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Prune (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pruned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pruning.] [OE. proine, probably fr. F. provigner to lay down vine stocks for propagation; hence, probably, the meaning, to cut away superfluous shoots. See Provine.] 1. To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay. Thackeray.

Taking into consideration how they [laws] are to be pruned and reformed.

Bacon.

Our delightful task To prune these growing plants, and tend these flowers.

Milton.

2. To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.

Horace will our superfluous branches prune.

Waller.

3. To preen; to prepare; to dress. Spenser.

His royal bird Prunes the immortal wing and cloys his beak.

Shak.

Prune, v. i. To dress; to prink; - used humorously or in contempt. Dryden.

Prune, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See Plum.] A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes.

German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving, either dried or in sirup. -- Prune tree. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Prunus (P. domestica), which produces prunes. (b) The West Indian tree, Prunus occidentalis. -- South African prune (Bot.), the edible fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Pappea Capensis).

||Pru*nel"la (?), n. [NL., perhaps from G. brÊune quinsy, croup.] ||(Med.) (a) Angina, or angina pectoris. (b) Thrush.

Prunella salt (Old Chem.), niter fused and cast into little balls.

{ Pru*nel"la, Pru*nel"lo, } n. [F. prunelle, probably so called from its color resembling that of prunes. See Prune, n.] A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.

Pru*nelle" (?), n. [F., dim. of prune. See Prune, n.] A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.

Pru*nel"lo (?), n. [F. prunelle, dim. of prune. See Prune a plum.] A species of dried plum; prunelle.

Prun"er (?), n. 1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.

2. (Zoˆl.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvÊ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum mústum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa.

Pru*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. prunum a plum + -ferous.] Bearing plums.

Prun"ing (?), n. 1. The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.

2. (Falconry) That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings. Beau. & Fl.

Pruning hook, or Pruning knife, cutting instrument used in pruning trees, etc. -- Pruning shears, shears for pruning trees, vines, etc.

||Pru"nus (?), n. [L., a plum tree.] (Bot.) A genus of trees with ||perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which ||usually becomes a drupe in ripening.

Originally, this genus was limited to the plums, then, by LinnÊus, was made to include the cherries and the apricot. Later botanists separated these into several genera, as Prunus, Cerasus, and Armeniaca, but now, by Bentham and Hooker, the plums, cherries, cherry laurels, peach, almond, and nectarine are all placed in Prunus.

{ Pru"ri*ence (?), Pru"ri*en*cy (?), } n. The quality or state of being prurient.

The pruriency of curious ears.

Burke.

There is a prurience in the speech of some.

Cowper.

Pru"ri*ent (?), a. [L. pruries, - entis, p. pr. of prurire to itch. Cf. Freeze.] Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful. -- Pru"ri*ent*ly, adv.

The eye of the vain and prurient is darting from object to object of illicit attraction.

I. Taylor.

Pru*rig"i*nous (?), a. [L. pruriginosus: cf. F. prurigineux.] (Med.) Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of, prurigo.

||Pru*ri"go (?), n. [L., an itching, the itch, fr. prurire to itch.] ||(Med.) A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the ||chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy ||cuticle in color.

||Pru*ri"tus (?), n. [L.] (Med.) Itching.

Prus"sian (?), a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F. prussien.] Of or pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Prussia.

Prussian blue (Chem.), any one of several complex double cyanides of ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, obtained by adding a solution of potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used in dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also Williamson's blue, insoluble Prussian blue, Berlin blue, etc. -- Prussian carp (Zoˆl.) See Gibel. -- Prussian green. (Chem.) Same as Berlin green, under Berlin.

Prus"si*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. prussiate.] (Chem.) A salt of prussic acid; a cyanide.

Red prussiate of potash. See Potassium ferricyanide, under Ferricyanide. -- Yellow prussiate of potash. See Potassium ferrocyanide, under Ferrocyanide.

Prus"sic (?), a. [Cf. F. prussique.] (Old Chem.) designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerly called prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or its compounds. See Hydrocyanic.

Pru*ten"ic (?), a. (Astron.) Prussian; -- applied to certain astronomical tables published in the sixteenth century, founded on the principles of Copernicus, a Prussian.

