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A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. A…

kes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; -- used of a man or a woman. The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour Macaulay.

The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.

A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials. Andrews.

The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or by right of marriage.

A woman's loose dressing sack; hence, a loose morning gown or wrapper.

A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.

A woman who persecutes.

scious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child. Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection. Locke.

dy, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman. Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind. Spenser. The king, . . . so visited with sickness, was not personable. E. Hall.

Small, little; of a woman or girl, of small size and trim figure.

A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to Ant: misogynist.

k or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also pickapack, pickback, and pickpack.] A woman stooping to take a child pickaback. R,Jefferies.

e undesirable quality; esp. difficult or eccentric person. Piece of ass vulgar term for a woman, considered as a partner in sexual intercourse

A word of endearment for a girl or woman. [Obs.] [Written also pigsnie, pigsny, etc.] Chaucer.

pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride. His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups. Spenser.

A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.

A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.

; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman. Thou canst play the rational if thou wilt. Sir W. Scott.