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Physostomous (?), a. (Zoöl.) (a) Having a duct to the air bladder. (b) Pertaining to the Physostomi.
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Phytelephas (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a plant + � the elephant; also, ivory.] (Bot.) A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.
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Phytivorous (?), a. [Phyto- + L. vorare to eat greedily.] Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous animals. Ray.
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Phyto- (?). [See .] A combining form from Gr. fyton a plant; as, phytochemistry, phytography.
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Phytochemical (?), a. Relating to phytochemistry. R. Hunt.
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Phytochemistry (?), n. [Phyto- + chemistry.] Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies; vegetable chemistry. R. Hunt.
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Phytochimy (?), n. [F. phytochimie; Gr. � a plant + F. chimie chemistry.] Phytochemistry. [Obsoles.]
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{ Phytogenesis (?), Phytogeny (?), } n. [Phyto- + genesis, or root of Gr. gignesqai to be born.] The doctrine of the generation of plants.
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Phytogeographical (?), a. Of or pertaining to phytogeography.
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Phytogeography (?), n. [Phyto- + geography.] The geographical distribution of plants.
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Phytoglyphic (?), a. Relating to phytoglyphy.
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Phytoglyphy (?), n. [Phyto- + Gr. � to engrave.] See Nature printing, under .
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Phytographical (?), a. [Cf. F. phytographique.] Of or pertaining to phytography.
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Phytography (?), n. [Phyto- + -graphy: cf. F. phytographie.] The science of describing plants in a systematic manner; also, a description of plants.
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Phytoid (?), a. [Phyto- + -oid.] Resembling a plant; plantlike.
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Phytolacca (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � plant + It. lacca lac.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.
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Phytolite (?), n. [Phyto- + -lite: cf. F. phytolithe.] An old name for a fossil plant.
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Phytolithologist (?), n. One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.
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Phytolithology (?), n. [Phyto- + lithology.] The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology.
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Phytological (?), a. [Cf. F. phytologique.] Of or pertaining to phytology; botanical.
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Phytologist (?), n. One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist. Evelyn.
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Phytology (?), n. [Phyto- + -logy: cf. F. phytologie.] The science of plants; a description of the kinds and properties of plants; botany. Sir T. Browne.
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{ Phytomer (?), Phytomeron (?), } n. [NL. phytomeron, fr. Gr. � plant + � share.] (Bot.) An organic element of a flowering plant; a phyton.
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Phyton (?), n.; pl. Phytons (#). [NL., fr. Gr. � plant.] (Bot.) One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer.
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Phytonomy (?), n. [Phyto- + Gr. � law: cf. F. phytonomie.] The science of the origin and growth of plants.
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Phytopathologist (?), n. One skilled in diseases of plants.
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Phytopathology (?), n. [Phyto- + pathology.] The science of diseases to which plants are liable.
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Phytophaga (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � a plant + � to eat.] (Zoöl.) A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.
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Phytophagic (?), a. (Zoöl.) Phytophagous.
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Phytophagous (?), a. [Phyto- + Gr. � to eat.] (Zoöl.) Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal.
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Phytophagy (?), n. The eating of plants.
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Phytophysiology (?), n. [Phyto- + physiology.] Vegetable physiology.
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Phytotomist (?), n. One versed in phytotomy.
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Phytotomy (?), n. [Phyto- + Gr. � to cut.] The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy.
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Phytozoaria (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Phytozoön (?), n.; pl. Phytozoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. � + zo^,on an animal.] (Zoöl.) A plantlike animal. The term is sometimes applied to zoöphytes.
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Phyz (?), n. See .
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P_i (pē ī), n. The inorganic orthophoshate ion; -- a symbol used in biochemistry. [acronym]
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Pi (?), n. [See , magpie, service-book.] (Print.) A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted. [Written also pie.]
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Pi (pī), n. [Gr. pi^.] 1. A Greek letter ( Π, π) corresponding to the Roman letter .
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2. Specifically: (Math.) The letter π, Π, as used to denote the number or quotient approximately expressing the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter; also, the quotient or the ratio itself. The value of the quotient pi, to twenty decimal places, is 3.14159265358979323846 (see note). The number pi is an irrational number, i.e. it cannot be expressed as the quotient of two integers. It is also a transcendental number, i.e. it cannot be expressed as a root of an algebraic equation with a finite number of terms; and from this fact follows the impossibility of the quadrature of the circle by purely algebraic processes, or by the aid of a ruler and compass.
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☞ The first 1000 decimal digits of the number pi are as displayed below.

