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Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot. [R.]

To pride or value; -- used reflexively. Men . . . pique themselves upon their skill. Locke.

ich gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. "As fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit." Locke.

Under the dominion or influence of a planet. "Skilled in the planetary hours." Drayton.

To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. South. Plumed adder (Zoöl.), an African viper (Vipera, or Clotho, cornuta), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman. -- Plumed partr…

To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.

One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish contrary to law.

The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy. Shak.

One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Shak. A poet is a maker, as the word signifies. Dryden. Poet laureate. See und…

To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to. If you poison us, do we not die Shak.

who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. The sarcasms and invectives of the young polemic. Macaulay.

game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.

Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly. Poorly off, not well off; not rich.

; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in, out, upon, off, etc. He that killed my king . . . Popp'd in between the election and my hopes. Shak. A trick of popping up and down every moment. Swift.

A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.

for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. -- Pot hunter, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market. -- Pot metal. (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. (b) An alloy…

a shot fired at an animal or person when at rest or within easy range, or fired simply to kill, without reference to the rules of sport; a shot needling no special skill.

Potato weevil (Zoöl.), an American weevil (Baridius trinotatus) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop. -- Potato whisky, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made from potatoes or potato starch. --…

Artful; deceitful; skillful. [Obs.] "Cunning sleights and practick knavery." Spenser.

Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.