Chapter 1150

Syn. -- Picture , Painting . Every kind of representation by drawing or painting is a picture , whether made with oil colors, water colors, pencil, crayons, or India ink; strictly, a painting is a picture made by means of colored paints, usually applied moist with a brush.

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Pic"ture , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pictured (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Picturing .] To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. "I . . . do picture it in my mind."

Spenser.

I have not seen him so pictured . Shak.

Pictured <Xpage=1083>

Pic"tured (?) , a. Furnished with pictures; represented by a picture or pictures; as, a pictured scene .

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Picturer <Xpage=1084>

Pic"tur*er (?) , n. One who makes pictures; a painter. [R.]

Fuller.

Picturesque <Xpage=1084>

Pic`tur*esque" (?) , a. [It. pittoresco : cf. F. pittoresque . See Pictorial .] Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language.

What is picturesque as placed in relation to the beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. De Quincey.

-- Pic`tur*esque"ly , adv. -- Pic`tur*esque"ness , n.

Picturesquish <Xpage=1084>

Pic`tur*esqu"ish , a. Somewhat picturesque. [R.]

Picturize <Xpage=1084>

Pic"tur*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Picturized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Picturizing .] [R.] 1. To picture.

2. To adorn with pictures.

Picul <Xpage=1084>

Pic"ul (?) , n. [Jav. & Malay pikul , fr. pikul to carry on the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.] A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135<frac58/ lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 133<frac12/ lbs.; in Japan, 133<frac13/ lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan . [Written also pecul , and pecal .]

Piculet <Xpage=1084>

Pic"u*let (?) , n. [Dim. of Picus .] (Zo\'94l.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.

Picus <Xpage=1084>

Pi"cus (?) , n. ; pl. Pici (#) . [L., a woodpecker.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of woodpeckers, including some of the common American and European species. <-- now picoides? -->

Piddle <Xpage=1084>

Pid"dle (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Piddled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Piddling (?) .] [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw. peta to pick.] 1. To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important.

Ascham.

2. To be squeamishly nice about one's food.

Swift.

3. To urinate; -- child's word.

Piddler <Xpage=1084>

Pid"dler (?) , n. One who piddles.

Piddling <Xpage=1084>

Pid"dling (?) , a. Trifling; trivial; frivolous; paltry; -- applied to persons and things.

The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes. Milton.

Piddock <Xpage=1084>

Pid"dock (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas .

Pie <Xpage=1084>

Pie (?) , n. [OE. pie , pye ; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. Piggin .] 1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie ; venison pie ; mince pie ; apple pie ; pumpkin pie .

2. See Camp , n. , 5. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Pie crust , the paste of a pie. <-- easy as pie = very easy -->

Pie <Xpage=1084>

Pie , n. [F. pie , L. pica ; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. Pi , Paint , Speight .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus Pica , and of several allied genera. [Written also pye .]

2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book.

3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See Pi .

By cock and pie , an adjuration equivalent to "by God and the service book." Shak . -- Tree pie (Zo\'94l.) , any Asiatic bird of the genus Dendrocitta , allied to the magpie. -- Wood pie . (Zo\'94l.) See French pie , under French .

Pie <Xpage=1084>

Pie , v. t. See Pi .

Piebald <Xpage=1084>

Pie"bald` (?) , a. [ Pie the party-colored bird + bald .] 1. Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied. "A piebald steed of Thracian strain."

Dryden.

2. Fig.: Mixed. " Piebald languages."

Hudibras.

Piece <Xpage=1084>

Piece (?) , n. [OE. pece , F. pi\'8ace , LL. pecia , petia , petium , probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez , Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share. Cf. Petty .] 1. A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces .

Bring it out piece by piece . Ezek. xxiv. 6.

2. A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

3. Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series; a definite performance ; especially: (a) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary . (b) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces ; a following piece . (c) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece ; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings . (d) A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of knowledge .

4. An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt. "If I had not been a piece of a logician before I came to him."

Sir P. Sidney.

Thy mother was a piece of virtue. Shak.

His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is in all the world. Coleridge.

<-- a piece of cake , a task easily accomplished. a piece of work , a disparaging term for a person considered to have an excess of some undesirable quality; esp. difficult or eccentric person. Piece of ass vulgar term for a woman, considered as a partner in sexual intercourse -->

5. (Chess) One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.

