Popper (2)
Pop″per, n. A dagger. Chaucer.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Poppet
Pop″pet (?), n. 1. See Puppet.2. (Naut.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching. Totten.3. (Mach.) An upright support or guide f...
Poppied
Pop″pied (?), a. [See 1st Poppy.] 1. Mingled or interspersed with poppies. “Poppied corn.” Keats.2. Affected with poppy juice; hence, figuratively, drugged; drowsy; listless; in...
Popping
Pop″ping (?), a. & n. from Pop.Popping crease. (Cricket) See under Crease.
Popple
Pop″ple (?), v. i. [Cf. Pop.] To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble. Cotton.
Popple (2)
Pop″ple, n. 1. The poplar.2. Tares. “To sow popple among wheat.” Bale.
Poppy
Pop″py (?), n.; pl.Poppies (#). [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.] (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. Fro...
Poppy (2)
{ Pop″py (?), Pop″py‐head′ (?), } n. [F. poupée doll, puppet. See Puppet.] (Arch.) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of t...
Populace
Pop″u‐lace (?), n. [F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio, popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See People.] The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, — comprehending all per...
Populacy
Pop″u‐la‐cy (?), n. Populace. Feltham.
Popular
Pop″u‐lar (?), a. [L. popularis, fr. populus people: cf. F. populaire. See People.] 1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguishe...
Populares
‖Pop′u‐la″res (?), n. pl. The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates.
Popularity
Pop′u‐lar″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Popularities (#). [L. popularitas an effort to please the people: cf. F. popularité.] 1. The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state ...
Popularization
Pop′u‐lar‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.
Popularize
Pop″u‐lar‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Popularized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Popularizing (?).] [Cf. F. populariser.] To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common peop...
Popularizer
Pop″u‐lar‐i′zer (?), n. One who popularizes.
Popularly
Pop″u‐lar‐ly, adv. In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported.The victor knight,Bar...
Popularness
Pop″u‐lar‐ness, n. The quality or state of being popular; popularity. Coleridge.
Populate
Pop″u‐late (?), a. [L. populus people. See People.] Populous. Bacon.
Populate (2)
Pop″u‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Populated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Populating.] To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause...
Populate (3)
Pop″u‐late, v. i. To propagate.Great shoals of people which go on to populate. Bacon.
Population
Pop′u‐la″tion (?), n. [L. populatio: cf. F. population.] 1. The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.2. The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a c...
Populator
Pop″u‐la′tor (?), n. One who populates.
Populicide
Pop″u‐li‐cide′ (?), n. [L. populus people + caedere to kill.] Slaughter of the people.
Populin
Pop″u‐lin (?), n. [L. populus poplar: cf. F. populine.] (Chem.) A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus), and extracted as a...
Populism
Pop″u‐lism (?), n.(U. S. Politics) The political doctrines advocated by the People's party.
Populist
Pop″u‐list (?), n. [L. populus people + -ist.] (U. S. Politics) A member of the People's party. — Pop′u‐lis″tic (#), a.