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Polytechnic (pŏlĭtĕknĭk), a. [Gr. polytechnos; polys many + technh an art: cf. F. polytechnique.] Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; -- applied particularly to schools in which many branches of art and science are taught with especial reference to their practical application; as, a polytechnic institute; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrial products.
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Polytechnical (?), a. Polytechnic.
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Polytechnics (?), n. The science of the mechanic arts.
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Polythalamia (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.
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Polythalamous (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. � a chamber.] (Zoöl.) Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of .
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Polytheism (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. � cf. F. polythéisme.] The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.
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In the Old Testament, the gradual development of polytheism from the primitive monotheism may be learned. Shaff-Herzog.
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Polytheist, n. [Cf. F. polythéiste.] One who believes in, or maintains the doctrine of, a plurality of gods.
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{ Polytheistic (?), Polytheistical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to polytheism; characterized by polytheism; professing or advocating polytheism; as, polytheistic worship; a polytheistic author, or nation. -- Polytheistically, adv.
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Polytheize (?), v. i. To adhere to, advocate, or inculcate, the doctrine of polytheism. Milman.
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Polythelism (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. qhlh a nipple.] (Anat.) The condition of having more than two teats, or nipples.
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Polytocous (?), a. [Gr. �; polys many + � offspring.] 1. (Bot.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, as most perennial plants; polycarpic.
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2. (Zoöl.) Producing many or young.
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Polytomous (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. � a cutting, fr. � to cut.] (Bot.) Subdivided into many distinct subordinate parts, which, however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; -- said of leaves. Henslow.
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Polytomy (?), n. (Logic) A division into many members. F. Bowen.
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Polytungstate (?), n. A salt of polytungstic acid.
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Polytungstic (?), a. (Chem.) Containing several tungsten atoms or radicals; as, polytungstic acid.
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Coloq. Polytungstic acid (Chem.), any one of several complex acids of tungsten containing more than one atom of tungsten.
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Polytype (?), n. [Poly- + -type: cf. F. polytype, a.] (Print.) A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.; as, a polytype in relief -- Polytype, a.
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By pressing the wood cut into semifluid metal, an intaglio matrix is produced: and from this matrix, in a similar way, a polytype in relief is obtained. Hansard.
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Polytype, a. (Print.) Of or pertaining to polytypes; obtained by polytyping; as, a polytype plate.
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Polytype, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polytyped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Polytyping (?).] (Print.) To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.
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Polyurethane, n. (Chem.) any polymer containing [-NH.CO.O-] linkages; such polymers are much used as the basis of light but rigid foams for packaging ( Coloq. polyurethane foam ) and for hard coatings, as on floors.
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Polyuria (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Med.) A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either protein or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst.
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Polyvalent (?), a. [Poly- + L. valens, p. pr. See .] (Chem.) Multivalent.
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Polyve (?), n. [See .] A pulley. [Obs.]
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Polyzoa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. polys many + zo^,on an animal.] (Zoöl.) Same as . See Illust. under , and .
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Polyzoan (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Polyzoa; one of the Polyzoa. (b) A polyzoön.
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Polyzoarium (?), n.; pl. Polyzoaria (#). [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Polyzoary (?), n. (Zoöl.) The compound organism of a polyzoan.
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Polyzonal (?), a. [Poly- + zonal.] Consisting of many zones or rings.
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Coloq. Polyzonal lens (Opt.), a lens made up of pieces arranged zones or rings, -- used in the lanterns of lighthouses.
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Polyzoön (?), n.; pl. Polyzoa (#). [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) One of the individual zooids forming the compound organism of a polyzoan.
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Pomace (?; 277), n. [L. ponum a fruit, LL., an apple: cf. LL. pomagium, pomacium.] The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding.
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Pomacentroid (?), a. [Gr. � a cover + � a prickle + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Pomacentridæ, a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes.
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Pomaceous (?), a. [LL. ponum an apple.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Like an apple or pear; producing pomes. (b) Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pomeæ) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc.
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2. Like pomace.
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Pomade (?; 277), n. [F. pommade pomatum, OF. pomade cider (cf. Sp. pomada, It. pomata, LL. pomata a drink made of apples), from L. pomum fruit, LL., an apple. Cf. .] 1. Cider. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
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2. Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.
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Pomander (?), n. [Sp. poma.] (a) A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball. (b) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Pomarine (?), a. [Gr. � a lid + �, �, nose.] (Zoöl.) Having the nostril covered with a scale.
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Coloq. Pomarine jager (Zoöl.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.
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Pomatum (?), n. [See .] A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade. Wiseman.
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Pomatum, v. t. To dress with pomatum.
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Pome (?), n. [L. pomum a fruit: cf. F. pomme apple. Cf. .] 1. (Bot.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear.
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2. (R. C. Ch.) A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.
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Pome, v. i. [Cf. F. pommer. See , n.] To grow to a head, or form a head in growing. [Obs.]
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Pomegranate (?; 277), n. [OE. pomgarnet, OF. pome de grenate, F. grenade, L. pomum a fruit + granatus grained, having many grains or seeds. See , and , .] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see ), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp.
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2. A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate. Ex. xxviii. 33.
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Pomel (?), n. A pommel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Pomelo (?), n. [Cf. .] A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit.
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Pomely (?), a. [OF. pomelé, F. pommelé. See .] Dappled. [Obs.] “Pomely gray.” Chaucer.
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Pomeranian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
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Coloq. Pomeranian dog (Zoöl.), the loup-loup, or Spitz dog.
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Pomewater (?), n. A kind of sweet, juicy apple. [Written also pomwater.] Shak.
