—nỏ, môve, nỗr, nốt ;—tube, tâb, bill ;—dil;—pound ;—thin, THIS.

the nasal vowel, and our incapacity to do it|| To POMMEL, påm'mil. v. a. To beat black and properly.-See ENCORE. POLY, polè. s. An herb.

POLYACOUSTICK, pò-lè-â-köu'stik. s. Any thing that multiplies or magnifies sounds.

The reason why the o, though under the secondary accent, in the first syllable of this and the three following words, is long, is because two vowels succeed it in the following syllables. See Principles, No. 534.

POLYANTHOS, pò-lè-ân'thus. s. A plant bearing many flowers.

POLYEDRON, pô-lè̟-è'drôn. s. A solid figure with many sides.

POLYEDRICAL, pôl-è-êd'dré-kål. POLYEDROUS, pò-lè-è'drås. 314. ing many sides.

a. Hav

POLYGAMIST, pò-lig'gå-mist. s. One who holds the lawfulness of more wives than one at a time. POLYGAMY, p3-lîg'gâ-mè. s. 518. Plurality of wives.

POLYGLOT, pôl'lè-glôt. a. Having many languages.

POLYGON, pôl'lè-gôn. s. 166. A figure of many angles.

POLYGONAL, pò-lig'gò-nål. a. Having many angles.

POLYGRAM, pôl'lè-grâm. s. A figure consisting of a great number of lines.

POLYGRAPHY, pò-lig'grå-fè. s. The art of writing in several unusual manners or cyphers. POLYHEDRON, pôl-è-hè'drôn. s. Any thing with many sides.

POLYLOGY, po-lilo-jè. s. 518. Talkativeness. POLYMATHY, pò-lim'må-the. S. 518. The knowledge of many arts and sciences, also an acquaintance with many different subjects. POLYPETALOUS, pôl-lè-pêt'tål-ås. a. Having many petals.

POLYPHONISM, pò-lif'fò-nizm. s. Multiplicity of sound.

blue, to bruise, to punch.

POMP, pomp. s. Splendour, pride; a procession
of splendour and ostentation.
POMPHOLYX, pôm'fò-liks. s. Pompholyx is a
white, light, and very friable substance, found
in crusts adhering to the domes of the furnaces
and of the covers of the large crucibles.
POMPION, pâm'pè-an. s. 165. A pumpkin.
POMPOSITY, pom-pôs'è-tè. s. An affectation
of pompousness.

Though this word is not to be found in Johnson or Sheridan, it has been adopted by some of our other Lexicographers, and so frequently occurs in conversation as to deserve a place in the language.

POMPOUS, pom'pås. a. 314. Splendid, magnificent, grand.

POMPOUSLY, pôm'půs-lè. ad. Magnificently,
splendidly.

POMPOUSNESS, pôm'pås-nès. s. Magnificence,
splendour, showiness, ostentatiousness.
POND, pond. s. A small pool or lake of water,
a basin, water not running or emitting any

stream.

To PONDER, pôn'dür. v. a. 98. To weigh mentally, to consider, to attend.

To PONDER, pôn'dar. v. n. To think, to muse. PONDERABLE, pondår-a-bl. a. Capable to be weighed, mensurable by scales. PONDERAL, pôn'dår-âl. a. Estimated by weight, distinguished from numeral.

PONDERATION, pôn-dår-à ́shån. s. The act of weighing.

PONDERER, pôn'dår-år. s. He who ponders. PONDEROSITY, pôn-dår-ôs'sè-tè. s. Weight, gravity, heaviness.

PONDEROUS, pôn'dår-ås. a. 314. Heavy, weighty important, momentous; forcible, strongly impulsive.

PONDEROUSLY, pôn'dår-ås-lè. ad. With great weight.

PONDEROUSNESS, pôn'dår-as-nês. s. Heaviness, weight, gravity.

poniard.

PONTAGE, pôn'tidje. s. 90. Duty paid for the reparation of bridges.

