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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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Phy'si-o-lōğ'ic or Phy'si-o-lōğ'ic-al, a. p. 983Pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the properties and functions of living beings.Phys'i-o-lōj'ĭ-cal-ly, adv. p. 983In a physiological manner.Physi-ōl'o-gist, n. p. 983One who is versed in the science of living beings, or in the properties and functions of animals and plants. 2. One who treats of physiology.Physi-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 983That department of natural science which treats of the organs and their functions, in animals and plants. Mental physiology, the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished…Physique, n. p. 983The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.Phy's'no-my, n. p. 983Physiognomy. [Obs.] Spenser.Phy̆s'o-grāde, n. p. 983(Zoöl.) One of a tribe of zoöphytes, which swim by means of air-bladders.Phȳ's'y, n. p. 983A fusee. See FUSEE. Locke.Phy-tēl'e-phas, n. p. 983(Bot.) A genus of South American plants, from the seeds of which the substance called vegetable ivory is obtained.Phy-tĭv'o-roŭs, a. p. 983Feeding on plants or herbage; as, phytivorous animals. Ray.Phy'to-chēm'ie-al, a. p. 983Relating to phytochemistry. Hunt.Phy'to-chēm'ist-ry, n. p. 983Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies. Hunt.Phy-tōch'i-my, n. p. 983The chemistry of plants.Phy-tōg'e-ny, n. p. 983The doctrine of the generation of plants.Phy'to-ge-ōg'ra-phy, n. p. 983The geography of plants.Phy'to-glyph'ic, a. p. 983Relating to phytoglyphy.Phy-tōg'ly-phy, n. p. 983The art of printing from nature, by taking impressions from plants, or other objects, on soft metal or other substances, and from these taking an electrotype plate, by means of which impressions are…Phy'to-grāph'ie-al, a. p. 983Pertaining to the description of plants.Phy-tōg'ra-phy, n. p. 983The science of describing plants in a systematic manner. 2. A description of plants.Phy'to-lăc'ce'a, n. p. 983(Bot.) A genus of plants from the fruit of which a red color resembling lac is obtained. Loudon.Phy'to-līte, n. p. 983A plant petrified, or fossil vegetable.Phy'to-lī-thōl'o-ğist, n. p. 983One versed in phytolithology.Phy'to-lī-thōl'o-gy, n. p. 983The branch of science which treats of fossil plants.Phy'to-lōğ'ie-al, a. p. 983Pertaining to phytology; botanical.Phy-tōl'o-gĭst, n. p. 983One skilled in phytology; a botanist.Phy-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 983A discourse or treatise on plants, or the science of plants; description of the kinds and properties of plants; botany.Phy'ton, n. p. 983(Bot.) A single developed plant, plant-bud or plant individual in a tree;—the tree being regarded as a compound individual made up of many phytons. Gray.Phy-tōn'o-my or Phy-tōn'y-my, n. p. 983The science of the origin and growth of plants.Phy'to-pa-thŏl'o-gy, n. p. 983An account of diseases to which plants are liable.Phy-tŏph'a-gōus, a. p. 983Eating, or subsisting on, plants.Phy-tōt'o-mist, n. p. 983One versed in phytotomy.Phȳ-tōt'o-my, n. p. 984The dissection of plants.Phȳ'to-zō'on or Phȳ'tōz'o-on, n. p. 984A plant-animal;—a term sometimes applied to zoophytes; also to certain marine animalcules living in the tissues of plants. Dana.Phȳz, n. p. 984The same as PHIZ.Pī, n. p. 984(Print.) A mass of types confusedly mixed, or unsorted. [Written also pie.]Pī-ä'ba, n. p. 984(Ichth.) A small, fresh-water fish of Brazil, about the size of the minnow, much esteemed for food.Pi-ăs'a-ba, n. p. 984See PIASSAVA.Pi'a-cle, n. p. 984An enormous crime which requires expiation. [Rare.] Howell.Pī-ăc'ū-lar, a. p. 984Expiatory; having power to atone. 2. Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad. “To cleanse his little Warwickshire fold from its piacular pollution.” De Quincey.Pī-ăc′ū-lăr′i-ty, n. p. 984The state or quality of being piacular; criminality; badness. De Quincey.Plăc'ū-lous, a. p. 984The same as PLACULAR.Pī'a Mā'ter p. 984(Anat.) The vascular membrane immediately investing the brain.Pi'a-nĕt', n. p. 984The magpie. 2. A bird, the lesser woodpecker. [Obs.] Bailey.Pĭ'a-nĭs'sĭ-mo, a. p. 984(Mus.) Very soft;— a direction to the performer to execute the passage to which it refers in the softest manner.Pi-ä'nist, n. p. 984A performer on the piano-forte, or one well skilled in it. Busby.Pï-ä'no, a. p. 984(Mus.) Soft;—a direction to the performer to execute the passage to which it refers softly and with diminished volume of tone.Pī-ä'no or Pī-ä'no-fōr'te, n. p. 984(Mus.) A musical instrument resembling a harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers which are moved by keys.Pī-ăn'o-grāph, n. p. 984(Mus.) A machine, which, attached to a piano-forte, transcribes, on paper prepared for the purpose, any thing played by the pianist.Pi'a-rist, n. p. 984(Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious order which arose in the seventeenth century at Rome, and who bound themselves by a special vow to devote themselves to education. Brande.Pi-ăs'a-bă, n. p. 984See PIASSAVA.Pi-ăs'sa-vă, n. p. 984A fibrous product of the palm-tree (Attalea funifera), imported from Brazil. The fibers are derived from the base of the leaf-stalks, and are used in making brooms, and for various other purposes.…Pĭ-ăs'ter, n. p. 984An Italian coin of about 80 cents value, or 3s. 7d. sterling. But the value is different in different states or countries. The Spanish piaster is the same as the Spanish or American dollar. The…Pī-ā'tion, n. p. 984The act of making atonement; expiation. [Obs.]Pl-äz'zä, n. p. 984(Arch.) A portico or covered walk, supported by arches or columns. 2. A square open space surrounded by buildings. [Italy.] Guilt.Pīb'-cŏrn, n. p. 984A wind instrument or pipe, with a horn at each end, used in Wales.Pi'broch, n. p. 984A wild, irregular species of music, peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland. It is performed on a bagpipe, and adapted to excite or assuage passion, and particularly to rouse a martial spirit among…Pi'cĕa, n. p. 984(Ornith.) The magpie. 2. (Med.) A vitiated appetite which makes the patient crave what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, &c. 3. (Rom. Cath. Church.) An ordinary, a table, or directory for…Pic'a-dōr', n. p. 984A horseman armed with a lance, who commences the exercises of a bull-fight by attacking the animal, without attempting to kill him.Pie'a-mār', n. p. 984(Chem.) The bitter principle of pitch, an oil-like, transparent fluid.**Pi'card**, n. p. 984(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect which arose in the fifteenth century, the members of which held doctrines similar to those of the Adamites;—so called from Picard, a native of Flanders. See ADAMITES.