podospermium (podospermium)

[NL.: see podosperm.] In bot., same as funicle, 4. Podosphæra (pod-ō-sfērā), n. [NL. (Kunze), Podostemaceæ (pod"ō-stēmāsē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Lindley, 1835), growing firmly attached stones under water, natives of the tropics, mainly in America, Africa, and Asia. Podostemon (pod-ō-stēmon), n. [NL. (Michaux, 1803), so called in allusion to the elevation of the two stamens on a stalk supporting the ovary; IMG:content-0513.jpg:[graphic] poe (pō'e), n . [Also pue ; a New Zealand name.] The poe-bird, originally called the poe bee - eater . Latham , 1782. poe-bird (pō'e-bėrd), n . [ poe2 + bird1 .] The poe, tui, or parson-bird, Pros them a der a cincin- New Zealand and Auckland. It is about as large nat a or novæ - zealand iæ , a meliphagine bird of as a blackbird, iridescent-black in color, with a patch of long curly white plumes on each side of the neck, and a white band on the wings. It is valued both by the natives for its plumage, which contributes to the ornamentation of the feather mantles worn by them, and also as a cage-bird, from the finene of its song and its powers of mimicry. κίλος , many-colored, mottled, pied, variegated, various, manifold;, manifold; akin to L. pingere (pic), paint: see picture , paint .] A stoa or porch on the agora of ancient Athens: so called from the paintings of historical and religious subjects with which its walls were adorned. See stoa . pœcilite (pē'si-līt), n. Same as bornite . Also many-colored, any-colored, mottled, + -it - ic .] A name sug- gested by Cony be are as an equivalent for New Red Sandstone , in allusion to its variegated col- or, the rocks of which this group is made up con- sisting chiefly of red, yellow, and variegated sandstones, conglomerates, and marls, with oc- casional beds of limestone. See sandstone , Per- mian , and New Red Sandstone (under sandstone ). pœcilocyte (pēʼsil-ō-sīt), n. [ κύτος , a hollow.] A red blood- corpuscle of abnormal shape. pæcilocytosis (pē si-lō-si-to's is), n. [NL., as pacilocyte + -osis .] The presence of pæcilo- cytes in the blood. pæcilonym (pēʼsi-lō-nim), n . [ ὄνυμα , όνομα , a name: see onym .] One of two or more names for the same thing; a synonym. Wilder ; Leidy . poematic (põō-e-mat'ik), a . [ ποιηματικός , poetical, ποίημα , a poem: see poem .] Relat- ing to a poem, poetical. Cole ridge. pœnology, n. See penology . Poephaga (po-ef'a-ga), n . pl . [NL. (Owen, 1839), neut. pl. of poephagus : see poephagous .] A division of Marsupial i a , including the kanga- roos and others which feed on gra and herb- age; the herbivorous marsupials. poephagous (po-ef'a-gus), a . [ poephagus , πόα , gra , + φα- γεῖν , eat.] Eating gra ; feeding on herbage; phytophagous or herbivorous; specifically, be- longing to the Poephaga . The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0515.png:[blocks in formation] †, n. A Middle English spelling of people . poesy (pō'e-si), n . [Formerly also posy (q. v.); poesie , poyse = D. poëzy , poëzie = G. poc sie (formerly also poesei , poesey ) = Sw. Dan. poesi , poésie = OSp. poesi , Sp. poesía = Pg. It. poesia , L. poesis , poesy, poetry, σις, ει making, creation, poesy, poetry, ποιεῖν , composition; skill in making poems. make. Cf. poem , poet .] 1. The art of poetic Poesie therefore is an arte of imitation, for so Aristotle termeth it in his word Mimesis - that is to say, a representing, counter fetting, or figuring foorth. Sir P. Sidney , Apol. for Poetrie. Poesy is a part of learning in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other points extremely licensed. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 141. A poem is the work of the poet, the end and fruit of his labour and study. Poesy is his skill or craft of making, the very fiction itself, the reason or form of the work. B. Jonson , Discoveries. pæcilonymic (pe-si-lō-nim m -y + -ic .] Characterized by or pertaining to pæcilonymy. -lō-nim'ik), a. [ pæcilony- 2. Poetry; metrical composition. An unusually complete combination of pæcilonymic ambiguities. Buck's Handbook Med. Sci., p. 528. [ pæcilonym Encyc . Brit ., VI. 663. The stemle thispœcilonymy (pē-si-lon'i-mi), n . The people at Brackley.. always spoke of the stemle thistle as the pod - thistle . Academy , Jan. 11, 1890, p. 30. Podura, Podoura (po-dūra, pō-döʻra), n . [NL. (Linnæus, 1748), πούς (ποδ-), foot, + ουρά , tail.] 1. A Linnean genus of apterous insects, corresponding to the modern order Thysanura , used by later naturalists with various restrictions, and now typical of the family Poduridæ . They have but one tarsal claw. Some forms are found on standing water, others on the snow. They are known as springtails and snow - fleas . See cut under springtail . 