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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'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.Pōak or Pōake, n. p. 1003Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, &c.Pō'can or Pō'can-bush, n. p. 1003(Bot.) A plant of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra); poke. See POKE. Simmonds.Pō'leard or Pō'chard, n. p. 1003The same as POACHARD.Pŏck, n. p. 1003(Med.) A pustule raised on the surface of the body in the variolous and vaccine diseases.Pŏck'arred, a. p. 1003The same as POCK-FRETTEN.Pŏck'-brōk'en, a. p. 1003Broken out, or marked, with the small-pox; pock-fretten.Pŏck'et, n. p. 1003Any small bag; especially, (a.) A small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles. Confess, then, you picked my pocket. Shak. (b.) A small bag, or net, to receive the balls in billiards.…Pŏck'et, v. t. p. 1003To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket a penknife. 2. To take clandestinely. To pocket an insult or affront, and the like, to receive it without resenting it, or at least without seeking…Pŏck'et-bŏŏk, n. p. 1003A small book, or case, used for carrying papers in the pocket.Pŏck'et-ful, n. p. 1003As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket.Pŏck'et-glāss, n. p. 1003A portable looking-glass.Pŏck'et-hōle, n. p. 1003The opening into a pocket.Pŏck'et-knīfe, n. p. 1003A knife with one or more blades which fold into the handle so as to be carried in the pocket.Pŏck'et-lĭd, n. p. 1003The flap over the pocket-hole.Pŏck'et-piēce, n. p. 1003A piece of money to be kept in the pocket and not spent.Pŏck'et-pĭs'tol, n. p. 1003A pistol to be carried in the pocket; a pocket-flask of liquor. [Colloq.]Pŏck'et-shĕr'iff, n. p. 1003(Eng. Law.) A sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, without the usual form of nomination by the judges in the exchequer. Burrill.Pŏck'-frēt/ten, a. p. 1003Pitted with the small-pox.Pŏck'-hōle, n. p. 1003The pit or scar made by a pock.Pŏck'i-ness, n. p. 1003The state of being pocky.