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1. That branch of science which treats of the mechanical properties of air and other elastic fluids, as of their weight, pressure, elasticity, etc. See Mechanics.
2. (Philos. & Theol.) The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and men.
Pneu"ma*to- (n"m*t- or n*mt"-). A combining form from Gr. pney^ma, pney`matos, wind, air, breath, respiration; as, pneumatograph, pneumatology. [1913 Webster]
Pneu*mat"o*cele (?), n. [Pneumato- + Gr. &?; a tumor; cf. F. pneumatocËle.] (Med.) A distention of the scrotum by air; also, hernia of the lungs.
Pneu*mat"o*cyst (?), n. [Pneumato- + cyst.] (Zoˆl.) A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia.
Pneu*mat"o*garm (?), n. [Pneumato- + -gram.] (Physiol.) A tracing of the respiratory movements, obtained by a pneumatograph or stethograph.
Pneu*mat"o*graph (?), n. [Pneumato- + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration; -- also called stethograph.
Pneu`ma*to*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. pneumatologique.] Of or pertaining to pneumatology.
Pneu`ma*tol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. pneumatologiste.] One versed in pneumatology.
Pneu`ma*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Pneumato- + -logy: cf. F. pneumatologie.] 1. The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids. See Pneumatics, 1.
2. (Philos. & Theol.) The science of spiritual being or phenomena of any description.
Pneu`ma*tom"e*ter (?), n. [Pneumato- + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the amount of force exerted by the lungs in respiration.
Pneu`ma*tom"e*try (?), n. See Spirometry.
Pneu*mat"o*phore (?), n. [Pneumato- + Gr. &?; to bear.] (Zoˆl.) One of the Pneumonophora.
Pneu`ma*to*tho"rax (?), n. [Pneumato- + thorax.] (Med.) See Pneumothorax.
Pneu"mo- (?). A combining form from Gr. pney`mwn, pney`monos, a lung; as, pneumogastric, pneumology.
Pneu`mo*coc"cus (?), n. [See Pneumo- , and Coccus.] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease.
Pneu`mo*gas"tric (?), a. [Pneumo- + gastric.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. -- n. The pneumogastric nerve.
Pneumogastric nerve (Anat.), one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.
Pneu"mo*graph (?), n. Same as Pneumatograph.
Pneu*mog"ra*phy (?), n. [Pneumo- + -graphy.] A description of the lungs. Dunglison.
Pneu*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Pneumo- + -logy.] (Anat.) The science which treats of the lungs.
Pneu*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Pneumo- + -meter.] (Physiol.) A spirometer.
Pneu*mom"e*try (?), n. Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air. Dunglison.
Pneu*mo"ni*a (n*m"n*), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pneymoni`a, fr. pney`mwn, pl. pney`mones the lungs, also, pley`mwn, which is perh. the original form. Cf. Pneumatio, Pulmonary.] (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs.
Catarrhal pneumonia, or Broncho- pneumonia, is inflammation of the lung tissue, associated with catarrh and with marked evidences of inflammation of bronchial membranes, often chronic; -- also called lobular pneumonia, from its affecting single lobules at a time. -- Croupous pneumonia, or ordinary pneumonia, is an acute affection characterized by sudden onset with a chill, high fever, rapid course, and sudden decline; -- also called lobar pneumonia, from its affecting a whole lobe of the lung at once. See under Croupous. -- Fibroid pneumonia is an inflammation of the interstitial connective tissue lying between the lobules of the lungs, and is very slow in its course, producing shrinking and atrophy of the lungs.
Pneu*mon"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. pneumonique.] (a) Of or pertaining to the lungs; pulmonic. (b) Of or pertaining to pneumonia; as, pneumonic symptoms.
Pneu*mon"ic, n. (Med.) A medicine for affections of the lungs.
Pneu`mo*nit"ic (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to pneumonitis.
||Pneu`mo*ni"tis (?), n. [NL. See Pneumo-, and -itis.] (Med.) ||Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.
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Pneu`mo*nom"e*ter (?), n. [See Pneumo-, and -meter.] (Physiol.) A spirometer; a pneumometer.
||Pneu`mo*noph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a lung + &?; to ||bear.] (Zoˆl.) The division of Siphonophora which includes the ||Physalia and allied genera; -- called also PneumatophorÊ.
Pneu"mo*ny (?), n. [Cf. F. pneumonie.] See Pneumonia.
||Pneu`mo*ˆt"o*ka (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pneumo-, and Oˆticoid.] (Zoˆl.) ||Same as Sauropsida.
||Pneu*moph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pneumonophora.] (Zoˆl.) (Zoˆl.) A ||division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory ||tree.
Pneu`mo*skel"e*ton (?), n. [Pneumo- + skeleton.] (Zoˆl.) A chitinous structure which supports the gill in some invertebrates.
