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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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Pic-tō'ri-al, a. p. 985Pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; as, a pictorial imagination; a pictorial dictionary.Pic-tō'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 985In a pictorial manner; with pictures.Pic-tŏr'ic or Pic-tŏr'ic-al, a. p. 985Pictorial. [Rare.]Pĭct'ūr-a-ble, a. p. 985Capable of being pictured.Pict'ūr-al, a. p. 985Pertaining to, consisting of, or represented in, pictures. [Rare.]Pict'ūr-al, n. p. 985A representation. [Obs.]Pic'ture, n. p. 985That which is painted; a likeness drawn in colors; hence, any graphic representation, as of a person, a landscape, a building. Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects. Bacon. 2. The art of, or…Pict'ure, v. t. p. 985To draw or paint a resemblance of; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to recall distinctly or vividly. I do picture it in my mind. Spencer. Love is like a painter, who, in drawing…Pict'ūr-er, n. p. 985One who pictures; one who draws or paints pictures; a painter. [Obs.] “Zeuxis, the curious picturer.” Fuller.Pict'ure-frāme, n. p. 985A frame which surrounds a picture, and sets it off to advantage.Pĭct'ure-gāl'ler-y, n. p. 985A gallery or large apartment, in which pictures are hung up for exhibition.Pic'tūr-èsque', a. p. 985Fitted to form a good or pleasing picture; represented with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or…Pic'tur-esque'ly, adv. p. 985In a picturesque manner.Pict'ūr-ēsque'ness, n. p. 985The state of being picturesque. Picturesqueness is that quality in objects which fits them for making a good picture; and it refers to the appearances of things in form and color more than to their…Pict'ūr-īze, v. t. p. 985To form into a picture; to represent by pictures; to ornament with pictures.Pie'ul, n. p. 985A weight of 133⅓ lbs., divided into 100 catties, or 1600 taels;—called also, by the Chinese, tan. [Chin.] Malcom.Pid'dle, v. i. p. 985To deal in trifles; to spend time in trifling objects; to attend to trivial concerns or the small parts rather than to the main. [Obs.] Ainsworth. 2. To pick at table; to eat or drink squeamishly, or…Pid'dler, n. p. 985One who piddles.Pid'dling, a. p. 985Trifling; trivial. “The ignoble heritage of piddling tithes.” Milton. “From slashing Bentley down to piddling Tibbalds.” Pope.Pie (pī), n. p. 985An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it, as apple, minced meat, &c.Pīe, n. p. 985A magpie. See PICA. [Sometimes written pye.] 2. The old Roman Catholic service-book. See PICA. 3. (Print.) The same as PI. See PI. Cock and pie, an adjuration of the pie or service-book, and of the…Pīe'bald, a. p. 985Of various colors; diversified in color; as, a piebald horse.Pièce, n. p. 985A fragment or part of any thing separated from the whole, in any manner, by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a share; a portion. 2. A portion of any thing conceived of as apart from…Piēçe, v. t. p. 985To enlarge or mend by the addition of a piece; to patch; as, to piece a garment; to piece the time. 2. To unite; to join. Dr. Preston carried it clear at the first by dividing his adversaries; who…Piēçe, v. i. p. 985To unite by a coalescence of parts; to be compacted as parts into a whole. Bacon.Pièce, n. p. 985A castle. [Obs.] Spenser.Pièce'-brō'ker, n. p. 985One who buys shreds and remnants of cloth to sell again. Simmonds.Pièce'-goods, n. pl. p. 985Dry goods usually sold by the piece, as gray cottons, mulls, jaconets, shirtings, long cloths, sheetings, and the like. Simmonds.Pièce'less, a. p. 985Not made of pieces; being an entire thing; whole; entire. Donne.Pièce'ly, adv. p. 985In pieces; piecemeal. [Obs.]Pièce'méal, adv. p. 985In pieces; in fragments. “On which it piecemeal broke.” Chapman. 2. By pieces; by little and little in succession. Piecemeal they win—this acre first, then that. Pope.Pièce'méal, a. p. 985Made of parts or pieces; single; separate.Piēçe′mēal, n. p. 985A small piece; a fragment.Piēçe'mēaled, a. p. 985Divided into small pieces. Cotgr.Piēçe'ner, n. p. 985A workman who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine, or that which spins a coarse yarn in woolen-mills. Ogilvie.Piē'çer, n. p. 985One who pieces; a patcher.Pièce'work, n. p. 985Work done by the piece or job.Pied, a. p. 985Variegated with spots of different colors; spotted. “Roving about in pied coats.” Burton. “Meadows trim with daisies pied.” Milton.Pied'ness, n. p. 986The state of being pied.Piédouche, n. p. 986(Arch. & Sculp.) A pedestal of small size used to support small objects, as busts, vases, and the like.Piè-droit′, n. p. 986(Arch.) A pier or square pillar, without base or capital, partly hid within a wall. Brande.Piéd'stall, n. p. 986The same as PEDESTAL. [Obs.]Piël, n. p. 986An iron wedge for boring stones. Simmonds.Piëled, a. p. 986Bald; bare.Pié'man, n. p. 986One who carries pies about the streets for sale. [Eng.] Mayhew.Pieno, a. p. 986(Mus.) Full; with all the instruments.Piëp, v. i. p. 986The same as PEEP. [Obs.]Pié'-plānt, n. p. 986(Bot.) A plant of the genus Rheum, the leaf-stalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.Pie’pou-dre or Pie’pow-der, n. p. 986(O. Eng. Law.) An ancient court of record in England, incident to every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owns or has the toll is the judge. It has now fallen into disuse. Blackstone.Piér, n. p. 986(Arch.) (a.) A mass of solid stone-work for supporting an arch or the timbers of a bridge or other building. (b.) A part of the wall of a house between the windows or doors. 2. A mass of stone-work…Piér'age, n. p. 986Toll for using a marine pier. Smart.Piérce, v. t. p. 986To thrust into or transfix with a pointed instrument. 2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into; as, a column of troops pierced the main body of the enemy; a shot pierced the ship. 3. To touch…Piërce, v. i. p. 986To enter, as a pointed instrument. 2. To penetrate; to force a way into or through any thing. Her tears will pierce into a marble heart. Shak. 3. To dive or penetrate, as into a secret; to enter. She…Piërce'a-ble, a. p. 986Capable of being pierced. Spenser.Piër'çel, n. p. 986A kind of awl or gimlet for forming a vent in casks of liquor; — called also piercer.Piër'cer, n. p. 986One who pierces or perforates. 2. An instrument that pierces, penetrates, or bores; specifically (a.), an instrument used in forming eyelets; a stiletto. (b.) A piercel. See PIERCEL.Piër'cing-ly, adv. p. 986In a piercing manner.Piër'cing-ness, n. p. 986The power of piercing or penetrating; sharpness; keenness.Piër'-glāss, n. p. 986A mirror or glass hanging between windows.Pīē'ri-an, a. p. 986Pertaining to the Muses. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope.