pedigree 
Fran<'0,and it figures in many similes, proverbs, 
and allusions. The term appears to be extant 
in the surmime I', -itii/i-i ir, I'l-lii/i/ri'iit (from the 
early mod. K. /ii'/tii/rm, M K. ptfjfgru, etc.). For 
the form, ami the use as a surname, cf. the 
modern surname I'c.Kijfir, 1'itifir, < MK. I'uli- 
fir, I'lilifir. < OF. jiiril ilc fur, 'iron foot.' Of 
the various other explanations of pi-diijw, us 
OF. /Mir di'iin'- (Minslieu), 'by degrees,' "/ n 
ili'i/n'-:. i. e. doscensusseu parentela maiorum" 
(Minsheu), lit. 'father-degrees,' "petit deqrec" 
(actually HO spelled in one instance in rjtani- 
hurst), or other suggestions involving petty or 
dcf/rc<; none is tenable. The mod. F. pedii/n 
is from K.] Line of ancestors ; descent ; line- 
age; genealogy; list of ancestors; genealogi- 
cal tree. 
Thla lamhe was Oryste whlchc lynally donne came 
Be dissent conveyed the pedegrewe 
Frame the patryarke Abrahame. 
Political Poem*, etc. (ed. KnrnlvallV, p. 15. 
Whereas hee 
From liihn of Gaunt doth bring his pedigree, 
Being put fourth of that Heroick Line. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., li. 6 (folio 1623). 
! tell me, tell me, Tam-a-Line, 
O ! tell, an' tell me true ; 
Tell me this nlcht, an' inak' nae lee, 
What pedigree are you? 
Tam-a-Line (Child's Ballads, I. 261). 
Tho' not Insplr'd, Oh ! may I never be 
Forgetful of my Pedigree, or thee. 
Prior, The Mice. 
The documents . . . contained a full pedigree of the 
Spanish dynasties. 
Stubbt, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 126. 
The "Stud-Book" . . . contains the names and In most 
caaes the pedigree*, obscure though they may be, of a very 
large number of horses and mares of note from the earliest 
accounts. Encyc. Brit., XII. 183. 
= SjTO. Pedigree, Genealogy, Lineage. Pedigree may be 
used with reference either to a person or to an animal, as 
the pedigree of a horse; the others only to a person or 
family. In some cases it extends to geologic time: as, the 
pedigree of Crenoroic horses. Genealogy is the series of 
generations, coming down from the first known ancestor. 
Lineage views the person as coming in a line of descent, 
generally honorable, which, however, need not be traced, 
as in a genealogy or pedigree. Pedigree and lineage are 
generally much narrower words than genealogy, the last 
usually covering some personal history mid including de- 
tails of various matters of interest to the persons or fam- 
ilies concerned. 
pedigreed (ped'i-gred), a. [< pedigree + -ed?.] 
Having a distinguished pedigree. [Bare.] 
Most of the other maternal ancestors of the Chancellor 
had belonged to the poor but pedigreed gentry of Branden- 
burg- Lowe, Bismarck, I. 11. 
Pedilanthus (ped-i-lan'thus), it. [NL. (Neck- 
er, 1790), so called with ref. to the oblique 
slipper-like involucre; < Gr. irttdav, sandal (see 
Pedlpalpi 
pedimane (ped'i-man), n. and n. [= F. i'di- 
IIKIIII , < NL. IM-tlllllllHHX. < I,, prs (jll'd-), = K. 
fn<il,+ Hi/lulls, }nin<\: see miV.] I. . Foot- 
immled; pedimaimu-. 
II. n. A pedimanous quadruped, as an opos- 
sum or a lemur. 
pedimanous (i><j-dim'a-nus), a. [< NL. pi-di- 
uifiHiia, foot-handed: see pedimane.'} Having 
all four feet like hands; quadrumanoug as well 
as quadrupedal : an epithet applied specifical- 
ly to the opossums and lemurs, referring espe- 
cially to the hand-like character of the hind 
feet. 
pediment (ped'i-ment), n. [Appar. an error 
for 'pedameiit, lit. a prop or support (orig. for 
statuary f) (cf. OF. pedament, a pedicel), < L. 
pedameiilum (also pedamen), a prop for a vine. 
< in-dare, furnish with feet, prop up (as a vine), 
< peg (ped-) = E.forit: see foot. Cf. pedate.] 1. 
In arch., a low triangular part resembling a 
gable, crowning the fronts of buildings in the 
Greek styles, especially over porticos, it is sur- 
rounded by a cornice, and its flat recessed field or tym- 
panum Is often ornamented with sculpture* In relief or In 
the round. Among such sculptures are found the finest 
remains of Greek art - the pediment-figures of the Par- 
thenon, by Fhldlas. In the debased Roman and Renais- 
Fectiroented Gable.- Part at wot front of Church of Notre Dame la 
Grande, Poitler*. Prance.. 
pediOCle (ped'i-o-kl), n. [< L. pes (ped-), = E. 
foot, + oculun, eye.] A stalk-eyed crustacean. 
Pedicecetes (ped-i-e'se-tSz), . [NL. (Coues, 
1872), emended from Pediocateg (8. F. Baird, 
1858), < Gr. irtiiov, a plain, + dtntriK, a dweller, 
inmate, < o'uceiv, dwell.] A genus of Tetraonidse; 
the pintail or sharp-tailed grouse. p.phaifanrUvt 
la the sharp-tailed grouse of British America. The corn- 
Eastern Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Oljrmpia. 
(Curtius-Grilttner restoration.) 
sance styles the same name Is given to gables similarly 
placed, even though not triangular in form, but semicir- 
cular, elliptical, or Interrupted, and also to small finish- 
ing members of any of these shapes over doors or win- 
dows. In the architecture of the middle ages small gables 
and triangular decorations over openings, niches, eto., are 
often called pediment!. These generally have the angle 
at the apex much more acute than the corresponding 
gable or gablet in Roman architecture, which, on its part, 
is markedly higher in proportion, or less obtuse-angled 
at the summit, than Hellenic pediment*. See also cut* 
under acroteriwn, octastylc, ana pedimented. 
Some of the entrances are adorned with pedimentt and 
Sharp-tailed Grouse IPedierfttfs 
mon bird In the northwestern Vnlted States, as North and 
South Dakota, Montana, etc., where It Is called prairie- 
hen or prairie-chicken. Is a variety of the more northern 
form known as P. colwnbianut. 
pedipalp (ped'i-palp), n. and a. [< NL. pedi- 
:, < \j.pes(p_ed-), = 'E.foot, + NL. palpus, 
' . A maxillipalp, ormax- 
8ngge<t a raean> 
tHI.^^..!.*.. 
Hence-2.Inctecor TOfl ranymemberofsim- 
the 
tribe Eorbi.* known by the irregular mi- 
and the West Indies to northern Brazil. They bear fleshy 
branches, with an acrid milky juice, alternate stem-leaves 
and opposite floral leaves, and flowers consisting mostly 
involucre are known as riipper-plant*. P. tithymaloide*, 
of the West Indies and South America, known as jew- 
intih is used in medicine as an emetic. 
pedilavium (ped-i-la'vi-um), w. [ML., <L. pes 
(l>ed-),='E.foot, + lavare, wash.] The ceremo- 
nial washing of feet. 
Pedilidae (pe-dil'i-de), . pi. [NL., < Pedilus + 
-idee.} A family of heteromerous Coleoptera, 
typified by the genus Pedilus, now merged in 
the Antlticidte. 
Pedilus (ped'i-lus), n. [NL. (Fischer, 1822), < 
Gr. TTtA/iov, a sandal, of. nidi;, fetter, anklet, 
< n-ofcc (m><!-), TfCa (*>rJ-) = E. foot.'] The 
typical genus of Pedilidx. Also called Cor- 
pediluvium d>ed-i-lu'vi-um), n. ; pi. /..;,'..</</ 
(-a). [NL. : see pediluvy.] The bathing of 
the feet; also, a bath for the feet. Sydney 
Smith. 
pediluvyt (ped'i-lfi-vi), n. [= F.jxfMm = Sp. 
Pg. It. pedilurio, < L. pes (ped-), = 'E.foot, + 
lucre, wash, bathe.] Same as pediluvium. 
