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{ Pipistrel (?), Pipistrelle (?), } n. [F. pipistrelle, It. pipistrello.] (Zoöl.) A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called also flittermouse.
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Pipit (?), n. [So named from its call note.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillidæ. They strongly resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They are, therefore, often called titlarks, and pipit larks.
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☞ The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); the tree pipit, or tree lark (Anthus trivialis); and the rock pipit, or sea lark (Anthus obscurus) are well-known European species. The common American pipit, or brown lark, is Anthus Pensilvanicus. The Western species (Anthus Spraguei) is called the American skylark, on account of its musical powers.
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Pipkin, n. [Dim. of .] A small earthen boiler.
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Pippin (?), n. [Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being raised from the seed. See a seed.] (Bot.) (a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple. (b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin.
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We will eat a last year's pippin. Shak.
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Coloq. Normandy pippins , sun-dried apples for winter use.
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Pippul tree (?). Same as .
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Pipra (?), n.; pl. Pipras (#). [NL., fr. Gr. � a woodpecker.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridæ. The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.
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Piprine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the pipras, or the family Pipridæ.
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Pipsissewa (?), n. [From American Indian.] (Bot.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine.
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Pipy (?), a. Like a pipe; hollow-stemmed. Keats.
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Piquancy (?), n. [See .] The quality or state of being piquant.
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Piquant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of piquer to prick or sting. See .] Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote. “As piquant to the tongue as salt.” Addison. “Piquant railleries.” Gov. of Tongue.
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Piquantly, adv. In a piquant manner.
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Piqué (?), n. [F., p. p. of piquer to prick.] A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.
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Pique (?), n. (Zoöl.) The jigger. See .
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Pique (?), n. [F., fr. piquer. See .] 1. A feeling of hurt, vexation, or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; irritation of the feelings, as through wounded pride; stinging vexation.
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Men take up piques and displeasures. Dr. H. More.
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Wars had arisen . . . upon a personal pique. De Quincey.
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2. Keenly felt desire; a longing.
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Though it have the pique, and long,
'Tis still for something in the wrong. Hudibras.
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3. (Card Playing) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
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Syn. -- Displeasure; irritation; grudge; spite. , , . Pique denotes a quick and often transient sense of resentment for some supposed neglect or injury, but it is not marked by malevolence. Spite is a stronger term, denoting settled ill will or malice, with a desire to injure, as the result of extreme irritation. Grudge goes still further, denoting cherished and secret enmity, with an unforgiving spirit. A pique is usually of recent date; a grudge is that which has long subsisted; spite implies a disposition to cross or vex others.
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Pique, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piqued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Piquing (?).] [F. piquer. See .] 1. To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
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Pique her, and soothe in turn. Byron.
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2. To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity. Prior.
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3. To pride or value; -- used reflexively.
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Men . . . pique themselves upon their skill. Locke.
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Syn. -- To offend; displease; irritate; provoke; fret; nettle; sting; goad; stimulate.
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Pique, v. i. To cause annoyance or irritation. “Every verse hath something in it that piques.” Tatler.
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Piqueer (?), v. i. See . [R.]
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Piqueerer (?), n. See . [R.]
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Piquet (?), n. See . [R.]
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Piquet (?), n. [F., prob. fr. pique. See , , and .] A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside. [Written also picket and picquet.]
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Piracy (?), n.; pl. Piracies (#). [Cf. LL. piratia, Gr. �. See .] 1. The act or crime of a pirate.
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2. (Common Law) Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land.
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☞ By statute law several other offenses committed on the seas (as trading with known pirates, or engaging in the slave trade) have been made piracy.
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3. “Sometimes used, in a quasi-figurative sense, of violation of copyright; but for this, infringement is the correct and preferable term.” Abbott.
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Piragua (?), n. See .
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Pirai (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Pirameter (?), n. [Gr. � trial + -meter.] A dynamometer for ascertaining the power required to draw carriages over roads.
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Pirarucu (?), n. [From the native South American name.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Pirate (?), n. [L. pirata, Gr. �, fr. � to attempt, undertake, from making attempts or attacks on ships, � an attempt, trial; akin to E. peril: cf. F. pirate. See .] 1. A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.
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2. An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.
