Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 94
Pontine (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples.
Pontlevis (n.) The action of a horse in rearing repeatedly and dangerously.
Ponton (n.) See Pontoon.
Pontoon (n.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops.
Pontoon (n.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.
Pontooning (n.) The act, art, or process of constructing pontoon bridges.
Ponvolant (n.) A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge.
Ponty (n.) See Pontee.
Ponies (n. pl. ) of Pony
Pony (n.) A small horse.
Pony (n.) Twenty-five pounds sterling.
Pony (n.) A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib.
Pony (n.) A small glass of beer.
Pood (n.) A Russian weight, equal to forty Russian pounds or about thirty-six English pounds avoirdupois.
Poodle (n.) A breed of dogs having curly hair, and often showing remarkable intelligence in the performance of tricks.
Pooh (interj.) Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.
Pooh-pooh (v. t.) 輕視 To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh! [Colloq.] -- Thackeray.
Pooh-pooh (v.) Express contempt about.
Pooh-pooh (v.) Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down].
Pooh-pooh (v. t.) To express disdain or contempt for; dismiss lightly.
// He pooh-poohed all their superstitious fears.
Pooh-pooh (v. i.) To express disdain or contempt.
Pookoo (n.) A red African antelope (Kobus Vardoni) allied to the water buck.
Pool (n.) A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon.
Pool (n.) A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
Pool (n.) The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
Pool (n.) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.
Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
Pool (n.) Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
Pool (n.) A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.
Pool (n.) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
Pool (n.) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
Pooled (imp. & p. p.) of Pool
Pooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pool
Pool (v. t.) To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.
Pool (v. i.) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
Pooler (n.) A stick for stirring a tan vat.
Pooling (n.) The act of uniting, or an agreement to unite, an aggregation of properties belonging to different persons, with a view to common liabilities or profits.
Poon (n.) A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, C. inophullum, and Sterculia foetida; -- called also peon.
Poonac (n.) A kind of oil cake prepared from the cocoanut. See Oil cake, under Cake.
Poonga oil () A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra).
Poo, poop, poopoo (n.) 【俚】排泄物，糞便 Excrement; feces; -- informal baby talk sometimes used as a euphemism. [slang].
Poop (n.) (Arch.) See 2d Poppy.
Pooped (imp. & p. p.) of Poop
Pooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poop
Poop (v. i.) To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind.
Poop (n.) [C] 艉樓；艉，船尾；艉樓甲板 A deck raised above the after part of a vessel; the hindmost or after part of a vessel's hull; also, a cabin covered by such a deck. See Poop deck, under Deck. See also Roundhouse.
With wind in poop, the vessel plows the sea. -- Dryden.
The poop was beaten gold. -- Shak.
Poop (v. t.) (Naut.) （浪）沖擊船尾 To break over the poop or stern, as a wave. "A sea which he thought was going to poop her." -- Lord Dufferin.
Poop (v. t.) (Naut.) To strike in the stern, as by collision.
Poop (n.) Obscene terms for feces [syn: crap, dirt, shit, shite, poop, turd].
Poop (n.) A stupid foolish person [syn: nincompoop, poop, ninny].
Poop (n.) Slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?" [syn: dope, poop, the skinny, low-down].
Poop (n.) The rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail].
Pooped (p. p. & a.) Having a poop; furnished with a poop.
Pooped (p. p. & a.) Struck on the poop.
Pooping (n.) The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.
Poor (a.) 貧窮的，貧困的；粗劣的，蹩腳的；貧乏的，缺少的，不充足的 Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
Note: It is often synonymous with indigent and with necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor people.
Poor (a.) (Law) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
Poor (a.) Hence, in very various applications: Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected; as:
Poor (a.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc. "Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed." -- Gen. xli. 19.
Poor (a.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. "His genius . . . poor and cowardly." -- Bacon.
Poor (a.) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. "A poor vessel." -- Clarendon.