POLYPODY, pò-lip'ò-dè. s. A plant. POLYPOUS, pôl'le-pås. a. 314. Having the nature of a Polypus, having feet or roots. POLYPUS, põlle-pås. s. Polypus signifies any PONDWEED, pond'wèèd. s. A plant. thing in general with many roots or feet, as a PONENT, po'nent. a. Western. See LEVANT. swelling in the nostrils; but it is likewise ap-PONIARD, pôn'yård. s. 113, 272. A dagger, a plied to a tough concretion of grumous blood short stabbing weapon. in the heart and arteries; an animal with ma-To PONIARD, pôn'vård. v. a. To stab with a Dy feet; a creature considered by some naturalists as a link between the animal and vegetable creation, as partaking of both their natures. POLYSCOPE, pol'lè-skope. s. A multiplying glass. POLYSPERMOUS, pôl-lè-sper'mås. a. Those plants are thus called, which have more than four seeds succeeding each flower, and this without any certain order or number. POLYSYLLABICAL, pôl-le-sil-lab'bé-kål. Having many syllables. POLYSYLLABLE, pôl'lè-sil-lå-bl. s. A word of many syllables.

a.

POLYTHEISM, pôl'lè-the-izm. s. The doctrine
of plurality of gods.
POLYTHEIST, polle-the-ist. s. One that holds
plurality of gods.

POMACEOUS, pò-ma'shus. a. 357. Consisting
of apples.

POMADE, po-made'. s. A fragrant ointment.
POMANDER, po-mân'dår. s. 98. A sweet ball,
a perfumed ball of powder.
POMATUM, pò-ma'tum. s. An ointment.

s. A sort of apple.

PONTIFF, pon'til. s. A priest, a high priest, the Pope.

PONTIFICAL, pon-tîf'fè-kâl. a. Belonging to a high priest; popish; splendid, magnificent; bridge-building: in this sense it is used by Mil

ton only.

PONTIFICAL, pôn-tif'fè-kål. s. A book containing rites and ceremonies ecclesiastical. PONTIFICALLY, pôn-tif'fè-kâl-è. ad. In a pontifical manner.

PONTIFICATE, pôn-tif'fè-kåt. s. 91. Papacy,
popedom.

PONTIFICE, pôn'tè-fis. s. 142. Bridge-work,
edifice of a bridge. Little used.
PONTIFICIAL, pon-tè-fish'al. a. Relating to
Pontiffs or Popes. Mason.

PONTON, pon-tôon'. s. A floating bridge, or
invention to pass over water.-See POLTRON
and ENCORE.

PONY, po'nė. s. A small horse.

POOR, poor. }

POMEGRANATE, påm-grån'nåt. s. 91. The POOL, pool. s. 306. A lake of standing water. POOP, poop. s. 306. The hindermost part of the ship. ก. 306. Indigent, oppressed with want; trifling, narrow; paltry, mean; unhappy, uneasy; depressed, low; a word of tenderness, dear; a word of slight contempt, wretched; not good, not fit for any purpose. The Poor; those who are in the lowest rank of the community, those who cannot subsist but by

tree; the fruit. POMEROY, pům'rôè. POMEROYAL, pâm-roè'âl. POMIFEROUS, pò-mif fèr-is. a. A term applied to plants which have the largest fruit, and are covered with a thick hard rind. POMMEL, påm'mil. s. 99. A round ball or knob; the knot that balances the blade of the sword; the protuberant part of the saddle before.

406

A hog, a pig.

POR
559-Fate, får, fåll, fât :—mè, mêt;-pine, pin;—
the charity of others; barren, dry, as, a Poor|| PORKER, pork'år. s.
soil; lean, emaciated, as, a Poor horse; with-
out spirit, flaccid.
POORLY, poor'lè. ad. Without wealth; with little
success; meanly, without spirit; without dig-

nity.

POORJOHN, poor-jôn'. s.
POORNESS, poor'nès. s.
A sort of fish.
Poverty, indigence,
want; meanness, lowness, want of dignity;
sterility, barrenness.

POORSPIRITED, pôôr-spirit-êd. a. Mean, cow-
ardly.

POOR SPIRITEDNESS, pôôr-spirit-êd-nès. s.
Meanness, cowardice.

POP, pop. s. A small smart quick sound.

CF Undoubtedly derived from the noise caused

by the sudden expulsion of some small body.
To POP, pop. v. n. To move or enter with a
quick, sudden and unexpected motion.
To POP, pop. v. a. To put out or in suddenly,
slily, or unexpectedly; to shift.
POPE, pope. s. The bishop of Rome; a small
fish, by some called a ruff.
POPÉDOM, pope'dům. s. 166. Papacy, papal
dignity.

