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To explain by marginal notes; to postil. Tracts . . . postillated by his own hand. C. Knight.

The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching.

One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse.

See Postiler.

In a pretty manner.

Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile.

Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile.

The pentail.

Same as Dasypædes.

Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with down; dasypædic; -- said of the young of certain birds.

An order of birds including only the penguins.

Same as Pterylosis.

of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.

ing the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally.

ess in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony. They will not part with the least punctilio in their opinions and practices. Fuller .

Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars. "A punctilious observance of divine laws." Rogers. "Very punctilious copies of any letters. The Nation. Punctilious in the simple and intelligible instances of common life.…

See Pontee.

Same as Quadrate.

The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72º. Hutton.