Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 49
Pet (v. i.) To be a pet. -- Feltham.
Pet (a.) Preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent].
Pet (n.) A domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
Pet (n.) A special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky].
Pet (n.) A fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight).
Pet (n.) Using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) [syn: positron emission tomography, PET].
Pet (v.) Stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb".
Pet (v.) Stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking.
PET, () Personal Electronic Translator.
PET, () Privacy Enhancement Technology (Compaq).
PET, () Progressive Educational Technology.
Petal (n.) (Bot.) 花瓣 [C] One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See {Corolla}, and Illust. of {Flower}.
Petal (n.) (Zool.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
Petal (n.) Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored [syn: {petal}, {flower petal}].
Petal, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
Population (2000): 7579
Housing Units (2000): 3208
Land area (2000): 9.670087 sq. miles (25.045409 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.015214 sq. miles (0.039404 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.685301 sq. miles (25.084813 sq. km)
FIPS code: 56800
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 31.346740 N, 89.255485 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 39465
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Petaled (a.) (Bot.) Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled, etc.
Petaled (a.) (Of flowers) Having petals [syn: petalous, petaled, petalled] [ant: apetalous, petalless].
Petaliferous (a.) Bearing petals.
Petaliform (a.) (Bot.) Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped.
Petaline (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal.
Petalism (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.
Petalite (n.) (Min.) A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminum and lithium.
Petalody (n.) (Bot.) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
Petaloid (a.) (Bot.) Petaline.
Petaloid (a.) Resembling a flower petal.
Petaloideous (a.) (Bot.) Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline.
Petaloideous division, That division of endogenous plants in which the perianth is wholly or partly petaline, embracing the Liliace[ae], Orchidace[ae], Amaryllide[ae], etc.
Petalosticha (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid.
Petalous (a.) Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to apetalous.
Petalous (a.) (Of flowers) Having petals [syn: petalous, petaled, petalled] [ant: apetalous, petalless].
Petala (n. pl. ) of Petalum.
Petalum (n.) [NL.] A petal.
Petar (n.) See Petard. [Obs.] "Hoist with his own petar." -- Shak.
Petard (n.) (Mil.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded.
Petard (n.) An explosive device used to break down a gate or wall.
Petardeer (n.) Alt. of Petardier.
Petardier (n.) (Mil.) One who managed a petard.
Petasus (n.) (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.
Petaurist (n.) (Zool.) Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister.
Petechiae (n. pl.) (Med.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.
Petechial (a.) (Med.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiae; spotted.
Petechial fever, A malignant fever, accompanied with livid spots on the skin.
Peter (prop. n.) A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the twelve apostles of Christ.
Peter boat, A fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers.
Peter Funk, The auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.]
Peter pence, or Peter's pence. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St. Peter's day; -- called also Rome scot, and hearth money.
Peter pence, or Peter's pence. (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope.
Peter's fish (Zool.), A haddock; -- so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to other fishes having similar spots.
Petered (imp. & p. p.) of Peter.
Petering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peter.
Peter (v. i.) To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out. [Slang, U.S.]
Peter (n.) Disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope [syn: Peter, Simon Peter, Saint Peter, St. Peter, Saint Peter the Apostle, St. Peter the Apostle].
Peter (n.) Obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz].
Peter, () Originally called Simon (=Simeon ,i.e., "hearing"), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament. He was the son of Jona (Matt. 16:17). His mother is nowhere named in Scripture. He had a younger brother called Andrew, who first brought him to Jesus (John 1:40-42). His native town was Bethsaida, on the western coast of the Sea of Galilee, to which also Philip belonged. Here he was brought up by the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and was trained to the occupation of a fisher. His father had probably died while he was still young, and he and his brother were brought up under the care of Zebedee and his wife Salome (Matt. 27:56; Mark 15:40; 16:1). There the four youths, Simon, Andrew, James, and John, spent their boyhood and early manhood in constant fellowship. Simon and his brother doubtless enjoyed all the advantages of a religious training, and were early instructed in an acquaintance with the Scriptures and with the great prophecies regarding the coming of the Messiah. They did not probably enjoy, however, any special training in the study of the law under any of the rabbis. When Peter appeared before the Sanhedrin, he looked like an "unlearned man" (Acts 4:13).
