Webster's Dictionary 1913

5914

Pollinate

Pol″li‐nate (?), a.(Zoöl.) Pollinose.

5915

Pollinate (2)

Pol″li‐nate (?), v. t.(Bot.) To apply pollen to (a stigma). — Pol′li‐na″tion (#), n.(Bot.)

5916

Pollinctor

‖Pol‐linc″tor (?), n. [L., fr. pollingere.] (Rom. Antiq.) One who prepared corpses for the funeral.

5917

Polling

Poll″ing (?), n. [See Poll the head.] 1. The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.2. Plunder, or extortion. E. Hall.3. The act of voting, or of registering a...

5918

Polliniferous

Pol′li‐nif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. pollen, -inis, pollen + -ferous: cf. F. pollinifère.] (Bot.) Producing pollen; polleniferous.

5919

Pollinium

‖Pol‐lin″i‐um (?), n.; pl.Pollinia (#). [NL. See Pollen.] (Bot.) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids.

5920

Pollinose

Pol″li‐nose′ (?), a. [L. pollen, -inis, dust.] (Zoöl.) Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.

5921

Polliwig

{ Pol″li‐wig (?), Pol″li‐wog (?) }, n. [OE. polwigle. Cf. Poll head, and Wiggle.] (Zoöl.) A tadpole; — called also purwiggy and porwigle.

5922

Pollock

Pol″lock (?), n. [See Pollack.] (Zoöl.) A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is s...

5923

Pollucite

Pol″lu‐cite (?), n. [See Pollux, and 4th Castor.] (Min.) A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurring with castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a si...

5924

Pollute

Pol‐lute″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Polluted; p. pr. & vb. n.Polluting.] [L. pollutus, p. p. of polluere to defile, to pollute, from a prep. appearing only in comp. + luere to was...

5925

Pollute (2)

Pol‐lute″, a. [L. pollutus.] Polluted. Milton.

5926

Polluted

Pol‐lut″ed, a. Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched. — Pol‐lut″ed‐ly, adv. — Pol‐lut″ed‐ness, n.

5927

Polluter

Pol‐lut″er (?), n. One who pollutes. Dryden.

5928

Polluting

Pol‐lut″ing, a. Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution. — Pol‐lut″ing‐ly, adv.

5929

Pollution

Pol‐lu″tion (?), n. [L. pollutio: cf. F. pollution.] 1. The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.2. (Me...

5930

Pollux

‖Pol″lux (?), n. 1. (Astron.) A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini. Cf. 3d Castor.2. (Min.) Same as Pollucite.

5931

Polly

Pol″ly (?), n. A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot.

5932

Pollywog

Pol″ly‐wog (?), n.(Zoöl.) A polliwig.

5933

Polo

Po″lo (?), n. 1. A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.2. A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players weari...

5934

Polo (2)

Po″lo, n. A game similar to hockey played by swimmers.

5935

Polo (3)

Po″lo (?), n. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

5936

Polonaise

Po′lo‐naise″ (?), a. [F. polonais, polonaise, Polish.] Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. [Written also Polonese.]

5937

Polonaise (2)

Po′lo‐naise″ (?), n. [Written also Polonese and Polonoise.] 1. The Polish language.2. An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece.3. (Mus...

5938

Polonese

Po′lo‐nese″ (?), a. & n. See Polonaise.

5939

Polonium

Po‐lo″ni‐um (?), n. [NL. So named after Poland, in L. form Polonia, one of the discoverers being a Pole.] (Chem.) A supposed new element, a radioactive substance discovered by M...

5940

Polony

Po‐lo″ny (?), n. [Prob. corrupt. fr. Bologna.] A kind of sausage made of meat partly cooked.