Pry (?), n. [Corrupted fr. prize a lever. See Prize, n.] A lever; also, leverage. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]

Pry pole, the pole which forms the prop of a hoisting gin, and stands facing the windlass.

Pry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Prying.] To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]

Pry, v. i. [OE. prien. Cf. Peer to peep.] To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach. " To pry upon the stars." Chaucer.

Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, To pry into the secrets of the state.

Shak.

Pry, n. Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.

Pry"an (?), n. (Mining) See Prian.

Pry"ing, a. Inspecting closely or impertinently.

Syn. -- Inquisitive; curious. See Inquisitive.

Pry"ing*ly, adv. In a prying manner.

||Pryt`a*ne"um (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; prytanis.] (Gr. ||Antiq.) A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a ||public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which ||official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and ||strangers.

||Pryt"a*nis (?), n.; pl. Prytanes (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Gr. Antiq.) ||A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of ||five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the ||presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year.

Pryt"a*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;.] (Gr. Antiq.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.

Pryth"ee (?), interj. See Prithee.

Psalm (?), n. [OE. psalm, salm, AS. sealm, L. psalmus, psalma, fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. &?; to pull, twitch, to play upon a stringed instrument, to sing to the harp: cf. OF. psalme, salme, F. psaume.] 1. A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.

Humus devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly.

Milton.

2. Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.

Psalm, v. t. To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises. Sylvester.

Psalm"ist (?), n. [L. psalmista, Gr. &?;: cf. F. psalmiste. See Psalm.] 1. A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title particularly applied to David and the other authors of the Scriptural psalms.

2. (R. C. Ch.) A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of music, in the church.

Psalm"ist*ry (?), n. The use of psalms in devotion; psalmody.

{ Psal*mod"ic (?), Psal*mod"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. psalmodique.] Relating to psalmody.

Psal"mo*dist (?), n. One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist.

Psal"mo*dize (?), v. i. To practice psalmody. " The psalmodizing art." J. G. Cooper.

Psal"mo*dy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; psalm + &?; a song, an ode: cf. F. psalmodie, LL. psalmodia. See Psalm, and Ode.] The act, practice, or art of singing psalms or sacred songs; also, psalms collectively, or a collection of psalms.

Psal"mo*graph (?), n. [See Psalmographer.] A writer of psalms; a psalmographer.

{ Psal*mog"ra*pher (?), Psal*mog"ra*phist (?), } n. [L. psalmographus, Gr. &?;; &?; a psalm + &?; to write.] A writer of psalms, or sacred songs and hymns.

Psal*mog"ra*phy (?), n. [Cf. F. psalmographie.] The act or practice of writing psalms, or sacred songs.

Psal"ter (?), n. [OE. psauter, sauter, OF. sautier, psaltier, F. psautier, from L. psalterium. See Psaltery.] 1. The Book of Psalms; -- often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed.

2. Specifically, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of Common Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the Breviary which contains the Psalms arranged for each day of the week.

3. (R. C. Ch.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms.

Psal*te"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the psalterium.

||Psal*te"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Psalteria (#). [L., a psaltery.] (Anat.) ||(a) The third stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies. (b) The lyra of ||the brain.

Psal"ter*y (?), n.; pl. Psalteries (#). [OE. sautrie, OF. psalterie, F. psaltÈrion, L. psalterium psaltery, psalter, from Gr. &?;, fr. &?;. See Psalm, Psalter.] A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known.

Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Ps. xxxiii. 2.

Psam"mite (?), n. [Gr. &?; sandy, from &?; sand: cf. F. psammite.] (Min.) A species of micaceous sandstone. -- Psam*mit"ic (#), a.

Psar"o*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; speckled + -lite.] (Paleon.) A silicified stem of tree fern, found in abundance in the Triassic sandstone.

Psel"lism (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to stammer.] Indistinct pronunciation; stammering.

Pse"phism (?), n. [Gr. &?; a decree, fr. &?; to vote with a pebble, fr. &?; pebble.] (Gr. Antiq.) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute. J. P. Mahaffy.

||Pseu`dÊs*the"si*a (?), n. [NL. See Pseudo-, and ∆sthesia.] (Physiol.) ||False or imaginary feeling or sense perception such as occurs in ||hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that has been ||removed, as an amputated foot.