2. [l. c.] A species of this genus; a poduran. poduran, podouran (pō-dūran, po-döʻran), a . and n . [ Podura + -an .] I. a . Same as po IMG:content-0516.png:[blocks in formation] Poduridæ, Podouride (po-dū'ri-dē, pō-döʻridē), n . pl . [NL. (Bur meister, 1838), Podura + -idæ .] A family of thysanurous insects of the order Collembola , typified by the genus Podura , to which various limits have been a igned. It was formerly nearly equivalent to Collembola , but is now restricted to forms with the body cylindrical and the appendage of the fourth abdominal segment developed into a saltatory apparatus. The mouth-parts are very rudimentary. The respiration is tracheal, though the podurans are supposed also to breathe directly through the integument. They are found almost everywhere in damp places. There are several genera besides Podura , as Anura , A chore utes , Tomocerus , Or che sell a, and Lepidocyrtus. See snow- flea , and cut under springtail . podurous (po-dūʼrus), a . [ πούς ( ποδ- ), foot, + ουρά , tail.] Belonging or pertaining to the genus Podura in any sense. pod-ware (pod'war), n . Pulse growing in pods or cods. See podder , 2. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] podyperidrosis (pod-i-per-i-drōʼsis), n . [NL., ὑπέρ , over, beyond, + ίδρωσις , perspiration: see hidrosis .] Exce ive sweating of the feet. By the many formes of Poesie the many moodes and pangs of louers throughly to be discouered. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 36. Simon ides said that picture was a dumb poesie , and pое- sie a speaking picture. Holland , tr. of Plutarch, p. 805. Music and poesy used to quicken you. Shak., T. of the S., i. 1. 36. I am satisfied if it cause delight; for delight is the chief, if not the only, end of poesy ; instruction can be admitted but in the second place; for poesy only instructs as it deDryden, Def. of E ay on Dram. Poesy. +-y3.] The use of several different names for the same thing; application of different terms indifferently to a thing; varied or varying no- menclature. The Nation , July 18, 1889. Pæcilopoda (pē-si-lop'ō-da), n . pl . [NL., ποικίλος , many-colored, manifold, + πούς ( ποδ- ) = lights. E.foot .] In Latreille's system of cla ification, the second order of his Entomostraca , divided into two families, Xiphosura and Siphonostoma. It was a highly artificial group, including Limulus with numerous parasitic crustaceans, fish-lice, etc., as Argulus , Caligus , etc. Divested of these and restricted to the Xi- phosura , the term is synonymous with Merostomata in one sense. See Merostomata . pœcilopodous (pe-si-lop'ō-dus), a . Of or per- taining to the Pacilopoda . pœcilothermic (pē"si-lo-ther'mik), a . [ ποικίλος , various, + θέρμη , heat.] Varying in bodily temperature with that of the surround- ing medium, as is particularly the case with cold-blooded animals. Also poikilothermic. [Rare.] Most of the lower animals are poikilothermic , or, as they have le appropriately been called, cold-blooded. Claus , Zool. (trans.), I. 74. poem (põ'em), n . [ роёте , F. poème = Sp. Pg . It. poem a , poēma , ποίημα , anything made or done, a poem, ποιεῖν , make. Cf. poet .] 1. A written composition in metrical form; a composition characterized by its arrangement in verses or measures, whether in blank verse or in rime: as, a lyric poem ; a pastoral poem . The first and most nece arie poynt that euer I founde meete to be considered in making of a delectable poeme is this, to grounde it upon some fine inuention. Gas coigne, Notes on Eng. Verse, §1 (Steele Glas, etc., ed. [Arber). A poem is not alone any work or composition of the poets in many or few verses; but even one alone verse some- times makes a perfect poem . B. Jonson , Discoveries. A poem , round and perfect as a star. Alex . Smith , A Life Drama, ii. There is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man.. Carlyle , Sir Walter Scott. It is not metres, but a metre-making argument, that makes a poem . Emerson , The Poet. 2. A written composition which, though not in verse, is characterized by imaginative and po- etic beauty in either the thought or the lan- guage; as, a prose poст . IMG:content-0517.png:[blocks in formation] Some few ages after came the poet Geffery Chaucer, who, writing his poesies in English, is of some called the first illuminator of the English tongue. Verstegan , Rest. of Decayed Intelligence, vii. 