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One who practices, or is skilled in, photography.

One who practices, or one who employs, photolithography.

The art or practice of using the photophone.

g plant organs to move or curve under the influence of light. In ordinary use the term is practically synonymous with heliotropism.

The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine. "A doctor of physik." Chaucer.

The principle or practice of the Pietists.

To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.

To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.

Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking. "Piratical printers." Pope. -- Pi*rat"ic*al*ly, adv.

The act or practice of plagiarizing.

Practicing plagiarism. Bp. Hall.

chart (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. -- Plain dealer. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] Shak. -- Plain dealing. See under Dealing. -- Plain molding (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. -- Plain sewing, sewing of seams by simple and common stitch…

Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing. Shak.

p, until one overbalances it and falls into the sea; -- a method of disposing of captives practiced by pirates.

The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [R.]

To act; to behave; to practice deception. His mother played false with a smith. Shak.

The practice of going to plays.

n a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a speci…

To practice or perform with diligence; to work at. Their bloody task, unwearied, still they ply. Waller.