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columns; -- said of a building, especially of an interior part or court; as, a polystyle hall. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the pontiff or pope. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A portico; a covered walk. [Obs.] Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find find us. Shak. The Porch, a public portico, or great hall, in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples; hence, sometimes used as equivalent to the school of the Stoics. It was called "h poiki`lh stoa`. [See Poicile.]…

A possessor; a property holder. [Obs.] "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney.

To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

ne hand. Dickens. Pottle draught, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A dike a marsh or fen. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A precept. [R.] Bp. Hall.

A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation. Bp. Hall.

The act of pillaging. E. Hall.

Of or pertaining to a predicament. John Hall (1646).

Affirmative; positive. Bp. Hall.

To trim up, as trees. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

To bear down; to depress. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux.

To require beforehand. Some things are prerequired of us. Bp. Hall.

Preservative. Bp. Hall.

A guard. [Obs.] "Heavenly presidiaries." Bp. Hall.

Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. [R.] Bp. Hall.