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A kind of walking stick made from the stem of an East Asiatic palm (Licuala acutifida).

The betel nut. Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring. "Penannular relics." D. Wilson.

A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, or long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel. "With flags and pennants trimmed."…

A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits. Blackstone.

A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.

A nitrogenous hydrocarbon base, C13H9N, analogous to phenanthrene and quinoline.

Either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases, C12H8N2, analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly nitrogenized.

One who makes complaint; the plaintiff. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief. Swift.

Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent. "His poignant spear." Spenser. "Poynaunt sauce." Chaucer.

In a poignant manner.

The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination. The predominance of conscience over interest. South.

Predominance. Bacon.

ency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence. Those help . . . were predominant in the king's mind. Bacon. Foul subordination is predominant. Shak.

In a predominant manner.

Pregnancy. [Obs.] Milton.

The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young.

ortant contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies. " A pregnant argument." Prynne. " A pregnant brevity." E. Everett.

In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly.