Frost - Fair Ballads (1684)

( Nares.) 6. In printing , an over-wide space between printed words. Also called rat - hole . pigeonhole (pij'on-hol), v . t .; pret. and pp. pi geonholed , ppr. pigeonholing . [ pigeonhole , n .] To place or file away in a pigeonhole; hence, to lay aside for future consideration; hence, to lay aside and ignore or forget; "shelve"; treat with intentional neglect: as, to pigeonhole an application for an appointment; to pigeonhole a scheme. It is true that in common life ideas are spoken of as being treasured up, forming a store of knowledge: the implied notion being that they are duly arranged and, as it were, pigeon - holed for future use. H. Spencer , Prin. of Psychol., § 469. He had hampered the busine of the State Department by pigeon - holing treaties for months. N. A. Rev. , CXXVII. 63. Formed with pigeonholed (pij'on-hold), a . pigeonholes for the escape of gases of com busti on, as the arch of a furnace, or for the discharge of liquids, as the bottom of a keir. pigeon-house (pij'on-hous), n . A house for pigeons; a pigeonry; a dove-cote. pigeon-livered (pij'on-liv"èrd), a . Mild in temper; pigeon-hearted; soft; gentle. I am pigeon - liver'd , and lack gall To make oppre ion bitter. Shalk ., Hamlet, ii. 2. 605. pigeon-match (pij'on-mach), n . A meeting or contest where pigeons are shot at as they are released from boxes, called traps, placed at a fixed distance from the marksman. pigeon-pair (pij'on-par), n . Twins of opposite sex, boy boy and girl: so called because pigeons lay two eggs which normally hatch a pair of birds, a male and a female. pigeon-pea (pij'on-pē), n. See Cajanus . pigeon-plum (pijon-plum), n. A middle-sized tree, Coccoloba Florid an a , common in semitropical Florida. Its wood is hard and close-grained, of a deep brown tinged with red, and valuable for cabinetmaking. Its abundant grape-like fruit is a favorite food of small animals. pigeonry (pij'on-ri), n .; pl. pigeonries (-riz). [ pigeon + -ry .] A place where pigeons are kept; a columbarium; a dove-cote. pigeon's-blood (pij'onz-blud), n. The color of a fine dark ruby, scarcely so dark as the beef's blood. These two shades are the most admired in that stone. pigeon's-gra (pij'onz-grás), n . [Cf. Gr. περι στερεών, a kind of verbena, also a dove-cote, Verbena officinal is , said to be frequented by doves, and sometimes fancied to be eaten by them to clear their sight. pigeon tail (pij'on-tāl), n. The pintail duck, Dafila acuta : so called from the resemblance of the tail to that of the wild pigeon or pa enger-pigeon. W. H. Herbert . See cut under Dafila . pigeon-toed (pij'on-tod), a . 1. Having that structure of the feet which characterizes pigeons; peristeropod: said of gallinaceous birds. The pigeon-toed fowl are the mound-birds or Me gapo didæ of the Old World and the cura ows or Cracidæ of America.-2. Having the toes turned in: said of persons. [Colloq.] The pigeon - toed step and the rollicking motion Bespoke them two genuine sons of the Ocean.