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i. [A variant of pop (q. v.).] Το make a sharp noise by blowing out; to break wind. poôp (3), v. t. [Etym. doubtful.] To cheat. IMG:content-1323.jpg:[blocks in formation] "The players seated themselves, and a pool was formed." -Scribner's Magazine , Nov., 1878, p. 37. 3. A game played on a pool-table. The pool-table is constructed exactly the same as a billiard-table, excepting the fact that it has four or six apertures in the rails, through one of which it is nece ary to drive a ball to make a count, the ball so driven being propelled from the force imparted by being struck by the cue-ball. A pyramid of fifteen balls is placed at a given spot on the table and the game is ended, if there are but two players, when eight balls *poop-noddy, s. The game of love. ( Hall i well . ) poôr, *poore, *pore, *poure, *pouere, *powre, a. & s. [O. Fr. povre , poure , povere (Fr. pauvre ), from Lat. pauperem , acc us. of pauper =poor, from the roots seen in paucus little, Gr. pauros , and in paro to prepare, hence=providing or preparing little; Sp. & Port. pobre ; Ital. povero .] [PAUPER.] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1325.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1326.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1327.png:[blocks in formation] poôr-li-ne , subst . [Eng. poorly; -ne .] The quality or state of being poorly; delicate health; ill-health. poôr-lỹ, *poure-ly, adv . & a. [Eng. poor ; -ly .] A. As adverb : 1. In a poor manner; like a poor person; in want, need, or indigence; without luxuries or comforts. 2. With little succe ; unsucce fully, defectively; not well or highly. "The counterfeit is poorly imitated after you." Shakesp.: Sonnet 53. *3. Insignificantly, pettily. "I'll rob none but myself; and let me die, Stealing so poorly ." poôr'-ne , *poor-ne e, s. [Eng. poor ; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being poor; poverty, indigence. "No le I hate him than the gates of hell That poorne e can force an untruth to tell." Chapman: Homer's Ody ey, xiv. 2. Want of fertility or productivene ; barren- ne , sterility. 3. Meanne , basene ; want of spirit. "A peculiar poorne and vilene of this action." - South: Sermons , vol. ix., ser. 5. 4. Want of excellence or merit; intellectual, lit- erary, or artistic unsatisfactorine ; as, the poor Church History : Minor e es (Fr. Clari es , Ital. Povere Donne), the second order of St. Francis of A isi, who received St. Clare, the founder of the order, at the convent of Portiuncula, in 1212. The rule, which was exceptionally severe, was mit i- gated by Pope Urban IV. in 1264, and the order then separated into two branches: The Urbanists, who followed the mitigated, the Clari es, who adhered to the original rule. In 1436 St. Colette brought back a number of houses in France and ger- pop =ginger-beer. ( Slang .) Flanders to the observance of the rule of St. Francis. 1. A short, sharp, quick sound or report. "I have several ladies, who could not give a pop loud enough to be heard at the farther end of the room."- Add is on: Spectator , No. 102. IMG:content-1328.png:[blocks in formation] *2. To thrust or push. "The which if he can prove, a pops me out At least from fair five hundred pound a year." Shakesp.: King John, i. 1. *3. To shift; to put off. "To pop them off with a falsehood, or a frivolous answer."-Locke: Of Education , § 121. Bot .: The Fox-glove (q. v.). pop-gun, s . [POPGUN.] 2. A beverage which i ues from the bottle con- taining it with a pop or slight explosion; as, gin. The Council of Con stance (1414-1418) also deposed IMG:content-1329.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1330.png:[blocks in formation] fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fåll, father; we, wět, here, camel, her, thêre; or, wöre, wolf, work, whô, sốn; müte, cub, cüre, unite, cûr, rûle, füll; try, Syrian. æ, IMG:content-1331.png:[blocks in formation] "She stept behind a Pop'ring tree And listen'd for some novelty. pop-Ish, a . [Eng. pop (e); -ish .] Of or pertain ing to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; pertaining to popery, or to the Roman Catholic Church. "With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, v. 1. Oates, who had received a pension of £2,000 for his revelations, was convicted of perjury, heavily fined, pilloried, and publicly flogged. He survived, mak- ing several attempts to exploit new plots, but de- servedly despised, till 1705. pop-Ish-ly, adv . [Eng. popish ; -ly .] In a pop- ish manner; with a tendency to popery. Bot.: The genus Populus (q. v.). Yellow Poplar is Liriodendron tulip if era . "The lofty poplers with delight he weds To vines." Beaumont: Horace , Epod. 2. I. Ord. Lang.: A puppet; an idol II. Technically : 1. Mach.: One of the heads of a lathe. 2. Steam - eng .: A puppet-valve (q. v.). 3. Shipbuilding ( pl .): IMG:content-1332.png:[blocks in formation] pop-li-te-al, pop-lit-Ic, a. [POPLITEUS.] Of or pertaining to the ham, or to the knee-joint; as, the popliteal artery, the popliteal vein. pop-li-të-ŭs, pop-11-tæus, s. [Mod. Latin, from Lat. poples (gen it. poplitis ) = the ham.] Anat .: An oblique muscle placed below the knee, IMG:content-1333.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1334.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Arch .: The same as POPPY-HEAD (q. v.). 2. Bot .: The genus Papaver (q. v.). GLAUCIUM, IMG:content-1335.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Courting popularity or the favor of the people. "And oft in vain his name they closely bite, As popular and flatterer accusing." IMG:content-1336.png:[blocks in formation] pop-u-list, s . A member of a political party in the United States, commonly called the People's Party (q. v.). *pop-u-los-1-tý, s. populositas , from populosus = populous (q. v.).] The quality or state of being populous; populousne . pop-u-lous, a . [Fr. populeux , from Lat. popu- los us full of people, from populus =the people; Sp. & Port. populoso ; Ital. popoloso , populoso .] 1. Full of people or inhabitants; containing many inhabitants; thickly populated. Milton : P. L. , vii. 146. *2. Pleasing or acceptable to the people; popular. IMG:content-1337.png:[blocks in formation] country; the state of being thickly populated. "This city is far inferior to London for popu- lousne ." Howell: Letters, bk. i., § 1, let. 7. IMG:content-1338.png:[blocks in formation]