Pneu`mo*ther"a*py (?), n. [Gr. &?; air + therapy.] (Med.) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air.
Pneu`mo*tho"rax (?), n. [Gr. &?; air + E. thorax.] (Med.) A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax.
||Pni*ga"li*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; nightmare, fr. &?; to ||throttle.] (Med.) Nightmare.
Pnyx (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Gr. Antiq.) The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc.
Po"a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; grass.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see).
Poach (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poached (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Poaching.] [F. pocher to place in a pocket, to poach eggs (the yolk of the egg being as it were pouched in the white), from poche pocket, pouch. See Pouch, v. & n.] 1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel. Bacon.
2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder. Garth.
Poach, v. i. To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.
Poach, v. t. [Cf. OF. pocher to thrust or dig out with the fingers, to bruise (the eyes), F. pouce thumb, L. pollex, and also E. poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and poke to thrust against.] 1. To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish. [Obs.] Carew.
2. To force, drive, or plunge into anything. [Obs.]
His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow ground.
Sir W. Temple.
3. To make soft or muddy by trampling Tennyson.
4. To begin and not complete. [Obs.] Bacon.
Poach, v. i. To become soft or muddy.
Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter.
Mortimer.
Poach"ard (?), n. [From Poach to stab.] [Written also pocard, pochard.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A common European duck (Aythya ferina); -- called also goldhead, poker, and fresh-water, or red-headed, widgeon. (b) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard.
Red-crested poachard (Zoˆl.), an Old World duck (Branta rufina). -- Scaup poachard, the scaup duck. -- Tufted poachard, a scaup duck (Aythya, or Fuligula cristata), native of Europe and Asia.
Poach"er (?), n. 1. One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish contrary to law.
2. (Zoˆl.) The American widgeon. [Local, U.S.]
Sea poacher (Zoˆl.), the lyrie.
Poach"i*ness (?), n. The state of being poachy; marshiness.
Poach"y (?), a. [See Poach to stab.] Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of land
{ Poak, Poake } (?), n. Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc.
Po"can (?), n. (Bot.) The poke (Phytolacca decandra); -- called also pocan bush.
Po"chard (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Poachard.
Pock (?), n. [OE. pokke, AS. pocc, poc; akin to D. pok, G. pocke, and perh. to E. poke a pocket. Cf. Pox.] (Med.) A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases.
Of pokkes and of scab every sore.
Chaucer.
Pock"arred (?), a. See Pockmarked. [Obs.]
Pock"-bro`ken (?), a. Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten.
Pock"et (?), n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a pocket, and cf. Poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and Pouch.] 1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.
3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity, the articles being sold by actual weight.
4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
5. (Mining.) (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. (b) A hole containing water.
6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
7. (Zoˆl.) Same as Pouch.
Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation of compound words usually of obvious signification; as, pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc.
Out of pocket. See under Out, prep. -- Pocket borough, a borough "owned" by some person. See under Borough. [Eng.] -- Pocket gopher (Zoˆl.), any one of several species of American rodents of the genera Geomys, and Thomomys, family GeomydÊ. They have large external cheek pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the Pacific. Called also pouched gopher. -- Pocket mouse (Zoˆl.), any species of American mice of the family SaccomyidÊ. They have external cheek pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus Dipadomys), and are called kangaroo mice. They are native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc. -- Pocket piece, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not spent. -- Pocket pistol, a pistol to be carried in the pocket. -- Pocket sheriff (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges in the exchequer. Burrill.
Pock"et (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pocketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pocketing.] 1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
He would pocket the expense of the license.
Sterne.
2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead.
Macaulay.
To pocket a ball (Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket of the table. -- To pocket an insult, affront, etc., to receive an affront without open resentment, or without seeking redress. "I must pocket up these wrongs." Shak.
Pock"et*book` (?), n. A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.
Pock"et*ful (?), n.; pl. Pocketfuls (&?;). As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket; as, pocketfuls of chestnuts.
Pock"et*knife` (?), n.; pl. -knives (&?;). A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.
Pock"-fret`ten (?), a. See Pockmarked.
Pock"i*ness (?), n. The state of being pocky.
Pock"mark (?), n. A mark or pit made by smallpox.
Pock"marked` (?), a. Marked by smallpox; pitted.
Pock"-pit`ted (?), a. Pockmarked; pitted.
Pock"-pud`ding (?), n. A bag pudding; a name of reproach or ridicule formerly applied by the Scotch to the English.
Pock"wood` (?), n. [So called because formerly used as a specific for the pock.] (Bot.) Lignum- vitÊ.
Pock"y (?), a. [Compar. Pockier (?); superl. Pockiest.] Full of pocks; affected with smallpox or other eruptive disease. Bp. Hall.
||Po"co (?), adv. [It.] (Mus.) A little; -- used chiefly in phrases ||indicating the time or movement; as, poco pi˘ allegro, a little ||faster; poco largo, rather slow.
||Poco a poco [It.] (Mus.) Little by little; as, poco a poco crescendo, ||gradually increasing in loudness.
Po"cock (?), n. Peacock. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Po`co*cu*ran"te (?), n. [It. poco curante caring little.] A careless person; a trifler. [R.]
Po`co*cu*ran"tism (?). n. Carelessness; apathy; indifference. [R.] Carlyle.
Po*co"son (?), n. Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and Virginia. [Written also poquoson.] Washington.
Poc"u*lent (?), a. [L. poculentus, fr. poculum a cup.] Fit for drink. [Obs.] "Some those herbs which are not esculent, are . . . poculent." Bacon.
Poc"u*li*form (?), a. [L. poculum a cup + -form: cf. F. poculiforme.] Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.
-pod (?). [See Foot.] A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
Pod (?), n. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion, and also E. cod a husk, pod.] 1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
3. (Zoˆl.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.
Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.
Pod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n. Podding.] To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
-po*da (?). A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. &?;, &?;, foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod.
Pod"a*gra (?), n. [L. See Podagric.] (Med.) Gout in the joints of the foot; - - applied also to gout in other parts of body.
{ Po*dag"ric (?), Po*dag"ric*al (?), } a. [L. podagricus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; gout in the feet; &?;, &?;, Foot + &?; a catching.]
1. Pertaining to the gout; gouty; caused by gout.
2. Afflicted with gout. Sir T. Browne.
Pod"a*grous (?), a. Gouty; podagric.
Po*dal"gi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, foot + &?; pain.] (Med.) pain in the foot, due to gout, rheumatism, etc.
||Po*dar"thrum (?), n.; pl. Podarthra (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, foot ||+ &?; joint.] (Anat.) The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the ||metatarsus and the toes.
Pod"ded (?), a. Having pods.
Pod"der (?), n. One who collects pods or pulse.
Po*des"ta (?), n. [It. podest‡, fr. L. potestas power, magistracy. See Potent.]
1. One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. Brande & C.
2. A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
||Po*de"ti*um (?), n.; pl. Podetia (#), E. Podetiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ||&?;, &?;, foot.] (Bot.) A stalk which bears the fructification in ||some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss.
Podge (?), n. [Cf. G. patsche puddle, mire.] 1. A puddle; a plash. Skinner.
2. Porridge. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Podg"y (?), a. Fat and short; pudgy.
Pod"i*cal (?), a. [L. podex, podicis, the anus.] (Zoˆl.) Anal; -- applied to certain organs of insects.
||Pod"i*ceps (?), n. [NL., fr. L. podex, podicis, anus + pes foot.] ||(Zoˆl.) See Grebe.
||Po"di*um (?), n.; pl. Podia (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, dim. of &?;, &?;, ||foot. See Pew.] 1. (Arch.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a ||substructure, or a terrace wall. It is especially employed by ||archÊologists in two senses: (a) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena ||of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began. (b) The ||masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, ||sometimes containing chambers. See Illust. of Column.
2. (Zoˆl.) The foot.
Pod"ley (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A young coalfish.
Pod"o- (?). [See Foot.] A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology.
Pod"o*branch (?), n. [See Podo-, and Branchia.] (Zoˆl.) One of the branchiÊ attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea.
||Pod`o*bran"chi*a (?), n., pl. PodobranchiÊ (-). [NL.] (Zoˆl.) Same as ||Podobranch.
Pod"o*carp (?), n. [Podo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit.
Pod`o*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Podo- + Gr. &?; head.] (Bot.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk.
||Pod`o*gyn"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + gynh` ||woman.] (Bot.) Same as Basigynium
||Pod`oph*thal"mi*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Podophthalmic.] (Zoˆl.) The ||stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes ||supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and ||prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda.
{ Pod`oph*thal"mic (?), Pod`oph*thal"mous (?), } a. [Podo- + Gr. &?; an eye.] (Zoˆl.) (a) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels. (b) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.
Pod`oph*thal"mite (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The eyestalk of a crustacean.
Pod`o*phyl"lin (?), n. [From Podophyllum.] (Chem.) A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.
Pod`o*phyl"lous (?), a. 1. (Zoˆl.) Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs.
2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminÊ, beneath a horse's hoof.
||Pod`o*phyl"lum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + &?; leaf.] ||1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large ||palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two ||species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the ||Himalayan P. Emodi.
2. (Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug.
Pod"o*scaph (?), n. [Podo- + Gr. &?; boat.] A canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, for walking on water.
