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Done in person; without the intervention of another. "Personal communication." Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. White.

Of or pertaining to phonograph; done by the phonograph.

Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.

Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed. The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. R. Jefferies.

To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling. [Slang] Smart. He's pigeoned and undone. Observer.

of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone. Methought I saw him placable and mild. Milton.

Work done by platting or braiding; a plait. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak.

A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies (Perla).

gistering a vote. Polling booth, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place.

Done with a polygraph; as, a polygraphic copy.

sting or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong. With God all things are…

An act done afterward.

Made or done after the date assigned. Of these [predictions] some were postdate; cunningly made after the thing came to pass. Fuller.

The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record. Wharton.

Contrived, done, or existing subsequently. "Postliminious after applications of them to their purposes." South.

Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as, postprandial speeches.

A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living. [Cant]

Same as Octopus. Musk poulp (Zoöl.), a Mediterranean octopod (Eledone moschata) which emits a strong odor of musk.

That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good.

ll. Practical joke, a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of which consists in something done, in distinction from something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.