"Simon was a Galilean, and he was that out and out...The Galileans had a marked character of their own. They had a reputation for an independence and energy which often ran out into turbulence. They were at the same time of a franker and more transparent disposition than their brethren in the south. In all these respects, in bluntness, impetuosity, headiness, and simplicity, Simon was a genuine Galilean. They spoke a peculiar dialect. They had a difficulty with the guttural sounds and some others, and their pronunciation was reckoned harsh in Judea. The Galilean accent stuck to Simon all through his career. It betrayed him as a follower of Christ when he stood within the judgment-hall (Mark 14:70). It betrayed his own nationality and that of those conjoined with him on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:7)." It would seem that Simon was married before he became an apostle. His wife's mother is referred to (Matt. 8:14; Mark 1:30; Luke 4:38). He was in all probability accompanied by his wife on his missionary journeys (1 Cor. 9:5; comp. 1 Pet. 5:13).
He appears to have been settled at Capernaum when Christ entered on his public ministry, and may have reached beyond the age of thirty. His house was large enough to give a home to his brother Andrew, his wife's mother, and also to Christ, who seems to have lived with him (Mark 1:29, 36; 2:1), as well as to his own family. It was apparently two stories high (2:4).
At Bethabara (R.V., John 1:28, "Bethany"), beyond Jordan, John the Baptist had borne testimony concerning Jesus as the "Lamb of God" (John 1:29-36). Andrew and John hearing it, followed Jesus, and abode with him where he was. They were convinced, by his gracious words and by the authority with which he spoke, that he was the Messiah (Luke 4:22; Matt. 7:29); and Andrew went forth and found Simon and brought him to Jesus (John 1:41).
Jesus at once recognized Simon, and declared that hereafter he would be called Cephas, an Aramaic name corresponding to the Greek Petros, which means "a mass of rock detached from the living rock." The Aramaic name does not occur again, but the name Peter gradually displaces the old name Simon, though our Lord himself always uses the name Simon when addressing him (Matt. 17:25; Mark 14:37; Luke 22:31, comp. 21:15-17). We are not told what impression the first interview with Jesus produced on the mind of Simon. When we next meet him it is by the Sea of Galilee (Matt. 4:18-22). There the four (Simon and Andrew, James and John) had had an unsuccessful night's fishing. Jesus appeared suddenly, and entering into Simon's boat, bade him launch forth and let down the nets. He did so, and enclosed a great multitude of fishes. This was plainly a miracle wrought before Simon's eyes. The awe-stricken disciple cast himself at the feet of Jesus, crying, "Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord" (Luke 5:8). Jesus addressed him with the assuring words, "Fear not," and announced to him his life's work. Simon responded at once to the call to become a disciple, and after this we find him in constant attendance on our Lord.
He is next called into the rank of the apostleship, and becomes a "fisher of men" (Matt. 4:19) in the stormy seas of the world of human life (Matt. 10:2-4; Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:13-16), and takes a more and more prominent part in all the leading events of our Lord's life. It is he who utters that notable profession of faith at Capernaum (John 6:66-69), and again at Caesarea Philippi (Matt. 16:13-20; Mark 8:27-30; Luke 9:18-20). This profession at Caesarea was one of supreme importance, and our Lord in response used these memorable words: "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church."
"From that time forth" Jesus began to speak of his sufferings. For this Peter rebuked him. But our Lord in return rebuked Peter, speaking to him in sterner words than he ever used to any other of his disciples (Matt. 16:21-23; Mark 8:31-33). At the close of his brief sojourn at Caesarea our Lord took Peter and James and John with him into "an high mountain apart," and was transfigured before them. Peter on that occasion, under the impression the scene produced on his mind, exclaimed, "Lord, it is good for us to be here: let us make three tabernacles" (Matt. 17:1-9).
