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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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Psī-lŏm'e-lāne, n. p. 1057(Min.) An ore of manganese, occurring in smooth, botryoidal forms, and massive, and having a dark color nearly steel-gray.Psīl'o-thrōn, n. p. 1057(Med.) A depilatory; a medicine or application to take off the hair of an animal body.Psit-tā'ceoûs or Psit'ta-çīd, a. p. 1057Belonging to the parrot tribe.Psĭt-tāc'i-dæ, n. pl. p. 1057(Ornith.) A family of scansorial birds, including the parrots.Psō'as, n. p. 1057(Anat.) One of two inside muscles of the loins.Psō'ra, n. p. 1057(Med.) A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.Psō-rĭ'a-sĭs, n. p. 1057(Med.) (a.) The state of being affected with psora. [Obs.] (b.) A cutaneous affection consisting of patches of rough, amorphous scales, either continuous, or of indeterminate outline. Dunglison.Psō'rĭc, a. p. 1057Pertaining to, or connected with, psora.Psȳ'chal, a. p. 1057Of, or pertaining to, the soul; psychical. Bayne.Psȳ'chē, n. p. 1057A cheval dressing-glass.Psȳ-chī'a-ter, n. p. 1057One who treats diseases of the mind. Dunglison.Psy-chī'a-trī'ȧ or Psȳ-chī'a-try p. 1057Psȳ-chī'a-try (sī-kī'a-try̆), n. [Gr. ψυχή, the mind, and ἰατρεύειν, to heal; ἰατρός, physician; ἰᾶσθαι, to heal.] (Med.) The application of the healing art to mental diseases. Dunglison.Psȳ'chic or Psȳ'chic-al, a. p. 1057Of, or pertaining to, the human soul; relating to the living principle in man. ☞ This term was formerly used to express the same idea as psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have employed…Psȳ'chics, n. sing. p. 1057Psychology. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Psȳ'chĭsm, n. p. 1057(Philos.) The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, and equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual…Psȳ'cho-lōg'ic or Psȳ'cho-lōg'ic-al, a. p. 1057Pertaining to psychology.Psȳ'cho-lŏg'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1057In a psychological manner.Psȳ-chōl'o-gist, n. p. 1057One who is versed in the nature and properties of the soul, or who writes on the subject.Psȳ-chŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1057A discourse or treatise on the human soul; the science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known…Psy-chōm'a-chy, n. p. 1057A conflict of the soul with the body.Psȳ'cho-măn'cy, n. p. 1057Divination by consulting the souls of the dead.Psy'cho-păn'ny-chism, n. p. 1057(Theol.) The doctrine that the soul falls asleep at death, and does not wake until the resurrection of the body. Fleming.Psy̆-chrōm'e-ter, a. p. 1057An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, consisting of two delicate thermometers, the bulb of one of which is kept constantly moistened, the dew-point, or…Psȳ'chro-mĕt'rie-al, a. p. 1057Pertaining to, or used in, psychrometry; as, psychrometrical instruments. 2. Obtained by psychrometry; as, psychrometrical observations.Psȳ-chrōm'e-try, n. p. 1057The same as HYGROMETRY.Psȳ'chro-phō'bi-ă, n. p. 1057Fear of cold, especially cold water. Dunglison.Psy̆ch'tic, n. p. 1057(Med.) A refrigerating medicine.Ptār'mie, n. p. 1057(Med.) A medicine intended to promote sneezing; a sternutatory. Dunglison.Ptār'mi-gan, n. p. 1057(Ornith.) A bird of the grouse family, having the feet feathered to the toes; Tetrao (lagopus) mutus. The plumage is ash-colored in summer, and almost entirely-white in winter. Ptarmigans haunt the…Pte-rĕch'thys, n. p. 1057(Palæon.) A genus of fossil fish with wing-like appendages, found in the Devonian rocks. Agassiz.Ptēr/i-dōl'o-ǧist, n. p. 1057One versed in that part of botany