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r a man. The name of one of the apostles, Peter boat, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers. -- Peter Funk, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.] -- Peter pence, or Peter's pence. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English pe…

have long seats upon which several persons may sit; - - sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.

A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.

A colorless variety of chabazite; the original was from Leipa, in Bohemia.

A pickle of various vegetables with pungent species, -- originally made in the East Indies.

ropelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne.

An original settlement in a new country; a colony. While these plantations were forming in Connecticut. B. Trumbull.

ter of Paris mixed with water into a mold. -- Plaster of Paris. Etym: [So called because originally brought from a suburb of Paris.] (Chem.) Anhydrous calcium sulphate, or calcined gypsum, which forms with water a paste which soon sets or hardens, and is used for casts, moldings, etc. The term is loosely applied to an…

Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea).

An aboriginal weapon consisting of a stone or piece of antler fastened to the end of a slender wooden handle, used by American Indians from the Great Plains to the Mackenzie River.

In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.

The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair.

One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; -- opposed to monogenist.

the power of assuming, many forms; as, a polyplastic element which does not preserve its original shape.

The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination. Latham.

Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.

Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.

Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. He by a privy postern took his flight. Spenser. Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. Shak.

Originally, an explanatory note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text; hence, a marginal note; a comment. Langton also made postils upon the whole Bible. Foxe.

) A similar tropical American plant (I. fastigiata) which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato.