Webster's Dictionary 1913

5941

Polron

Pol″ron (?), n. See Pauldron.

5942

Polt

Polt (?), n. [Cf. E. pelt, L. pultare to beat, strike.] A blow or thump. Halliwell. — a. Distorted.Pot foot, a distorted foot. Sir T. Herbert.

5943

Polt-foot

{ Polt″–foot′ (?), Polt″–foot′ed (?), } a. Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet. B. Jonson.

5944

Poltroon

Pol‐troon″ (?), n. [F. poltron, from It. poltrone an idle fellow, sluggard, coward, poltro idle, lazy, also, bed, fr. OHG. polstar, bolstar, cushion, G. polster, akin to E. bols...

5945

Poltroon (2)

Pol‐troon″, a. Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.

5946

Poltroonery

Pol‐troon″er‐y (?), n. [F. poltronnerie; cf. It. poltroneria.] Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.

5947

Poltroonish

Pol‐troon″ish, a. Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.

5948

Polverine

Pol″ve‐rine (?), n. [It. polverino, fr. polvere �ust, L. pulvis, -veris. See Powder.] Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, — used...

5949

Polwig

Pol″wig (?), n.(Zoöl.) A polliwig. Holland.

5950

Poly

Po″ly (?), n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium, Gr. �.] (Bot.) A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium Polium) of the order Labiatæ, found throughout the Medite...

5951

Poly-

Pol″y– (?). [See Full, a.] A combining form or prefix from Gr. πολύσ, many; as, polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many atoms; polychord, polyconic.

5952

Poly-mountain

Po′ly–moun″tain (?), n.(Bot.) (a) Same as Poly, n. (b) The closely related Teucrium montanum, formerly called Polium montanum, a plant of Southern Europe. (c) The Bartsia alpina...

5953

Polyacid

Pol′y‐ac″id (?), a. [Poly- + acid.] (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monobasic acid; having more than one hydrogen atom capable of b...

5954

Polyacoustic

Pol′y‐a‐cous″tic (?), a. [Poly- + acoustic: cf. F. polyacoustique.] Multiplying or magnifying sound. — n. A polyacoustic instrument.

5955

Polyacoustics

Pol′y‐a‐cous″tics (?), n. The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.

5956

Polyacron

‖Pol′y‐a″cron (?), n.; pl.Polyacra (#), E. Polyacrons (#). [NL., fr. Gr. πολύσ many + ἄκρον summit.] (Geom.) A solid having many summits or angular points; a polyhedron.

5957

Polyactinia

‖Pol′y‐ac‐tin″i‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Poly-, and Actinia.] (Zoöl.) An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles.

5958

Polyadelphia

‖Pol′y‐a‐del″phi‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. πολύσ many + � brother.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.

5959

Polyadelphian

{ Pol′y‐a‐del″phi‐an (?), Pol′y‐a‐del″phous (?), } a.(Bot.) Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more bundles.

5960

Polyandria

‖Pol′y‐an″dri‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Polyandry.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the ...

5961

Polyandrian

Pol′y‐an″dri‐an (?), a.(Bot.) Polyandrous.

5962

Polyandric

Pol′y‐an″dric (?), a. [Cf. polyandrique.] Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males. “Polyandric societies.” H. Spencer.

5963

Polyandrous

Pol′y‐an″drous (?), a.(Bot.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.

5964

Polyandry

Pol′y‐an″dry (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. ανἤρ, ανδρὄσ, man, male: cf. F. polyandrie.] The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; — contrasted with monandry.☞ ...

5965

Polyanthus

Pol′y‐an″thus (?), n.; pl.Polyanthuses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. πολύανθοσ rich in flowers; πολύσ many + ἄνθοσ flower.] [Written also polyanthos.] (Bot.) (a) The oxlip. So called becau...

5966

Polyarchist

Pol″y‐ar′chist (?), n. One who advocates polyarchy; — opposed to monarchist. Cudworth.

5967

Polyarchy

Pol″y‐ar′chy (?), n. [Poly- + -archy: cf. F. polyarchie. Cf. Polarchy.] A government by many persons, of whatever order or class. Cudworth.