Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pet (2)

Pet, a. Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.Some young lady's pet curate. F. Harrison.Pet cock. [Perh. for petty cock.] (Mach.) A lit...

3215

Pet (3)

Pet, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Petted; p. pr. & vb. n.Petting.] To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.

3216

Pet (4)

Pet, v. i. To be a pet. Feltham.

3217

Petal

Pet″al (pĕt″al; 277), n. [Gr. πέταλον a leaf, a leaf or plate of metal, fr. πέταλοσ outspread, broad, flat: cf. F. pétale. See Fathom.] 1. (Bot.) One of the leaves of the coroll...

3218

Petaled

Pet″aled (pĕt″ald), a.(Bot.) Having petals; as, a petaled flower; — opposed to apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled, etc.

3219

Petaliferous

Pet′al‐if″er‐ous (?), a. [Petal + -ferous.] Bearing petals.

3220

Petaliform

Pe‐tal″i‐form (?), a.(Bot.) Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped.

3221

Petaline

Pet″al‐ine (?), a. [Cf. F. pétalin.] (Bot.) Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal.

3222

Petalism

Pet″al‐ism (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. � a leaf: cf. F. pétalisme.] (Gr. Antiq.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspecte...

3223

Petalite

Pet″al‐ite (?), n. [Cf. F. pétalite.] (Min.) A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia ...

3224

Petalody

Pe‐tal″o‐dy (?), n. [Petal + Gr. εἰ̑δοσ form.] (Bot.) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.

3225

Petaloid

Pet″al‐oid (?), a. [Petal + -oid: cf. F. pétaloïde.] (Bot.) Petaline.

3226

Petaloideous

Pet′al‐oid″e‐ous (?), a.(Bot.) Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline.Petaloideous division, that division of endogenous plants in which the perianth is wholly or par...

3227

Petalosticha

‖Pet′a‐los″ti‐cha (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. � a leaf + στίχοσ a row.] (Zoöl.) An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid.

3228

Petalous

Pet″al‐ous (?), a. Having petals; petaled; — opposed to apetalous.

3229

Petalum

‖Pet″a‐lum (?), n.; pl.Petala (#). A petal.

3230

Petar

Pe‐tar″ (?), n. See Petard. “Hoist with his own petar.” Shak.

3231

Petard

Pe‐tard″ (?), n. [F. pétard, fr. péter to break wind, to crack, to explode, L. pedere, peditum.] (Mil.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical ca...

3232

Petardeer

{ Pet′ar‐deer″, Pet′ar‐dier″ } (?), n. [F. pétardier.] (Mil.) One who managed a petard.

3233

Petasus

‖Pet″a‐sus (?), n. [L., from Gr. πέτασοσ.] (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.

3234

Petaurist

Pe‐tau″rist (pē̍‐ta̤″rĭst), n. [L. petaurista a ropedancer, Gr. πεταυριστήσ, fr. πεταυρίζειν to dance on a rope, fr. πέταυρον a pole, a stage for ropedancers: cf. F. pétauriste....

3235

Petechiæ

‖Pe‐tech″i‐æ (?), n. pl.; sing. Petechia (�). [NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. pétéchie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. � a label, plaster.] (Med.) Small crimson, purple, or liv...

3236

Petechial

Pe‐tech″i‐al (?), a. [Cf. F. pétéchial, LL. petecchialis.] (Med.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiæ; spotted.Petechial fever, a malignant fever, accompanied with livi...

3237

Peter

Pe″ter (?), n. A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles.Peter boat, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in...

3238

Peter (2)

Pet″er (pē″tẽr), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Petered (–tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Petering.] To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; — used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.

3239

Peterel

Pet″er‐el (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Petrel.

3240

Peterero

Pet′e‐re″ro (?), n.(Mil.) See Pederero.