Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 84
Pocketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pocket.
Pocket (v. t.) 把……裝入袋內；侵吞，盜用（款項等） To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
He would pocket the expense of the license. -- Sterne.
Pocket (v. t.) To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead. -- Macaulay.
Compare: Fraudulently
Fraudulently (adv.) 欺騙地；不老實地 In a fraudulent manner.
Fraudulently (adv.) In a dishonest and fraudulent manner; "this money was fraudulently obtained."
Compare: Fraudulent
Fraudulent (a.) 欺詐的，欺騙的；騙得的，騙取的 Using fraud; tricky; deceitful; dishonest.
Fraudulent (a.) Characterized by, founded on, or proceeding from, fraud; as, a fraudulent bargain.
He, with serpent tongue, . . . His fraudulent temptation thus began. -- Milton.
Fraudulent (a.) Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest. -- Milton.
Syn: Deceitful; fraudful; guileful; crafty; wily; cunning; subtle; deceiving; cheating; deceptive; insidious; treacherous; dishonest; designing; unfair.
Fraudulent (a.) Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" -- S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" [syn: deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent].
Compare: Fraud
Fraud (n.) 欺騙（行為）；詭計；騙局 [C] [U]；騙子；假貨 [C] Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.
If success a lover's toil attends, Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends. -- Pope.
Fraud (n.) (Law) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.
Fraud (n.) A trap or snare. [Obs.]
To draw the proud King Ahab into fraud. -- Milton.
Constructive fraud (Law), 推定詐欺 An act, statement, or omission which operates as a fraud, although perhaps not intended to be such. -- Mozley & W.
Pious fraud (Ch. Hist.), 虔誠的欺騙 A fraud contrived and executed to benefit the church or accomplish some good end, upon the theory that the end justified the means.
Statute of frauds (Law), 防止詐欺法 An English statute (1676), the principle of which is incorporated in the legislation of all the States of this country, by which writing with specific solemnities (varying in the several statutes) is required to give efficacy to certain dispositions of property. -- Wharton.
Syn: Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife; circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat. See Deception.
Fraud (n.) Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
Fraud (n.) A person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player].
Fraud (n.) Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage [syn: fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on].
FRAUD, () contracts, torts. Any trick or artifice employed by one person to induce another to fall into an error, or to detain him in it, so that he may make an agreement contrary to his interest. The fraud may consist either, first, in the misrepresentation, or, secondly, in the concealment of a material fact. Fraud, force and vexation, are odious in law. Booth, Real Actions, 250. Fraud gives no action, however, without damage; 3 T. R. 56; and in matters of contract it is merely a defence; it cannot in any case constitute a new contract. 7 Vez. 211; 2 Miles' Rep. 229. It is essentially ad hominem. 4 T. R. 337-8.
FRAUD, () Fraud avoids a contract, ab initio, both at law and in equity, whether the object be to deceive the public, or third persons, or one party endeavor thereby to cheat the other. 1 Fonb. Tr. Equity, 3d ed. 66, note; 6th ed. 122, and notes; Newl. Cont. 352; 1 Bl. R. 465; Dougl. Rep. 450; 3 Burr. Rep. 1909; 3 V. & B. Rep. 42; 3 Chit. Com. Law, 155, 806, 698; 1 Sch. & Lef. 209; Verpl. Contracts, passim; Domat, Lois Civ. p. 1, 1. 4, t. 6, s. 8, n. 2.
FRAUD, () The following enumeration of frauds, for which equity will grant relief, is given by Lord Hardwicke, 2 Ves. 155. 1. Fraud, dolus malus, may be actual, arising from facts and circumstances of imposition, which is the plainest case. 2. It may be apparent from the intrinsic nature and subject of the bargain itself; such as no man in his senses, and not under delusion, would make on the one hand, and such as no honest and fair man would accept on the other, which are inequitable and unconscientious bargains. 1 Lev. R. 111. 3. Fraud, which may be presumed from the circumstances and condition of the parties contracting. 4. Fraud, which may be collected and inferred in the consideration of a court of equity, from the nature and circumstances of the transaction, as being an imposition and deceit on other persons, not parties to the fraudulent agreement. 5. Fraud, in what are called catching bargains, (q.v.) with heirs, reversioners) or expectants on the life of the parents. This last seems to fall, naturally, under one or more of the preceding divisions.
FRAUD, () Frauds may be also divided into actual or positive and constructive frauds.
FRAUD, () An actual or positive fraud is the intentional and successful employment of any cunning, deception, or artifice, used to circumvent, cheat, or deceive another. 1 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 186; Dig. 4, 3, 1, 2; Id. 2, 14, 7, 9.