Pseu*dem"bry*o (?), n. [Pseudo- + embryo.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A false embryo. (b) An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.

{ Pseu*dep`i*graph"ic (?), Pseu*dep`i*graph"ic (?), } a. Of or pertaining to pseudepigraphy.

Pseu`de*pig"ra*phous (?), a. [Gr. &?; falsely inscribed. See Pseudo-, and Epigraphy.] Inscribed with a false name. Cudworth.

Pseu`de*pig"ra*phy (?), n. The ascription of false names of authors to works.

Pseud*hÊ"mal (?), a. [Pseudo- + hÊmal.] (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the vascular system of annelids.

PseudhÊmal fluid, the circulatory fluid, or blood, of annelids, analogous to the blood of vertebrates. It is often red, but is sometimes green or colorless. -- PseudhÊmal vessels, the blood vessels of annelids.

Pseu"do- (?). [Gr. pseydh`s lying, false, akin to psey`dein to belie; cf. psydro`s lying, psy`qos a lie.] A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo- form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively.

Pseu`do*bac*te"ri*a (?), n. pl. [Pseudo- + bacteria.] (Biol.) Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria.

The globules which divide and develop in form of chains are organized beings; when this does not occur, we are dealing with pseudobacteria. Sternberg.

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||Pseu`do*blep"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + ble`psis ||sight.] (Med.) False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects. ||Forsyth.

Pseu"do*branch (?), n. (Anat.) Same as Pseudobranchia.

||Pseu`do*bran"chi*a (?), n.; pl. PseudobranchiÊ (#). [NL. See Pseudo-, ||and Branchia.] (Anat.) A rudimentary branchia, or gill. -- ||Pseu`do*bran"chi*al (#), a.

Pseu"do-bulb` (?), n. [Pseudo- + bulb.] (Bot.) An aÎrial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants.

Pseu"do*carp (?), n. [Pseudo- + Gr. &?; fruit.] (Bot.) That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.

Pseu`do-chi"na (?), n. [Pseudo- + china.] (Bot.) The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America.

Pseu"do*cúle (?), n. Same as Pseudocúlia.

||Pseu`do*cú"li*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + &?; hollow.] ||(Anat.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. B. ||G. Wilder.

Pseu"do-cone` (?), n. [Pseudo- + cone.] (Zoˆl.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.

Pseu`do-cu"mene (?), n. [Pseudo- + cumene.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid.

Pseu`do-dip"ter*al (?), a. [Pseudo- + dipteral: cf. F. pseudodiptËre.] (Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column. -- n. A pseudo-dipteral temple.

Pseu"do*dox (?), a. [Gr. pseydo`doxos; pseydh`s false + do`xa an opinion.] Not true in opinion or doctrine; false. -- n. A false opinion or doctrine. "To maintain the atheistical pseudodox which judgeth evil good, and darkness light." T. Adams.

||Pseu`do*fi*la"ri*a (?), n.; pl. Pseudofilari&?; (#). [NL. See ||Pseudo-, and Filaria.] (Zoˆl.) One of the two elongated vibratile ||young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of ||certain GregarinÊ.

Pseu`do-ga*le"na (?), n. [Pseudo- + galena.] (Min.) False galena, or blende. See Blende (a).

Pseu"do*graph (?), n. [See Pseudography.] A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.

Pseu*dog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; pseydh`s false + &?; to write.] False writing; forgery.

||Pseu`do*hal"ter (?), n.; pl. Pseudohalteres (#). [NL. See Pseudo-, ||and Halteres.] (Zoˆl.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain ||insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind ||wings, of Diptera.

Pseu"do-heart` (?), n. [Pseudo- + heart.] (Zoˆl.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.

Pseu`do-hy`per*thoph"ic (?), a. [Pseudo- + hypertrophic.] (Med.) Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.

Pseu*dol"o*gist (?), n. [Gr. &?;.] One who utters falsehoods; a liar.

Pseu*dol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; pseydh`s false + &?; speech: cf. F. pseudologie.] Falsehood of speech. Arbuthnot.

Pseu`do-me*tal"lic (?), a. [Pseudo- + metallic.] Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster, as in minerals.

