petiole (petiol)

[F. pétiole = Sp. Pg. pe ciolo = It. peziolo, picciuolo, a petiole, IMG:content-2798.png:[graphic] IMG:content-2799.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small] cylindrical and channeled on the upper side, but may be terete, flattened, winged, dilated at base, clasping, etc. 2. In entom., the slender sclerite or sclerites by which the abdomen of many insects is united in bankruptcy); also, the paper containing such a supplication, solicitation, or humble request. -4. A begging: only in the rare phrase ' pe- translating Latin petitio principi i . titi on of a principle' (begging the question), Diogenes. Stay! Those terms are puerile, and imply a petition of a principle: keep to the term nece ity. cited, in substance, that subjects should not be taxed but by consent of Parliament; that commi ions for raising money should not be i ued contrary to law; that no free- man should be imprisoned, di eized of his land, outlawed, or exiled but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land; that no subject ought to be imprisoned without tertain soldiers against the law; and that commi ions for the trial of offenders by martial law ought not to i ue in time of peace. - Petitions of Rights Act. See Bovill's governed to bring grievances to the knowledge of the gov- Act (a), under act . - Right of petition, the right of the erning power, by the presentation and hearing of petitions for redre . By the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Congre can make no law prohibit- ing "the right of the people peaceably to a emble, and to petition the government for a redre of grievances." =Syn. Supplication , Suit , etc. (see prayer ), solicitation, ap- plication, addre . petition (pē-tish'on), v . [=F. pétitionner ; from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To present a petition or make a request to; supplicate; entreat; titi on or supplication to, as to a sovereign, le- gislative body, or person in authority, for some favor or right. She petitioned Jupiter that he might prove immortal. Bacon , Moral Fables, ii. Would not your word, your slightest wish, effect All that I hope, petition , or expect? Crabbe , Works, V. 138. II. in trans. To intercede; make a humble request or entreaty; present a petition. You think now I should cry, and kneel down to you, Petition for my peace. Petitory action or suit. (a) An action claiming title or right of ownership, as distinguished from one which, ostensibly at least, relates merely to po e ion. (b) In Scots law , an action by which something is sought to be decreed by the judge in consequence of a right of property or a right of credit in the pursuer, including all actions on personal contracts by which the grantor has become bound to pay or to perform. Petit's operation. See operation . Petiveria (pet-i-vē'ri-ä), n. [NL. (Plumier, 1703), named after J. Petiver , F. R. S., a London apothecary, who died in 1718.] A genus, made by Lindley type of a small order Petiveriaceæ , now cla ed in the order Phytol acc aceæ and tribe Rivineæ , characterized by the elongated fruit, covered with slender recurved spines. The 4 species are all American, found from Florida to southern Brazil. They are slender erect herbs, with the odor of garlic, very acrid, and bearing alternate ovate leaves, and small greenish flowers of four persistent sepals. P. all i- ace a, the guinea-hen weed, also known as strongman's- weed , is much used in the West Indies for toothache and for its stimulating and sudorific properties. P. tetrandra is similarly used in Brazil. petlanque (pet-lang'ke), n. [Mex. Sp.] The name of an ore of silver, called in Chili "rosi- cler oscuro"; a sulphantimoniuret of silver, known to mineralogists as pyrargyrite .-Pet- lanque negro, the ore of silver called silver - glance, glas- erz, and vitreous silver , of which the mineralogical name is argentite . petitionarily (po-tish'on-a-ri-li), adv . By way of petitio principi i, or begging the question. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 5. [Rare.] petitionary (pe-tish'on-a-ri), a. [ petition + -ary.] 1. Offering a petition; supplicatory. Pardon Rome and thy petitionary countrymen. Shak ., Cor., v. 2. 82. It is our base petitionary breath That blows them to this greatne . 2. Containing a petition or request. If such come For their reliefe by suite petitionary , Let them have gracious hearing. petition-crown (po-tish'on-kroun), n. petitioner (pe-tish'on-er), n. [ petition + -er1.] 1. One who presents a petition, either verbal or written. Esther vii. 3. 2. [1. c. or cap .] In Eng . hist ., same as addre er . petitionist (pe-tish'on-ist), n. [ petition + -ist.] A petitioner. Lamb . ( Encyc . Dict .) petitio principi i (pē-tish'i-ō prin-sip'i-i). [L. (tr. Gr. τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ ἀρχῇ αἰτεῖσθαι , an a umption at the outset): petitio , petition; principi i , gen. of principium , principle: see petition and princi- ple . ] In lo In logic , the a umption of that which in the beginning was set forth to be proved; begging the question: a fallacy or fault of red; IMG:content-2800.png:[blocks in formation] either nece arily or with the degree ability pretended, the fault consisting in the a umption of a premise which no person hold- ing the antagonistic views will admit. petit-maître tre (pe-tē'ma'tr), 'ma'tr), n. [F., a little mas- ter: see petty and master1 .] A name given to dandies in France in the reigns of Louis XIV. and Louis XV.; hence, in English literature, one who displays exaggeration in his dre and cultivates female society more or le ob- petitort (pet'i-tor), n. [L. petit or , a seeker, plaintiff, petere , pp. petit us , seek: see pet i- tion .] A seeker. petrel chickens, are the very small sooty species like Pro cellar i a pelagic a, though of several genera, including Pro cellar i a (formerly called Thala idroma ), Cymochorea, Halocyp ten a, and Oceanites. The most numerous species to which the name is given are those of the genera Est relata, Dap tion, and some others, such as the capped petrel, Est relata hæsitata, and the Cape pigeon, Daption capense. These Stormy Petrel ( Pro cellar i a pelagic a ). are of medium size, or rather small, and almost exclusive ly inhabit southern seas. Petrels of the large genus Puf. fin us are commonly known as shearwaters and hagdens. The large gull-like petrels of the genus Fulmar us and some related genera are called fulmars. All are pelagic, and practically independent of land except during the breeding-season. They breed for the most part in burrows or holes in rocks by the seaside, laying a single white egg. Many of them are wont, like albatro es, to follow ships for many days at sea, to feed upon the refuse of the cook's galley, and may sometimes be taken with hook and line. In powers of long-sustained flight they surpa all other birds, but, with the exception of one genus ( Pelecanoides or Halodroma ), they cannot dive. See also cuts under Daption, fulmar, hagden, and Est relata. 2. The kittiwake, a gull. [Flam borough Head, Eng.]-Pintado petrel. See pintado. petrel2t, n. An obsolete form of poitrel. petrenelt, n. An obsolete variant of petronel. petrescence (pē-tres'ens), n. [