Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 62
Pier (n.) A projecting wharf or landing place.
Abutment pier, The pier of a bridge next the shore; a pier which by its strength and stability resists the thrust of an arch.
Pier glass, A mirror, of high and narrow shape, to be put up between windows.
Pier table, A table made to stand between windows.
Pier (n.) A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats [syn: pier, wharf, wharfage, dock].
Pier (n.) (Architecture) A vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows).
Pier (n.) A support for two adjacent bridge spans.
Pierage (n.) Same as Wharfage. -- Smart.
Pierce (v. i.) To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.
And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. -- Spenser.
She
would not pierce further into his meaning. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Pierced (imp. & p. p.) of Pierce.
Piercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pierce.
Pierce (v. t.) To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. "I pierce . . . her tender side." -- Dryden.
Pierce (v. t.) To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship.
Pierce (v. t.) Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery. "Pierced with grief." -- Pope.
Can no prayers pierce thee? -- Shak.
Pierce (n.) 14th President of the United States (1804-1869) [syn: Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce].
Pierce (v.) Cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest."
Pierce (v.) Move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students."
Pierce (v.) Sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night."
Pierce (v.) Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn: pierce, thrust].
Pierce (v.) Make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh."
Pierce -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 15636
Housing Units (2000): 6719
Land area (2000): 343.252449 sq. miles (889.019723 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.650957 sq. miles (1.685972 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 343.903406 sq. miles (890.705695 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 31.344717 N, 82.219039 W
Headwords:
Pierce
Pierce, GA
Pierce County
Pierce County, GA
Pierce -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000): 7857
Housing Units (2000): 3247
Land area (2000): 573.926599 sq. miles (1486.463005 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.341066 sq. miles (3.473344 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 575.267665 sq. miles (1489.936349 sq. km)
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.271344 N, 97.610948 W
Headwords:
Pierce
Pierce, NE
Pierce County
Pierce County, NE
Pierce -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 4675
Housing Units (2000): 2269
Land area (2000): 1017.818245 sq. miles (2636.137042 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 64.341646 sq. miles (166.644091 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1082.159891 sq. miles (2802.781133 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.246230 N, 99.988330 W
Headwords:
Pierce
Pierce, ND
Pierce County
Pierce County, ND
Pierce -- U.S. County in Washington
Population (2000): 700820
Housing Units (2000): 277060
Land area (2000): 1678.913627 sq. miles (4348.366146 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 127.582472 sq. miles (330.437071 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1806.496099 sq. miles (4678.803217 sq. km)
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53Location: 47.171571 N, 122.383565 W
Headwords:
Pierce
Pierce, WA
Pierce County
Pierce County, WA
Pierce -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 36804
Housing Units (2000): 13493
Land area (2000): 576.486252 sq. miles (1493.092474 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 15.098751 sq. miles (39.105584 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 591.585003 sq. miles (1532.198058 sq. km)
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 44.735376 N, 92.463689 W
Headwords:
Pierce
Pierce, WI
Pierce County
Pierce County, WI
Pierce, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 1774
Housing Units (2000): 736
Land area (2000): 0.876814 sq. miles (2.270939 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.021368 sq. miles (0.055343 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.898182 sq. miles (2.326282 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39100
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.199477 N, 97.529321 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68767
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Pierce, NE
Pierce
Pierce, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 884
Housing Units (2000): 318
Land area (2000): 0.737487 sq. miles (1.910083 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.737487 sq. miles (1.910083 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59005
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.635134 N, 104.754574 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 80650
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Pierce, CO
Pierce
Pierce, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
Population (2000): 617
Housing Units (2000): 298
Land area (2000): 0.824168 sq. miles (2.134585 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.824168 sq. miles (2.134585 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62740
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 46.492566 N, 115.799466 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 83546
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Pierce, ID
Pierce
Pierce (v.) [ I + adv/prep, T ] 刺穿，刺透，刺破 To go into or through something, making a hole in it using a sharp point.
// The needle pierces the fabric four times a second.
// I couldn't wear these earrings because my ears aren't pierced.
// The gun fires a shell capable of piercing the armour of an enemy tank.