The digits are arranged as five sets of ten digits per line in twenty lines, proceeding left to right in each line.

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1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510
5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679
8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128
4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196
4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091
4564856692 3460348610 4543266482 1339360726 0249141273
7245870066 0631558817 4881520920 9628292540 9171536436
7892590360 0113305305 4882046652 1384146951 9415116094
3305727036 5759591953 0921861173 8193261179 3105118548
0744623799 6274956735 1885752724 8912279381 8301194912
9833673362 4406566430 8602139494 6395224737 1907021798
6094370277 0539217176 2931767523 8467481846 7669405132
0005681271 4526356082 7785771342 7577896091 7363717872
1468440901 2249534301 4654958537 1050792279 6892589235
4201995611 2129021960 8640344181 5981362977 4771309960
5187072113 4999999837 2978049951 0597317328 1609631859
5024459455 3469083026 4252230825 3344685035 2619311881
7101000313 7838752886 5875332083 8142061717 7669147303
5982534904 2875546873 1159562863 8823537875 9375195778
1857780532 1712268066 1300192787 6611195909 2164201989

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Pi, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pieing (?).] (Print.) To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to mix and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form. [Written also pie.]
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Piaçaba (?), n. See .
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Piacle (?), n. [L. piaculum a propitiatory sacrifice, that which requires expiation, a wicked action, fr. piare to appease, to expiate, pius pious.] A heinous offense which requires expiation. [R.] Howell.
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Piacular (?), a. [L. piacularis: cf. F. piaculaire.] 1. Expiatory; atoning. Sir G. C. Lewis.
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2. Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad. “Piacular pollution.” De Quincey.
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Piacularity (?), n. The quality or state of being piacular; criminality; wickedness. De Quincey.
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Piaculous (?), a. Same as .
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Pial (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the pia mater.
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Pia mater (?). [NL., fr. L. pia (fem. of pius tender, kind) + mater mother.] (Anat.) The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord.
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Pian (?), n. [Pg. pian, epian, or. Sp. pian; from the native name in South America: cf. F. pian.] (Med.) The yaws. See .
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Pianet (?), n. [Cf. magpie.] (Zoöl.) (a) The magpie. [Written also pianate, and pyenate.] (b) The lesser woodpecker. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Pianette (?), n. [Dim. of piano.] (Mus.) A small piano; a pianino.
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Pianino (?), n. [It., dim. of piano, adj. See .] (Mus.) A pianette, or small piano.
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Pianissimo (?), a. [It., superl. of piano.] (Mus.) Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp.)
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Pianist (?), n. [Cf. F. pianiste, It. pianista.] A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano.
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Piano (?), a. & adv. [It., even, smooth, soft, fr. L. planus even, level.] (Mus.) Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)
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{ Piano (?), Pianoforte (?), } n. [It. piano soft (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see , a.) + It. forte strong, fr. L. fortis (see ).] (Mus.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys.
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Coloq. Dumb piano . See . -- Coloq. Grand piano . See under . -- Coloq. Square piano , one with a horizontal frame and an oblong case. -- Coloq. Upright piano , one with an upright frame and vertical wires.
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Pianograph (?), n. [Piano + -graph.] (Mus.) A form of melodiograph applied to a piano.
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Piapec (?), n. [Cf. a magpie.] (Zoöl.) A West African pie (Ptilostomus Senegalensis).
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Piarist (?), n. [L. pius pious.] (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order who are the regular clerks of the Scuole Pie (religious schools), an institute of secondary education, founded at Rome in the last years of the 16th century. Addis & Arnold.
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Piassava (?), n. [Pg. piasaba.] A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piaçaba and piasaba.
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Piaster (?), n. [F. piastre, It. piastra a thin plate of metal, a dollar, LL. piastra, fr. L. emplastrum. See .] A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See . The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.
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Piastre (?), n. See .
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Piation (?), n. [L. piatio. See .] The act of making atonement; expiation. [Obs.]
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Piatti (?), n. pl. [It., prop., plates.] (Mus.) Cymbals. [Written also pyatti.]
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Piazza (?), n.; pl. Piazzas (#). [It., place, square, market place, L. platea street, courtyard. See .] An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.
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We walk by the obelisk, and meditate in piazzas. Jer. Taylor.
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Pibcorn (?), n. [W. pib pipe + corn horn.] (Mus.) A wind instrument or pipe, with a horn at each end, -- used in Wales.
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Pibroch (?), n. [Gael. piobaireachd pipe music, fr. piobair a piper, fr. pioba pipe, bagpipe, from English. See , n.] A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle. Jamieson.
