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POIS'ONOUS, a. Venomous; having the qualities of poison; corrupting; impairing s...
POIS'ONOUSLY, adv. With fatal or injurious effects; venomously.
POIS'ONOUSNESS, n. The quality of being fatal or injurious to health and soundne...
POI'TREL, n. [L. pectorale, from pectus, the breast.] 1. Armor for the breast. 2...
POIZE, a common spelling of poise. [See Poise .]
POKE, n. A pocket; a small bag; as a pig in a poke. POKE
PO'KE-WEED, n. The popular name of a plant of the genus Phytolacca, otherwise ca...
PO'KER, n. [from poke.] An iron bar used in stirring the fire when coal is used ...
PO'KING, ppr. Feeling in the dark; stirring with a poker; thrusting at with the ...
PO'KING-STICK, n. An instrument formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs t...
POLA'CRE, n. A vessel with three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are...
PO'LAR, a. 1. Pertaining to the poles of the earth, north or south, or to the po...
POLAR'ITY, n. That quality of a body in virtue of which peculiar properties resi...
POLARIZA'TION, n. The act of giving polarity to a body. Polarization of light, a...
PO'LARIZE, v.t. To communicate polarity to.
PO'LARIZED, pp. Having polarity communicated to.