FRAUD, () By constructive fraud is meant such a contract or act, which, though not originating in any actual evil design or contrivance to perpetrate a positive fraud or injury upon other persons, yet, by its tendency to deceive or mislead. them, or to violate private or public confidence, or to impair or injure the public interests, is deemed equally reprehensible with positive fraud, and, therefore, is prohibited by law, as within the same reason and mischief as contracts and acts done malo animo. Constructive frauds are such as are either against public policy, in violation of some special confidence or trust, or operate substantially as a fraud upon private right's, interests, duties, or intentions of third persons; or unconscientiously compromit, or injuriously affect, the private interests, rights or duties of the parties themselves. 1 Story, Eq. ch. 7, Sec. 258 to 440.
FRAUD, () The civilians divide frauds into positive, which consists in doing one's self, or causing another to do, such things as induce a belief of the truth of what does not exist or negative, which consists in doing or dissimulating certain things, in order to induce the opposite party. into error, or to retain him there. The intention to deceive, which is the characteristic of fraud, is here present. Fraud is also divided into that which has induced the contract, dolus dans causum contractui, and incidental or accidental fraud. The former is that which has been the cause or determining motive of the contract, that without which the party defrauded would not have contracted, when the artifices practised by one of the parties have been such that it is evident, without them, the other would not have contracted. Incidental or accidental fraud is that by which a person, otherwise determined to contract, is deceived on some accessories or incidents of the contract; for example, as to the quality of the object of the contract, or its price, so that he has made a bad bargain. Accidental fraud does not, according to the civilians, avoid the contract, but simply subjects the party to damages. It is otherwise where the fraud has been the determining cause of the contract, qui causam dedit contractui; in that case. the contract is void. Toull. Dr. Civ. Fr. Liv. 3, t. 3, c. 2, n. Sec. 5, n. 86, et seq. See also 1 Malleville, Analyse de la, Discussion de Code Civil, pp. 15, 16; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t. Vide Catching bargain; Lesion; Voluntary Conveyance.
FRAUD, TO DEFRAUD, () torts. Unlawfully, designedly, and knowingly, to appropriate the property of another, without a criminal intent.
FRAUD, TO DEFRAUD, () Illustrations. 1. Every appropriation of the right of property of another is not fraud. It must be unlawful; that is to say, such an appropriation as is not permitted by law. Property loaned may, during the time of the loan, be appropriated to the use of the borrower. This is not fraud, because it is permitted by law. 2. The appropriation must be not only unlawful, but it must be made with a knowledge that the property belongs to another, and with a design to deprive him of the same. It is unlawful to take the property of another; but if it be done with a design of preserving it for the owners, or if it be taken by mistake, it is not done designedly or knowingly, and, therefore, does not come within the definition of fraud.
FRAUD, TO DEFRAUD, () Every species of unlawful appropriation, not made with a criminal intent, enters into this definition, when designedly made, with a knowledge that the property is another's; therefore, such an appropriation, intended either for the use of another, or for the benefit of the offender himself, is comprehended by the term. 4. Fraud, however immoral or illegal, is not in itself a crime or offence, for want of a criminal intent. It only becomes such in the cases provided by law. Liv. System of Penal Law, 789.
To pocket a ball (Billiards), To drive a ball into a pocket of the table.
To pocket an insult, affront, etc., To receive an affront without open resentment, or without seeking redress. "I must pocket up these wrongs." -- Shak.
Pocket (n.) A small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles.
Pocket (n.) An enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"[syn: pouch, sac, sack, pocket].
Pocket (n.) A supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets."
Pocket (n.) (Bowling) The space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike."
Pocket (n.) A hollow concave shape made by removing something [syn: scoop, pocket].
Pocket (n.) A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly [syn: air pocket, pocket, air hole].
Pocket (n.) A small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance."
Pocket (n.) (Anatomy) Saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) [syn: pouch, pocket].
Pocket (n.) An opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck.
Pocket (v.) Put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change."
Pocket (v.) Take unlawfully [syn: pocket, bag].
Pocket (n.) The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.
Pocketbook (n.) 【美】錢包，皮夾子；（無背帶的）女用手提包 [C]； 筆記本 [C] A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.
Pocketbook (n.) Your personal financial means; "that car is too expensive for my pocketbook."
Pocketbook (n.) A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [syn: wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook].
Pocketbook (n.) Pocket-sized paperback book [syn: pocketbook, pocket book, pocket edition].
Pocketbook (n.) A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb" [syn: bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse].
Pocketfuls (n. pl. ) of Pocketful.
Pocketful (n.) 一袋之量；【口】（錢）很多 As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket; as, pocketfuls of chestnuts.
Pocketful (n.) The quantity a pocket will hold.
-knives (n. pl. ) of Pocketknife.
