PISTILLIFEROUS
PISTILLIF'EROUS, adjective [pistil and Latin fero, to bear.]Having a pistil without stamens; as a female flower.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PISTOL
PIS'TOL, noun A small fire-arm, or the smallest fire-arm used, differing from a musket chiefly in size. Pistols are of different lengths, and borne by horsemen in cases at the s...
PISTOLE
PISTO'LE, noun A gold coin of Spain, but current in the neighboring countries.
PISTOLET
PIS'TOLET, noun A little pistol.
PISTON
PIS'TON, noun [Latin pinso, the primary sense of which is to press, send, drive, thrust or strike, like embolus.]A short cylinder of metal or other solid substance, used in pump...
PIT
PIT, verb transitive To indent; to press into hollows.1. To mark with little hollows, as by variolous pustules; as the face pitted by the small pocks.2. To set in competition, a...
PIT-COAL
PIT'-COAL, noun Fossil coal; coal dug from the earth.
PIT-FISH
PIT-FISH, noun A small fish of the Indian seas, about the size of a smelt, of a green and yellow color. It has the power of protruding or retracting its eyes at pleasure.
PITAHAYA
PITAHA'YA, noun A shrub of California, which yields a delicious fruit, the Cactus Pitajaya.
PITAPAT
PIT'APAT, adverb [probably allied to beat.] In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats; as, his heart went pitapatPIT'APAT, noun A light quick step.Now I hear t...
PITCH
PITCH, noun [Latin pix; Gr. most probably named from its thickness or inspissation; Latin figo.]1. A thick tenacious substance, the juice of a species of pine or fir called abie...
PITCHED
PITCH'ED, participle passive Set; planted; fixed; thrown headlong; set in array; smeared with pitch.
PITCHER
PITCH'ER, noun1. An earthen vessel with a spout for pouring out liquors. This is its present signification. It seems formerly to have signified a water pot, jug or jar with ears...
PITCHFARTHING
PITCH'FARTHING, noun A play in which copper coin is pitched into a hole; called also chuck-farthing, from the root of choke.
PITCHFORK
PITCH'FORK, noun A fork or farming utensil used in throwing hay or sheaves of grain, in loading or unloading carts and wagons.
PITCHINESS
PITCH'INESS, noun [from pitch.] Blackness; darkness. [Little used.]
PITCHING
PITCH'ING, participle present tense Setting; planting or fixing; throwing headlong; plunging; daubing with pitch; setting, as a tune.1.adjective Declivous; descending; sloping; ...
PITCHPIPE
PITCH'PIPE, noun An instrument used by choristers in regulating the pitch or elevation of the key or leading note of a tune.PITCH'-STONE, noun A mineral, a sub-species of quartz...
PITCHY
PITCH'Y, adjective Partaking of the qualities of pitch; like pitch.1. Smeared with pitch.2. Black; dark; dismal; as the pitchy mantle of night.
PITEOUS
PIT'EOUS, adjective [See Pity.] Sorrowful; mournful; that may excite pity; as a piteous look.1. Wretched; miserable; deserving compassion; as a piteous condition.2. Compassionat...
PITEOUSLY
PIT'EOUSLY, adverb In a piteous manner; with compassion.1. Sorrowfully; mournfully.
PITEOUSNESS
PIT'EOUSNESS, noun Sorrowfulness.1. Tenderness; compassion.
PITFALL
PIT'FALL, noun A pit slightly covered for concealment, and intended to catch wild beasts or men.PIT'FALL, verb transitive To lead into a pitfall
PITH
PITH, noun1. The soft spungy substance in the center of plants and trees.2. In animals, the spinal marrow.3. Strength or force.4. Energy; cogency; concentrated force; closeness ...
PITHILY
PITH'ILY, adverb With strength; with close or concentrated force; cogently; with energy.
PITHINESS
PITH'INESS, noun Strength; concentrated force; as the pithiness of a reply.
PITHLESS
PITH'LESS, adjective Destitute of pith; wanting strength.1. Wanting cogency or concentrated force.