POPERY, po'par-è. s. 555. A name given by Pro-
testants to the religion of the Church of Rome.
POPESEYE, pòps'l. s.
with fat in the middle of the thigh.
The gland surrounded
POPGUN, pop'gan. s.
dren play, that only makes a noise.
A gun with which chil-
POPINJAY, pop pin-jà. a.
pecker; a trifling fop.
POPISH, po'pish. a.
for what is taught by the Pope; relative to what
An epithet of contempt
is called Popery.
POPISHLY, po'pish-lè. ad. In a popish man-

ner.

A parrot; a wood

POPLAR, pop'lår. s. 88. A tree.
POPPY, pop'pè. s.
POPULACE, pop'pù-lås. s. 91.
A soporiferous plant.
the multitude.

POPULACY, pôp'på-lâ-sè. s.

The vulgar,

The common

people, the multitude. Little used. POPULAR, pop'pù-lár. a. 88. Vulgar, plebeian; suitable to the common people; beloved by the people, pleasing to the people; studious of the favour of the people; prevailing or raging among the populace, as, a Popular distemper. POPULARITY, pop-på-lár'è-tè. s. Graciousness among the people, state of being favoured by the people; representation suited to vulgar conception: in this sense little used. POPULARLY, pôp'pu-lâr-tè. ad. In a popular manner, so as to please the crowd; according to vulgar conception.

To POPULATE, pop'pù-låte. v. n. To breed people.

With much

POPULATION, pop-på-là'shân. s. The state of a country with respect to numbers of peoples POPULOUS, pôp'pá-los. a. 314. Full of people, numerously inhabited. POPULOUSLY, pop'på-lås-lè. ad. people. POPULOUSNESS, pôp'pà-lås-nes. s. The state of abounding with people. PORCELAIN, pòr'sè-lane.

ware.

S.

China, china

PORCH, portsh. s. 352.
pillars before a door, an entrance; a portico, a
A roof supported by
covered walk.

PORCUPINE, pôr'ků-pine. s. 149.
large hedge-hog.

A kind of

TORE, pore. s. Spiracle of the skin, passage of
perspiration; any narrow spiracle or passage.
TO PORE, pore. v. n.
tenseness and care.
To look with great in-
POREBLIND, pore'blind.
short-sighted. Commonly written and always
a. Near-sighted,
pronounced purblind.

PORINESS, po'rè-nês. s. Fulness of pores.
PORK, pork. s. Swine's flesh.

PORKEATER, pòrk'è-tår. s. One who feeds on
PORKET, pork it. s. 99. A young hog.
pork.
PORKLING, pork'ling. s. 410. A young pig.
POROSITY, po-rôs'se-tè. s. Quality of having
Having small spira-
pores.

POROUS, po'rås. a. 314.
cles or passages.
POROUSNESS, pò'rås-nês.
having pores.
PORPHYRY, por für-e.
PORPHYRE, pôr'får.

marble. PORPOISE,

PORPUS,

pôr pås.}

s.

The quality of

s. A valuable kind of

S.

PORRACEOUS, pôr-rå'shỏs. a.
fish.
PORRECTION, pôr-rêk'shån.
reaching forth.

The sea-hog; a

Greenish.

S. The act of

PORRIDGE, pôr'ridje. s. Food made by boiling
PORRET, porrit. s. 99. A scallion.
PORRIDGEPOT, por'ridje-pôt. s.
meat and other ingredients in water.
PORRINGER, pôr'rin-jår. s.
which meat is boiled for a family.
The pot in

broth is eaten.

A vessel in which to have been a word of contempt for a headIt seems in Shakspeare's time dress.

PORT, pòrt. s. A harbour, a safe station for ships; a gate, Shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion: the aperture in a ship at PORTABLE, pòr'tâ-bl. a. 405. Manageable by which the gun is put out; carriage, air, mien; the name of the wine of Oporto in Portugal, the hand; such as may be borne along with one; such as is transported or carried from one place to another; sufferable, supportable. PORTABLENESS, por'tâ-bl-nès. s. The quality of being portable. PORTAGE, portîdje. s. 90. riage; port-hole.

The price of carPORTAL, por'tål. s. 88. The gate, the arch unPORTANSE, por'tânse. s. Air, mien; demeander which the gate opens. PORTASS, pòr'tás. s. .our. Obsolete. book. Obsolete. A breviary, a prayerPORTCULLIS, pòrt-kål'lis. s. chine like a harrow, hung over the gates of a A sort of maTo PORTCULLIS, pòrt-kallis. v. a. To bar, to city, to be let down to keep out an enemy. PORTED, pòrt′ēd. a. Borne in a certain or regular order.

