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Any eared seal.

See Attar.

To surpass or conquer in argument.

To excel or overcome in staring; to face down. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. Shak.

To start out or up. Chaucer.

To outstare. [Obs.] Shak.

Any one of several species of Parietaria. See 1st Pellitory.

and usages of Parliament or similar deliberative assemblies; as, an accomplished parliamentarian.

In a parliamentary manner.

Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority. Bacon.

A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers. P. Fletcher. "The pentarchy of the senses." A. Brewer.

See Petard. [Obs.] "Hoist with his own petar." Shak.

A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded.

One who managed a petard.

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.

An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents.

Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.

Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.

An orrery. See Orrery.

Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year.