Poor (a.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
Poor (a.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
Poor (a.) Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
Poor (a.) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day. -- Calamy.
Poor (a.) Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray. -- Shak.
Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. -- Prior.
Poor (a.) Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. "Blessed are the poor in spirit." -- Matt. v. 3.
{Poor law}, A law providing for, or regulating, the relief or support of the poor.
{Poor man's treacle} (Bot.), Garlic; -- so called because it was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng] -- Dr. Prior.
{Poor man's weatherglass} (Bot.), The red-flowered pimpernel ({Anagallis arvensis}), which opens its blossoms only in fair weather.
{Poor rate}, An assessment or tax, as in an English parish, for the relief or support of the poor.
{Poor soldier} (Zool.), The friar bird.
{The poor}, Those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public. "I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less they provide for themselves." -- Franklin.
Poor (n.) (Zool.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also {power cod}.
Poor (a.) Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable}, {misfortunate}, {pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}, {poor}, {wretched}].
Poor (a.) Having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" [ant: {rich}].
Poor (a.) Characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" [ant: {rich}].
Poor (a.) Lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value" [ant: {rich}].
Poor (a.) Not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: {inadequate}, {poor}, {short}].
Poor (a.) Unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor".
Poor (n.) People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance" [syn: {poor people}, {poor}] [ant: {rich}, {rich people}].
Poor (n.) The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important.
Poor (n.) They had the right of gleaning the fields (Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19,21).
Poor (n.) In the sabbatical year they were to have their share of the produce of the fields and the vineyards (Ex. 23:11; Lev. 25:6).
Poor (n.) In the year of jubilee they recovered their property (Lev. 25:25-30).
Poor (n.) Usury was forbidden, and the pledged raiment was to be returned before the sun went down (Ex. 22:25-27; Deut. 24:10-13). The rich were to be generous to the poor (Deut. 15:7-11).
Poor (n.) In the sabbatical and jubilee years the bond-servant was to go free (Deut. 15:12-15; Lev. 25:39-42, 47-54).
Poor (n.) Certain portions from the tithes were assigned to the poor (Deut. 14:28, 29; 26:12, 13).
Poor (n.) They shared in the feasts (Deut. 16:11, 14; Neh. 8:10).
Poor (n.) Wages were to be paid at the close of each day (Lev. 19:13).
Poor (n.) In the New Testament (Luke 3:11; 14:13; Acts 6:1; Gal. 2:10; James 2:15, 16) we have similar injunctions given with reference to the poor. Begging was not common under the Old Testament, while it was so in the New Testament times (Luke 16:20, 21, etc.). But begging in the case of those who are able to work is forbidden, and all such are enjoined to "work with their own hands" as a Christian duty (1 Thess. 4:11; 2 Thess. 3:7-13; Eph. 4:28). This word is used figuratively in Matt. 5:3; Luke 6:20; 2 Cor. 8:9; Rev. 3:17.
Poorbox (n.) A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.
Poorhouse (n.) A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.
Poor-john (n.) A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality.
Poorliness (n.) The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
Poorly (adv.) In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.
Poorly (adv.) With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.
Poorly (adv.) Meanly; without spirit.
Poorly (adv.) Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.
Poorly (a.) Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.
Poorness (n.) 貧乏，不足；拙劣，差勁 [U] The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective). -- Bacon.
Poorness (n.) The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions [syn: {poverty}, {poorness}, {impoverishment}] [ant: {wealth}, {wealthiness}].
Poorness (n.) Less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland".
Poorness (n.) The quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot [syn: {meagerness}, {meagreness}, {leanness}, {poorness}, {scantiness}, {scantness}, {exiguity}].
Poorness (n.) The quality of being poorly made or maintained; "she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography".
Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.
Poor-will (n.) A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.
Poor-willie (n.) The bar-tailed godwit.
Pop (n.) A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.
Pop (n.) An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc.
