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A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type. [Written also pinakone.]

Having wings or pinions.

pearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds." Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims. Shak.

One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

In Utah, a legal holiday, July 24, commemorated the arrival, in 1847, of Brigham Young and his followers at the present site of Salt Lake City.

A pioneer. [Obs.] Shak.

A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite.

An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.

Pertaining to the Pleuronectidæ, or Flounder family.

Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.

The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.

One who poisons. Shak.

See Polonaise.

Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.

Having two or more broods in a season.

A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red or rèd.

A kind of johnnycake. [Written also paune.] [Southern U. S.]

Western; occidental. [R.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton.

One who portions.

A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in building.