Webster's Dictionary 1913

6400

Populosity

Pop′u‐los″i‐ty (?), n. [L. populositas: cf. F. populosité.] Populousness.

6401

Populous

Pop″u‐lous (?), a. [L. populosus, fr. populus people: cf. F. populeux.] 1. Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of t...

6402

Poraille

Po‐raille″ (?), n. [OF. pouraille. See Poor.] Poor people; the poor. Chaucer.

6403

Porbeagle

Por″bea′gle (?), n.(Zoöl.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; — called also mackerel shark. [Written ...

6404

Porcate

Por″cate (?), a. [L. porca a ridge between two furrows.] (Zoöl.) Having grooves or furrows broader than the intervening ridges; furrowed.

6405

Porcelain

Por″ce‐lain (?), n.(Bot.) Purslain.

6406

Porcelain (2)

Por″ce‐lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypræa porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblanc...

6407

Porcelainized

Por″ce‐lain‐ized (?), a.(Geol.) Baked like potter's lay; — applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.

6408

Porcelaneous

{ Por′ce‐la″ne‐ous (?), Por′cel‐la″ne‐ous (?), } a. 1. Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells.2. (Zoöl.) Having a smooth, compact shell wit...

6409

Porcelanite

Por″ce‐la‐nite (?), n. [Cf. F. porcelanite.] (Min.) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; — called also porcelain jasper.

6410

Porcelanous

{ Por″ce‐la′nous (?), Por″cel‐la′nous (?), } a. Porcelaneous. Ure.

6411

Porch

Porch (?), n. [F. porche, L. porticus, fr. porta a gate, entrance, or passage. See Port a gate, and cf. Portico.] 1. (Arch.) A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, wheth...

6412

Porcine

Por″cine (?), a. [L. porcinus, from porcus a swine. See Pork.] Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog. “Porcine cheeks.” G. Eliot.

6413

Porcupine

Por″cu‐pine (?), n. [OE. porkepyn, porpentine, OF. porc-espi, F. porc-épic (cf. It. porco spino, porco spinoso, Sp. puerco espino, puerco espin, fr. L. porcus swine + spina thor...

6414

Pore

Pore (?), n. [F., fr. L. porus, Gr. � a passage, a pore. See Fare, v.] 1. One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.2. A ...

6415

Pore (2)

Pore, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Pored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Poring.] [OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to poke, thrust, Gael. purr.] To look or gaze steadily in reading or s...

6416

Poreblind

Pore″blind′ (?), a. [Probably influenced by pore, v. See Purblind.] Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind. Bacon.

6417

Porer

Por″er (?), n. One who pores.

6418

Porgy

Por″gy (?), n.; pl.Porgies (#). [See Paugie.] (Zoöl.) (a) The scup. (b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish. (c) The margate fish. (d) The spadefish. (e) Any one of several species ...

6419

Porgy (2)

Por″gy (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) of the West Indies, the grass porgy (Calamus arctifron...

6420

Porifera

‖Po‐rif″e‐ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. porus pore + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.) A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; — called also Spongiæ, Spongida, and Spon...

6421

Poriferan

Po‐rif″er‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Polifera.

6422

Poriferata

‖Po‐rif′e‐ra″ta (?), n. pl. The Polifera.

6423

Poriform

Po″ri‐form (?), a. [L. porus pore + -form: cf. F. poriforme.] Resembling a pore, or small puncture.

6424

Porime

Po″rime (?), n.(Math.) A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to be almost self-evident. Crabb.

6425

Poriness

Por″i‐ness (?), n. Porosity. Wiseman.

6426

Porism

Po″rism (?), n. [Gr. � a thing procured, a deduction from a demonstration, fr. � to bring, provide: cf. F. porisme.] 1. (Geom.) A proposition affirming the possibility of findin...