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Pomey (?), n.; pl. Pomeys (#). [F. pommé grown round, or like an apple, p. p. of pommer to pome.] (Her.) A figure supposed to resemble an apple; a roundel, -- always of a green color.
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Pomfret (?), n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (Stromateus niger, Stromateus argenteus) native of Southern Europe and Asia. (b) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
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Pomiculture (?), n. [L. pomum fruit + cultura culture.] (Hort.) The culture of fruit; pomology as an art.
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Pomiferous (?), a. [L. pomifer; pomum fruit + ferre to bear: cf. F. pomifère.] (Bot.) (a) Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits. (b) Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple.
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Pommage (?; 48), n. See .
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Pommé (?), a. [F. See .] (Her.) Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; -- said of a cross.
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Pomme blanche (?). [F., literally, white apple.] The prairie turnip. See under .
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Pommel (?), n. [OE. pomel, OF. pomel, F. pommeau, LL. pomellus, fr. L. pomum fruit, LL. also, an apple. See .] A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as: (a) The knob on the hilt of a sword. Macaulay. (b) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow. (c) The top (of the head). Chaucer. (d) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
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Pommel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pommeled (?) or Pommelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pommeling or Pommelling.] To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists. [Written also pummel.]
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Pommelion (?), n. [See : cf. LL. pomilio pygmy.] (Mil.) The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon. [R.]
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Pommetté (?), a. [F.] Having two balls or protuberances at each end; -- said of a cross.
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Pomological (?), a. [Cf. F. pomologique.] Of or pertaining to pomology.
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Pomologist (?), n. One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees.
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Pomology (?), n. [L. pomum fruit + -logy: cf. F. pomologie.] The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.
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Pomona (?), n. [L., from pomum fruit.] (Class. Myth.) The goddess of fruits and fruit trees.
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Pomp (?), n. [OE. pompe, F. pompe, L. pompa, fr. Gr. � a sending, a solemn procession, pomp, fr. � to send. Cf. a shoe.] 1. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. “All the pomps of a Roman triumph.” Addison.
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2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
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Syn. -- Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state; magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride.
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Pomp (?), v. i. To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Pompadour (?), n. A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.
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Pompano (?), n. [Sp. pámpano.] [Written also pampano.] (Zoöl.) 1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa.
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☞ They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano (Trachynotus thomboides) and the Carolina pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast.
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2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish.
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Coloq. Pompano shell (Zoöl.), a small bivalve shell of the genus Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [Florida]
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Pompatic (?), a. [L. pompaticus.] Pompous. [Obs.] Barrow.
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Pompeian (?), a. [L. Pompeianus.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Pompeii, an ancient city of Italy, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a. d., and partly uncovered by modern excavations.
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Pompeian red. (Art) A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated from the color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which were decorated during the last age of the Republic.
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Pompelmous (?), n.; pl. Pompelmouses (#). [D. pompelmoes; cf. G. pompelmuse, F. pamplemousse, and F. pompoléon.] (Bot.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size.
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Pompet (?), n. [OF. pompette.] (Print.) The ball formerly used to ink the type.
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Pompholyx (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. � a bubble, the slag on the surface of smelted ore, from � a blister.] 1. (Old Chem.) Impure zinc oxide.
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2. (Med.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullæ, without inflammation or fever.
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Pompillion (?), n. An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
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Pompion (?), n. [OF. pompon. See .] See .
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Pompire (?), n. [L. pomum a fruit, LL. also, an apple + pirum a pear.] A pearmain. [Obs.]
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Pompoleon (?), n. (Bot.) See .
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Pompom, Pom-pom (?), n. [Imitative.] (Mil.) originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.
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Pompom (?), n. an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and slippers.
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2. a .
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Pompom girl (?), n. a female cheerleader, especially one who waves a pompon{5} while performing a cheering routine.
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Pompon (?), n. [F.] 1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
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2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako), instead of a feather.
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3. (a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
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4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
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5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports contests. See . Called also pompom.
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Pomposity (?), n.; pl. Pomposities (�). The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray.
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Pomposo (?), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Grand and dignified; in grand style.
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Pompous (?), a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See .] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
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2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. “Pompous in high presumption.” Chaucer.
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he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. Thackeray.
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-- Pomously, adv. -- Pompousness, n.
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Pomptine (?), a. See .
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Pomwater (?), n. Same as .
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Poncelet (?), n. [After Jean Victor Poncelet, French engineer.] (Physics) A unit of power, being the power obtained from an expenditure of one hundred kilogram-meters of energy per second. One poncelet equals g watts, when g is the value of the acceleration of gravity in centimeters.
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Poncho (?), n.; pl. Ponchos (�). [Sp.] 1. A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service.
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2. A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds.
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Pond (?), n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water, and the same word as pound. See an inclosure.] A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake. “Through pond or pool.” Milton.
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Coloq. Pond hen (Zoöl.), the American coot. See (a). -- Coloq. Pond lily (Bot.), the water lily. See under , and Illust. under . -- Coloq. Pond snail (Zoöl.), any gastropod living in fresh-water ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing snails (Pulmonifera) belonging to Limnæa, Physa, Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are pectinibranchs, belonging to Melantho, Valvata, and various other genera. -- Coloq. Pond spice (Bot.), an American shrub (Tetranthera geniculata) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves, and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia to Florida. -- Coloq. Pond tortoise , Coloq. Pond turtle (Zoöl.), any freshwater tortoise of the family Emydidæ. Numerous species are found in North America.
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