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rimeter, the measure around; perigee, point near the earth; periergy, work beyond what is needed; perispherical, quite spherical.

king reprisals. Addison. Some positive, persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so. Pope. That face persists. It floats up; it turns over in my mind. Mrs. Browning.

ly 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 people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called al…

The needle furze. See under Needle.

merchants and the Chinese. Its base is English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindoostanee. Johnson's Cyc. -- Pigeon grass (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass (Setaria glauca), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds. -- Pigeon hawk. (Zoöl.) (a) A small American falcon (Falco co…

use (Arvicola pinetorum), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. -- Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See Pinus. -- Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below). -- Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnis…

agged robin. -- Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides. -- Moss pink. See under Moss. -- Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria. -- Sea pink. See Thrift.

the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine.

A pioneer. [Obs.] Shak.

half pitch; whole pitch; or by the height in parts of the half span, especially among engineers; or by degrees, as a pitch of 30°, of 45°, etc.; or by the rise and run, that is, the ratio of the height to the half span; as, a pitch of six rise to ten run. Equilateral pitch is where the two sloping sides with the span f…

stroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.

asmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. The cells thus altered may produce desirable proteins which are extracted and used; in the case of genetically altered…

To employ diligently; to use steadily. Go ply thy needle; meddle not. Shak.

or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin.

Lace having a needle-made design applied to a net ground, this ground often being machine-made.

Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed.

as two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.

Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space.

ng; -- said of persons. Some positive, persisting fops we know, That, if once wrong, will needs be always. Pope.