which treats of ferns; one acquainted with the nature and characteristics of ferns.Ptĕr'i-do-mā'ni-ā, n. p. 1057A madness or strong fancy for ferns. [Rare.] Your daughters, perhaps, have the prevailing pteridomania, and are collecting and buying ferns. C. Kingsley.Ptĕr'i-ple-gĭst'ic, a. p. 1057Relating to fowling, or shooting birds.Ptēr'o-dāc'tyl, n. p. 1057(Paleon.) A fossil reptile which had the little finger of the hand greatly elongated, for the purpose of bearing a membraneous wing.Pte-rōph'o-rūs, n. p. 1057(En-tom.) A genus of small, lepidopterous insects, distinguished by the wings being divided into narrow feathered rays. Baird.Ptēr’o-pŏd, n. p. 1057(Zoöl.) An animal of the subdivision Cephalates, in the sub-kingdom Mollusca. See MOLLUSK.Pte-rōp'o-doūs, a. p. 1057Having the characters of a pteropod.Ptĕr'y-goid, a. p. 1057Like a bird's wing in form; as, the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone.Ptĭs'an, n. p. 1057A decoction of barley with other ingredients. 2. (Med.) An aqueous medicine, containing little, if any, medicinal agent; a tisane. Dunglison.Ptōl'e-mā'ic, a. p. 1057Pertaining to Ptolemy. Ptolemaic system (Astron.), that maintained by Ptolemy, who supposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, with the sun and stars revolving around it. This…Ptōl'e-mā'ist, n. p. 1057One who receives the astronomical system of Ptolemy.Ptȳ'a-līne, n. p. 1057(Chem.) A soluble matter which constitutes a part of the saliva. It acts as a fermenting principle, and readily converts starch into sugar. Gregory.Pty'a-līsm, n. p. 1057(Med.) A morbid and copious excretion of saliva; salivation. Coxe.Ptȳ-āl′o-gŏgue, n. p. 1057(Med.) A ptysmagogue.Pty̆s'ma-gōgue, n. p. 1057(Med.) A medicine that promotes discharges of saliva.Pŭb'ble, a. p. 1057Puffed out; pursy; fat. [Obs.] Thou shalt find me fat, and well fed, As pubble as may be. Drant.Pū'ber-al, a. p. 1057Pertaining to puberty.Pū'ber-ty, n. p. 1057The age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males, and twelve in females. 2. (Bot.) The period when…Pu-bĕr′u-lent, a. p. 1057(Bot.) Covered with down so short and fine as hardly to be perceptible. Gray.Pū'bēs, n. p. 1057(Anat.) (a.) The middle part of the hypogastric region, so called as covered with hair, in both sexes, at the period of puberty. (b.) The hair itself. Dunglison. 2. (Bot.) The down of plants; a downy…Pu-bĕs'çençe, n. p. 1057The state of a youth who has arrived at puberty; or the state of puberty. Browne. 2. (Bot.) The soft, short hairs on plants.Pu-bĕs'çen-cy, n. p. 1057Pubescence. Browne.Pu-bĕs'çent, a. p. 1057Arriving at puberty. That ... the men [are] pubescent at the age of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. Browne. 2. (Bot.) Covered with pubescence, as the leaves of plants. 3. (Zoöl.) Covered…Pū'bĭc, a. p. 1057(Anat.) Of, or pertaining to, the pubes; as, the pubic arch. Dunglison.Pū'bis, n. p. 1057(Anat.) The anterior part of one of the bones of the pelvis (os innominatum), corresponding to the genital organs. Dunglison.Pŭb'lic, a. p. 1057Pertaining to, or belonging to, the people; relating to a nation, state, or community; — opposed to private. To the public good Private respects must yield. Milton. He [Alexander Hamilton] touched…Pŭb'lic, n. p. 1057The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely. The public is more disposed to censure than to praise. Addison. 2. A public house; an inn. [Rare.] Ye can…Pūb'li-can, n. p. 1058(Rom. Antiq.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with…Pŭb'li-cā'tion, n. p. 1058The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount…Pŭb'lic-heärt'ed, a. p. 1058Public-spirited. [Obs.] Clarendon.