4t. A motto or sentimental conceit engraved on a ring or other trinket. See posy . A hoope of Gold, a paltry Ring That she did giue me, whose Poesie was For all the world like Cutlers Poetry Vpon a knife; Loue mee, and leaue mee not. Shak ., M. of V. (folio 1623), v. Nay, and I have poesies for rings too, and riddles that they dream not of. B. Jonson , Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. [ poete , poëte , F. poet (poet), n . poète = Sp. Pg. It. poet a = D. poëet = G. Sw. Dan. poet , poet a , ποιητής , a maker, poet, ποιεῖν , make. Cf. poem , poesy . ] 1. One who composes or indites a poem; an author of metrical compositions. A poet is a maker, as the word signifies; and he who cannot make, that is invent, hath his name for nothing. Dryden. Search'd every tree, and pry'd on every flower, If anywhere by chance I might espy The rural poet of the melody. Dryden, Flower and Leaf, 1. 125. 2. One skilled in the art of making poetry, or of metrical composition; one distinguished by the po e ion of poetic faculties or susceptibilities; one endowed with the gift and power of imaginative invention and creation attended by corresponding eloquence of expre ion, commonly but not nece arily in a metrical form. Semblably they that make verses, expre ynge therby none other lernynge, but the crafte of versifienge, be not of auncient writers named poetes , but only called versify Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, i. 13. ers. I begin now, elevated by my Subject, to write with the Emotion and Fury of a Poet , yet the Integrity of an His- tori an. Wycherley, Love in a Wood, Ded. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia I versify the truth, not poctize . II. trans. To make poetic; cause to conform Then farewell hopes o' laurel boughs, To garland my poetic brows! What warm, poetic heart but inly bleeds, And execrates man's savage, ruthle deeds! IMG:content-0519.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0520.png:[blocks in formation] poetship (po'et-ship), n. [ poet + -ship .] The state of being a poet; poethood. poet-sucker (pō'et-suk"ėr), n. A suckling poet; an immature or precocious poet. [Low.] What says my poct - sucker ? He's chewing his muse's cud, I do see by him. B. Jonson , Staple of News, iv. 1. pogamoggan (pog-a-mog'an), n . [Amer. Ind.] A weapon used by some tribes of North Amer- ican Indians, consisting of a rounded stone in- closed in a net of woven fibers ending in a strong braid, by which it can be whirled. Com- pare slung -shot. pogge (pog), n . A cottoid fish, the armed bull- head, Agonus cataphract us . musician are united; a bard. poetre t (po'et-res), n . [OF. poetere e , as if ποιήτρια , fem. of ποιητής , a poet: see poet . poetri a for L. poetris , poetria , a poet, poetry (pō'et-ri), n . [ poetrye , poetrie , poetrie , poeterie, poterie, poetrerie = OIt. poetria , poetria , poetry (cf. L. poetria , ποιήτρια , & poete ), poet a , a poet: see poet and -ry.] 1. That one of the fine arts which addre es itself to the feelings and the imagination by the instrumentality of musical and moving words; the art which has for its object the exciting of intellectual pleasure by means of vivid,imaginative, pa ionate, and in- spiriting language, usually though not neces- sarily arranged in the form of measured verse poghaden (pog-hā'dn), n. [Amer. Ind.] The menhaden. Also pauhagen . pogie, n. Same as pogy . Pogonial (po-go'ni-a), n. [NL. (Ju ieu, 1789), so called in allusion to the frequently fringed lip; πωγωνίας , bearded, πώγων , beard.] A genus of terrestrial orchids of the tribe Neottieæ and subtribe Are- thuseæ , characterized by the distinct and usually erect sepals, the long wingle col- umn, and the undivided or three-lobed lip. There are over 30 species, widely dispersed over the world, of which 5 occur in the United States. The typical species (includ- ing the most common American, P. ophioglo oides , sometimes called snake's-mouth orchis ) grow in bogs, especially in the neighborhood of peat, and produce a tuberous root, and a slender stem bearing a single handsome and fragrant pale-rose nodding flower, a single leaf, and a IMG:content-0521.png:[blocks in formation] The grand power of Poetry is its interpretative power, by which I mean the power of so dealing with things as to awaken in us a wonderfully full, new, and intimate sense of them, and of our relations with them. 2. An imaginative, artistic, and metrical col- location of words so marshaled and attuned as to excite or control the imagination and the emotions; the language of