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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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Pŏp’ū-lāte, v. t. p. 1013To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase, or by immigration or colonization; to people.Pŏp’ū-lāte, v. i. p. 1013To breed people; to propagate. When there be great shoals of people which go on to populate. Bacon.Pŏp'ū-late, a. p. 1013The same as POPULOUS. [Obs.]Pŏp'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 1013The act or operation of peopling, or furnishing with inhabitants; multiplication of inhabitants. 2. The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country. A country may…Pŏp'ū-li-çīde', n. p. 1013Slaughter of the people. [Rare.]Pŏp'ŭ-līne, n. p. 1013(Chem.) A crystallizable substance separated from the bark of the Populus tremula, of a sweetish acrid taste. Gregory.Pŏp'ŭ-lōs'ĭ-ty, n. p. 1013Populousness. [Obs.] Browne.Pŏp'ŭ-lous, a. p. 1013Full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country. Heaven, yet populous, retains Numbers sufficient to possess her realms. Milton. 2. Pleasing to people…Pōp'ū-lous-ly, adv. p. 1013With many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of country.Pŏp'ū-lōŭs-ness, n. p. 1013The state of having many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of country. By populousness, in contradistinction to “population,” is understood the proportion the number bears to the surface of the…Pōr'bēa-gle, n. p. 1013(Ichth.) A species of shark; the Lamna cornubica. [Written also probeagle.] Yarrell.Pōr'eate or Pōr'ē-a-ted, a. p. 1013Formed in parallel ridges; ridged. Asiat. Res.Pôr'çe-lain, n. p. 1013A fine, translucent kind of earthen ware, made first in China and Japan, but now in Europe and America; — called also China, or China ware. Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. Dryden. 2.…Porcelain-clay p. 1013a clay composed of alumina and silica, used in making porcelain.—Porcelain-jasper. See Porcelanite.Pōr'çe-lā'ne-ous, a. p. 1013Pertaining to, or resembling, porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells. Hatchett.Pōr'çe-la-nite, n. p. 1013(Min.) A semi-vitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; — called also porcelain-jasper. Dana.Pōr'çe-lā'nōus, a. p. 1013Pertaining to, or like, porcelain; porcelaneous.Pōrch, n. p. 1013(Arch.) A kind of vestibule at the entrance, of temples, halls, churches, or other buildings; hence, a stately or ornamental entrance way. The graceless Helen in the porch I spied Of Vesta’s temple.…Pōr'cine, a. p. 1013Pertaining to swine; as, the porcine species of animals.Pōr'cu-pīne, n. p. 1013(Zool.) A rodent quadruped of the genus Hystrix of Linnæus, furnished with spines or quills upon the body, covered with sharp prickles, some of which are twelve inches long, and capable of being…Pôr'eu-pine-fish, n. p. 1013(Ichth.) A fish of the tropical seas, which is covered with spines or prickles capable of being erected by its inflating the body. It is the Diodon hystrix of Bloch. Jardine.Pōr'eu-pine-wood, n. p. 1013The wood of a species of palm; — so called because, when cut horizontally, the markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine. Simmonds.Pōre, n. p. 1013(Anat.) A minute orifice in an animal membrane. 2. A minute opening or passage-way; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of plants or of stones.Pōre, v. i. p. 1013To look with steady, continued attention or application on or over; to study with an abstracted gaze;—often with on or over. “Painfully to pore upon a book.” Shak. The eye grows weary with poring…Pōre'blind, a. p. 1013Near-sighted; short-sighted; purblind. [Obs.] Bacon.Pōr'er, n. p. 1013One who pores or studies diligently.Pōr'gee or Pōr'gy, n. p. 1013(Ichth.) A salt-water fish of the gilt-head kind, much esteemed for food. The common species in North America is the Pagrus argyrops. The Sand-porgee is the Sargus arenosus.Po-rif'e-ran, n. p. 1013(Zoöl.) An animal of the group comprising the sponges. Carpenter.Pō'ri·fōrm, a. p. 1013Resembling a pore, or small puncture.Pō'rime, n. p. 1013(Math.) A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to be almost self-evident. Crabb.Pōr'i-ness, n. p. 1013The state of being pory, or having numerous pores. [Rare.] Wiseman.Pō'rism, n. p. 1013(Geom.) A proposition having for its object to find the condition that will render certain problems indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions. Math. Dict. 2. (Gr. Geom.) A corollary. Brande.Pō'ris·măt'ic or Pō'ris·măt'ic-al or Po-ris'tic or Po-ris'tic-al, a. p. 1013Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a porism.Pō'rite, n. p. 1013(Zoöl.) A coral of certain species, having the surface covered with very shallow or superficial cells, which are quite small and every where contiguous. They grow often to a very large size, and are…Pōrk, n. p. 1013The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.Pōrk'er, n. p. 1013A hog. W. Scott.Pōrk'et, n. p. 1013A young hog; a pig. Dryden. His fields abound with . . . kids, lambs, and porkets. Howitt.Pōrk'ling, n. p. 1013A pig. Tusser.Por-nŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 1013Licentious painting employed to decorate the walls of rooms sacred to bacchanalian orgies, examples of which exist in Pompeii.Po-rŏs'i-ty, n. p. 1013The quality or state of having pores or interstices;—opposed to density.Po-rŏt'ic, n. p. 1013(Med.) A remedy supposed capable of assisting the formation of a callus. Dunglison.Pōr'ōŭs, a. p. 1013Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; as, a porous skin; porous wood. “The veins of porous earth.” Milton.Pōr'oŭs-ly, adv. p. 1013In a porous manner.Pōr'ōŭs-ness, n. p. 1013The quality of having pores; porosity; as, the porousness of the skin of an animal, or of wood, or of fossils. [Obs.] 2. The porous part of any thing. [Rare.] They will forcibly get into the…Pōr'pen-tine, n. p. 1013A porcupine. [Obs.]Pōr'pess or Pōr'pesse p. 1013and Pōr'pesse, n. See PORPOISE.Pōr'phy-rā'ceoŭs, a. p. 1013Porphyritic.Pōr'phyre, n. p. 1013Porphyry. [Obs.] Locke.Pŏr'phy-rĭt'ic, a. p. 1013Pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of, porphyry; as, porphyritic mountains. Kirwan.Pōr'phy-rize, v. t. p. 1013To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted in its composition, like porphyry.Pōr'phy-ry, n. p. 1013(Min.) A rock consisting of a compact base, usually feldspathic, through which crystals of feldspar are disseminated. The crystals are of a lighter tint than the base, and often white. There are red…Pôr'poise, n. p. 1014(Ichth.) A cetaceous mammal of the genus Delphinus of Linnæus, but of the genus Phocæna of more recent naturalists (P. communis). It is about six feet in length, of a bluish-black color on the back…Pōr'po-rī'no, n. p. 1014A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by medieval artists, for the sake of economy, instead of gold. Fairholt.Pōr'pus, n. p. 1014A porpoise. [Obs. or vulgar.]Por-rā'ceoŭs, a. p. 1014Resembling the leek in color; greenish. Wiseman.Por-rēct’,, a. p. 1014(Zoöl.) Extended horizontally; stretched out.Por-rēc'tion, n. p. 1014The act of stretching forth. [Obs.]Pōr'ret, n. p. 1014A scallion; a leek or small onion. [Rare.] Browne.Pōr'ridge, n. p. 1014A kind of food made by boiling vegetables in water, with or without meat; — often made, in America, by boiling meal, flour, or other farinaceous substances in water, or in milk and water, to the…Pōr'ridge-pōt, n. p. 1014A pot in which porridge is boiled.