Pcdimana (pe-dim'a-nii), n. pi. [NL., nent. pi. 
of pedinitinux', foot-handed: see pedimane.} 1. 
Foot-handed mammals that is, the lemurs: a 
synonym of Prosimise, Lemnroidea, and .svir/i- 
sirrlihia. Also Pedimani. Vicq-d'A^yr, 1792. 
2. A group of marsupial or didelphian mam- 
mals, the American opossums: so called from 
the hand-like structure and function of both 
hind and fore feet. It has lately been adopted 
as one of eight "orders" of marsupial mam- 
mals. 
asm 
above the opening 
of a screen or the like : it may be entirely open 
and consist of light scrollwork only, 
pedimental (ped-i-men'tal), a. [< pediment + 
-al.] 1 . Relating to or of the nature of a pedi- 
ment; found on a pediment; designed to be 
used in a pediment. 
Intermixed with these architectural remains were the 
sculpturesof the temple, those 
culpturesof the temple, those very pedimental sculptures 
..ml metopes of which I'ausanlas has given us a brief but 
infinitely precious description. 
C. T. Ifcwton, Art and Arclueol., p. SS5. 
On the theory of a pedimental composition [for the Niobe 
group], the prostrate son would occupy one angle, and 
would presuppose a prostrate 
daughter in the opposite angle. 
A. S. Hurray, Greek Sculpture, 
[U. 319. 
2. Having the form of a 
pediment. Thus, the head- 
dress worn by women In the six- 
teenth century, in which a ker- 
chief or band is folded over the 
forehead, making an angle pro- 
jecting upward, is commonly 
called by writers on costume the 
pedimental head-drat. 
pedimented (ped 'i -men- 
ted), a. [< pediment + 
-ed.] Provided with a pediment; constructed 
in the form of a pediment Pedimented gable, 
a gable across the foot of which is carried a molding or 
cornice, completing the triangle, and presenting more or 
law analogy In form with a classical pediment. See cut 
in next column. 
pedimeter (pe-dim'e-ter), n. [< L. pes (ped-), 
= E. foot, +'Gr. ptrpav, measure.] Same as 
podomitir. 
pedimetric (ped-i-met'rik), a. [< pedimetr-y + 
-if.] Pertaining to pedimetry. 
pedimetry (pe-dim'et-ri), n. [< L. pes (ped-), 
= K. font. +' Gr. -ptrpia, < flrpov, measure.] 
Measurement by paces. 
Pedimental Head-dress. 
(From a brass of 1551.) 
and i __ 
rlpft, Phrynidx, and Korpion. 
A pedipalpate arachnidan inflated pedi- 
palp. See inflated. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to a pedipalpus; re- 
sembling a pedipalp. A\sopedi}>alpal. Hvxley. 
klnate (ped-i-pal'pat), a. [< pedipalp + 
vided with pedipalps, or maxillary 
pertaining to the Pedipalpi. 
llpi 1 , Plural of pedipalpu*. 
Pedipalpi- (ped-i-pal'pi), n. pi. [NL. (La- 
treifle, 106), < L. 
pes (ped-), = E. 
foot, + NL. palpus, 
a feeler, palp.] 
A suborder of the 
arachnidan order 
Arthrogastra, con- 
taining the families 
Phrynldte and Tlie- 
lyphonidee, common- 
ly known as tchip- 
scornions. They have 
eight ocelli, two median 
and three on each side. 
The short cheliceres are 
two-jointed, while the 
palpi are large and long, 
ending in more or less 
perfectly formed pin- 
cers. The first pair of 
legs is longest, and the 
tarsus is broken into a 
long series of joint*. In 
a former system, when 
the Pedipalpi also In- 
cluded tne true scor- 
pions, the term was sy- 
nonymous with Polyme- ww^^, 
momata and coexten- ,;.,);. inemberof 
Slve with Arlhmgaitra. (About half natural size.) 
i- !i.. l:it..| 
of Arnrhiiida, divided Into 2 suborders, Am- 
' respectively exemplified by the 
See also cut at Phrynidx. 
above-named famfifea. 
