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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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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.Pŭb'lic-house, n. p. 1058An ordinary inn or house of entertainment.Pŭb'li-cĭst, n. p. 1058A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who treats of the rights of nations. The Whig leaders, however, were much more desirous to get rid of Episcopacy than to prove themselves consummate…Pub-lic'i-ty, n. p. 1058The state of being public or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety.Pŭb'lic-ly, adv. p. 1058With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; as, property publicly-offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made. 2. In the name of the community.Pŭb'lic-mīnd'ed, a. p. 1058Disposed to promote the public interest. [Rare.]Pŭb'lic-mīnd'ed-ness, n. p. 1058A disposition to promote the public advantage. [Rare.] South.Pŭb'lie-ness, n. p. 1058The state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; as, the publicness of a sale. 2. State of belonging to the community; as, the publicness of property. Boyle.Pŭb'lic-spīr'it-ed, a. p. 1058Having or exercising a disposition to advance the interest of the community; disposed to make private sacrifices for the public good; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good…Pŭb'lic-spĭr'it-ed-ly, adv. p. 1058With public spirit.Pŭb'lic-spĭr'it-ed-ness, n. p. 1058A disposition to advance the public good, or a willingness to make sacrifices of private interest to promote the common weal.Pŭb'lish, v. t. p. 1058To make public; to make known to mankind or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or edict. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his…Pŭb'lish-a-ble, a. p. 1058Capable of being published.Pŭb'lish-er, n. p. 1058One who publishes or makes known. The love of you, not hate unto my friend, Hath made me publisher of this pretense. Shak. 2. One who sends a book or writing into the world for common use; one who…Pŭb'lish-ment, n. p. 1058The act or process of making publicly known. 2. A public notice of intended marriage, formerly required by the laws of some States, as Massachusetts and Connecticut.Pue-cōōn', n. p. 1058(Bot.) A plant of various species, yielding a red pigment, used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and alkanet; also, the pigment itself.Pūçe, a. p. 1058Of a dark brown or brownish-purple color.