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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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PERSULPHURET n.
A persulphide. [Obs.]
PERVERSE a. 2 definitions
way from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted. The only righteous in a word perverse. Milton.
PERVERSED a.
Turned aside. [Obs.]
PERVERSEDLY adv.
Perversely. [Obs.]
PERVERSELY adv.
In a perverse manner.
PERVERSENESS n.
The quality or state of being perverse. "Virtue hath some perverseness." Donne.
PERVERSION n.
ange to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use. "Violations and perversions of the laws." Bacon.
PERVERSITY n.
The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.
PERVERSIVE a.
Tending to pervert.
PETERSHAM n.
A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material.
PINCERS n.
See Pinchers.
PINCHERS n.
An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc.
PIONEERS' DAY n.
legal holiday, July 24, commemorated the arrival, in 1847, of Brigham Young and his followers at the present site of Salt Lake City.
PLANTERSHIP n.
The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies.
PLIERS n.
A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.
POSTMASTERSHIP n.
The office of postmaster.
PREACHERSHIP n.
The office of a preacher. "The preachership of the Rolls." Macaulay.
PREMIERSHIP n.
The office of the premier.
PRESBYTERSHIP n.
The office or station of a presbyter; presbyterate.
PRETENDERSHIP n.
The character, right, or claim of a pretender. Swift.
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