Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PONDERER

PON'DERER, noun One that weighs in his mind.

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PONDERING

PON'DERING, participle present tense Weighing intellectually; considering; deliberating on.

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PONDERINGLY

PON'DERINGLY, adverb With consideration or deliberation.

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PONDEROSITY

PONDEROS'ITY, noun Weight; gravity; heaviness.

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PONDEROUS

PON'DEROUS, adjective [Latin ponderosus.]1. Very heavy; weighty; as a ponderous shield; a ponderous load.2. Important; momentous; as a ponderous project. [This application of th...

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PONDEROUSLY

PON'DEROUSLY, adverb With great weight.

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PONDEROUSNESS

PON'DEROUSNESS, noun Weight; heaviness; gravity.

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PONENT

PO'NENT, adjective [Latin ponens, form pono, to set.]Western; as the ponent winds. [Little used.]

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PONGO

PON'GO, noun A name of the orang outang.The name pongo was applied by Buffon to a large species of orang outang, which is now ascertained to have been an imaginary animal. It is...

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PONIARD

PONIARD, noun pon'yard. [Latin pugnus.] A small dagger; a pointed instrument for stabbing, borne in the hand or at the girdle, or in the pocket.PONIARD, verb transitive pon'yard...

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PONK

PONK, noun A nocturnal spirit; a hag. [Not in use.]

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PONTAGE

PONT'AGE, noun [Latin pons, pontis, a bridge.]A duty paid for repairing bridges.

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PONTEE

PONTEE', noun In glass words, an iron instrument used to stick the glass at the bottom, for the more convenient fashioning the neck of it.

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PONTIC

PONT'IC, adjective [Latin Pontus, the Euxine sea.]Pertaining to the Pontus, Euxine, or Black Sea.

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PONTIF

PONT'IF, noun [Latin pontifex; said to be from pons, a bridge, and facio, to make.] A high priest. The Romans had a college of pontifs; the Jews had their pontifs; and in modern...

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PONTIFIC

PONTIF'IC, adjective Relating to priests; popish.

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PONTIFICAL

PONTIF'ICAL, adjective [Latin pontificalis.] Belonging to a high priest; as pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; popish.1. Splendid; magnificent.2. Bridge-buildin...

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PONTIFICALITY

PONTIFICAL'ITY, noun The state and government of the pope; the papacy. [Not used.]

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PONTIFICALLY

PONTIF'ICALLY, adverb In a pontifical manner.

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PONTIFICATE

PONTIF'ICATE, noun [Latin pontificatus.] The state or dignity of a high priest; particularly, the office or dignity of the pope.He turned hermit in the view of being advanced to...

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PONTIFICE

PONT'IFICE, noun Bridge-work; structure or edifice of a bridge. [Little used.]

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PONTIFICIAL

PONTIFI'CIAL, adjective Popish.

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PONTIFICIAN

PONTIFI'CIAN, adjective Popish; papistical.PONTIFI'CIAN, noun One that adheres to the pope; a papist.

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PONTINE

PON'TINEPONT'LEVIS, noun In horsemanship, a disorderly resisting of a horse by rearing repeatedly on his hind legs, so as to be in danger of coming over.

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PONTOON

PONTOON', noun [Latin pons, a bridge, probably from the root of pono, to lay.]1. A flat-bottomed boat, whose frame of wood is covered and lined with tin, or covered with copper;...

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PONY

PO'NY, noun A small horse.

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POOD

POOD, noun A Russian weight, equal to 40 Russian or 36 English pounds.