ptyonotus

[Gr. pty on =a fan, and notos = the back.] Ichthy.: A genus of Triglide, from Lake Ontario. ptyş-ma-gogue, s. [Gr. ptysma =saliva, and agogos leading; agō = to lead.] Pharm.: A pty a logo gue (q. v.). pub, 8. [A contract. of public (q. v.).] A public house. ( Eng. slang.) "The difficulty will be to persuade him to come out of the domestic paradise into a world without pubs ."-London Daily Telegraph. *pub-ble, a . [Prob. a variant of bubble (q. v.).] Puffed out; fat, podgy. "Thou shalt fynde me fat, and wel fed, As pubble as may be." Drant: Horace; Epistle to Tybullus. pū-ber-al, a. [Lat. puber =of ripe age; Eng. adj. suff. -al .] Pertaining to puberty. "Th' unequal combat in the public square." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid, ii. 486. 3. Proceeding from the people or the many; belonging to the people at large; common, not restricted to any particular cla or set. "A dismal universal hi , the sound Of public scorn." Milton: P. L., x. 509. 4. Circulating among people generally; open to the knowledge of all; general, notorious; not pri vate or secret. ( Matthew i. 19.) 5. Regarding not private or selfish interests, but the interests of the community at large; directed toward or tending to promote the interests of a people, nation, or community; as, public spirit. B. As substantive: 1. The people generally and collectively; the general body of mankind; the members generally of a state, nation, or community; the people indefinitely. (Used with the definite article.) "Receive me, languishing for that repose The servant of the public never knows." Cowper: Retirement. 2. Any particular section of the people to whom an author, actor, or other public character directly appeals. "She has carried away succe ive publics by her own almost unaided genius."-Athenœum, May 8, 1886, p. 627. 3. A public-house, an inn. In public : In open view; openly, publicly; not in private or secret. ( Milton: P. R., ii. 84.) public-chapel, subst. A chapel-of-ease (q.v.). interests or advantage; willing to make private sacrifices for the public advantage; prompted by a public spirit; patriotic.