Pocketknife (n.) 小摺刀 A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.
Pocketknife (n.) A knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket [syn: pocketknife, pocket knife].
Pock-fretten (a.) See Pockmarked.
Compare: Pockmarked
Pockmarked (a.) Marked by smallpox; pitted.
Pockmarked (a.) Used of paved surfaces having holes or pits [syn: pocked, pockmarked, potholed].
Pockmarked (a.) Marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease [syn: pocked, pockmarked].
Pockiness (n.) The state of being pocky.
Pockmark (n.) A mark or pit made by smallpox.
Pockmark (n.) A scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease.
Pockmark (v.) Mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease."
Pockmarked (a.) Marked by smallpox; pitted.
Pockmarked (a.) Used of paved surfaces having holes or pits [syn: pocked, pockmarked, potholed].
Pockmarked (a.) Marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease [syn: pocked, pockmarked].
Pock-pitted (a.) Pockmarked; pitted.
Pock-pudding (n.) A bag pudding; a name of reproach or ridicule formerly applied by the Scotch to the English.
Pockwood (n.) (Bot.) Lignum-vitae.
Pocky (a.) 似痘瘢的；梅毒的 Full of pocks; affected with smallpox or other eruptive disease. -- Bp. Hall.
Poco (adv.) [It.] (Mus.) 【音】稍；少許；略 A little; -- used chiefly in phrases indicating the time or movement; as, poco piu allegro, a little faster; poco largo, rather slow.
Poco a poco [It.] (Mus.) 【義】【音】漸漸；逐漸 Little by little; as, poco a poco crescendo, gradually increasing in loudness.
Pocock (n.) Peacock. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Pococurante (n.) A careless person; a trifler. [R.]
Pococurantism (n.) Carelessness; apathy; indifference. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Pocoson (n.) Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and Virginia. [Written also poquoson.] -- Washington.
Poculent (a.) Fit for drink. [Obs.] "Some those herbs which are not esculent, are . . . poculent." -- Bacon.
Poculiform (a.) Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.
-pod () A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
Pod (n.) A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Tusser.
Pod (n.) (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
Pod (n.) (Zool.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.
Pod auger, or pod bit, An auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.
Podded (imp. & p. p.) of Pod.
Podding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pod.
Pod (v. i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
Pod (n.) The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase].
Pod (n.) A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant [syn: pod, seedpod].
Pod (n.) A group of aquatic mammals.
Pod (n.) A detachable container of fuel on an airplane [syn: pod, fuel pod].
Pod (v.) Take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans."
Pod (v.) Produce pods, of plants.
POD, () Plain Old Document [format].
POD, () Print / Publishing On Demand, "PoD."
Pod, () Not to be confused with P.O.D..
Pod, () (Allegedly from abbreviation POD for "Prince Of Darkness") A Diablo 630 (or, latterly, any letter-quality impact printer). From the DEC-10 PODTYPE program used to feed formatted text to it.
Pod, () Plain Old Documentation. [{Jargon File] (1998-12-18)
-poda () A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. ?, ?, foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod.
PODA, () Piloting of ODA (ESPRIT, SNI, Bull, TITN, ICL, Olivetti, ODA)
Podagra (n.) Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout in other parts of body. Podagric
Podagric (a.) Alt. of Podagrical.
Podagrical (a.) Pertaining to the gout; gouty; caused by gout.
Podagrical (a.) Afflicted with gout. -- Sir T. Browne.
Podagrous (a.) Gouty; podagric.
Podalgia (n.) (Med.) Pain in the foot, due to gout, rheumatism, etc.
Podalgia (n.) Foot pain.
Podarthra (n. pl. ) of Podarthrum.
Podarthrum (n.) (Anat.) The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes.
Podded (a.) Having pods.
Podder (n.) One who collects pods or pulse.
Podesta (n.) One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. -- Brande & C.
Podesta (n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
Podetia (n. pl. ) of Podetium.
Podetiums (n. pl. ) of Podetium.
Podetium (n.) (Bot.) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss.
Podetium (n.) An organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne.
Podge (n.) A puddle; a plash. -- Skinner.
Podge (n.) Porridge. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Podgy (a.) Fat and short; pudgy.
Podgy (a.) Short and plump [syn: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly].
Podical (a.) (Zool.) Anal; -- applied to certain organs of insects.
Podiceps (n.) (Zool.) See Grebe.
Podiceps (n.) Type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes [syn: Podiceps, genus Podiceps].
Podia (n. pl. ) of Podium.
Podium (n.) (Arch.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. It is especially employed by arch[ae]ologists in two senses:
Podium (n.) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began.
Podium (n.) The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers. See Illust. of Column.
