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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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Plū'ri-fā'ri-oŭs, a. p. 1002Of many kinds or fashions; multifarious.Plū'ri-fō'li-o-late, a. p. 1002(Bot.) Having many small leaves. Gray.Plū'ri-lit'er-al, a. p. 1002Consisting of more letters than three.Plū'ri-lit'er-al, n. p. 1002A word consisting of more than three letters.Plū'ri-lŏc'ū-lar, a. p. 1002(Bot.) Having several divisions containing seeds; — said of certain fruits, as the lemon, orange, and the like.Plu'ri-præs'ence, n. p. 1002Presence in many places, or in more places than one. [Rare.]Plū'ri-sy, n. p. 1002Superabundance. [Obs.] Shak. 2. Plethora.Plūs p. 1002(Alg.) A character marked thus, +, used as a sign of addition.Plāsh, n. p. 1002A textile fabric with a sort of velvet nap or shag on one side.Plāsh'er, n. p. 1002(Ichth.) A marine fish, somewhat like the dog-fish. Carew.Plūs'quam-pĕr'fect, a. p. 1002Pluperfect. [Rare.]Plū'to p. 1002(Gr. & Rom. Myth.) The son of Saturn, brother of Jupiter and Neptune, and god of the infernal regions.Plu-tō'ni-an, a. p. 1002Plutonic. Plutonian theory (Geol.), the theory that the unstratified crystalline rocks were formed by the agency of heat; — opposed to Neptunian theory.Plū-tō'mi-an, n. p. 1002(Geol.) One who maintains the origin of mountains, &c., to be from fire.Plu-tōn'ic, a. p. 1002Pertaining to Pluto; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean. 2. Pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory. Plutonic action…Plū'to-nism, n. p. 1002The doctrines of the Plutonists.Plü'to-nist, n. p. 1002One who adopts the theory of the formation of the world in its present state from igneous fusion; a Plutonian.Plū'tus p. 1002(Gr. & Rom. Myth.) The son of Jason, or Jasus, and Ceres, and god of wealth. He was represented by the Greeks as lame in his approach, but winged in his departure, and as blind and foolish, because…Plü'vi-al, a. p. 1002Abounding in rain; rainy. [Rare.] Browne.Plū'vi-al, n. p. 1002A priest's cope. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Plū'vi-ăm'e-ter, n. p. 1002The same as PLUVIOMETER.Plū'vi-a-mĕt'ric-al, a. p. 1002The same as PLUVIOMETRICAL.Plū'vi-ŏm'e-ter, n. p. 1002A rain-gauge, an instrument for ascertaining the quantity of water that falls in rain, or in rain and snow, at any place, in a given time; a pluviameter.Plü'vi-o-mĕt'rie-al, a. p. 1002Pertaining to a pluviometer; made or ascertained by a pluviometer.Plū'vi-ōse, n. p. 1002The fifth month of the French republican calendar which dated from September 22, 1792. It commenced January 20, and ended February 18 or 19. See VENDEMIAIRE.Plü'vi-oüs, a. p. 1002Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial.Ply, v. t. p. 1002To fold or cover over; to lay on closely; to lay on; to put to or on with force and repetition. “And plies him with redoubled strokes.” Dryden. 2. To urge; to solicit with pressing or persevering…Ply, v. i. p. 1002To bend; to yield. [Obs.] As they never disagreed, so all plied before them. Burnet. The willow plied, and gave way to the gust. L’Estrange. 2. To work steadily. Ere half these authors be read (which…Plȳ, n. p. 1002[Fr. pli, from plier. See supra.] A fold; a plait. Arbuthnot. 