the imagination or emotions metrically expre ed. In a wide sense poetry comprises whatever embodies the products of the imagination and fancy, and appeals to these powers in others, as well as to the finer emotions, the sense of ideal beauty, and the like. In this sense we speak of the poetry of motion. The e ence of poetry is invention: such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and de- lights. Johnson , Waller. Poetry is not the proper antithesis to prose, but to science. Poetry is opposed to science, and prose to metre. The proper and immediate object of science is the acquirement or communication of truth; the proper im- mediate object of poetry is the communication of imme- diate pleasure. Cole ridge. The critics have concluded that it is not nece ary the manners of the hero should be virtuous. They are poet it i on ; verse; poems: as, heroic poetry ; lyric or 3. Composition in verse; a metrical compos i- dramatic poetry ; a collection of poetry . Oon seyde that Omere made lyes Feyninge in his poetries. Chaucer , House of Fame, 1. 1477. ..poetries Scott , Rob Roy, xxiii. three leaves, and few or many flow- ers; a few bear a single flower sur- mounting a whorl of leaves; and many of the Old World species pro- duce first a one-sided raceme of nodding flowers and later a single broad or roundish leaf. P. pendula is the three-birds orchis of the United States, named from the form of the fruit. Pogonias (pō-gō'ni-as), n. [NL. (Lacépède, 1802), πωγωνίας , bearded, Pogonia ophio- beard.] 1. In ichth . , a genus of sciænoids, having numerous barbels on the lower jaw (whence the name); the drums or drumfish, as P. chromis . See cut under drum1 , 11 ( a ).-2. In ornith ., same as Pogonorhynchus . Illiger , 1811. pogonias is (po-go-ni'a-sis), n . [NL., Gr. πώγων , beard (cf. πωγωνίας , bearded), + -iasis .] Exce ive growth of beard, especially in a wo- clothing filaments; Labiatæ , and tribe Satureineæ , type of the subtribe Pogo stem oneæ , and charac- terized by the four perfect stamens, which are protruding, distant, straight, and little unequal, and by the terminal roundish one-celled an- thers, five-toothed calyx, four-cleft corolla with one lobe spreading, and the flowers close- crowded in large verticillasters, in an inter- rupted spike or panicle. There are about 32 species, natives of the East Indies, the Malay archipelago, and Japan. They are herbs or shrubby plants, with opposite leaves, and the numerous small flowers are whitish and purple, or of other colors. See patchouli for the principal species. Always replying to the sarcastic remarks of his wife with complacency and poignant good humour. Sir T. More, Family of Sir T. More, Int. to Utopia, p. xiv. Example, whether for emulation or avoidance, is never so poignant as when presented to us in a striking person- ality. Lowell , Books and Libraries. 4. Severe; piercing; very painful or acute: as, poignant pain or grief. had humbled my wife's pride, Goldsmith , Vicar, xxii. =Syn. 3 and 4. Piquant , etc. (see pungent ), sharp, pene- trating, intense, biting, acrid, caustic. poignantly (poi'nant-li), adv . In a poignant, stimulating, piercing, or irritating manner; with keenne or point. poignard, n. [F.] Same as poniard . poignet (poin), n. [F. poing , fist: see poing .] Fist; hand. The witne es which the faction kept in poigne (like false dice, high and low Full hams), to be played forth upon plots and to make discoveries as there was occa- sion, were now chapfallen. Roger North , Examen, p. 108. (Davies.) poimenics (poi-men'iks), n. [ -ics .] Pastoral theology. See pastoral . poinadot, n. Same as poniard . My Peece I must alter to a Poynado , and my Pike to a Heywood, Royal King (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 70). [ pog = W. poc , a poinardt, n. An obsolete form of poniard . [Irish.] I axed her for a pogue , The black-eyed saucy rogue, For a single little pogue , pogy-gull (põʻgi-gul), n. A sea-gull found at Cape Cod, Ma achusetts (where so called), perhaps Larus argent at us . poh (po), interj . Same as pooh . pohutukawa (pō-hö-to-käwä), n . [Maori: see the quotation.] A conspicuous tree, Metro side- ros to mentos a , growing on rocky coasts in New Zealand. It has leathery shining leaves, and is very handsome in blo om. Its bark yields a brown dye, and Poi is generally eaten from a bowl placed between two people, by dipping three fingers into it, giving them a twirl round, and then sucking them. Lady Bra ey, Voyage of Sunbeam, II. xvi. [ poignan ( t ) + poignancy (poi'nan-si), n . -cy.] 1. The power of stimulating the organs of taste; piquancy.