// The hole they drilled pierces six kilometres into the earth's crust.
Pierce (v.) [ T ] (Of a light, sound, etc.) （光、聲音等）透入，進入 To suddenly be seen or heard, despite darkness, noise, etc..
// A few rays of sunlight pierced the smoke.
Pierceable (a.) That may be pierced.
Pierced (a.) Penetrated; entered; perforated.
Pierced (a.) Having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" [syn: pierced, perforated, perforate, punctured].
Pierced (a.) Of a body part : having a hole that was made so that a piece of jewelry can be worn through it; having holes made in one or more parts of your body so you can wear jewelry in them.
Piercel (n.) A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.
Piercer (n.) One who, or that which, pierces or perforates; Specially:
Piercer (n.) An instrument used in forming eyelets; a stiletto.
Piercer (n.) A piercel.
Piercer (n.) (Zool.) The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.
Piercer (n.) (Zool.) An insect provided with an ovipositor.
Piercing (a.) Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. "Piercing eloquence." -- Shak. -- Pier"cing*ly, adv. -- Pier"cing*ness, n.
Piercing (a.) Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp].
Piercing (a.) Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating].
Pierian (a.) Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses.
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. -- Pope.
Pierid (n.) (Zool.) Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
Pierid (n.) Any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs [syn: pierid, pierid butterfly].
Pierides (n. pl.) (Class. Myth.) The Muses.
Piet (n.) (Zool.) The dipper, or water ouzel. [Scot.]
Piet (n.) (Zool.) The magpie. [Prov.Eng.]
Jay piet (Zool.), The European jay. [Prov.Eng.]
Sea piet (Zool.), The oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.]
Pieta (n.) [It.] (Fine Arts) A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels. -- Mollett.
Pieta (n.) A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
Pietism (n.) The principle or practice of the Pietists.
Pietism (n.) Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion.
The Sch["o]ne Seele, that ideal of gentle pietism, in "Wilhelm Meister." -- W. Pater.
Pietism (n.) 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion.
Pietism (n.) Exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal [syn: religiosity, religionism, religiousism, pietism].
Pietist (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively. Pietistic
Pietistic (a.) Alt. of Pietistical.
Pietistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pietists; hence, in contempt, affectedly or demonstratively religious. -- Addison.
Pietistic (a.) Of or relating to Pietism; "the Pietistic movement" [syn: pietistic, pietistical].
Pietistic (a.) Excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous].
Pietra dura () (Fine Arts) Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble.
Piety (n.) Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service.
Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. -- Rambler.
Piety (n.) Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
Conferred upon me for the piety Which to my country I was judged to have shown. -- Milton.
Syn: Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See Religion.
Piety (n.) Righteousness by virtue of being pious [syn: piety, piousness] [ant: impiety, impiousness].
Piewipe (n.) (Zool.) The lapwing, or pewit. [Prov. Eng.]
Piezometer (n.) (Physics) An instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids.
Piezometer (n.) (Physics) A gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point. Piffero
Piezometer (n.) A measuring instrument for measuring high pressures.
Piffero (n.) Alt. of Piffara.
Piffara (n.) (Mus.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir.
Pig (n.) A piggin. [Written also pigg.]
Pig (n.) The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. "Two pigges in a poke." -- Chaucer.
Pig (n.) (Zool.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
Pig (n.) An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
Pig (n.) One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low]
Masked pig. (Zool.) See under Masked.
Pig bed (Founding), The bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs.
Pig iron, Cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4.
Pig yoke (Naut.), A nickname for a quadrant or sextant.
A pig in a poke (that is, bag), A blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. [Colloq.]
Pigged (imp. & p. p.) of Pig.
Pigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pig.
Pig (v. t. & i.) To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
Pig (v. t. & i.) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
Pig (n.) Domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa].
Pig (n.) A coarse obnoxious person [syn: slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person].
Pig (n.) A person regarded as greedy and pig-like [syn: hog, pig].
Pig (n.) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig].
Pig (n.) Mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast [syn: pig bed, pig].
Pig (n.) A crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace.
Pig (v.) Live like a pig, in squalor [syn: pig, pig it].
Pig (v.) Eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour, guttle, raven, pig].