One that has the charge of the gate; one who waits at the door. to receive messages; one who carries burdens for hire; a kind of strong beer. PORT-FOLIO, pòrt'fo ́lè-d. s. PORTERAGE, pòr'tår-idje. s. 90. Money paid for carriage. An article resembling the cover of a large book, in which loose papers are kept. PORTICO, por’tè-kò. PORTION, pòr'shan, s. S. A covered walk, a piazza. ed, an allotment, a dividend; part of an inheriA part; a part assigntance given to a child, a fortune; a wife's for

-nỏ, môve, nỗr, nôt;—tåbe, tåb, bûll ;—ôll ;-pổând ;—thin, THIS.

PORTLINESS, pòrt'lè-nês. s. Dignity of mien,
grandeur of demeanour.
PORTLY, port'lè. a. Grand of mien; bulky,
swelling

PORTMAN, port'mån. s. 88. An inhabitant or
burgess, as those of the cinque ports in England.
PORTMANTEAU, pòrt-mân'tò. s. A chest or
bag in which clothes are carried.
PORTRAIT, pòr'tråte. s. 91. A picture drawn
after the life.

PORTRAITURE, pòr'trà-tåre. s. Picture, paint-
ed resemblance.

To PORTRAY, pòr-trå'. v. a. 491. To paint, to describe by picture; to adorn with pictures. PORTRESS, pór'três. s. A female guardian of a gate.

PORY, po'rè. a. Full of pores.

To POSE, poze. v. a. To puzzle, to gravel, to
put to a stand or stop.

POSER, po zår. s. 98. One that asketh questions
to try capacities; an examiner.
POSITED, poz'zit-ed. a. Placed; ranged.
POSITION, po-zish'un. s. State of being placed,
situation; principle laid down; advancement
of any principle: in Grammar, the state of a
vowel placed before two consonants.
POSITIONAL, pó-zish'ân-âl. a. Respecting po-

sition.

military station; place, employment, office; a
piece of timber set erect.

To POST, póst. v. n. To travel with speed.
To POST, post. v. a. To fix opprobriously on
posts: to place, to station, to fix; to register
methodically, to transcribe from one book into
another; to delay-obsolete.

POSTAGE, post'idje. s. 90. Money paid for
conve.ance of a letter.

POSTPOY, póstbôè. s. Courier, boy that rides post.

TO POSTDATE, pôst'dåte. v. a. To date later than the real time.

POSTDILUVIAN, pòst-dè-lù'vè-ân. s. One that lived since the flood.

POSTER, post år. s. 93. A courier, one that travels hastily.

POSTERIOR, pôs-tè'rè-år. a. Happening after, placed after, following; backward. POSTERIORS, pôs-te'ré-urz. s. 166. The hinder parts.

POSTERIORITY, pós-té-rè-ôr'ẻ-tè. s. The state
of being after, opposite to Priority.
POSTERITY, pôs-tér'è-tè. s. Succeeding gene-
rations, descendants.

POSTERN, pos'tern. s. A small gate, a little door.
POSTEXISTENCE, pòst-ég-zis'tense. s. Fu-
ture existence.
POSTHASTE, post-håste'. s. Haste like that of

a courier.

POSITIVE, pôz'zè-tiv. a. 157. Not negative,
real, absolute; direct, not implied; dogmati-
cal, ready to lay down notions with confidence ;||POSTHORSE, post'hôrse. s.
settled by arbitrary appointment; certain, as- for the use of couriers.
sured.
POSITIVELY, pôzʼzè-tiv-lè. ad. Absolutely, by
way of direct position; certainly, without du-
bitation; peremptorily, in strong terms.
POSITIVENESS, pôz'zé-tiv-nês. s. Actualness,
not mere negation; peremptoriness, confidence.
POSSE, pôs'se. s. An armed power, consisting
of the populace.

To POSSESS, pôz-zês'. v... 170. To have as
an owner, to be master of; to enjoy, or occupy ||
actually; to seize, to obtain; to have power
over, as, an unclean spirit; to effect by intes-
tine power.

The in the first syllable of possess, and its compounds, is exactly under the same predicament as the same letter in occasion, obedience, &c.-which see.

A horse stationed

POSTHOUSE, póst'house. s. Post-office, house
where letters are taken and despatched.
POSTHUMOUS, pôst'hù-mås. a. Done, had, or
published after one's death.

POSTIL, pos'til. s. Gloss, marginal notes.
To POSTIL, pos'til. v. a. To gloss, to illustrate
with marginal notes.
POSTILLER, pôs'til-år. s. One who glosses
or illustrates with marginal notes.
POSTILLION, pôs-til'yan. s. 113. One who
guides the first pair of a set of six horses in a
coach; one who guides a post-chaise.
POSTMASTER, post'mås-tår. s. One who has
the charge of a publick conveyance of letters.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL, post-mas-tår-jễn ́-
er-ål. s. He who presides over the posts or
letter carriers.

POSSESSION, pôz-zêsh'ûn. s. The state of own- POSTMERIDIAN, post-mè-rid'è-ân. a. Being ing or having in one's own hands or power. in the afternoon. See MERIDIAN. POSSESSIVE, pôz-zés'siv. a. Having posses-POSTOFFICE, post'of-fis. s. Office where letters are delivered to the post, a posthouse. POSSESSORY, pôz'zês-sår-è. a. Having posses-To POSTPONE, post-pone'. v. a. To put off, to

sion.

sion.

For the same reason that I have placed the accent on the first syllable of Dimissory, I have placed it on the first syllable of this word; our language seems to prefer deriving it from the Latin possessorius, to forming it from our own word possess: and when this is the case, the accent is generally on the first syllable, because the secondary accent was on that syllable in the English pronunciation of the Latin word. See ACADEMY.-Dr. Johnson and Mr. Sheridan give this word the same accentuation as I have done; but most of our other orthoepists accent the second syllable.

POSSESSOR, pôz-zés'sår. s. 166. Owner, mas-
ter, proprietor.
POSSET, pos'sit. s. 99. Milk curdled with wine
or any acid.

POSSIBILITY, pôs-sè-bîl'è-tè. s. The power of
being in any manner, the state of being possible.
POSSIBLE, pôs sè-bl. a. 405. Having the pow-
er to be or to be done, not contrary to the na-
ture of things.

POSSIBLY, pos'sè-blè. ad. By any power really existing; perhaps; without absurdity. POST, post. s. A hasty messenger, a courier who comes and goes at stated times; quick course or manner of travelling; situation, seat;

delay; to set in value below something else. POSTSCRIPT, post'skript. s. The paragraph

added to the end of a letter. POSTULANT, pôs'tshu-lånt. s. A candidate. To beg

Muson.

To POSTULATE, pôs'tshu-låte. v. a.
or assume without proof.
POSTULATE, pôs'ishu-lât. s. 91. Position
supposed or assumed without proof.
POSTULATION, pôs-tshu-la'shun. s. The act
of supposing without proof, gratuitous assump

tion.

POSTULATORY, pôs'tshù-là-tôr-è. a. 512. Assuming without proof; assumed without proof. For the last o, see DOMESTICK. POSTULATUM, pós-tshi-là'tům. s. 503. Posi tion assumed without proof.

This is a Latin word which forms its plural sometimes like its original Postulata, and sometimes as in English Postulatums: the former is the most eligible, if we are discoursing logically; and the latter, if we are speaking less methodically.

POSTURE, pôs'tshåre. s. 463. Place, situation;

voluntary collocation of the parts of the body with respect to each other; state, disposition. To POSTURE, pôs'tshure. v. a. To put in any particular place or disposition.

559.-Fate, får, fâll, fåt ;—mê, mêt ;-pine, pîn ;—

POSTUREMASTER, pos'tshår-mås-tår. s. One who teaches or practises artificial contortions of the body.

POSY, pó'zé. s. A bunch of flowers; a motto

on a ring.

POTTER, pôt'tår. s. A maker of earthen vessels POTTERN-ORE, pôt'tern-òre. s. Which serves the potters to glaze their earthen vessels. POTTING, pôt'ung. part. a. 410. Drinking. POTTLE, pot't. s. 405. Liquid measure containing four pints. Heated with

courage by strong drink.

POT, pôt. s. A vessel in which meat is boiled on the fire; vessel to hold liquids; vessel made || POTVALIANT, pôt-vål'yånt. a. of earth; a pewter vessel or mug holding a quart or pint of beer. To go to pot; to be de-|POUCH, podtsh. s. 313. A small bag, a pocket; stroyed or devoured. applied ludicrously to a big belly or a paunch. To POT, pt. v. a. To preserve seasoned meats||POVERTY, pôv'vår-tè. s. Indigence, necessity; in pots; to enclose in pots of earth. meanness, defect. POTABLE, potå-bl. a. 405. Such as may be drank, drinkable.