On his return to Capernaum the collectors of the temple tax (a didrachma, half a sacred shekel), which every Israelite of twenty years old and upwards had to pay (Ex. 30:15), came to Peter and reminded him that Jesus had not paid it (Matt. 17:24-27). Our Lord instructed Peter to go and catch a fish in the lake and take from its mouth the exact amount needed for the tax, viz., a stater, or two half-shekels. "That take," said our Lord, "and give unto them for me and thee."
As the end was drawing nigh, our Lord sent Peter and John (Luke 22:7-13) into the city to prepare a place where he should keep the feast with his disciples. There he was forewarned of the fearful sin into which he afterwards fell (22:31-34). He accompanied our Lord from the guest-chamber to the garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:39-46), which he and the other two who had been witnesses of the transfiguration were permitted to enter with our Lord, while the rest were left without. Here he passed through a strange experience. Under a sudden impulse he cut off the ear of Malchus (47-51), one of the band that had come forth to take Jesus. Then follow the scenes of the judgment-hall (54-61) and his bitter grief (62).
He is found in John's company early on the morning of the resurrection. He boldly entered into the empty grave (John 20:1-10), and saw the "linen clothes laid by themselves" (Luke 24:9-12). To him, the first of the apostles, our risen Lord revealed himself, thus conferring on him a signal honour, and showing how fully he was restored to his favour (Luke 24:34; 1 Cor. 15:5). We next read of our Lord's singular interview with Peter on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where he thrice asked him, "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" (John 21:1-19). (See Love.)
After this scene at the lake we hear nothing of Peter till he again appears with the others at the ascension (Acts 1:15-26). It was he who proposed that the vacancy caused by the apostasy of Judas should be filled up. He is prominent on the day of Pentecost (2:14-40). The events of that day "completed the change in Peter himself which the painful discipline of his fall and all the lengthened process of previous training had been slowly making. He is now no more the unreliable, changeful, self-confident man, ever swaying between rash courage and weak timidity, but the stead-fast, trusted guide and director of the fellowship of believers, the intrepid preacher of Christ in Jerusalem and abroad. And now that he is become Cephas indeed, we hear almost nothing of the name Simon (only in Acts 10:5, 32; 15:14), and he is known to us finally as Peter."
After the miracle at the temple gate (Acts 3) persecution arose against the Christians, and Peter was cast into prison. He boldly defended himself and his companions at the bar of the council (4:19, 20). A fresh outburst of violence against the Christians (5:17-21) led to the whole body of the apostles being cast into prison; but during the night they were wonderfully delivered, and were found in the morning teaching in the temple. A second time Peter defended them before the council (Acts 5:29-32), who, "when they had called the apostles and beaten them, let them go."
The time had come for Peter to leave Jerusalem. After labouring for some time in Samaria, he returned to Jerusalem, and reported to the church there the results of his work (Acts 8:14-25). Here he remained for a period, during which he met Paul for the first time since his conversion (9:26-30; Gal. 1:18). Leaving Jerusalem again, he went forth on a missionary journey to Lydda and Joppa (Acts 9:32-43). He is next called on to open the door of the Christian church to the Gentiles by the admission of Cornelius of Caesarea (ch. 10).
After remaining for some time at Caesarea, he returned to Jerusalem (Acts 11:1-18), where he defended his conduct with reference to the Gentiles. Next we hear of his being cast into prison by Herod Agrippa (12:1-19); but in the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison gates, and he went forth and found refuge in the house of Mary.
He took part in the deliberations of the council in Jerusalem (Acts 15:1-31; Gal. 2:1-10) regarding the relation of the Gentiles to the church. This subject had awakened new interest at Antioch, and for its settlement was referred to the council of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. Here Paul and Peter met again.
We have no further mention of Peter in the Acts of the Apostles. He seems to have gone down to Antioch after the council at Jerusalem, and there to have been guilty of dissembling, for which he was severely reprimanded by Paul (Gal. 2:11-16), who "rebuked him to his face."
After this he appears to have carried the gospel to the east, and to have laboured for a while at Babylon, on the Euphrates (1 Pet. 5:13). There is no satisfactory evidence that he was ever at Rome. Where or when he died is not certainly known. Probably he died between A.D. 64 and 67.
Peter, () A rock or stone.
Peter, UT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Utah
Population (2000): 230
Housing Units (2000): 71
Land area (2000): 21.553322 sq. miles (55.822846 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.861275 sq. miles (2.230691 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 22.414597 sq. miles (58.053537 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59555
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 41.760838 N, 111.984191 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Peterel (n.) (Zool.) See Petrel.
Pederero (n.) (Mil.) A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance. [Written also paterero and peterero.]
Peterero (n.) (Mil.) See Pederero.
Petermen (n. pl. ) of Peterman.
Peterman (n.) A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. [An obs. local term in Eng.] -- Chapman.
Petersham (n.) A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material.
Peterwort (n.) (Bot.) See Saint Peter's-wort, under Saint. Petiolar
Petiolar (a.) Alt. of Petiolary.
Petiolary (a.) (Bot.) Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud. Petiolate
Petiolate (a.) Alt. of Petiolated.
Petiolated (a.) (Bot. & Zool.) Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.
Petiole (n.) (Bot.) A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.
Petiole (n.) (Zool.) A stalk or peduncle.
Petiole (n.) The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf [syn: petiole, leafstalk].
Petioled (a.) Petiolate.
Petiolulate (a.) (Bot.) Supported by its own petiolule. -- Gray.
Petiolule (n.) (Bot.) A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.
Petiolule (n.) The stalk of a leaflet.
Petit (a.) Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. [Obs., except in legal language.]
By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. -- South.
Petit constable, An inferior civil officer, subordinate to the high constable.
Petit jury, A jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes at the bar of a court; -- so called in distinction from the grand jury.
Petit larceny, The stealing of goods of, or under, a certain specified small value; -- opposed to grand larceny. The distinction is abolished in England.
Petit ma[^i]tre. [F., lit., little master.] A fop; a coxcomb; a ladies' man. -- Goldsmith.
Petit serjeanty (Eng. Law), The tenure of lands of the crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc.
Petit treason, Formerly, in England, the crime of killing a person to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as one's husband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not distinguished from murder.
PETIT, () Sometimes corrupted into petty. A French word signifying little, small. It is frequently used, as petit larceny, petit jury, petit treason.
PETIT, TREASON, English law. The killing of a master by his servant; a husband by his wife; a superior by a secular or religious man. In the United States this is like any other murder. See High, Treason; Treason.
Petition (n.) 請願，訴狀，陳情書 A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.
A house of prayer and petition for thy people. -- 1 Macc. vii. 37.
This last petition heard of all her prayer. -- Dryden.
Petition (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it.
Petition (n.) Specifically (Law), A request to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right, or for the legislature to take a specific action; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind. The petition may be signed by one or any number of persons.
Petitioned (imp. & p. p.) of Petition.
Petitioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Petition.
Petition (v. t.) 請求，懇求，請願 To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.
Petition (v. i.) 請求，懇求，請願 To make a petition or solicitation.
Petition (n.) [ C ] 請願書 A document signed by a large number of people demanding or asking for some action from the government or another authority.
// I signed a petition against the proposed closure of the local hospital today.
Petition (n.) (Specialized) (law) （向法院遞交的）申訴書，訴狀 A formal letter to a law court asking for a particular legal action.
// She's filing a petition for divorce.
Petition (v.) [ I or T ] (Also specialized) (Law) （向法院）遞交申訴書，申請 To make a formal request for something, especially in a law court.
// They're petitioning for/about better facilities for disabled people.
// [ + obj + to infinitive ] I think we should petition the government to increase the grant for the project.
// She is petitioning for a re-trial.
Petitionarily (adv.) By way of begging the question; by an assumption.
Petitionary (a.) 請願的，為請願的，請求的 Supplicatory; making a petition.
Petitionary (a.) Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle.
Petitionee (n.) A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
Petitioner (n.) One who presents a petition.
Petitioning (n.) The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
Petitor (n.) One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant.
Petitory (a.) Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.
Petong (n.) See Packfong.
Petralogy (n.) See Petrology.
Petrary (n.) An ancient war engine for hurling stones.
Petrean (a.) Of or pertaining to to rock.
Petre (n.) See Saltpeter.
Petrel (n.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.
Petrescence (n.) The process of changing into stone; petrification.
Petrescent (a.) Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water.
Petrichor (n.) 潮土油 [Mass noun] A pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.
‘Other than the petrichor emanating from the rapidly drying grass, there was not a trace of evidence that it had rained at all.’
Pertichor (n.) [U] (Specialized) The smell produced when rain falls on dry ground, usually experienced as being pleasant.
Petrichor (n.) Petrichor (from Greek petros, stone + ichor) is the scent of rain on dry earth; more specifically, it is the name of the yellow organic oil that yields this scent. The term was coined by two Australian researchers in 1964 for an article in the journal Nature. In the article, the smell is shown to derive from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is adsorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin to produce the distinctive scent. In a followup paper, the researchers showed the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.
Petrifaction (n.) The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
Petrifaction (n.) The state or condition of being petrified.
Petrifaction (n.) That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
Petrifaction (n.) Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.
Petrifactive (a.) Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
Petrifactive (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
Petrific (a.) Petrifying; petrifactive.
Petrificate (v. t.) To petrify.
Petrification (n.) See Petrifaction.
Petrification (n.) Fig.: Obduracy; callousness.
Petrified (imp. & p. p.) of Petrify.
Petrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Petrify.
Petrify (v. t.) To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.
Petrify (v. t.) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young.
Petrify (v. i.) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
Petrify (v. i.) Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
Petrine (a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles.
Petro- () A combining form from Gr. pe`tra a rock, pe`tros a stone; as, petrology, petroglyphic.
Petrogale (n.) Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rock wallaby (P. penicillata).
Petroglyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to petroglyphy.
Petroglyphy (n.) The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone.
Petrographic (a.) Alt. of Petrographical.
Petrographical (a.) Pertaining to petrography.
Petrography (n.) The art of writing on stone.
Petrography (n.) The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.
Petrohyoid (a.) Pertaining to petrous, oe periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog.
Petrol (n.) Petroleum.
Petrolatum (n.) (Chem. & Pharm.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments. -- U. S. Pharm.
Note: Petrolatum is the official name for the purified product. Cosmoline and vaseline are commercial names for substances essentially the same, but differing slightly in appearance and consistency or fusibility.
Petrolatum (n.) A semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication [syn: petrolatum, petroleum jelly, mineral jelly].
Petroleum (n.) Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.
Petroleum spirit, () A volatile liquid obtained in the distillation of crude petroleum at a temperature of 170° Fahr., or below. The term is rather loosely applied to a considerable range of products, including benzene and ligroin. The terms petroleum ether, and naphtha, are sometimes applied to the still more volatile products, including rhigolene, gasoline, cymogene, etc.
Petroleum (n.) A dark oil consisting mainly of hyrocarbons [syn: crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil].
Petroleur (n. f.) Alt. of Petroleuse.
Petroleuse (n. f.) One who makes use of petroleum for incendiary purposes.
Petroline (n.) (Chem.) A paraffin obtained from petroleum from Rangoon in India, and practically identical with ordinary paraffin. Petrologic
Petrologic (a.) Alt. of Petrological.
Petrological (a.) Of or pertaining to petrology.