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3. One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
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Coloq. Pirate perch (Zoöl.), a fresh-water percoid fish of the United States (Aphredoderus Sayanus). It is of a dark olive color, speckled with blackish spots.
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Pirate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pirated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pirating.] [Cf. F. pirater.] To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
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Pirate, v. t. To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.
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They advertised they would pirate his edition. Pope.
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Piratic (?), a. Piratical.
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Piratical (?), a. [L. piraticus, Gr. �: cf. F. piratique.] Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking. “Piratical printers.” Pope. -- Piratically, adv.
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Piraya (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) A large voracious fresh-water fish (Serrasalmo piraya) of South America, having lancet-shaped teeth.
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Pirie (?), n. (Naut.) See .
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Pirie, n. [See .] (Bot.) A pear tree. [Written also pery, pyrie.] [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Piririgua (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) A South American bird (Guira guira) allied to the cuckoos.
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Pirl (?), v. t. [Cf. .] 1. To spin, as a top.
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2. To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines.
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Pirn (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod. [Scot.]
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Pirogue (?), n. [Originally an American Indian word: cf. F. pirogue, Sp. piroga, piragua.] A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat. [Written variously periauger, perogue, piragua, periagua, etc.]
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Pirouette (?), n. [F.; of uncertain origin.] 1. A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
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2. (Man.) The whirling about of a horse.
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Pirouette, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pirouetted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pirouetting.] [F. pirouetter.] To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.
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{ Pirry, Pirrie } (?), n. [Cf. Scot. pirr a gentle breeze, Icel. byrr a prosperous wind, bylr a blast of wind.] A rough gale of wind. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
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Pisasphaltum (?), n. See .
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Pisay (?), n. (Arch.) See .
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Piscary (?), n. [L. piscarius relating to fishes or to fishing, fr. piscis a fish.] (Law) The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters. Blackstone.
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Piscation (?), n. [L. piscatio, fr. piscari to fish.] Fishing; fishery. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Piscator (?), n. [L.] A fisherman; an angler.
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{ Piscatorial (?), Piscatory (?), } a. [L. piscatorius, fr. piscator a fisherman, fr. piscari to fish, fr. piscis a fish. See the animal.] Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing. Addison.
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Pisces (?), n. pl. [L. piscis a fish.] 1. (Astron.) (a) The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked ♓ in almanacs. (b) A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point; the Fish.
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2. (Zoöl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei.
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Piscicapture (?), n. Capture of fishes, as by angling. [R.] W. H. Russell.
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Piscicultural (?), a. Relating to pisciculture.
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Pisciculture (?), n. [L. piscis a fish + E. culture.] Fish culture. See under .
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Pisciculturist, n. One who breeds fish.
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Pisciform (?), a. [L. piscis fish + -form.] Having the form of a fish; resembling a fish.
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Piscina (?), n. [L., a certain, fishpond, fr. piscis a fish.] (Arch.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
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Piscinal (?), a. [L. piscinalis: cf. F. piscinal.] Belonging to a fishpond or a piscina.
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Piscine (?), a. [L. piscis a fish.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes; as, piscine remains.
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Piscivorous (?), a. [L. piscis a fish + vorare to devour: cf. F. piscivore.] (Zoöl.) Feeding or subsisting on fish.
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Pisé (?), n. [F. pisé, from piser to stamp, pound, L. pisare.] (Arch.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pisé work. Gwilt.
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Pish (?), interj. An exclamation of contempt.
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Pish (?), v. i. To express contempt. Pope.
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Pishu (?), n. (Zoöl.) The Canada lynx. [Written also peeshoo.]
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Pisiform (?), a. [L. pisum a pea + -form: cf. F. pisiforme.] Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape; as, a pisiform iron ore.
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Pisiform, n. (Anat.) A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. See Illust. of .
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Pismire (?), n. [Piss + mire; so called because it discharges a moisture vulgarly considered urine. See an ant.] (Zoöl.) An ant, or emmet.
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Pisolite (?), n. [Gr. � a pea + -lite: cf. F. pisolithe.] (Min.) A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit.
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☞ Oölite is similar in structure, but the concretions are as small as the roe of a fish.
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Pisolitic (?), a. [Cf. F. pisolithique.] (Min.) Composed of, containing, or resembling, pisolite.
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Pisophalt (?), n. [For pissasphalt.] (Min.) Pissasphalt. [Obs.]
