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A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. "Slender perforations." Sir T. Browne.

The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.

The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Open; evident; apert. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate. That labyrinth is easily pervaded. Blackstone.

aphy; as, to photograph a view; to photograph a group. He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood. Hamerton.

adv. Photographic printing, the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically prepared paper, from photographic negatives, by exposure to light.

A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. MacKellar.

A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model. Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects. Bacon. The young king's picture . .…

ite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

rnate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds.

To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.

A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon.

ained from the Agave Americana and other related species, -- used for making cordage and paper. Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.

importance; as, the speech lacked pith. Enterprises of great pith and moment. Shak. Pith paper. Same as Rice paper, under Rice.

A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.

A manstealer; a kidnaper. [Obs.]

fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. Addison.