6. A castle; a fortified building. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Of a piece , of the same sort, as if taken from the same whole; like; -- sometimes followed by with . Dryden . -- Piece of eight , the Spanish piaster, formerly divided into eight reals. -- To give a piece of one's mind to , to speak plainly, bluntly, or severely to (another). Tackeray . -- Piece broker , one who buys shreds and remnants of cloth to sell again. -- Piece goods , goods usually sold by pieces or fixed portions, as shirtings, calicoes, sheetings, and the like.

Piece <Xpage=1084>

Piece , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pieced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Piecing (?) .] 1. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment ; -- often with out .

Shak.

2. To unite; to join; to combine.

Fuller.

His adversaries . . . pieced themselves together in a joint opposition against him. Fuller.

Piece <Xpage=1084>

Piece (?) , v. i. To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join. "It pieced better."

Bacon.

Pieceless <Xpage=1084>

Piece"less , a. Not made of pieces; whole; entire.

Piecely <Xpage=1084>

Piece"ly , adv. In pieces; piecemeal. [Obs.]

Piecemeal <Xpage=1084>

Piece"meal` (?) , adv. [OE. pecemele ; pece a piece + AS. m<?/lum , dat. pl. of m<?/l part. See Meal a portion.] 1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. "On which it piecemeal brake."

Chapman.

The beasts will tear thee piecemeal . Tennyson.

2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.

Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope.

Piecemeal <Xpage=1084>

Piece"meal` , a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These piecemeal guilts."

Gov. of Tongue.

Piecemeal <Xpage=1084>

Piece"meal` , n. A fragment; a scrap.

R. Vaughan.

Piecemealed <Xpage=1084>

Piece"mealed` (?) , a. Divided into pieces.

Piecener <Xpage=1084>

Piece"ner (?) , n. 1. One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woolen mills.

2. Same as Piecer , 2.

Piecer <Xpage=1084>

Pie"cer (?) , n. 1. One who pieces; a patcher.

2. A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.

Piecework <Xpage=1084>

Piece"work` (?) , n. Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.

The reaping was piecework , at so much per acre. R. Jefferies.

Pied <Xpage=1084>

Pied (?) , imp. & p. p. of Pi , or Pie , v.

Pied <Xpage=1084>

Pied (?) , a. [From Pie the party-colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. " Pied coats." Burton . "Meadows trim with daisies pied ." Milton .

Pied antelope (Zo\'94l.) , the bontebok. -- Pied-billed grebe (Zo\'94l.) , the dabchick. -- Pied blackbird (Zo\'94l.) , any Asiatic thrush of the genus Turdulus . -- Pied finch (Zo\'94l.) (a) The chaffinch. (b) The snow bunting . [Prov. Eng.] -- Pied flycatcher (Zo\'94l.) , a common European flycatcher ( Ficedula atricapilla ). The male is black and white.

Piedmont <Xpage=1084>

Pied"mont (?) , a. [F. pied foot + mont mountain.] (Geol.) Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.

Piedmontite <Xpage=1084>

Pied"mont*ite (?) , n. (Min.) A manganesian kind of epidote, from Piedmont . See Epidote .

Piedness <Xpage=1084>

Pied"ness (?) , n. The state of being pied.

Shak.

Pi\'82douche <Xpage=1084>

Pi\'82`douche" (?) , n. [F., fr. It. peduccio console, corbel.] A pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, as busts, vases, and the like.

Piedstall <Xpage=1084>

Pied"stall (?) , n. See Pedestal . [Obs.]

Pieman <Xpage=1084>

Pie"man (?) , n. ; pl. Piemen (<?/) . A man who makes or sells pies.

Piend <Xpage=1084>

Piend (?) , n. [Cf. Dan. pind a peg.] See Peen .

Pieno <Xpage=1084>

Pi*e"no (?) , a. [It., fr. L. plenus full.] (Mus.) Full; having all the instruments.

Pieplant <Xpage=1084>

Pie"plant` (?) , n. (Bot.) A plant ( Rheum Rhaponticum ) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.

Piepoudre, Piepowder <Xpage=1084>

Pie"pou`dre , Pie"pow`der (?) , n. [Lit., dustyfoot, i.e., dusty-footed dealers, fr. F. pied foot + poudreux dusty.] (O. Eng. Law) An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident to every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned or had the toll was the judge.

Blackstone.