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Piss (pĭs), v. t. & i. [OE. pissen, F. pisser; akin to It. pisciare, D. & G. pissen, Dan. pisse, Icel. pissa.] To discharge urine, to urinate; -- usually considered vulgar. Shak.
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Piss, n. Urine. [vulgar]
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Coloq. take a piss urinate. [vulgar]
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Pissabed (?), n. (Bot.) A name locally applied to various wild plants, as dandelion, bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.
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Pissasphalt (?), n. [L. pissasphaltus, Gr. �; � pitch + � asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte.] (Min.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistency of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt. [Written also pisasphaltum, pisasphalt, etc.]
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pissant, a. Worthless or of no significance. [vulgar]
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piss away, v. t. To waste; to squander; to fritter away; as, he pissed away his opportunity to get the job by arriving late for the interview. [vulgar]
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pissed, pissed off, a. Angered or very annoyed. [vulgar]
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pisser, n. Something very difficult or troublesome. [vulgar slang]
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piss off, v. t. To anger or strongly annoy; as, his flippant attitude pissed off the teacher. [vulgar]
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piss off, v. i. To leave immediately; to scram; -- chiefly British, and sometimes considered vulgar. [Brit., vulgar]
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pissoir, n. a public urinal, in European countries.
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Pist (?), n. (Man.) See .
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Pistache (?), n. [OE. pistace, fr. F. pistache. See .] (Bot.) The anacardiaceous tree Pistacia vera, which yields the pistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extract prepared from it. Called also pistachio.
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Pistachio (?), n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho, F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. �, �, fr. Per. pistah. Cf. .] (Bot.) The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceæ, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; -- called also pistachio nut. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written also pistachia.]
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2. The small anacardiaceous tree (Pistacia vera), of southern Europe and Asia Minor, which bears the pistachio nut. Called also pistache.
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3. (Cookery) The flavor of the pistachio nut, or an ice or confection flavored with it.
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4. Pistachio green.
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Pistachio green. A light yellowish green color resembling that of the pistachio nut.
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Pistacia (?), n. [NL. See .] (Bot.) The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio (Pistacia vera), the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus), and the species (Pistacia Terebinthus) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine.
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Pistacite (?), n. [Cf. F. pistacite. So called from its green color. See .] (Min.) Epidote.
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Pistareen (?), n. An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents.
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Pistazite (?), n. (Min.) Same as .
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Piste (?), n. [F., fr. L. pisere, pinsere, pistum, to pound.] (Min.) The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over. Johnson.
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{ Pistel (?), Pistil (?) }, n. An epistle. [Obs.]
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Pistic (?), a. [L. pisticus, Gr. �.] Pure; genuine. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
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Pistil (?), n. [L. pistillum, pistillus, a pestle: cf. F. pistil. See .] (Bot.) The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of , and .
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Pistillaceous (?), a. (Bot.) Growing on, or having nature of, the pistil; of or pertaining to a pistil. Barton.
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Pistillate (?), a. (Bot.) Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.
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Pistillation (?), n. [L. pistillum a pestle.] The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Pistillidium (?), n.; pl. Pistillida (#). [NL., fr. E. pistil.] (Bot.) Same as .
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Pistilliferous (?), a. [Pistil + -ferous: cf. F. pistillifère.] (Bot.) Pistillate.
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Pistillody (?), n. [Pistil + Gr. e'i^dos form.] (Bot.) The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.
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Pistol (?), n. [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob. from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where pistols were first made. Cf. .] The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of .
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Coloq. Pistol carbine , a firearm with a removable but-piece, and thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a carbine. -- Coloq. Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form. -- Coloq. Pistol shot . (a) The discharge of a pistol. (b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.
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Pistol, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pistoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pistoling.] [Cf. F. pistoler.] To shoot with a pistol. “To pistol a poacher.” Sydney Smith.
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Pistolade (?), n. [F.] A pistol shot.
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Pistole (?), n. [F., probably a name given in jest in France to a Spanish coin. Cf. .] The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.
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Pistoleer (?), n. [Cf. F. pistolier.] One who uses a pistol. [R.] Carlyle.
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Pistolet (?), n. [F., a dim. of pistole.] A small pistol. Donne. Beau. & Fl.
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