Webster's Dictionary 1828

1810

PIGEON-HEARTED

PIG'EON-HE'ARTED, adjective Timid; easily frightened.

1811

PIGEON-HOLE

PIG'EON-HOLE, noun A little apartment or division in a case for papers.

1812

PIGEON-HOLES

PIG'EON-HOLES, noun An old English game in which balls were rolled through little cavities or arches.

1813

PIGEON-LIVERED

PIG'EON-LIVERED, adjective Mild in temper; soft; gentle.

1814

PIGEON-PEA

PIG'EON-PEA, noun A plant of the genus Cytisus.

1815

PIGGIN

PIG'GIN, noun A small wooden vessel with an erect handle, used as a dipper.

1816

PIGHEADED

PIG'HEADED, adjective Having a large head; stupid.

1817

PIGHT

PIGHT, participle passive pite. Pitched; fixed; determined.PIGHT, verb transitive To pierce.

1818

PIGHTEL

PIGHTEL, noun A little inclosure. [Local.]

1819

PIGMEAN

PIGME'AN, adjective [from pigmy.] Very small; like a pigmy; as an image of pigmean size.

1820

PIGMENT

PIG'MENT, noun [Latin pigmentum, from the root of pingo, to paint.]Paint; a preparation used by painters, dyers, etc. to impart colors to bodies.

1821

PIGMY

PIG'MY, noun [Latin pygmoeus; Gr. the fist.] A dwarf; a person of very small stature; a name applied to a fabled nation said to have been devoured by cranes.PIG'MY, adjective Ve...

1822

PIGNORATION

PIGNORA'TION, noun [Latin pignero, to pledge.] The act of pledging or pawning.

1823

PIGNORATIVE

PIG'NORATIVE, adjective Pledging; pawning. [Little used.]

1824

PIGNUT

PIG'NUT, noun [pig and nut.] The ground nut, a plant of the genus Bunium; also, a tree and its fruit of the genus Juglans.

1825

PIGSNEY

PIG'SNEY, noun A word of endearment to a girl. [Little used.]

1826

PIGTAIL

PIG'TAIL, noun [pig and tail.] A cue; the hair of the head tied in the form of a pig's tail.1. A small roll of tobacco.

1827

PIGWIDGEON

PIGWID'GEON, noun [pig and widgeon.] A fairy; a cant word for any thing very small.

1828

PIKE

PIKE, noun [This word belongs to a numerous family of words expressing something pointed, or a sharp point, or as verbs, to dart, to thrust, to prick.]1. A military weapon consi...

1829

PIKED

PIK'ED, adjective Pointed; sharp.Let the stake be made picked at the top.

1830

PIKEMAN

PI'KEMAN, noun A soldier armed with a pike.

1831

PIKESTAFF

PI'KESTAFF, noun The staff or shaft of a pike.

1832

PIKROLITE

PIK'ROLITE, noun [Gr.bitter, and a stone.] A mineral found at Taberg, in Sweden, supposed to be a variety of serpentine.

1833

PIL-GARLICK

PIL-G'ARLICKPILAS'TER, noun A square column, sometimes insulated; but usually pilasters are set within a wall, projecting only one quarter of their diameter. Their bases, capita...

1834

PILASTER

PILAS'TER, n. A square column, sometimes insulated; but usually pilasters are set within a wall, projecting only one quarter of their diameter. Their bases, capitals and entabla...

1835

PILCH

PILCH, noun [Latin pellis, a skin.] A furred gown or case; something lined with fur. [Not used.]

1836

PILCHARD

PIL'CHARD, noun A fish resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder; the nose is shorter and turns up; the under jaw is shorter; the back more elevated, and the belly less sh...