Pig (v.) Give birth; "sows farrow" [syn: farrow, pig].
PIG, () Psion Interest Group (Psion).
PIG, (n.) An animal (_Porcus omnivorus_) closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.
Pigeon (n.) (Zool.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
Note: The common domestic pigeon, or dove, was derived from the Old World rock pigeon or rock dove ({Columba livia), common in cities. It has given rise to numerous very remarkable varieties, such as the carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The common wild pigeon of the Eastern United States is the Mourning dove ({Zenaida macroura"> Mourning dove ({Zenaida macroura, called also Carolina dove). Before the 19th century, the most common pigeon was the passenger pigeon, but that species is now extinct. See Passenger pigeon, and Carolina dove under Dove. See, also, Fruit pigeon, Ground pigeon, Queen pigeon, Stock pigeon, under Fruit, Ground, etc.
Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang]
Blue pigeon (Zool.), An Australian passerine bird ({Graucalus melanops); -- called also black-faced crow.
Green pigeon (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to the family Treronid[ae].
Imperial
pigeon (Zool.),
any one of the large Asiatic fruit pigeons of the genus Carpophada.
Pigeon berry (Bot.), The purplish black fruit of the pokeweed;
also, the plant itself. See Pokeweed.
Pigeon English [perhaps a corruption of business English], An extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindustani. -- Johnson's Cyc.
Pigeon grass (Bot.), A kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria glauca), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds.
Pigeon hawk. (Zool.) (a) A small American falcon ({Falco columbarius). The adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked with brown. The tail is banded.
Pigeon hawk. (Zool.) (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk ({Accipiter velox or Accipiter fuscus).
Pigeon hole. (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.
Pigeon hole. (b) See Pigeonhole.
Pigeon hole.(c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled through little arches. -- Halliwell.
Pigeon house, A dovecote.
Pigeon pea (Bot.), The seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself.
Pigeon plum (Bot.), The edible drupes of two West African Chrysobalanus ({Chrysobalanus ellipticus"> species of Chrysobalanus ({Chrysobalanus ellipticus and Chrysobalanus luteus).
Pigeon tremex. (Zool.) See under Tremex.
Pigeon wood (Bot.), A name in the West Indies for the wood of several very different kinds of trees, species of Dipholis, Diospyros, and Coccoloba.
Pigeon woodpecker (Zool.), the flicker.
Prairie pigeon. (Zool.) (a) The upland plover.
Prairie pigeon. (Zool.) (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
Pigeon (v. t.) To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling. [Slang] -- Smart.
He's pigeoned and undone. -- Observer.
Pigeo (n.) Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs.
Pigeon, () Pigeons are mentioned as among the offerings which, by divine appointment, Abram presented unto the Lord (Gen. 15:9). They were afterwards enumerated among the sin-offerings (Lev. 1:14; 12:6), and the law provided that those who could not offer a lamb might offer two young pigeons (5:7; comp. Luke 2:24). (See DOVE.)
Pigeon, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 1207
Housing Units (2000): 518
Land area (2000): 0.824359 sq. miles (2.135079 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.824359 sq. miles (2.135079 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64060
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.829786 N, 83.271838 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 48755
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Pigeon, MI
Pigeon
Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.
Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets [syn: pigeon-breasted, chicken-breasted].
Pigeonfoot (n.) (Bot.) The dove's-foot geranium ({Geranium molle).
Pigeon-hearted (a.) Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. -- Beau. & Fl.
Pigeonhole (v. t.) To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.
Pigeonhole (n.) A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote. -- Burke.
Pigeonhole (n.) A specific (often simplistic) category.
Pigeonhole (n.) A small compartment [syn: cubbyhole, pigeonhole].
Pigeonhole (v.) Place into a small compartment.
Pigeonhole (v.) Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp].
Pigeon-livered (a.) Pigeon-hearted.
Pigeonry (n.) A place for pigeons; a dovecote.
Pigeontoed (a.) Having the toes turned in.
Pig-eyed (a.) Having small, deep-set eyes.
Compare: Grunt
Grunt (n.) A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
Grunt (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt ({Haemulon Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt ({Haemulon aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma.
Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken.
Grunt (n.) A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting in the war in Vietnam. [slang]
Compare: Sailor
Sailor (n.) One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
Sailor's choice. (Zool.) (a) An excellent marine food fish
({Diplodus rhomboides, syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United
States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and
salt-water bream.
Sailor's choice. (Zool.) (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis chrysopterus syn. Pomadasys chrysopterus), An excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also hogfish, and pigfish.
Pigfish (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also hogfish.
Pigfish (n.) (Zool.) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes.
Pigfish (n.) Found around the Great Barrier Reef [syn: pigfish, giant pigfish, Achoerodus gouldii].
Pigfish (n.) Found from Long Island southward [syn: pigfish, hogfish, Orthopristis chrysopterus].
Pigfoot (n.) (Zool.) A marine fish ({Scorpaena porcus), native of Europe. It is reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black.
Pig (n.) A piggin. [Written also pigg.]
Pigg (n.) A piggin. See 1st Pig. -- Sir W. Scott.
Piggeries (n. pl. ) of Piggery.
Piggery (n.) A place where swine are kept.
Piggery (n.) A farm where pigs are raised or kept [syn: piggery, pig farm].
Piggin (n.) A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper.
Piggish (a.) Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy.
Piggish (a.) Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food" [syn: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish].
Piggy (a.) Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food" [syn: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish].
Piggy (n.) A young pig [syn: piglet, piggy, shoat, shote].
Piggy (n.) （兒）小豬 A child's word for a pig or piglet.
Piggy (a.) 貪心的 Resembling a pig, especially in features or appetite.
‘Three pairs of little piggy eyes’
Piggy (also pig) in the middle (n.) [ U ] A game in which two people attempt to throw a ball to each other without a third person in the middle catching it.
Piggy (also pig) in the middle (n.) [ C Usually singular ] A person who is placed in an awkward situation between two others.
‘I don't want to be piggy in the middle between Guido and Silvia’
Piggy in the middle (n.) [ U ] (US keep away) 小豬站中間，過頂傳球（兩人互相向對方扔球，另有一人站在中間試圖搶球的遊戲） A game in which two people throw a ball to each other over the head of a person who stands between them and tries to catch it.
Piggy in the middle (n.) [ C Usually singular ] （夾在爭吵雙方中間）左右為難的人 S omeone who is in a difficult situation between two other people who are arguing.
Piggy bank (n.) A money box, typically one shaped like a pig.
Piggy bank (n.) A person's savings.
‘Many people would dip into their piggy bank to pay their higher tax bills.’
Pig-headed (a.) Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn. -- B. Jonson. -- Pig"-head`ed*ness, n.
Pight (imp. & p. p.) Pitched; fixed; determined. [Obs.]
[His horse] pight him on the pommel of his head. -- Chaucer.
I found him pight to do it. -- Shak.
Pightel (n.) A small inclosure. [Written also pightle.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Pig-jawed (a.) (Zool.) Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.
Pigmean (a.) See Pygmean.
Pigment (n.) Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.
Pigment (n.) (Physiol.) Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.
Pigment (n.) Wine flavored with species and honey. -- Sir W. Scott.
Pigment cell (Physiol.), A small cell containing coloring matter, as the pigmented epithelial cells of the choroid and iris, or the pigmented connective tissue cells in the skin of fishes, reptiles, etc. Pigmental
Pigment (n.) Dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
Pigment (n.) Any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color.
Pigment (n.) A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" [syn: paint, pigment].
Pigment (v.) Acquire pigment; become colored or imbued.
Pigment (v.) Color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph."
Pigment (n.) [ C or U ] 色素；顏料 A substance that gives something a particular colour when it is present in it or is added to it.
// Melanin is the dark brown pigment of the hair, skin, and eyes that is present in varying amounts in every human being.
// Pigment is mixed into oil, glue, egg, etc. to make different types of paint.
Pigmental (a.) Alt. of Pigmentary.
Pigmentary (a.) 顏料的；色素的；含色素的 Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments. -- Dunglison.
Pigmentary degeneration (Med.), A morbid condition in which an undue amount of pigment is deposited in the tissues.
