The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.

A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.

To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at.

the lead soldier in a foot patrol under combat conditions.

In a point-blank manner.

Exactly.

The pistil of a plant.

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

See Pointal.

One who, or that which, points. The hand of a timepiece. One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen. The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star. Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.

A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by George Seurat (1859-91), and carried on by Paul Signac (1863- -) and others. Its method is marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground, any given line being produced by a variation in the proportionate quantity of the primary colors employed. This method is also known as Pointillism (stippling).

The act of sharpening.

An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock.

Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.

Without point.

Having a small, distinct point; apiculate.

A graving tool.

A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.

To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.

The balancer of dipterous insects.

To act as, or convey, a poison.

Capable of poisoning; poisonous.

One who poisons.

Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.

Poisonous.[Obs.] Holland.

Weight.

The breastplate of the armor of a horse. See Peytrel.

See Poise.

A tall drinking cup.

The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.

The European long-tailed titmouse; -- called also poke-pudding.

Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.

Stiff like a poker.

A pocket.

See Poke, the plant.

See Poky.

Drudging; servile.

A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs.

Confined; cramped.

A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees.

A Polander.

Same as Polacca, 1.

A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole.

The right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section. The given point is called the pole of the line. If the given point lies within the curve so that the two tangents become imaginary, there is still a real polar line which does not meet the curve, but which possesses other properties of the polar. Thus the focus and directrix are pole and polar. There are also poles and polar curves to curves of higher degree than the second, and poles and polar planes to surfaces of the second degree.

See Polyarchy.

See Polar.

In a polary manner; with polarity.

An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.

The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.

The polestar. See North star, under North.

An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties.

Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations.

The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope.

Pertaining to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangement or disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism.

That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc.

Susceptible of polarization.

To communicate polarity to.

That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.

Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole.

A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene.

A kind of coarse bagging, -- used for coal sacks.

Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.

To fell with or as if with a poleax; -- often used figuratively; as, the entire department was poleaxed after the takeover.

Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.

A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius f/tidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret. The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.

A sort of coarse canvas; poldway.

Without a pole; as, a poleless chariot.

In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.

One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.

Polemic; controversial; disputatious.

A polemic.

The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy.

A polemic.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniace/), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera.

A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.

An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal opera glass, or side opera glass.

Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition.

Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.

An extortioner. See Poller.

Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North.

Toward a pole of the earth.

The European spotted goby (Gobius minutus); -- called also pollybait.

Without horns; polled.

Manganese dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly as hard as quartz.

Same as Pollicate.

To keep in order by police.

Regulated by laws for the maintenance of peace and order, enforced by organized administration.

A member of a body of police; a constable.

Relating to the police.

Policed.

A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles; as, the poling of beans; the poling of a boat.

A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.

Capable of being polished.

Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.

The quality of being polished.

One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing.

a. n. from Polish.

The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.

A polishing or grinding implement or instrument.

To polish; to refine; to render polite.

In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy.

High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance.

Politeness.

A politician.

Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.

Zeal or party spirit in politics.

In a political manner.

A petty politician; a pretender in politics.

Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.

A political writer.

In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully.

The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals.

To play the politician; to dispute as politicians do.

Polish; gloss. [Obs.] Donne.

The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole.

The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it.

A pulley.

A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time.

To vote at an election.