Pod"o*sperm (?), n. [Podo- + Gr. &?; seed: cf. F. podosperme.] (Bot.) The stalk of a seed or ovule.
||Pod`o*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + &?;, ||&?;, mouth.] (Zoˆl.) An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the ||type. See Rhabdopleura.
||Pod`o*the"ca (?), n.; pl. PodothecÊ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, ||foot + &?; case.] (Zoˆl.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or ||reptile.
||Po*dri"da (?), n. [Sp., rotten.] A miscellaneous dish of meats. See ||Olla-podrida.
Po*du"ra (?), n.; pl. L. PodurÊ (#), E. Poduras (#). [NL.; Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + &?; tail.] Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.
Podura scale (Zoˆl.), one of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope.
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Po*du"rid (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any species of Podura or allied genera. -- a. Pertaining to the poduras.
Po"e (?), n. Same as Poi.
Po"e*bird` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The parson bird.
Pú"ci*le (?), n. Same as Poicile.
Pú`ci*lit"ic (?), a. [Gr. poiki`los many-colored, variegated.] (Geol.) (a) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said of certain rocks. (b) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors. [Also written poikilitic.]
Pú*cil"o*pod (?), n. [Cf. F. púcilopode.] (Zoˆl.) One of the Púcilopoda. Also used adjectively.
||Pú`ci*lop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; variegated, manifold + ||-poda.] (Zoˆl.) (a) Originally, an artificial group including many ||parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs ||(Limuloidea). (b) By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata.
Po"em (?), n. [L. poÎma, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. F. poÎme.] 1. A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.
2. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.
Po`em*at"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;.] Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical. [R.] Coleridge.
Po*e"na*mu (?), n. (Min.) A variety of jade or nephrite, -- used in New Zealand for the manufacture of axes and weapons.
Pú*nol"o*gy (p*nl"*j), n. See Penology.
||Po*eph"a*ga (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pohfa`gos grass eating; po`a ||grass + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoˆl.) A group of herbivorous marsupials ||including the kangaroos and their allies. -- Po*eph"a*gous (#), a.
Po"e*sy (?), n. [F. poÈsie (cf. It. poesia), L. poesis, from Gr. &?;. from &?; to make. Cf. Posy.]
1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy. Shak.
2. Poetry; metrical composition; poems.
Music and poesy used to quicken you.
Shak.
3. A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy. Bacon.
Po"et (?), n. [F. poÎte, L. poÎta, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to make. Cf. Poem.] One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven.
Shak.
A poet is a maker, as the word signifies.
Dryden.
Poet laureate. See under Laureate.
Po"et*as`ter (?), n. An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art.
The talk of forgotten poetasters.
Macaulay.
Po"et*as`try (?), n. The works of a poetaster. [R.]
Po"et*ess, n. [Cf. F. poÈtesse.] A female poet.
{ Po*et"ic (?), Po*et"ic*al (?), } a. [L. poÎticus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. poÈtiquee.] 1. Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments. Shak.
2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose.
Poetic license. See License, n., 4.
Po*et"ic*al*ly, adv. In a poetic manner.
Po*et"ics (?), n. [Cf. F. poÈtique, L. poÎtica, poÎtice, Gr. &?; (sc. &?;.] The principles and rules of the art of poetry. J. Warton.
Po*et"i*cule (?), n. A poetaster. Swinburne.
Po"et*ize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Poetized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Poetizing.] [Cf. F. poÈtiser.] To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize.
I versify the truth, not poetize.
Donne.
Po"et*ry (?), n. [OF. poeterie. See Poet.] 1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.
For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language.
Coleridge.
2. Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry. "The planetlike music of poetry." Sir P. Sidney.
She taketh most delight In music, instruments, and poetry.
Shak.
Po"et*ship, n. The state or personality of a poet. [R.]
Pog"gy (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) See Porgy. (b) A small whale.
Po"gy (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The menhaden.
Pogy is often confounded with porgy, and therefore incorrectly applied to various fishes.
Poh (?), interj. An exclamation expressing contempt or disgust; bah !
Po*ha"gen, n. (Zoˆl.) See Pauhaugen.
Po"i (?), n. A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
{ Poi"ci*le (?), or Pú"ci*le (?) }, n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; (sc. &?;); cf. L. poecile.] The frescoed porch or gallery in Athens where Zeno taught. R. Browning.
Poign"an*cy (?), n. The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief. Swift.
Poign"ant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of poindre to sting, fr. L. pungere to prick, sting. See Pungent.] 1. Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent. "His poignant spear." Spenser. "Poynaunt sauce." Chaucer.
2. Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.
His wit . . . became more lively and poignant.
Sir W. Scott.
Poign"ant*ly, adv. In a poignant manner.
Poi`ki*lit"ic (?), a. (Geol.) See Púcilitic.