Pigmentation (n.) (Physiol.) 染色，着色；色素之形成 A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.
Pigmentation (n.) The deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings.
Pigmentation (n.) Coloration of living tissues by pigment [ant: depigmentation].
Pigmentation (n.) [ U ]（生物的）天然顏色 The natural colour of something, usually a living thing.
Pigmented (a.) Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules.
Pigmentous (a.) Pigmental.
Pigmy (n.) See Pygmy.
Pigmy falcon. (Zool.) Same as Falconet, 2 (a).
Compare: Pygmy
Pygmy (n.; pl. Pygmies.) (Class. Myth.) One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.
Pygmy (n.) Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.
Pygmy (n.) One of a race of Central African Negritos found chiefly in the great forests of the equatorial belt. They are the shortest of known races, the adults ranging from less than four to about five feet in stature. They are timid and shy, dwelling in the recesses of the forests, though often on good terms with neighboring Negroes.
Pygmies are pygmies still, though perched on Alps.
And pyramids are pyramids in vales. -- Young.
Pigmy (n.) An unusually small individual [syn: pygmy, pigmy]
Pigmy (n.) Any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet [syn: Pygmy, Pigmy].
Pigmy (n.) One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world, but by modern in Central Africa only.
The Pigmies are so called to distinguish them from the bulkier Caucasians -- who are Hogmies.
Pignerate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn. [Obs.]
Pignerate (v. t.) To receive in pawn, as a pawnbroker does. [Obs.]
Pignoration (n.) The act of pledging or pawning.
Pignoration (n.) (Civil Law) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made. -- Burrill.
Pignoration, () civil law. This word is used by Justinian in the title of the 52d novel, and signifies not only a pledge of property, but an engagement of the person.
Pignorative (a.) Pledging, pawning. [R.]
Pignora (n. pl. ) of Pignus.
Pignus (n.) [L.] (Rom. Law) 【律】（民法）債務抵押品；有抵押條款的合約 A pledge or pawn.
Pignus, () civil law. This word signifies in English, pledge or pawn. (q.v.) It is derived, says Gaius, from pugnium, the fist, because what is delivered in pledge is delivered. in hand. Dig. 50, 16, 238, 2. This is one of several instances of the failure of the Roman jurists, when they attempted etymological explanation of words. The elements of pignus (pig) is contained in the word p---[?], and its cognate forms. Smith's Dict. Gr. and Rom. Antiq. h.v.
Pignut (n.) (Bot.) See Groundnut (d).
Pignut (n.) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory ({Carya glabra syn. Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.
Pignut (n.) An American hickory tree having bitter nuts [syn: pignut, pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, Carya glabra].
Pigpen (n.) A pen, or sty, for pigs.
Pigpen (n.) A pen for swine [syn: sty, pigsty, pigpen].
Pigskin (n.) The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.
Pigskin (n.) A football; -- so called because the covering is often made of pigskin. [Colloq.]
Pigskin (n.) Leather from the skin of swine.
Pigsney (n.) A word of endearment for a girl or woman. [Obs.] [Written also pigsnie, pigsny, etc.] -- Chaucer.
Pig-sticking (n.) Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians. [Colloq.] -- Tackeray.
Pigsties (n. pl. ) of Pigsty.
Pigsty (n.) A pigpen.
Pigsty (n.) A pen for swine [syn: sty, pigsty, pigpen].
Pigtail (n.) The tail of a pig.
Pigtail (n.) (Hair Dressing) A cue, or queue. -- J. & H. Smith.
Pigtail (n.) A kind of twisted chewing tobacco.
The tobacco he usually cheweth, called pigtail. -- Swift.
Pigtail (n.) A plait of braided hair.
Pigtailed (a.) Having a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon.
Pigweed (n.) (Bot.) A name of several annual weeds. See Goosefoot, and Lamb's-quarters.
Pigweed (n.) Common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb [syn: lamb's-quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium album].
Pigweed (n.) Leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China [syn: pigweed, Amaranthus hypochondriacus].
Pigweed (n.) Leaves collected from the wild [syn: lamb's-quarter, pigweed, wild spinach].
Pigwidgeon (n.) A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.