne or Pĕp'e-rï'no, n. p. 967(Geol.) A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, cinders, and the like.Pēp'lis, n. p. 967(Bot.) A genus of plants including the water purslain.Pē'po, n. p. 967(Bot.) An indehiscent fruit, externally firm and internally pulpy, as that of the cucumber, melon, squash, and the like. Gray.Pēp'per, n. p. 967(Bot.) A climbing plant and its fruit, of the genus Piper, of which there are very numerous species. The leaves are oval, and the flowers white. Pepper has a strong, aromatic smell, and a hot…Pĕp’per, v. t. p. 967To sprinkle with pepper. 2. To pelt with shot; to cover with wounds as thick as the particles of pepper sprinkled on a dish; to mangle with blows. “I am peppered, I warrant.” Shak.Pĕp'per-bŏx, n. p. 967A small box, with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling pulverized pepper on food.Pĕp'per-brănd, n. p. 967A kind of mildew which affects grain; Uredo caries.Pēp'per-eāke, n. p. 967A kind of spiced cake or gingerbread.Pĕp'per-cōrn, n. p. 967The berry or fruit of the pepper-plant. 2. Hence, something of insignificant value; as, lands held at the rent of a pepper-corn.Pĕp'per-grăss, n. p. 967(Bot.) (a.) A trailing plant of the genus Pilularia. (b.) A plant of the genus Lepidium, a kind of cress, sometimes cultivated for the table; —called also pepper-wort.Pēp'per-idge, n. p. 967(Bot.) The tupelo, or black gum, a tree with very tough wood, belonging to the genus Nyssa.Pepperidge-bush p. 967the barberry; a shrub. See BARBERRY.Pĕp'per-ing, a. p. 967Hot; pungent; angry. Swift.