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PET'ALITE, n. [Gr. a leaf.] A rare mineral occurring in masses, having a foliate...
PET'ALOID, a. [petal and Gr. form.] Having the form of petals.
PET'ALOUS, a. Having petals; as a petaled flower; opposed to apetalous. This wor...
PET`ARD, n. An engine of war made of metal, nearly in the shape of a hat, to be ...
PETE'CHIAE, n. Purple spots which appear on the skin in malignant fevers.
PETE'CHIAL, a. Spotted. A petechial fever is a malignant fever accompanied with ...
COMPETENCE,PETENCY, n. 1. Sufficiency; such a quantity as is sufficient; propert...
PETER PET'EREL PE'TERPENCE,n. A tax or tribute formerly paid by the English peop...
PE'TERWORT, n. A plant.
PET'IOLAR PET'IOLARY, a. Pertaining to a petiole, or proceeding from it; as a pe...
PET'IOLATE PET'IOLE, n. [L. petiolus, probably a diminutive from pes, pedis.] In...
PET'IOLED, a. Growing on a petiole; as a petiolate leaf.
PETIT, a. pet'ty. Small; little; mean. This word petit is now generally written ...
PETIT-MAITRE, n. pet'ty-maitre. A spruce fellow that dangles about females; a fo...
PETI'TION, n. [L. petitio, from peto, to ask, properly to urge or press.] 1. In ...
PETI'TIONARILY, adv. by way of begging the question.