Pomander Po·man"der noun [ Spanish
poma .]
(a) A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball. (b) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box . [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Pomarine Po"ma·rine adjective [ Greek ... a lid + ..., ..., nose.]
(Zoology) Having the nostril covered with a scale. Pomarine jager (Zoology) ,
a North Atlantic jager ( Stercorarius pomarinus ) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.
Pomatum Po·ma"tum noun [ See
Pomade .]
A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade. Wiseman.
Pomatum Po·ma"tum transitive verb To dress with pomatum.
Pome Pome noun [ Latin
pomum a fruit: confer French
pomme apple. Confer
Pomade .]
1. (Botany) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear. 2. (R. C. Ch.) A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.
Pome Pome intransitive verb [ Confer French
pommer . See
Pome ,
noun ]
To grow to a head, or form a head in growing. [ Obsolete]
Pomegranate Pome"gran`ate noun [ Middle English
pomgarnet , Old French
pome de grenate , French
grenade , Latin
pomum a fruit +
granatus grained, having many grains or seeds. See
Pome , and
Garnet ,
Grain .]
1. (Botany) The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum ; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine ), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp. 2. A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate. Ex. xxviii. 33.
Pomel Pom"el noun A pommel. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Pomelo Pom"e·lo noun [ Confer
Pompelmous .]
A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit .
Pomely Pome"ly adjective [ Old French
pomelé , French
pommelé . See
Pome .]
Dappled. [ Obsolete] "
Pomely gray."
Chaucer.
Pomeranian Pom`e·ra"ni·an adjective Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea. --
noun A native or inhabitant of Pomerania. Pomeranian dog (Zoology) ,
the loup- loup, or Spitz dog.
Pomewater Pome"wa`ter noun A kind of sweet, juicy apple. [ Written also
pomwater .]
Shak.
Pomey Pom"ey noun ;
plural Pomeys . [ French
pommé grown round, or like an apple, past participle of
pommer to pome.]
(Her.) A figure supposed to resemble an apple; a roundel, -- always of a green color.
Pomfret Pom"fret noun [ Perhaps corrupt. from Portuguese
pampano a kind of fish.]
(Zoology) (a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus ( S. niger , S. argenteus ) native of Southern Europe and Asia. (b) A marine food fish of Bermuda ( Brama Raji ).
Pomiculture Po"mi·cul`ture noun [ Latin
pomum fruit +
cultura culture.]
(Hort.) The culture of fruit; pomology as an art.
Pomiferous Po·mif"er·ous adjective [ Latin
pomifer ;
pomum fruit +
ferre to bear: confer French
pomifère .]
(Botany) (a) Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits. (b) Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple.
Pommage Pom"mage noun See Pomage .
Pommé Pom`mé" adjective [ French See
Pomey .]
(Her.) Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; -- said of a cross.
Pomme blanche Pomme` blanche" [ French, literally, white apple.] The prairie turnip. See under Prairie .
Pommel Pom"mel noun [ Middle English
pomel , Old French
pomel , French
pommeau , Late Latin
pomellus , from Latin
pomum fruit, Late Latin also, an apple. See
Pome .]
A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form ; as:
(a) The knob on the hilt of a sword. Macaulay. (b) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow. (c) The top (of the head). Chaucer. (d) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
Pommel Pom"mel transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pommeled or
Pommelled ;
present participle & verbal noun Pommeling or
Pommelling .]
To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists. [ Written also
pummel .]
Pommelion Pom·mel"ion noun [ See
Pommel : confer Late Latin
pomilio pygmy.]
(Mil.) The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon. [ R.]
Pommetté Pom`met`té" adjective [ French]
Having two balls or protuberances at each end; -- said of a cross.
Pomological Po`mo·log"ic·al adjective [ Confer French
pomologique .]
Of or pertaining to pomology.
Pomologist Po·mol"o·gist noun One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees.
Pomology Po·mol"o·gy noun [ Latin
pomum fruit +
-logy : confer French
pomologie .]
The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.
Pomona Po·mo"na noun [ Latin , from
pomum fruit.]
(Class. Myth.) The goddess of fruits and fruit trees.
Pomp Pomp noun [ Middle English
pompe , French
pompe , Latin
pompa , from Greek ... a sending, a solemn procession, pomp, from ... to send. Confer
Pump a shoe.]
1. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. "All the
pomps of a Roman triumph."
Addison. 2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. Syn. -- Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state; magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride.
Pomp Pomp intransitive verb To make a pompons display; to conduct. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Pompadour Pom"pa·dour noun A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.
Pompano Pom"pa·no noun [ Spanish
pámpano .] [ Written also
pampano .]
(Zoology) 1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus , of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa . » They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano (
T. thomboides ) and the Carolina pompano (
T. Carolinus ) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast.
2. A California harvest fish ( Stromateus simillimus ), highly valued as a food fish. Pompano shell (Zoology) ,
a small bivalve shell of the genus Donax ; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [ Florida]
Pompatic Pom·pat"ic adjective [ Latin
pompaticus .]
Pompous. [ Obsolete]
Barrow.
Pompeian Pom·pe"ian adjective [ Latin
Pompeianus .]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Pompeii, an ancient city of Italy, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a.d. , and partly uncovered by modern excavations.
Pompeian red Pompeian red (Art) A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated from the color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which were decorated during the last age of the Republic.
Pompelmous Pom"pel·mous noun ;
plural Pompelmouses . [ Dutch
pompelmoes ; confer German
pompelmuse , French
pamplemousse , and French
pompoléon .]
(Botany) A shaddock, esp. one of large size.
Pompet Pom"pet noun [ Old French
pompette .]
(Print.) The ball formerly used to ink the type.
Pompholyx Pom"pho·lyx noun [ Latin , from Greek ... a bubble, the slag on the surface of smelted ore, from ... a blister.]
1. (Old Chem.) Impure zinc oxide. 2. (Medicine) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullæ, without inflammation or fever.
Pompillion Pom·pil"lion noun An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. [ Obsolete]
Cotgrave.
Pompion Pom"pi·on noun [ Old French
pompon . See
Pumpkin .]
See Pumpion .
Pompire Pom"pire noun [ Latin
pomum a fruit, Late Latin also, an apple +
pirum a pear.]
A pearmain. [ Obsolete]
Pompoleon Pom·po"le·on noun (Botany) See Pompelmous .
Pompon Pom"pon noun [ French]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet. 2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather.
Pompon Pom"pon noun (a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
Pomposity Pom·pos"i·ty noun ;
plural Pomposities The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray.
Pomposo Pom·po"so adjective & adverb [ Italian ]
(Mus.) Grand and dignified; in grand style.
Pompous Pomp"ous adjective [ French
pompeux , Latin
pomposus . See
Pomp .]
1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. "
Pompous in high presumption."
Chaucer. he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
Thackeray. --
Pom"ous*ly ,
adverb --
Pomp"ous*ness ,
noun
Pomptine Pomp"tine adjective See Pontine .
Pomwater Pom"wa`ter noun Same as Pomewater .
Poncelet Ponce"let noun [ After Jean Victor
Poncelet , French engineer.]
(Physics) A unit of power, being the power obtained from an expenditure of one hundred kilogram-meters of energy per second. One poncelet equals g watts, when g is the value of the acceleration of gravity in centimeters.
Poncho Pon"cho noun ;
plural Ponchos [ Spanish ]
1. A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service. 2. A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds.
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