Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pellucid

Pel‐lu″cid (?), a. [L. pellucidus; per (see Per-) + lucidus clear, bright: cf. F. pellucide.] Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque. “Pellucid crystal.” Dr. H. Mor...

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Pellucidity

{ Pel′lu‐cid″i‐ty (?), Pel‐lu″cid‐ness (?), } n. [L. pelluciditas.] The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air...

2163

Pellucidly

Pel‐lu″cid‐ly, adv. In a pellucid manner.

2164

Pelma

‖Pel″ma (?), n.; pl.Pelmata (#). [NL., fr. Gr. πέλμα.] (Zoöl.) The under surface of the foot.

2165

Pelopium

Pe‐lo″pi‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Pelops, brother of Niobe, Gr. �.] (Chem.) A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.

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Peloponnesian

Pel′o‐pon‐ne″sian (?), a. [L. Peloponnesius, fr. Peloponnesus, Gr. �, lit., the Island of Pelops; �, �, Pelops + � an island.] Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern ...

2167

Peloria

‖Pe‐lo″ri‐a (?), n.(Bot.) Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the specia...

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Peloric

Pe‐lo″ric (?), a.(Bot.) Abnormally regular or symmetrical. Darwin.

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Pelorus

Pe‐lo″rus (?), n. [After Pelorus, said to have been Hannibal's pilot when he left Italy.] (Navig.) An instrument similar to a mariner's compass, but without magnetic needles, an...

2170

Pelota

‖Pe‐lo″ta (?), n. A Basque, Spanish, and Spanish-American game played in a court, in which a ball is struck with a wickerwork racket.

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Pelotage

Pel″o‐tage (?), n. Packs or bales of Spanish wool.

2172

Pelt

Pelt (?), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see Pelisse); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.] 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide...

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Pelt (2)

Pelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pelted; p. pr. & vb. n.Pelting.] [OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive...

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Pelt (3)

Pelt, v. i. 1. To throw missiles. Shak.2. To throw out words.Another smothered seems to pelt and swear. Shak.

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Pelt (4)

Pelt, n. A blow or stroke from something thrown.

2176

Pelta

‖Pel″ta (?), n.; pl.Peltæ. [L., a shield, fr. Gr. πέλτη.] 1. (Antiq.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.2. (Bot.) A flat apoth...

2177

Peltate

{ Pel″tate (?), Pel″ta‐ted (?), } a. [Cf. F. pelté. See Pelta.] Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base...

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Pelter

Pelt″er (?), n. One who pelts.

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Pelter (2)

Pel″ter (?), n. A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. “Let such pelters prate.” Gascoigne.

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Peltier effect

Pel′tier″ ef‐fect″ (?). [After Jean C. A. Peltier, French physicist, the discoverer.] (Elec.) The production or absorption of heat at the junction of two metals on the passage o...

2181

Peltier's cross

Pel′tier's″ cross (?). (Elec.) A cross formed of two strips of different metals, to illustrate the Peltier effect.

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Peltiform

Pel″ti‐form (?), a. [Pelta + -form.] Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate. Henslow.

2183

Pelting

Pel″ting (?), a. Mean; paltry. Shak.

2184

Pelton wheel

Pel″ton wheel (?). (Mech.) A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a row of double cup-shaped buckets arranged round the rim of a wheel and actuated by one or mo...

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Peltry

Pelt″ry (?), n. [F. pelleterie peltry, furriery, fr. pelletier a furrier, fr. OF. pel skin, F. peau, L. pelis. See Pelt a skin, Pell, n., Fell a skin.] Pelts or skins, collectiv...

2186

Peltryware

Pelt″ry‐ware′ (?), n. Peltry.

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Peludo

‖Pe‐lu″do (?), n. [Sp. peludo hairy.] (Zoöl.) The South American hairy armadillo (Dasypus villosus).