Pseu`do-mon`o*cot`y*led"on*ous (?), a. [Pseudo- + monocotyledonous.] (Bot.) Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse- chestnut.

Pseu"do*morph (?), n. [See Pseudomorphous.] 1. An irregular or deceptive form.

2. (Crystallog.) A pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution.

Pseu`do*mor"phism (?), n. (Crystallog.) The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species.

Pseu`do*mor"phous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; pseydh`s false + &?; form: cf. F. pseudomorphe.] Not having the true form.

Pseudomorphous crystal, one which has a form that does not result from its own powers of crystallization.

||Pseu`do*nav`i*cel"la (?), n.; pl. PseudonavicullÊ (#). [NL.] (Zoˆl.) ||Same as Pseudonavicula.

||Pseu`do*na*vic"u*la (?), n.; pl. PseudonaviculÊ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ||pseydh`s false + NL. navicula, a genus of diatoms. See Navicular.] ||(Zoˆl.) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of GregarinÊ and ||some other Protozoa.

||Pseu`do*neu*rop"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Neuroptera.] ||(Zoˆl.) division of insects (Zoˆl.) reticulated wings, as in the ||Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon ||flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zoˆlogists they are ||classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera.

Pseu`do*neu*rop"ter*ous (?), a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera.

Pseu"do*nym (?), n. [Cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudonymous.] A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name. [Written also pseudonyme.]

Pseu`do*nym"i*ty (?), n. The using of fictitious names, as by authors.

Pseu*don"y*mous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; pseydh`s false + &?;, &?;, a name: cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudo-, and Name.] Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ly, adv. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ness, n.

Pseu`do-pe*rip"ter*al (?), a. [Pseudo- + peripteral: cf. F. pseudopÈriptËre.] (Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end. -- n. A pseudo-peripteral temple. Oxf. Gloss.

||Pseu"do*pod (?), n. [Pseudo- + -pod.] 1. (Biol.) Any protoplasmic ||filament or irregular process projecting from any unicellular ||organism, or from any animal or plant call.

2. (Zoˆl.) A rhizopod.

Pseu`do*po"di*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a pseudopod, or to pseudopodia. See Illust. of Heliozoa.

||Pseu`do*po"di*um (?), n.; pl. Pseudopodia (&?;). [NL.] Same as ||Pseudopod.

||Pseu`do*pu"pa (?), n.; pl. L. PseudopupÊ (#), E. Pseudopupas (#). ||[NL. See Pseudo-, and Pupa.] (Zoˆl.) A stage intermediate between the ||larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.

Pseu`do*rhab"dite (?), n. [Pseudo- + Gr. &?; a rod.] (Zoˆl.) One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the integument of certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granular substance.

Pseu`do-ro*man"tic (?), a. Pseudo- + romantic.] Falsely romantic.

The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage.

De Quincey.

Pseu"do*scope (?), n. [Pseudo- + -scope.] (Opt.) An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope. Wheatstone.

Pseu`do*scop"ic (?), a. (Opt.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image.

||Pseu`do*scor`pi*o"nes (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Scorpion.] ||(Zoˆl.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large ||claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the ||false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. ||See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.

Pseu"do*sphere` (?), n. [Pseudo- + sphere.] (Geom.) The surface of constant negative curvature generated by the revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in non-Euclidian space to the sphere in ordinary space. An important property of the surface is that any figure drawn upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or altering in size any of its elements.

Pseu"do*spore` (?), n. [Pseudo- + spore.] (Bot.)A peculiar reproductive cell found in some fungi.

||Pseu`do*stel"la (?), n.; pl. -lÊ. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + L. ||stella star.] (Astron.) Any starlike meteor or phenomenon. [R.]

||Pseu*dos"to*ma (?), n.; pl. Pseudostomata (#). [NL. See Pseudo-, and ||Stoma.] (Anat.) A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any ||true aperture among them.

Pseu`do-sym*met"ric (?), a. (Crystallog.) Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.

Pseu`do-sym"me*try (?), n. [Pseudo- + symmetry.] (Crystallog.) A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite.

||Pseu`do*te*tram"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Tetramerous.] ||(Zoˆl.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute ||and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. -- ||Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al (#), a.

||Pseu`do*tin"e*a (&?;), n.; pl. PseudotineÊ (#). [NL. See Pseudo-, and ||Tinea.] (Zoˆl.) The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria).

