Webster's Dictionary 1913

1891

Pecco

Pec″co (?), n. See Pekoe.

1892

Peck

Peck, n. [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a peak.] 1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight qu...

1893

Peck (2)

Peck, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pecking.] [See Pick, v.] 1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.2. Hence: To strike, pi...

1894

Peck (3)

Peck, v. i. 1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. Carew.2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.went pecking by his side. Dryden.To peck at, to...

1895

Peck (4)

Peck (?), n. A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

1896

Pecker

Peck″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.2. An instrument for pecking; a pick. Garth.Flower pecker. (Zoöl.) See ...

1897

Peckish

Peck″ish, a. Inclined to eat; hungry. “When shall I feel peckish again?” Beaconsfield.

1898

Peckled

Pec″kled (pĕk″kl'd), a. Speckled; spotted.

1899

Pecopteris

‖Pe‐cop″te‐ris (pē̍‐kŏp″tē̍‐rĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. πέκειν to comb + πετρίσ a kind of fern.] (Paleon.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns; — so named from the regular comblike ar...

1900

Pecora

‖Pec″o‐ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pecus. See Pecuniary.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes, deer, and cattle.

1901

Pectate

Pec″tate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of pectic acid.

1902

Pecten

Pec″ten (?), n. [L. pecten, -inis, a comb, a kind of shellfish. See Pectinate.] 1. (Anat.) (a) A vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the vitreous humor within the globe ...

1903

Pectic

Pec″tic (pĕk″tĭk), a. [Gr. πηκτόσ curdled.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphous...

1904

Pectin

Pec″tin (pĕk″tĭ), n. [Gr. πηκτόσ curdled, congealed, from πηγνύναι to make fast or stiff: cf. F. pectine.] (Chem.) One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable je...

1905

Pectinal

Pec″ti‐nal (?), a. [L. pecten comb. See Pectinate.] Of or pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb.

1906

Pectinal (2)

Pec″ti‐nal, n. A fish whose bones resemble comb teeth. Sir T. Browne.

1907

Pectinate

{ Pec″ti‐na′te (?), Pec″ti‐na′ted (?), } a. [L. pectinatus, p. pr. of pectinare to comb, from pecten, -inis, a comb; cf. Gr. πέκειν to comb, AS. feax hair, OHG. fahs, E. paxwax....

1908

Pectinately

Pec″ti‐nate‐ly (?), adv. In a pectinate manner.

1909

Pectination

Pec′ti‐na″tion (?), n. 1. The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated. Sir T. Browne.2. The act of combing; the combing of the head.3. (Nat. Hist.) Comblike toothing.

1910

Pectineal

Pec‐tin″e‐al (?), a. [See Pecten.] (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the pecten. (b) Relating to, or connected with, the pubic bone.

1911

Pectinibranch

Pec‐tin″i‐branch (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Pectinibranchiata. Also used adjectively.

1912

Pectinibranchiata

‖Pec′ti‐ni‐bran′chi‐a″ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pecten, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) A division of Gastropoda, including those that have a comblike gill upon the neck.

1913

Pectinibranchiate

Pec′ti‐ni‐bran″chi‐ate (?), a. [L. pecten, -inis, a comb + E. branchiate.] (Zoöl.) Having pectinated gills.

1914

Pectiniform

Pec‐tin″i‐form (pĕk‐tĭn″ĭ‐fôrm), a. Comblike in form.

1915

Pectize

Pec‐tize″ (–tīz″), v. i. [Gr. πηκτόσ solid.] To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass. H. Spencer.

1916

Pectolite

Pec″to‐lite (pĕk″tō̍‐līt), n. [L. pecten a comb + -lite.] (Min.) A whitish mineral occurring in radiated or fibrous crystalline masses. It is a hydrous silicate of lime and soda.

1917

Pectoral

Pec″to‐ral (–ral), a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.2. Relating to, or go...