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Impregnated, or combined, with phosphorus. [Obsoles.] [Written also phosphuretted.] Phosphureted hydrogen. (Chem.) See Phosphine.

ke a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.

Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.

Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules.

Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head. Pileated woodpecker (Zoöl.), a large American woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock.

Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. Pinnated grouse (Zoöl.), the prairie chicken.

Having pinnules.

Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the vascular parts of vegetable tissue.

Frank; sincere; artless. Milton. -- Plain"-heart`ed*ness, n.

bled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful. Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides. Shak.

Belonging to planets. [R.] Young.

Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.

Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf. -- Pli"cate*ly, adv.

Pockmarked; pitted.

Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.

Having a small, distinct point; apiculate. Henslow.

Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched. -- Pol*lut"ed*ly, adv. -- Pol*lut"ed*ness, n.

Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet. B. Jonson.

Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base. -- Poor"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.

Having gates. [Obs.] We took the sevenfold-ported Thebes. Chapman.