Pseu`do*tur"bi*nal (?), a. [Pseudo- + turbinal.] (Anat.) See under Turbinal.

Pseu*do"va*ry (?), n.; pl. Pseudovaries (#). [Pseudo- + ovary.] (Zoˆl.) The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called also pseudovarium.

||Pseu*do"vum (?), n.; pl. Pseudova (#). [NL. See Pseudo-, and Ovum.] ||(Zoˆl.) An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some ||insects and other animals, and by the larvÊ of certain insects. It is ||capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of ||PÊdogenesis.

Pshaw (?), interj. [Of imitative origin.] Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc. [Written also psha.]

Pshaw (?), v. i. To express disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as by the exclamation " Pshaw!"

The goodman used regularly to frown and pshaw wherever this topic was touched upon.

Sir W. Scott.

Psi`lan*throp"ic (?), a. [see Psilanthropist.] Pertaining to, or embodying, psilanthropy. "A psilanthropic explanation." Coleridge.

Psi*lan"thro*pism (?), n. Psilanthropy.

Psi*lan"thro*pist (?), n. [Gr. &?; bare, mere + &?; a man.] One who believes that Christ was a mere man. Smart.

Psi*lan"thro*py (?), n. The doctrine of the merely human existence of Christ.

Psi*lol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr &?; mere + - logy.] Love of empty of empty talk or noise. Coleridge.

Psi*lom"e*lane (?), n. [Gr. &?; bare + &?;, &?;, black.] (Min.) A hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring in smooth, botryoidal forms, and massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray color.

||Psi`lo*pÊ"des (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr.&?; bare + &?;, &?;, ||offspring.] (Zoˆl.) birds whose young at first have down on the ||pterylÊ only; - - called also GymnopÊdes.

Psi`lo*pÊd"ic (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having down upon the pterylÊ only; -- said of the young of certain birds.

Psi*los"o*pher, n. [Gr. &?; bare, mere + &?; wise.] A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.

{ Psit*ta"ceous (?), Psit"ta*cid (?), } a. [L. psittacus a parrot, Gr. &?;: cf. F. psittacide.] (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. -- n. One of the Psittaci.

||Psit"ta*ci (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) The order of birds which ||comprises the parrots.

Psit`ta-co-ful"*vine (?), n. [Gr. &?; a parrot + L. fulvus yellow.] A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.

Pso"as (?), n. [Gr. &?; a muscle of the loin: cf. f. psoas.] (Anat.) An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebrÊ and inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas.

||Pso"ra (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Med.) A cutaneous disease; ||especially, the itch.

||Pso*ri"a*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; psora.] (Med.) (a) ||The state of being affected with psora. [Obs.] (b) A cutaneous ||disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only ||the superficial layers of the skin.

Pso"ric (?), a. [L. psoricus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. psorique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to psora.

Pso"ro*sperm (?), n. [Gr. &?; itching + &?; seed.] (Zoˆl.) A minute parasite, usually the young of GregarinÊ, in the pseudonavicula stage.

Psy`cha*gog"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;. See Psychagogue.] Attractive; persuasive. J. Morley.

Psy"cha*gogue (?), n. [Gr.&?;; &?; the soul + &?; to lead.] A necromancer. [R.]

Psy"chal (?), a. [See Psychical.] Of or pertaining to the soul; psychical. Bayne.

Psy"che (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. PSychh` Psyche, fr. psychh` the soul.] 1. (Class Myth.) A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.

2. The soul; the vital principle; the mind.

3. [F. psychÈ.] A cheval glass.

Psy"chi*an (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any small moth of the genus Psyche and allied genera (family PsychidÊ). The larvÊ are called basket worms. See Basket worm, under Basket.

{ ||Psy*chi`a*tri"a (?), Psy*chi"a*try (?), } n. [NL. psychiatria, fr. Gr. &?; the mind + &?; healing.] (Med.) The application of the healing art to mental diseases. Dunglison.

Psy`chi*at"ric (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to psychiatria.