Webster's Dictionary 1913

4186

Picts

Picts (?), n. pl.; sing. Pict (�). [L. Picti; cf. AS. Peohtas.] (Ethnol.) A race of people of uncertain origin, who inhabited Scotland in early times.

4187

Pictura

‖Pic‐tu″ra (?), n.(Zoöl.) Pattern of coloration.

4188

Picturable

Pic″tur‐a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being pictured, or represented by a picture.

4189

Pictural

Pic″tur‐al (?), a. Pictorial. Sir W. Scott.

4190

Pictural (2)

Pic″tur‐al, n. A picture. Spenser.

4191

Picture

Pic″ture (?), n. [L. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. F. peinture. See Paint.] 1. The art of painting; representation by painting.Any well-expressed image... either i...

4192

Picture (2)

Pic″ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pictured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Picturing.] To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to ...

4193

Picture (3)

Pic″ture (?), n. — Animated picture, a moving picture.

4194

Pictured

Pic″tured (?), a. Furnished with pictures; represented by a picture or pictures; as, a pictured scene.

4195

Picturer

Pic″tur‐er (?), n. One who makes pictures; a painter. Fuller.

4196

Picturesque

Pic′tur‐esque″ (?), a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F. pittoresque. See Pictorial.] Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beau...

4197

Picturesquish

Pic′tur‐esqu″ish, a. Somewhat picturesque.

4198

Picturize

Pic″tur‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Picturized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Picturizing.] 1. To picture.2. To adorn with pictures.

4199

Picul

Pic″ul (?), n. [Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.] A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different ...

4200

Piculet

Pic″u‐let (?), n. [Dim. of Picus.] (Zoöl.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips...

4201

Picus

‖Pi″cus (?), n.; pl.Pici (#). (Zoöl.) A genus of woodpeckers, including some of the common American and European species.

4202

Piddle

Pid″dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Piddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Piddling (?).] [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw. peta to pick.] 1. To deal in trifles; to concern one's s...

4203

Piddler

Pid″dler (?), n. One who piddles.

4204

Piddling

Pid″dling (?), a.Trifling; trivial; frivolous; paltry; — applied to persons and things.The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes. Milton.

4205

Piddock

Pid″dock (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas.

4206

Pie

Pie (?), n. [OE. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. Piggin.] 1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or...

4207

Pie (2)

Pie, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. Pi, Paint, Speight.] 1. (Zoöl.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other s...

4208

Pie (3)

Pie, v. t. See Pi.

4209

Piebald

Pie″bald′ (?), a. [Pie the party-colored bird + bald.] 1. Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied. “A piebald steed of Thracian strain.” Dryd...

4210

Piece

Piece (?), n. [OE. pece, F. pièce, LL. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share....

4211

Piece (2)

Piece, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pieced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Piecing (?).] 1. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; — ofte...

4212

Piece (3)

Piece (?), v. i. To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join. “It pieced better.” Bacon.