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Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc.

A puddle; a plash. Skinner.

A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullæ, without inflammation or fever.

Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood. "The veins of porous earth." Milton.

To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.

hen. (Zoöl.) Same as Prairie chicken, above. -- Prairie itch (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and Western United States; -- also called swamp itch, winter itch. -- Prairie marmot. (Zoöl.) Same as Prairie dog, above. -- Prairie mole (Zoöl.), a large Ame…

Matt. vi. 6. I pray, or (by ellipsis) Pray, I beg; I request; I entreat you; -- used in asking a question, making a request, introducing a petition, etc.; as, Pray, allow me to go. I pray, sir. why am I beaten Shak.

The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body. "Their meek preyere." Chaucer

A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution. Erskine.

The position or condition of a precursor. Ruskin.

The foreskin.

he style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape. Ruskin.

A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine. Bacon.

It is due to inflammation of the sweat glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in hot weather. -- Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly joints inserted upon each other. Th…

The state of being productible; producibility. Ruskin.

to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project. The parts protrude beyond the skin. Bacon.

A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy cuticle in color.

characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin.

One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which feathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria.

Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with down; dasypædic; -- said of the young of certain birds.