POTABLENESS, pó'tà-bl-nés. s. Drinkableness. POTARGO, po-targo, 8. A West-indian pickle. POTASH, potash. s. Potash is an impure fixed alkali, made generally by burning vegetables,|| and lixiviating the ashes. United with oil or fat, it forms soap.

POTATION, pò-tà'shan. s. Drinking bout,
draught.

POTATO, po-tà'to. s. An esculent root.
POTBELLIED, pot bêl-lid. a. 283. Having a
swollen paunch.
POTBELLY, pôt bêl-lè. s.
To POTCH, pótsh. v. a.
slightly.

A swelling paunch.
To poach, to boil

This word is more commonly and better written PoAcy.

POULT, polt. s. 318. A young chicken, particularly of a turkey.

This word is corrupted by the great as well
as the small vulgar, into pout, rhyming with
out--See ASPARAGUS and CUCUMBER.
POULTERER, pól'tar-år. s. One whose trade
is to sell fowls ready for the cook.
POULTICE, pól tis. s. 142. A cataplasm, a soft
mollifying application.

To POULTICE, pol'tis. v. a. 142. To apply a
poultice or cataplasm.
POULTRY, poltre. s. Domestick fowls.
POUNCE, poinse. s. 313. The claw or talon of
a bird of prey; the powder of gum sanda-
rach.

To POUNCE, pôånsc. v. a. To pierce, to per-
forate; to pour, to sprinkle through small per-
forations; to seize with the pounces or talons.

claws or talons.

POTCOMPANION, pôt'kâm-pân'van. s. A fel-POUNCED, pôånst. a. 359. Furnished with low drinker, a good fellow at carousals. POTENCY, potense. S. Power, influence ;|| efficacy, strength.

POTENT, potent. a. Powerful, efficacious;|| having great authority or dominion, as, Potent monarchs.

POTENTATE, p3tên-tate. 8. 91. Monarch, prince, sovereign.

POUNCETBOX, påån'sit-bôks. s. A small box perforated.

POUND, pôånd. s. 313. A certain weight, consisting in Troy weight of twelve, in Avoirdupois of sixteen ounces; the sum of twenty shillings; a pinfold, an enclosure, a prison in which beasts are enclosed.

a pestle; to shut up, to imprison, as in a pound. POUNDAGE, pound idje. s. 90. A certain sum deducted from a pound; payment rated by the weight of the commodity.

POTENTIAL, po-tên'shal. a. Existing in possi-To POUND, pound. v. a. To beat, to grind with bility, not in act; having the effect without the external actual property; efficacious, powerful. In Grammar, Potential is a mood denoting the possibility of doing any action. POTENTIALITY, po-ten-shè-ál'è-tè. s. 542. Possibility, not actuality. POTENTIALLY, po-tên'shål-è. ad.

In power

of possibility, not in act or positively; in eflicacy, not in actuality. POTENTLY, po'tent-le. ad. Powerfully, forcibly. POTENTNESS, po'tênt-nês. s. Powerfulness, might, power.

POTGUN, pot ga. s. (By mistake or corruption used for POPGUN.-Johnson.) A gun which makes a smail smart noise.

POTHANGER, pôthủng-ur. s.

Hook or branch

on which the pot is hung over the fire. POTHECARY, pothe-hd-res. 470. compounds and sells medicines.

One who

This contraction of Apothecary is allowable in nothing but in Comick Poetry: "So modern 'pothecaries taught the art

By doctors' bills to play the doctor's part; "Bold in the practice of mistaken rules, "Prescribe, apply, and call their masters fools." Pope's Essay on Crit. The other contraction, as it written Potecary, is almost too vulgar to deserve notice. POTHER, paтH'år. s. 165, 469. Bustle, tumult, Autter. To make a blus

To POTHER, påтn'ûr. v. a. tering inefectual cort. POTHLRB, pôt erb. s. 394. pot.

POTHOOK, pôt hook. s.

An herb fit for the

Hocks to fasten pots

POUNDER, pound'år. s. 98. The name of a heavy large pear; any person or thing denominated from a certain number of pounds, as, a Ten-pounder, a gun that carries a bullet of ten pounds weight; a pestle.

To POUR, pour. v. a. 316. To let some liquid out of a vessel or into some place or receptacle; to emit, to give vent to, to send forth, to lei out, to send in a continued course.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Smith, pronounce this word as I have done; Mr. Nares alone pronounces it pore.

To POUR, põår. v. n. To flow rapidly; to rush
tumultuously.

POURER, pour'år. s. 98. One that pours.-See
Principles, No. 316.

POUT, pout. s. 313. A kind of fish, a cod-fish ;
a kind of bird; a chick of a turkey.

To POUT, poåt. v. n. To look sullen by thrusting out the lips; to gape, to hang prominent. POWDER, pod'dár. s. 98, 322. Dust, any body comminuted; gunpowder; sweet dust for the hair.

To POWDER, poů'dår. v. a. To reduce to dust, to comminute, to pound small; to sprinkle as with dust to sali, to sprinkle with salt. POWDERBOX, pôů'dår-bôks. s. A box in which powder for the hair is kept.

FOWDERHORN, pôù'dår-hörn. s. A horn-case in which powder is kept for guns.

or kettles with; also ill-formed or scrawling let-POWDERMILL, påù'dår-mil. s. The mill in ters or characters.

POTION, po'shẳn, s. A draught, commonly a physical draught.

POTLID, pôt lid. s. Cover of a pot.

which the ingredients for gun-powder
ground and mingled.

are

POWDER-ROOM, pôå'dår-rôôm. s. The part of a ship in which the gunpowder is kept.

POTTAGE, pot'tidje. s. 90. Any thing boiled POWDER-CHESTS, pod dar-tshêsts. s. Woodor decocted for food.

en triangular chests filled with gunpowder, peb

-nỏ, move, når, nôt;-tåbe, tåb, båll ;-811;-pound;—thin, THIS.

dable.

ble-stones, and such like materials, set on fire ||To PRAISE, práze. v. a. To commend, to aps when a ship is boarded by an enemy. plaud, to celebrate; to glorify in worship. POWDERING-TUB, pod'dar-ing-tub. s. The PRAISEFUL, praze'fůl. a. Laudable, commenvessel in which meat is salted; the place in which an infected lecher is physicked to serve him from putrefaction. POWDERY, poa'dûr-è. s. Dusty, friable. POWER, pou'år. s. 98, 322. Command, authority, dominion, influence; ability, force, reach; the moving force of an engine; faculty of the mind; sovereign, potentate; one invested with dominion; divinity; host, army, military

force.

Com

pre-PRAISER, pra'zår. s. 98. One who praises, an
applauder, a commender.
PRAISEWORTHY, praze'wår-Tнẻ. a.
mendable, deserving praise.
A flat-bottomed boat.
PRAME, prame. s.
To PRANCE, pránse. v. n. 78, 79. To spring
and bound in high mettle; to ride gallantly
and ostentatiously; to move in a warlike or
showy manner.

POWERFUL, poa'år-ful. a. Invested with com-To mand or authority, potent; forcible, mighty; efficacious.

POWERFULLY, pååår-fål-è. ad. Potently,
mightily: efficaciously, forcibly.
POWERFULNESS, pôû'ar-ful-nês. s. Power,
efficacy, might.

POWERLESS, pôù'år-lês. a. Weak, impotent.
POX, pôks. s. Pustules, efflorescencies; the ve-

nereal disease.

To POZE, pózc. v. a. To puzzle.-See Pose and
APPOSE.

PRANK, prångk. v. a. To decorate, to dress or adjust to ostentation. PRANK, prång. 8. 408.

A frolick, a wild flight, a ludicrous trick, a wicked act. To PRATE, pråte. v. n. To talk carelessly and without weight, to chatter, to tattle.

PRATE, pråte. s. Tattle, slight talk, unmeaning loquacity.

PRATER, pra'tår. s. 98. An idle talker, a chat

terer.

PRATINGLY, pra'ting-lè. ad. 410. With tittletattle, with loquacity.

PRATTLER, prât'lår. s. 98. A trifling talker, a
chatterer.

PRAVITY, prâv'è-tè. s.
malignity.
PRAWN, pråwn. s.

Corruption, badness,

A small crustaceous fish like a shrimp, but larger. To PRAY, prå. v. n. To make petitions to Heaven; to entreat, to ask submissively. I pray, or Pray, singly, is a slightly ceremonious form of introducing a question.

PRACTICABILITY, prâk'tè-kâ-bil'è-tè. s. Prac-To PRATTLE, prât'tl. v. n. 405. To talk lightly, ticableness, a possibility of being performed.— to chatter, to be trivially loquacious. See IMPRACTICABILITY. PRATTLE, prât't!. s. Empty talk, triding lo PRACTICABLE, pråk'tè-kå-bl. a. Performa- quacity. ble, feasible, capable to be practised; assailable, fit to be assailed. PRACTICABLENESS, pråk'tè-ka-bl-nès. s. Possibility to be performed. PRACTICABLY, pråk'tè-kâ-blè. ad. In such a manner as may be performed. PRACTICAL, pråk'té-kål. a. Relating to action, not merely speculative. PRACTICALLY, pråk'tè-kâl-lè. ad. In relation to action; by practice, in real fact. PRACTICALNESS, pråk'tè-kål-nês. S. The quality of being practical. PRACTICE, pråk'tis. s. 142. The habit of doing any thing; use, customary use; dexterity acquired by habit; actual performance distinguished from theory; method or art of doing any thing; medical treatment of diseases; exercise of any profession; wicked stratagem, bad artifice. In this last sense not now in use. PRACTICK, pråk'tik. a. Relating to action, not merely theoretical.

To PRACTISE, pråk'tis. v, a. 499. To do habitually; to do, not merely to profess, as, To practise law or physick; to use in order to habit and dexterity.

S. Book of pub

To PRAY, prå. v. a. To supplicate, to implore, to address with petitions; to ask for as a supplicant; to entreat in ceremony or form. Petition to Heaven; PRAYER, prà'år. s. 98. entreaty, submissive importunity. PRAYERBOOK, prá ́år-bôôk. lick or private devotions. To PREACH, prètsh. v. n. 227. To pronounce a publick discourse upon sacred subjects. To proclaim or pubTo PREACH, prètsh. v. a. lish in religious orations; to inculcate publickly, to teach with earnestness. 93. One who disPREACHER, prètsh'år. s. courses publickly upon religious subjects; one who is apt to harangue tediously in discourse. A sermon or PREACHMENT, pretsh'ment. s. other discourse mentioned in contempt. 405. Something PREAMBLE, prè'åm-bl. s. previous, introduction, preface. PREANTEPENULTIMATE, prè-ân-tè-pè-nålté-måte. a. The fourth syllable from the last. PREAPPREHENSION, prè-åp-pre-hen'shản, s. PRACTISER, pråk'tis-sûr. s. 98. One that prac- Preconception. A stipend granted in tises any thing, one that does any thing habitu-|PREBEND, prebend. s. cathedral churches; sometimes, but improperally; one who prescribes medical treatment. PRACTITIONER, pråk-tish'ân-år. s. One who ly, a stipendiary of a cathedral; a prebendary. is engaged in the actual exercise of any art;|PRÉBENDAL, prè-bên'dâl. a. Appertaining to one who does any thing habitually. PRÆCOGNITA, prè-kog'nè-tâ, s. 92. Things previously known in order to understand something else. PRAGMATICK, pråg-mât'tik. 509. PRAGMATICAL, prag-mât'tè-kål.

To PRACTISE, pråk'tis. v. n. To have a habit of acting in any manner formed; to transact, to negotiate secretly; to use bad arts or stratagems; to use medical methods; to exercise any profession.

PRACTISANT, pråk'tiz-ånt. s. An agent. Not

in use.

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a. Med

dling, impertinently busy, assuming business without invitation.

a prebend.-Mason.

Uncer

Un

PREBENDARY, prêb'ên-dêr-è. s. 512. A stipendiary of a cathedral. PRECARIOUS, pré-ká'rè-ds. a. Dependant, uncertain because depending on the will of another, held by courtesy. PRECARIOUSLY, pré-ka'rè-as-lè. ad. tainly, by dependance, dependantly. PRAGMATICALLY, pråg-måt'tè-kál-é. ad. Med-||PRECARIOUSNESS, prè-ká rẻ-us-nès. s. dlingly, impertinently. PRAGMATICALNESS, prág-måt'tè-kål-nés. s. The quality of intermeddling without right or call. PRAISE, praze. s. 202. Renown, commendation, celebrity; glorification, tribute of gratitude, laud; ground or reason of praise.