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Webster Dictionary :: Pist

PIST PISTA'CHIO,n. [L. pistachia.] The nut of the Pistacia terebinthus or turpen...

Webster Dictionary :: Pistacite

PIS'TACITE PISTAREE'N, n. A silver coin of the value of 17 or 18 cents, or 9d st...

Webster Dictionary :: Pistazite

PIS'TAZITE, [See Epidote .]

Webster Dictionary :: Piste

PISTE, n. The track or foot-print of a horseman on the ground he goes over.

Webster Dictionary :: Pistil

PIS'TIL, n. [L. pistillum, a pestle.] In botany, the pointal, an organ of female...

Webster Dictionary :: Pistillaceous

PISTILLA'CEOUS, a. Growing on the germ or See d bud of a flower.

Webster Dictionary :: Pistillate

PIS'TILLATE, a. Having or consisting in a pistil.

Webster Dictionary :: Pistillation

PISTILLA'TION, n. [L. pistillum, a pestle, that is, a beater or driver.] The act...

Webster Dictionary :: Pistilliferous

PISTILLIF'EROUS, a. [pistil and L. fero, to bear.] Having a pistil without stame...

Webster Dictionary :: Pistol

PIS'TOL, n. A small fire-arm, or the smallest fire-arm used, differing from a mu...

Webster Dictionary :: Pistole

PISTO'LE, n. A gold coin of Spain, but current in the neighboring countries.

Webster Dictionary :: Pistolet

PIS'TOLET, n. A little pistol.

Webster Dictionary :: Piston

PIS'TON, n. [L. pinso, the primary sense of which is to press, send, drive, thru...

Webster Dictionary :: Pit

PIT, v.t. To indent; to press into hollows. 1. To mark with little hollows, as b...

Webster Dictionary :: Pit-coal

PIT'-COAL, n. Fossil coal; coal dug from the earth.

Webster Dictionary :: Pit-fish

PIT-FISH, n. A small fish of the Indian seas, about the size of a smelt, of a gr...

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