Webster's Dictionary 1828

1972

PIROGUE

PIROGUE piro'ge

1973

PIRRY

PIR'RY, noun A rough gale of wind; a storm. [Not used.]

1974

PISCARY

PIS'CARY, noun [Latin piscis, a fish; piscor, to fish.]In law, the right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.

1975

PISCATION

PISCA'TION, noun [Latin piscatio. See Piscary and Fish.]The act or practice of fishing.

1976

PISCATORY

PIS'CATORY, adjective [Latin piscatorius.] Relating to fishes or to fishing; as a piscatory eclogue.

1977

PISCES

PIS'CES, nounplural [Latin piscis.] In astronomy, the Fishes, the twelfth sign or constellation in the zodiac.

1978

PISCINE

PIS'CINE, adjective [Latin piscis, a fish.]Pertaining to fish or fishes; as piscine remains.

1979

PISCIVOROUS

PISCIV'OROUS, adjective [Latin piscis, a fish, and voro, to eat.]Feeding or subsisting on fishes. Many species of aquatic fowls are piscivorous

1980

PISH

PISH, exclamation A word expressing contempt; sometimes spoken and written pshaw.PISH, verb intransitive To express contempt.

1981

PISIFORM

PIS'IFORM, adjective [Latin pisum, a pea, and forma, form.]Having the form of a pea.Masses of pisiform argillaceous iron ore.

1982

PISMIRE

PIS'MIRE, noun The insect called the ant or emmet.

1983

PISOLITE

PIS'OLITE, noun [Gr. a pea, and a stone.] Peastone, a carbonate of lime, slightly colored by the oxyd of iron. It occurs in little globular concretions of the size of a pea or l...

1984

PISOPHALT

PIS'OPHALT, noun Pea-mineral or mineral-pea; a soft bitumen, black and of a strong pungent smell. It appears to be petrol passing to asphalt. It holds a middle place between pet...

1985

PISS

PISS, verb transitive To discharge the liquor secreted by the kidneys and lodged in the urinary bladder.PISS, noun Urine; the liquor secreted by the kidneys into the bladder of ...

1986

PISSABED

PISS'ABED, noun The vulgar name of a yellow flower, growing among grass.

1987

PISSASPHALT

PIS'SASPHALT, noun [Gr. pitch, and asphalt.] Earth-pitch; pitch mixed with bitumen, natural or artificial; a fluid opake mineral substance, thick and inflammable, but leaving a ...

1988

PISSBURNT

PISS'BURNT, adjective Stained with urine.

1989

PIST

PISTPISTA'CHIO, noun [Latin pistachia.] The nut of the Pistacia terebinthus or turpentine tree, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, of a pleasant taste, resembling tha...

1990

PISTACHIO

PISTA'CHIO, n. [L. pistachia.] The nut of the Pistacia terebinthus or turpentine tree, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, of a pleasant taste, resembling that of the ...

1991

PISTACITE

PIS'TACITEPISTAREE'N, noun A silver coin of the value of 17 or 18 cents, or 9d sterling.

1992

PISTAREEN

PISTAREE'N, n. A silver coin of the value of 17 or 18 cents, or 9d sterling.

1993

PISTAZITE

PIS'TAZITE, [See Epidote.]

1994

PISTE

PISTE, noun The track or foot-print of a horseman on the ground he goes over.

1995

PISTIL

PIS'TIL, noun [Latin pistillum, a pestle.] In botany, the pointal, an organ of female flowers adhering to the fruit for the reception of the pollen, supposed to be a continuatio...

1996

PISTILLACEOUS

PISTILLA'CEOUS, adjective Growing on the germ or seed bud of a flower.

1997

PISTILLATE

PIS'TILLATE, adjective Having or consisting in a pistil.

1998

PISTILLATION

PISTILLA'TION, noun [Latin pistillum, a pestle, that is, a beater or driver.] The act of pounding in a mortar. [Little used.]