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PIST PISTA'CHIO,n. [L. pistachia.] The nut of the Pistacia terebinthus or turpen...
PIS'TACITE PISTAREE'N, n. A silver coin of the value of 17 or 18 cents, or 9d st...
PIS'TAZITE, [See Epidote .]
PISTE, n. The track or foot-print of a horseman on the ground he goes over.
PIS'TIL, n. [L. pistillum, a pestle.] In botany, the pointal, an organ of female...
PISTILLA'CEOUS, a. Growing on the germ or See d bud of a flower.
PIS'TILLATE, a. Having or consisting in a pistil.
PISTILLA'TION, n. [L. pistillum, a pestle, that is, a beater or driver.] The act...
PISTILLIF'EROUS, a. [pistil and L. fero, to bear.] Having a pistil without stame...
PIS'TOL, n. A small fire-arm, or the smallest fire-arm used, differing from a mu...
PISTO'LE, n. A gold coin of Spain, but current in the neighboring countries.
PIS'TOLET, n. A little pistol.
PIS'TON, n. [L. pinso, the primary sense of which is to press, send, drive, thru...
PIT, v.t. To indent; to press into hollows. 1. To mark with little hollows, as b...
PIT'-COAL, n. Fossil coal; coal dug from the earth.
PIT-FISH, n. A small fish of the Indian seas, about the size of a smelt, of a gr...