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PIS'OPHALT, n. Pea-mineral or mineral-pea; a soft bitumen, black and of a strong...
PIS'OLITE, n. [Gr. a pea, and a stone.] Peastone, a carbonate of lime, slightly ...
PIS'MIRE, n. The insect called the ant or emmet.
PIS'IFORM, a. [L. pisum, a pea, and forma, form.] Having the form of a pea. Mass...
PISH, exclam. A word expressing contempt; sometimes spoken and written pshaw. PI...
PISCIV'OROUS, a. [L. piscis, a fish,and voro, to eat.] Feeding or subsisting on ...
PIS'CINE, a. [L. piscis, a fish.] Pertaining to fish or fishes; as piscine remains.
PIS'CES, n. plu. [L. piscis.] In astronomy, the Fishes, the twelfth sign or cons...
PIS'CATORY, a. [L. piscatorius.] Relating to fishes or to fishing; as a piscator...
PISCA'TION, n. [L. piscatio. See Piscary and Fish.] The act or practice of fishing.
PIS'CARY, n. [L. piscis, a fish; piscor, to fish.] In law, the right or privileg...
PIR'RY, n. A rough gale of wind; a storm. [Not used.]
PIROGUE piro'ge
PI'RATING, ppr. Robbing on the high seas; taking without right, as a book or wri...
PIRAT'ICALLY, adv. by piracy.
PIRAT'ICAL, a. [L. piraticus.] Robbing or plundering by open violence on the hig...