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To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.

ant. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Tragopogon (T. porrifolius), the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also vegetable oyster. (b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe, America and Asia (Mertensia maritima), the fresh leaves of which have a strong flavor…

The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] J. F. Cooper.

A cheese scoop. Simmonds.

an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians. J. F. Cooper.

ud. Flash in the pan. See under Flash. -- To savor of the pan, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. Ridley. Southey.

t tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon- shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.

To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

c umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish. As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit. Shak. Fool's parsley. See under Fool. -- Hedge parsley, Milk parsley, Stone parsley, names given to various weeds of similar appearance to the pa…

Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.

icles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc. Pastry cook, one whose occupation is to make pastry; as, the pastry cook of a hotel.

The Spanish dollar; -- called also patacoon. [Obs.]

wrasse (Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook. -- Peacock pheasant (Zoöl.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron. They resemble the peacock in color.

a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.

sly colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.

The American coot (Fulica).

To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. "Away with her, and pen her up." Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. Milton.

und in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot.

An Australian bandicoot (Perameles lagotis).

ples of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool. -- Phil`o*soph"ic*al*ly, adv.