-2. Point; sharpne ; keenne ; power of irritation; asperity: as, the poignancy of wit or sarcasm.-3. Pain- fulne ; keenne ; bitterne : as, the poi- gnancy of grief. poignant (poi'nant), a . [Early mod. E. poynant , poynant , poignant (= Sp. Pg. pungente = It. pungente , pugnente , pun- gen(t-)s, ppr. of pungere , prick: see pungent, and cf. point .] 11. Sharp to the taste; biting; piquant; pungent. IMG:content-0522.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0523.jpg:[blocks in formation] Poinciana (poin-si-ā'nä), n . [NL. (Tournefort, 1700), named after Poinci , a governor-general of the West Indies in the middle of the 17th cen- tury, who wrote on the natural history of the Antilles.] A genus of leguminous plants of the suborder Cæsalpinieæ and tribe Eucæsalpinicæ , characterized by the five valvate calyx-lobes, five nearly equal orbicular petals, ten distinct declined stamens, and hard flat two-valved many-seeded pods. The 3 species are natives of warm regions in eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and west- ern India, but have long been introduced into the West Indies and other tropical countries. They are handsome trees with bipinnate leaves and showy orange or scarlet flowers. P. regia , with crimson flowers, is known as royal peacock-flower, flame-acacia, and gold mohur-tree. P. pulcherrima , with red and yellow flowers, is the Barbados- pride, flower-pride, or flower-fence. P. Gillies i i is the crimson thread-flower. They are also sometimes called flamboyants. See flamboyant . poind (poind), v . t . 1. A dialectal (Scotch) form of pind or pound2.- 2. To seize; distrain; seize and sell under warrant, as a debtor's goods. [Scotch.] He slew my knight, and poin'd his gear. Lament of the Border Widow (Child's Ballads, III. 87). poinder (poin'der), n. A dialectal form of pinder . poinding (poin'ding), n . [Verbal n. of poind , v .] In Scotch law , a proce by which a creditor may enforce his demand by seizure of movable prop- erty. It is carried into effect either by sale and payment of the proceeds to the creditor, or by appraisal of the goods and their delivery to the creditor on account. Personal poinding cannot be prosecuted, except against a tenant for rent, until the debtor has been charged to pay or perform and the days allowed therefor have expired. The right of a private creditor to reach things in action and some other movables, such as money and ornaments on the person, has been questioned. Real poinding , or poinding of the ground, is the remedy of one who is enforcing a lien or burden on land, as distinguished from a personal obliga- tion to seize movables found on the land, other than those of strangers, and other than those of a tenant in ex- ce of rent actually due from him. poinette, n. See poynet . poing (pwan), n . [F., the fist, = Sp. puño = Pg . punho = It. pug no , pugnus , fist.] In her ., a fist or closed hand used as a bearing. Poinsettia (poin-set'i-ä), n. [NL. (Graham, 1836), named after Joel R. Poinsett , American minister to Mexico, who discovered the plant there in 1828.] 1. A former genus of Ameri- can apetalous plants of the order Euphorbiaceæ and tribe Euphorbicæ , now included as a section of the vast genus Euphorbia .-2. [l. c.] The Euphorbia ( Poinsettia ) pulcherrima , a plant much cultivated in conservatories. It is con- spicuous for the large scarlet floral leaves surrounding its crowded yellowish cymes of small flowers, and is much used for decoration, especially in churches. Also called Christmas- flower or Easter - flower , in England lobster - flower and Mexican flame - leaf , and in Mexico flora de pasqua . No poignant sauce she knew, nor costly treat; Her hunger gave a relish to her meat. Dryden, Cock and Fox, 1. 21. His poynant speare, that many made to bleed. Spenser, F. Q., I. vii. 19. 3. Keen; bitter; satirical; hence, telling; striking. pointe , poynte ; a ) OF. point , poinct , puint , F. point , m., a point, dot, full stop, period, speck, hole, stitch, point of time, moment, difficulty, etc., Sp. punto = Pg. ponto = It. punto , m., = OFries. punt , pont = D.punt =MLG. punte, LG. punt , pünt =MHG. punct , punt , puncte , punte , G. punkt = Icel. punktr = Sw. Dan. punkt , a point, punctum , a point, puncture, spot on dice, IMG:content-0524.jpg:[blocks in formation] The splintered points of the crag are seen, With water howling and vexed between. IMG:content-0525.png:[blocks in formation] point But for y am a lewed man, par aunter y mizte Pa en par aventure & in som poynt erren.