Webster's Dictionary 1913

6211

Pomade

Po‐made″ (?; 277), n. [F. pommade pomatum, OF. pomade cider (cf. Sp. pomada, It. pomata, LL. pomata a drink made of apples), from L. pomum fruit, LL., an apple. Cf. Pomatum.] 1....

6212

Pomander

Po‐man″der (?), n. [Sp. poma.] (a) A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball. (b) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of...

6213

Pomarine

Po″ma‐rine (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having the nostril covered with a scale.Pomarine jager(Zoöl.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feather...

6214

Pomatum

Po‐ma″tum (?), n. [See Pomade.] A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade. Wiseman.

6215

Pomatum (2)

Po‐ma″tum, v. t. To dress with pomatum.

6216

Pome

Pome (?), n. [L. pomum a fruit: cf. F. pomme apple. Cf. Pomade.] 1. (Bot.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which i...

6217

Pome (2)

Pome, v. i. [Cf. F. pommer. See Pome, n.] To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

6218

Pomegranate

Pome″gran′ate (?; 277), n. [OE. pomgarnet, OF. pome de grenate, F. grenade, L. pomum a fruit + granatus grained, having many grains or seeds. See Pome, and Garnet, Grain.] 1. (B...

6219

Pomel

Pom″el (?), n. A pommel. Chaucer.

6220

Pomelo

Pom″e‐lo (?), n. [Cf. Pompelmous.] A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit.

6221

Pomely

Pome″ly (?), a. [OF. pomelé, F. pommelé. See Pome.] Dappled. “Pomely gray.” Chaucer.

6222

Pomeranian

Pom′e‐ra″ni‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea. — n. A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.Pomeranian dog(Zoöl.), the loup-loup, or ...

6223

Pomewater

Pome″wa′ter (?), n. A kind of sweet, juicy apple. [Written also pomwater.] Shak.

6224

Pomey

Pom″ey (?), n.; pl.Pomeys (#). [F. pommé grown round, or like an apple, p. p. of pommer to pome.] (Her.) A figure supposed to resemble an apple; a roundel, — always of a green c...

6225

Pomfret

Pom″fret (?), n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus)...

6226

Pomiculture

Po″mi‐cul′ture (?), n. [L. pomum fruit + cultura culture.] (Hort.) The culture of fruit; pomology as an art.

6227

Pomiferous

Po‐mif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. pomifer; pomum fruit + ferre to bear: cf. F. pomifère.] (Bot.) (a) Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits. (b) Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or les...

6228

Pommage

Pom″mage (?; 48), n. See Pomage.

6229

Pommé

‖Pom′mé″ (?), a. [F. See Pomey.] (Her.) Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; — said of a cross.

6230

Pomme blanche

‖Pomme′ blanche″ (?). The prairie turnip. See under Prairie.

6231

Pommel

Pom″mel (?), n. [OE. pomel, OF. pomel, F. pommeau, LL. pomellus, fr. L. pomum fruit, LL. also, an apple. See Pome.] A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as: (a) ...

6232

Pommel (2)

Pom″mel, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pommeled (?) or Pommelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Pommeling or Pommelling.] To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence...

6233

Pommelion

Pom‐mel″ion (?), n. [See Pommel: cf. LL. pomilio pygmy.] (Mil.) The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon.

6234

Pommetté

‖Pom′met′té″ (?), a. Having two balls or protuberances at each end; — said of a cross.

6235

Pomological

Po′mo‐log″ic‐al (?), a. [Cf. F. pomologique.] Of or pertaining to pomology.

6236

Pomologist

Po‐mol″o‐gist (?), n. One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees.

6237

Pomology

Po‐mol″o‐gy (?), n. [L. pomum fruit + -logy: cf. F. pomologie.] The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.