Podium (n.) (Zool.) The foot.
Podium (n.) A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox].
Compare: Pollock
Pollock (n.) [See Pollack.] (Zool.) A marine gadoid fish ({Pollachius carbonarius), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc.
Podley (n.) (Zool.) A young coalfish.
Podo- () A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology.
Podobranch (n.) (Zool.) One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea.
Podobranchiae (n. pl. ) of Podobranchia.
Podobranchia (n.) [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Podobranch.
Podocarp (n.) (Bot.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit.
Podocarp (n.) Any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed.
Podocephalous (a.) (Bot.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk.
Podogynium (n.) (Bot.) Same as Basigynium.
Podophthalmia (n. pl.) (Zool.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda. Podophthalmic
Podophthalmic (a.) Alt. of Podophthalmous.
Podophthalmous (a.) (Zool.) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels.
Podophthalmous (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.
Podophthalmite (n.) (Zool.) The eyestalk of a crustacean.
Podophyllin (n.) (Chem.) A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.
Podophyllous (a.) (Zool.) Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs.
Podophyllous (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminae, beneath a horse's hoof.
Podophyllum (n.) (Bot.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower.
There are two species, the American Podophyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan Podophyllum Emodi.
Podophyllum (n.) (Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug.
Podophyllum (n.) Perennial rhizomatous herbs [syn: Podophyllum, genus Podophyllum].
Podoscaph (n.) A canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, for walking on water.
Podosperm (n.) (Bot.) The stalk of a seed or ovule.
Podostomata (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura.
Compare: Pterobranchia
Pterobranchia (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord.
The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called {Podostomata"> also {Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura.
Compare: Rhabdopleura
Rhabdopleura (n.) (Zool.) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata
Podothecae (n. pl. ) of Podotheca.
Podotheca (n.) (Zool.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.
Podrida (n.) A miscellaneous dish of meats. See Olla-podrida.
Compare: Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous (a.) Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. "A miscellaneous rabble." -- Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n.
Miscellaneous (a.) Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social" -- I.A.Richards [syn: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)].
Miscellaneous (a.) Having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" [syn: many-sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious].
Compare: Olla-podrida
Olla-podrida (n.) A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.
Olla-podrida (n.) Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio. -- B. Jonson.
Podurae (n. pl. ) of Podura.
Poduras (n. pl. ) of Podura.
Podura (n.) Any small leaping
thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.
Podura scale (Zool.), One of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope.
Podurid (n.) (Zool.) Any species of Podura or allied genera.
Podurid (a.) Pertaining to the poduras.
Poe (n.) Same as Poi.
Poe (n.) United States writer and poet (1809-1849) [syn: Poe, Edgar Allan Poe].
Poebird (n.) (Zool.) The parson bird.
Poecile (n.) Same as Poicile.
Compare: Poicile
Poicile or Poecile (n.) The frescoed porch or gallery in Athens where Zeno taught. -- R. Browning.
Poeciliid fish (n.) Small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control.
Poeciliidae (n.) 花鱂科（學名：Poeciliidae）是條鰭魚綱鯉齒目中的一個科，它包含至少200多個種和亞種。胎生、卵生或卵胎生，因而亦稱胎鱂科。Poeciliidae are a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes of the order Cyprinodontiformes, the tooth-carps, and include well-known live-bearing aquarium fish, such as the guppy, molly, platy, and swordtail. The original distribution of the family was the Southeastern United States to north of Río de la Plata, Argentina. Due to release of aquarium specimens and the widespread use of species of the genera Poecilia and Gambusia for mosquito control, though, introduced poeciliids can today be found in all tropical and subtropical areas of the world. In addition, Poecilia and Gambusia specimens have been identified in hot springs pools as far north as Banff, Alberta.
Poecilitic (a.) (Geol.) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said of certain rocks.
Poecilitic (a.) (Geol.) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors. [Also written poikilitic.]
Poecilopod (n.) (Zool.) One of the Poecilopoda. Also used adjectively.
Poecilopoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs ({Limuloidea).
Poecilopoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata.
Poem (n.) A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.
Poem (n.) A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.
Poem (n.) A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines [syn: poem, verse form].
POEM, () Portable Object-orientated Entity Manager (SGML).
Poematic (a.) Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Poenamu (n.) (Min.) A variety of jade or nephrite, -- used in New Zealand for the manufacture of axes and weapons.
Compare: Penology
Penology (n.) 刑罰學；監獄管理學 The science or art of punishment. [Written also p[oe]nology.]
Poenology (n.) See Penology.
Poenology (n.) The branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation [syn: penology, poenology].
Poephaga (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos and their allies. -- Po*eph"a*gous, a.
Poesy (n.) The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy. -- Shak.