Pop (n.) The European redwing.
Popped (imp. & p. p.) of Pop
Popping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pop
Pop (v. i.) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides.
Pop (v. i.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in, out, upon, off, etc.
Pop (v. i.) To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well.
Pop (v. t.) To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door.
Pop (v. t.) To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.
Pop (adv.) Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly.
Pope (n.) 主教 Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.
Pope (n.) 羅馬教皇 The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.
Pope (n.) （東正教）教區牧師 A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
Pope (n.) A fish; the ruff.
Popedom (n.) The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity.
Popedom (n.) The jurisdiction of the pope.
Pope Francis (n.) 方濟各（拉丁語：Franciscus；義大利語：Francesco；西班牙語：Francisco；1936年12月17日－）是羅馬天主教會第266任教宗，本名豪爾赫·馬里奧·伯格里奧（西班牙語：Jorge Mario Bergoglio），耶穌會會士，義大利裔阿根廷人，能說流利的拉丁語、西班牙語、義大利語和德語 [1]。1958年加入耶穌會，1969年成為神父，1997年擔任天主教布宜諾斯艾利斯總教區總主教，並在2001年由時任教宗若望·保祿二世冊封為樞機。他在2013年3月13日獲選為教宗，成為首位出身於拉丁美洲、南半球與耶穌會的教宗，也是繼額我略三世後1282年以來首位非歐洲出身的教宗。
Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; [b] 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked briefly as a chemical technologist and nightclub bouncer before beginning seminary studies. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina's provincial superior of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. He led the Argentine Church during the December 2001 riots in Argentina. The administrations of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner considered him a political rival. Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on 28 February 2013, a papal conclave elected Bergoglio as his successor on 13 March. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Throughout his public life, Pope Francis has been noted for his humility, emphasis on God's mercy, concern for the poor and commitment to interfaith dialogue. He is credited with having a less formal approach to the papacy than his predecessors, for instance choosing to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse rather than in the papal apartments of the Apostolic Palace used by previous popes. In addition, due to both his Jesuit and Ignatian aesthetic, he is known for favoring simpler vestments void of ornamentation, including refusing the traditional papal mozzetta cape upon his election, choosing silver instead of gold for his piscatory ring, and keeping the same pectoral cross he had as cardinal. He maintains that the Church should be more open and welcoming. He does not support unbridled capitalism, Marxism, or Marxist versions of liberation theology. Francis maintains the traditional views of the Church regarding abortion, marriage, ordination of women, and clerical celibacy. He opposes consumerism and overdevelopment, and supports taking action on climate change, a focus of his papacy with the promulgation of Laudato si'. In international diplomacy, he helped to restore full diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. Since the publication of Amoris Laetitia in 2016, Francis has faced increasingly open criticism from theological conservatives, particularly on the question of admitting civilly divorced and remarried Catholics to Communion and on the question of alleged systematic cover up of clergy sex abuse.
Popeling (n.) A petty or deputy pope.
Popeling (n.) An adherent of the pope.
Popelote (n.) A word variously explained as "a little puppet," "a little doll," or "a young butterfly." Cf. Popet.
Pope Pius VI (25 December [2] 1717 – 29 August 1799), (n.) 教宗庇護六世 born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, reigned as Pope from 15 February 1775 to his death in 1799.[3]
Pius VI condemned the French Revolution and the suppression of the Gallican Church that resulted from it. French troops commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the papal troops and occupied the Papal States in 1796. In 1798, upon his refusal to renounce his temporal power, Pius was taken prisoner and transported to France. He died one year later in Valence. His reign is the fourth-longest in papal history, being over two decades
Popery (n.) The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.
Popet (n.) A puppet.
Popgun (n.) 汽槍 A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.
Popinjay (n.) The green woodpecker.
Popinjay (n.) A parrot.
Popinjay (n.) A target in the form of a parrot.
Popinjay (n.) A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb.
Popish (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously.