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Piflachia nut; Pifachio tree. Piftacia vera. 
Piflacia tree; Hazel lesved Piflacia., Hamamelis 
virginica. 
Pifil. Pifillum, 
‚Pit. Fossa. 
The Pit ofthe stomach. 
Pitch black. Ater, 
Pitch coal. Die Pechkohle. 
Pitch tree. Pinus abies. Lim. 
Pitcher [haped. Urceolatus. 
Pitch pine. Pinus taeda. 
Pitch flone. Silex piceus; Pechftein. 
Pitchumon plum. Pifhamin. 
Pit Pi nr Carbe fossilis; b) arten Conf. 
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Pit. Medulia, 
Pith. The internal fubftance of the horn. 
Pitted. Lacunosus. 
Pit turf. Stone-turf. 
Piwit; Pivet. The.black-headed gulli, 
Anticardium, 
Pizz/e. Der Penfel des Walt ifches, 
Plague. Lernaca. 
Plaice. The plaife. 
Plaintain tree. Plantain. 
Piaife. a) Pleuronettes platessa; b) Pleuronectes 
dentatus. 
Piaifer. Plafter. ‚ 
Plaited Piicatus. 
Ta plane. Tofiy or hover as kite or other bird 
does, without moving its wings. 
Plane tree. Platanus, 
Falfe plane tree. Acer pseudo - platanus. 
Planet firuck; Shrew rımning. & diftemper 1 in 
horfes, being a deprivation of feeling or 
motion, not ftirring any of the members, 
Plant. Planta. 
Plantain [hot. 
Praintain tree, 
Plant loufe. 
Plant -Ioufe lion, Hemerobius perla. 
Plant fücker. Chermes. 
Plafer; Plafler flone. Gypsim. 
Plafer sarıb. Gypsum pälverulentum, 
Plöfler f Paris. A phfter-fione of a fealy ter. 
ture; It is well known bw 
Sahiaihg a hard mafs with wa 
Canna, 
Musa paradisiaca, 
ter alter being 
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Aphis. er 
its property of 
POG 
Nightly burned ; It is often employed in buit- 4 
ding, and may be taken off and uied agasa 
and again for the fame purpofe. — The pla- 
fter of Paris is a preparation of feveral {pe- 
cies of gypfum dug near Mount Maitre, a 
village in ‚the nejgbourhood of Paris. The 
beft fort is hard, white, fhining, and mar. 
bly. Itisalfo ufed as manure in America, 
Plate. Lamina, 
Flate mundick. 
Plate fifh. The flat fea egg. 
Plat vein. A vein on the infide of the horfe’g 
fore:thigh, a little below the elbow. 
Platina. Platinum. ) 
Pleurify root. Asclepias decumbens. &jefferfen: 
the flate of Virginia. 
Pliant mealy-tree. Viburnum lantana. ; 
Plover. a) Charadrius; b) Tringa squaratola &c | 
Piough. Strombus gallus &c. 
Piowman’s fpikenard. a) Baccharis; 
sguarrosa. 
Pluck. (s. v. Clupea harengus: } 
Plum pudding flone. Breccia silicea, 
Plum tree. Prunus domeftica. 
Flum-tree moth. Phal. oporana, 
Brafilian plum. Spondias. 
Mifspickel. 
b) Conan 
Plumage. Small feathers given a hawk, to make 
her caft. 
To plume. When a hawk, after feizing, pulls of 
tne feathers. 
Plume. The general mixture of colours and flea- 
thers, by which the conftitution ofa hawk 
is known. 
Plufh. The middle of rofes, anemonies &c.; 
‚ The ftamina. _ i 
Po poplar. The Lombardy poplar. 
Focn. he gwiniad. Py 
Poccoon. Puccoon. 
Pochard. Anas ferina. 
Pocket melon. The portugal melon, 
Pockwood. Guaiacum. 
Fod. Siliqua; Legumen. 
Poe. The meadow grafs; Poa. 3 
Poetic narcifjus.  Narcissus pocticus. 
Poet’s cassia; Poet’s rosemary. Osytis albmr 
Pore. A cold in a horfe’s head, 
oırge, KCottus cataphraltus, 
Poheat, 