Pier <Xpage=1084>

Pier (?) , n. [OE. pere , OF. piere a stone, F. pierre , fr. L. petra , Gr. <?/. Cf. Petrify .] 1. (Arch.) (a) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings. (b) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress .

2. A projecting wharf or landing place.

Abutment pier , the pier of a bridge next the shore; a pier which by its strength and stability resists the thrust of an arch. -- Pier glass , a mirror, of high and narrow shape, to be put up between windows. -- Pier table , a table made to stand between windows.

Pierage <Xpage=1084>

Pier"age (?) , n. Same as Wharfage .

Smart.

Pierce <Xpage=1084>

Pierce (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pierced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Piercing (?) .] [OE. percen , F. percer , OF. percier , perchier , parchier ; perh. fr. (assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusare , fr. L. pertundere , pertusum , to beat, push, bore through; per through + tundere to beat: cf. OF. pertuisier to pierce, F. pertuis a hole. Cf. Contuse , Parch , Pertuse .] 1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. "I pierce . . . her tender side."

Dryden.

2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship.

3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery . " Pierced with grief."

Pope.

Can no prayers pierce thee? Shak.

Pierce <Xpage=1084>

Pierce , v. i. To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.

And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. Spenser.

She would not pierce further into his meaning. Sir P. Sidney.

Pierceable <Xpage=1084>

Pierce"a*ble (?) , a. That may be pierced.

Pierced <Xpage=1084>

Pierced (?) , a. Penetrated; entered; perforated.

Piercel <Xpage=1084>

Pier"cel (?) , n. [Cf. F. perce .] A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer .

Piercer <Xpage=1084>

Pier"cer (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, pierces or perforates ; specifically: (a) An instrument used in forming eyelets; a stiletto . (b) A piercel.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect. (b) An insect provided with an ovipositor.

Piercing <Xpage=1084>

Pier"cing (?) , a. Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust . " Piercing eloquence."

Shak.

-- Pier"cing*ly , adv. -- Pier"cing*ness , n.

Pierian <Xpage=1084>

Pi*e"ri*an (?) , a. [L. Pierius , from Mount Pierus , in Thessaly, sacred to the Muses.] Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses.

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope.

Pierid <Xpage=1084>

Pi"er*id (?) , n. [See Peirides .] (Zo\'94l.) Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly , under Cabbage .

Pierides <Xpage=1084>

Pi*er"i*des (?) , n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. <?/. See Pierian .] (Class. Myth.) The Muses.

Piet <Xpage=1084>

Pi"et (?) , n. [Dim. of Pie a magpie: cf. F. piette a smew.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The dipper, or watter ouzel. [Scot.] (b) The magpie. [Prov.Eng.]

Jay piet (Zo\'94l.) , the European jay. [Prov.Eng.] -- Sea piet (Zo\'94l.) , the oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.]

Piet\'85 <Xpage=1084>

Pi*e*t\'85" (?) , n. [It.] (Fine Arts) A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels.

Mollett.

Pietism <Xpage=1084>

Pi"e*tism (?) , n. [Cf. G. pietismus , F. pi\'82tisme .] 1. The principle or practice of the Pietists.

2. Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion.

The Sch\'94ne Seele , that ideal of gentle pietism , in "Wilhelm Meister." W. Pater.

Pietist <Xpage=1084>

Pi"e*tist (?) , n. [Cf. G. pietist , F. pi\'82tiste . See Piety .] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.

Pietistic, Pietistical <Xpage=1084>

Pi`e*tis"tic (?) , Pi`e*tis"tic*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the Pietists; hence, in contempt, affectedly or demonstratively religious.

Addison.

Pietra dura <Xpage=1084>

Pi*e"tra du"ra (?) . [It., hard stone.] (Fine Arts) Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura , though the ground may be soft marble.

Piety <Xpage=1084>

Pi"e*ty (?) , n. [F. pi\'82t\'82 ; cf. It. piet\'85 ; both fr. L. pietas piety, fr. pius pious. See Pious , and cf. Pity .] 1. Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service.

Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. Rambler.

2. Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.

Conferred upon me for the piety Which to my country I was judged to have shown. Milton.

Syn. -- Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See Religion .

Piewipe <Xpage=1084>

Pie"wipe` (?) , n. [So called from its note.] (Zo\'94l.) The lapwing, or pewit. [Prov. Eng.]