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Pic (?), n. [Cf. F. pic.] A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.
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Pica (?), n. [L. pica a pie, magpie; in sense 3 prob. named from some resemblance to the colors of the magpie. Cf. magpie.] 1. (Zoöl.) The genus that includes the magpies.
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2. (Med.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) A service-book. See . [Obs.]
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4. (Print.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English.
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☞ This line is printed in pica
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☞ Pica is twice the size of nonpareil, and is used as a standard of measurement in casting leads, cutting rules, etc., and also as a standard by which to designate several larger kinds of type, as double pica, two-line pica, four-line pica, and the like.
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Coloq. Small pica (Print.), a size of type next larger than long primer, and smaller than pica.
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☞ This line is printed in small pica
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Picador (?), n. [Sp.] A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him.
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Picamar (?), n. [L. pix, picis, pitch + amarus bitter.] (Chem.) An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.
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Picapare (?), n. (Zoöl.) The finfoot.
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Picard (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- so called from one Picard of Flanders. See .
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Picaresque (?), a. [F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue.] Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.
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Picariæ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. picus a woodpecker.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds.
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Picarian (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Picariæ. -- n. One of the Picariæ.
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Picaroon (?), n. [Sp. picaron, aug. of picaro roguish, n., a rogue.] One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper. Sir W. Temple.
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Picayune (?), n. [From the language of the Caribs.] A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See . [Local, U.S.]
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Picayunish (?), a. Petty; paltry; mean; as, a picayunish business. [Colloq. U.S.]
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{ Piccadil (?), Piccadilly (?), } n. [OF. piccagilles the several divisions of pieces fastened together about the brim of the collar of a doublet, a dim. fr. Sp. picado, p. p. of picar to prick. See .] A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century.
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Piccage (?), n. [LL. piccadium, fr. F. piquer to prick.] (O. Eng. Law) Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths. Ainsworth.
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Piccalilli (?), n. A pickle of various vegetables with pungent species, -- originally made in the East Indies.
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Piccolo (?), n. [It., small.] 1. (Mus.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.
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2. (Mus.) A small upright piano.
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3. (Mus.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone.
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Pice (?), n. [Hind. paisā] A small copper coin of the East Indies, worth less than a cent. Malcom.
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Picea (?), n. [L., the pitch pine, from pix, picis, pitch.] (Bot.) A genus of coniferous trees of the northen hemisphere, including the Norway spruce and the American black and white spruces. These trees have pendent cones, which do not readily fall to pieces, in this and other respects differing from the firs.
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Picene (?), n. [See .] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon (C�H�) extracted from the pitchy residue of coal tar and petroleum as a bluish fluorescent crystalline substance.
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Piceous (?), a. [L. piceus, fr. pix, picis, pitch.] Of or pertaining to pitch; resembling pitch in color or quality; pitchy.
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Pichey (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A Brazilian armadillo (Dasypus minutus); the little armadillo. [Written also pichiy.]
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Pichiciago (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back. [Written also pichyciego.]
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Pichurim bean (pĭch�rĭm bēn). (Bot.) The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut.
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Pici (pīsī), prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. L. picus a woodpecker.] (Zoöl.) A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks.
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Piciform (pīsĭfôrm), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Piciformes.
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Piciformes (pĭsĭfôrmēz), prop. n. pl. [NL. See , and .] (Zoöl.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups.
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Picine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the Piciformes.
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Pick (pĭk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Picked (pĭkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Picking.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. , v., , to throw.] 1. To throw; to pitch. [Obs.]
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As high as I could pick my lance. Shak.
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2. To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
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3. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
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4. To open (a lock) as by a wire.
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5. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.
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6. To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.
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Did you pick Master Slender's purse? Shak.
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He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems
With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. Cowper.
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7. To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out. “One man picked out of ten thousand.” Shak.
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8. To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.
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9. To trim. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Coloq. To pick at , to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance. -- Coloq. To pick a bone with . See under . -- Coloq. To pick a thank , to curry favor. [Obs.] Robynson (More's Utopia). -- Coloq. To pick off . (a) To pluck; to remove by picking. (b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters pick off the enemy. -- Coloq. To pick out . (a) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark stuff with lines or spots of bright colors. (b) To select from a number or quantity. -- Coloq. To pick to pieces , to pull apart piece by piece; hence [Colloq.], to analyze; esp., to criticize in detail. -- Coloq. To pick a quarrel , to give occasion of quarrel intentionally. -- Coloq. To pick up . (a) To take up, as with the fingers. (b) To get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there; as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news.
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