2. Bent; turn; direction; bias. The late learners can not so well take the ply. Bacon. Boswell, and others of Goldsmith's cotemporaries…Plÿ'er, n. p. 1002One who, or that which, plies; specifically, (a.) (pl.) A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge, consisting of timbers joined in the form of St. Andrew's cross. (b.) (pl.) A…Plȳm'outh-clōak, n. p. 1002A cudgel. [Slang.]Pneü-māt'ic or Pneü-māt'ic-al, a. p. 1002Consisting of, or resembling, air; — opposed to dense or solid. The pneumatic substance being, in some bodies, the native spirit of the body. Bacon. 2. Pertaining to air, or to elastic fluids or…Pneū-māt'ics, n. sing. p. 1003That branch of science which treats of the mechanical properties of air and other elastic fluids, as of their weight, pressure, elasticity, and the like. 2. (Philos. & Theol.) The doctrine of…Pneū-māt’o-cēle, n. p. 1003(Surg.) A distention of the scrotum by air.Pneū'ma-to-lōg'ie-al, a. p. 1003Pertaining to pneumatology. Davy.Pneū'ma-tōl'o-gĭst, n. p. 1003One versed in pneumatology.Pneū'ma-tŏl'ō-gy, n. p. 1003The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids. 2. (Philos. & Theol.) The doctrine of, or a treatise on, pneumatics.Pneū'ma-tōm'e-ter, n. p. 1003A gasometer constructed for the purpose of measuring the quantity of air taken into the lungs, and again given out, at each inspiration and expiration. Brande.Pneū'mo-gās'trie, a. p. 1003(Anat.) Of, or pertaining to, the lungs and stomach.Pneumogastric nerve p. 1003the cranial nerve which is distributed to the larynx, lungs, heart, and stomach, and, on account of the wide extent of its distribution, is called also the par vagum.Pneū-mŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 1003(Anat.) A description of the lungs. (Dunglison.)Pneū-mōl'o-gy, n. p. 1003(Anat.) A treatise upon, or a description of, the lungs; pneumatography. (Dunglison.)Pneū-mōm'e-ter, n. p. 1003(Med.) An instrument to measure the quantity of air taken into the lungs in breathing; pneumatometer; spirometer.Pneū-mōm'e-try, n. p. 1003The art or process of ascertaining the capacity of the lungs for air. (Dunglison.)Pneū-mō'ni-ā, n. p. 1003(Med.) An inflammation of the lungs.Pneū-mōn'ic, a. p. 1003Pertaining to the lungs; pulmonic.Pneū-mōn'ie, n. p. 1003(Med.) A medicine for affections of the lungs. Coxe.Pneū'mo-nit'ic, a. p. 1003Pertaining to pneumonitis.Pnēū'mo-nī'tis, n. p. 1003(Med.) Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.Pneū'mo-ny, n. p. 1003The same as PNEUMONIA.Pnī-gā'lī-on, n. p. 1003(Med.) Nightmare with the sense of suffocation that accompanies it; incubus. (Dunglison.)Pnyx, n. p. 1003(Gr. Antiq.) The place in Athens where the people held their public assemblies.Pō'ă, n. p. 1003(Bot.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species; meadow-grass.Pōach, v. t. p. 1003To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into a vessel of boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel. 2. To begin and not complete. [Obs.] Bacon. 3. To rob of game; to pocket and…Pōach, v. t. p. 1003To stab, pierce, or spear, as fish. [Eng.] 2. To tread, as snow or soft ground, making deep tracks. The cattle of the villagers . . . had poached into black mud the verdant turf. W. Scott.Pōach, v. t. p. 1003To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law. [Eng.] Ogilvie. 2. To be trodden with deep tracks, as soft ground. Chalky and clay lands…Pōach'ard, n. p. 1003(Ornith.) A species of diving duck, belonging to the genus Fuligula, and closely allied to the canvas-back duck. The poachards are properly fresh-water ducks, but in winter are found on the…Pōach'er, n. p. 1003One who poaches, or steals game.Pōach'i-ness, n. p. 1003The state of being poachy.Pōach'y, a. p. 1003Wet and soft; such as the feet of cattle will penetrate to some depth; — said of land.