Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pelure

‖Pe‐lure″ (?), n. [F., lit., peel, fr. peler to peel.] A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps.

2189

Pelusiac

Pe‐lu″si‐ac (?), a. [L. Pelusiacus.] Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.

2190

Pelvic

Pel″vic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis.Pelvic arch, orPelvic girdle(Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of th...

2191

Pelvimeter

Pel‐vim″e‐ter (?), n. [Pelvis + -meter.: cf. F. pelvimètre.] An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis. Coxe.

2192

Pelvimetry

Pel‐vim″e‐try (?), n. [Pelvis + -metry.] (Med.) The measurement of the pelvis.

2193

Pelvis

Pel″vis (?), n. 1. (Anat.) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.2. (Zoöl.) The calyx of a crinoid.Pelvis of th...

2194

Pembroke table

Pem″broke ta′ble (?). [From Pembroke, a town and shire in Wales.] A style of four-legged table in vogue in England, chiefly in the later Georgian period.The characteristic which...

2195

Pemmican

Pem″mi‐can (?), n. [Written also pemican.] 1. Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun.Then on pemican they feasted. Long...

2196

Pemmican (2)

Pem″mi‐can, n. A treatise of much thought in little compass.

2197

Pemphigus

‖Pem‐phi″gus (?), n.(Med.) A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different parts of the body. Quain.

2198

Pen

Pen (?), n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. Spenser.2. A wing. Milton.3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or...

2199

Pen (2)

Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Penned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Penning (?).] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. “A prayer elaborately penn...

2200

Pen (3)

Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Penned (?) or Pent (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Penning.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, ...

2201

Pen (4)

Pen, n. [From Pen to shut in.] A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.My father stole two geese out of a pen. Shak.

2202

Penal

Pe″nal (?), a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. pénal. See Pain.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal juris...

2203

Penality

Pe‐nal″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. LL. poenalitas. See Penalty.] The quality or state of being penal; liability to punishment. Sir T. Browne.

2204

Penalize

Pe″nal‐ize (?), v. t. 1. To make penal.2. (Sport.) To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3.

2205

Penally

Pe″nal‐ly (?), adv. In a penal manner.

2206

Penalty

Pe″nal‐ty (?), n.; pl.Penalties (#). [F. pénalité. See Penal.] 1. Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law...

2207

Penance

Pen″ance (?), n. [OF. penance, peneance, L. paenitentia repentance. See Penitence.] 1. Repentance. Wyclif (Luke xv. 7).2. Pain; sorrow; suffering. “Joy or penance he feeleth non...

2208

Penance (2)

Pen″ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Penanced (?).] To impose penance; to punish. “Some penanced lady elf.” Keats.

2209

Penanceless

Pen″ance‐less, a. Free from penance.

2210

Penang lawyer

Pe‐nang″ law″yer (?). [Prob. fr. Malay pīnang līar.] A kind of walking stick made from the stem of an East Asiatic palm (Licuala acutifida).

2211

Penang nut

Pe‐nang″ nut′ (?). (Bot.) The betel nut. Balfour (Cyc. of India).

2212

Penannular

Pen‐an″nu‐lar (?), a. [L. pene, paene, almost + E. annular.] Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring. “Penannular relics.” D. Wilson.

2213

Penary

Pe″na‐ry (?), a. Penal. Gauden.

2214

Penates

‖Pe‐na″tes (?), n. pl.(Rom. Antiq.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.