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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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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.Pŏck'ish, a. p. 1003Affected with the small-pox.Pŏck'-märk, n. p. 1003Mark or scar made by the smallpox.Pŏck'-pit'ted, a. p. 1003Pitted by the small-pox.Pŏck'-pūd'ding, n. p. 1003An Englishman; — a name of reproach or ridicule applied by the Scotch to the English. W. Scott.Pōck'-wōod, n. p. 1003A very hard kind of wood; Guaiacum officinale of Linnaeus, or lignum vitæ.Pŏck'y, a. p. 1003Full of pocks; infected with the small-pox. 2. Vile; rascally; mischievous; contemptible. [Colloq. and low.]Pō'co, adv. p. 1003(Mus.) A little; —used chiefly in phrases indicating the time or movement; as, poco più allegro, a little faster; poco largo, rather slow. Poco a poco (Mus.), little by little; gradually; as, poco a…Pō'co-cū'rant-īsm, n. p. 1003The state of having little care or interest; indifference.Po-cō'son, n. p. 1003Reclaimed marsh. [Virginia.] Washington.Pŏc'ū-lent, a. p. 1003Fit for drink. [Obs.] Bacon.Pŏc'ū-li-fōrm, a. p. 1003Cup-shaped.Pŏd, n. p. 1003(Bot.) A capsule of a plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. Gray.Pŏd, v. i. p. 1003To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.Pōd'a-grā, n. p. 1003(Med.) Gout in the joints of the foot;—applied also to gout in other parts of the body. Dunglison.Po-dāg'rie or Po-dāg'rie-al, a. p. 1003Pertaining to the gout; gouty; partaking of the gout. 2. Afflicted with the gout. Browne.Pōd'a-grōŭs, a. p. 1003Having the gout; gouty; podagric.Pōd'der, n. p. 1003A gatherer of pods.Pō-dĕs'tă, n. p. 1003One of the chief magistrates of Genoa and Venice.Pōdge, n. p. 1003A puddle; a splash. Skinner. 2. Porridge. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Pōd'g'y, a. p. 1003Fat and short; pudgy; as, a podgy hand. Dickens.Pō'di-ŭm, n. p. 1003(Arch.) (a.) The part in an amphitheater projecting over the arena. (b.) A balcony or open gallery. Elmes.Pŏd'o-gyn'i-ŭm, n. p. 1003The same as BASI-GYNIUM, q. v.Po-dŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1003(Med.) A description of, or treatise upon, the foot. Dunglison.