permittance 
permittancet (per-mit'ans), n. [< permit*- + 
-ancc.] Allowance; forbearance of prohibition; 
permission. 
This unclean permittance defeats the sacred and glorious 
end both of the moral and judicial law. Milton. 
permittee (per-mi-te'), i. [< permit 1 + -ec 1 .] 
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perocephalus 
.. , , the 
first phice being for this purpose considered as coining 
next after the last, so as to form a cycle. Permutation- 
lock. See Jocil. 
One to whom permission or a permit is granted, permute (per-muf), v. t.; pret. and pp. pcr- 
permitter (per-mit'er), 11. [(permit^ + 
One who permits. 
If by the author of sin is meant the permitter, or not a 
hinderer of sin, . . . I do not deny that God is the author 
of sin. Edwards, Freedom of Will, iv. 9. 
permittiblet (per-mit'i-bl), a. [< permit 1 + 
-iblc.] Permissible. 
In his owne cause, it is not permittible for any man to be 
iudge of himselfe. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 355. 
permixt (per-miks'), r. *. [< ME. permixen, in 
pp. permixt; < L. permiscere, pp.permixtus,per- 
mistus, mix through, < per, through, + miscerc, 
mix: see mix 1 .] To mix together ; mingle. 
And next hem in merite is dyvere hued 
Blacke, bay, and permyxt gray, mousdon also, 
The fomy, spotty hue, and many moo. 
4. In pJiilol, the mutation or interchange of pernicketiness (per-nik'e-ti-nes), . The char- 
consonants, especially of allied consonants. acter of being pernickety. [Colloq.] 
pernickety (per-nik'e-ti), a. [Mso perniokettyj 
origin obscure.] 1. Of persons, precise in tri- 
fles; fastidious; fussily particular, especially 
in dress or about trifles. 
This I say for the benefit of those who otherwise might 
not understand whatperniclciti/ creatures astronomers are. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVI. 52. 
2. Of things, requiring minute attention or 
painstaking labor; characterized by petty de- 
tails. 
It is necessary, however, to pick over the main body of 
the coal in order to reject slaty fragments. . . . Any white 
man . . . grows lame and impatient at such confining and 
pernickety work. Harper's Mag., LXVI1I. 875. 
[Colloq. in both uses.] 
, . . 
muted, ppr. permuting. [< ME. permute*. < OF. 
(and F.) permuter= Sp. Pg. permtttar = It. per- 
mutare, < L. permutare, change throughout, in- 
terchange, exchange, buy, turn about, < per, 
through, T mutare, change: see mute 2 .'] 1. 
To interchange. 2f. To exchange; barter. 
I wolde permute my penaunce with gowre for I am in 
poynte to Dowel ! Piers Plowman (B), xili. 110. 
To buy, sel, trucke, change, and permute al and euery 
kind and kindes of wares, marchandizes, and goods. 
3. In matli., to subject to permutation or change 
of order. 
When the columns are permuted in any manner, orwhen 
the lines are permuted in any manner, the determinant re- 
tains its original value. Encyc. Brit., VIII. 498. 
permutert (per-mu'ter), . [< permute + -eel. 
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Uakluyt's Voyagee, I. 250. pernine (per'nin), a. [< Perm's + -/we 1 .] In 
. 
ornitli., related to or resembling the perns ; per- 
taining to the genus Pernis. 
emiO (per'ni-6), . [L., a chilblain, a kibe 
on the foot, < pcrna, haunch, leg, < Gr. -xepva, 
a ham ; of . irrtpvu, the heel.] A chilblain. Dun- 
fflison. 
'adius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 133. Cf. F. permuteur = Pg. permutador = It. per- Pernis (per'nis), . [NL. (Cuvier, 1817), origin 
permixtiont (per-miks'chon), , [Also permix- mutatore."] One who exchanges. Hidoet. 
don, permistion ; = F. permixtion, OF. permis- pern 1 ! (pern), v. t. [Appar. <OF. pcrnre, prenre, 
Such a kind of temperature or permiaccion, as it were. 
HaMuy 
., , 
F, prendre = Sp. Pg. prender = It. prendere, 
< L. prendere, prehenderc, take : see prelicnd, 
prize*. Cf. pcrnancy.~] To turn to profit; sell. 
Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince, 
tion = Sp. permistion = Pg. permistao = It. 
permistione, < L. permistio(n-), permixtio(n-), a 
mingling together, < permistus, permixtus, pp. 
of permiscere, mingle together: seepermix. Cf. 
mistion, mixtion.] A mixing or mingling, or the 
state of being mixed or mingled. 
pern 2 (pern), n. [< NL. Pernis : see Pernis.] A 
'aMuyt's Voyages, 1. 161. kite of the genus Pernis or some related genus; 
a honey-buzzard. The common pern of Europe Is P. 
apivorus. Andersson's pern is Macharhamphus alcimu, 
an African species. 
obscure.] A genus of hawks of the family 
, 
Pern their Profession, their Religion mince. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Decay. 
Permocarboniferous (per-mo-kar-bo-nif'e- 
rus), a. An epithet current in the United States 
to note the rocks forming the upper part of the pern~ancyTpe~r'nan-si), n. [< OF. pernant (F. 
Paleozoic series, there being no such decided pi-gaunt), ppr. of jWnre, take : see pern 1 v.] In 
break there between the Carboniferous and foro, a taking or reception, as the receiving of 
Permian as there is in Europe. The word indicates rents or tithes in kind. Blackstone, Com., II. xi. 
that the beds so designated form a kind of transition be- n^mpU Same as name! 
tween the two systems. The Permian is, so far as is known, * Sa /. . j>"iec 
of much less importance in North America than in Europe, pernettl (It. pron. per-net tl), n. pi. [It., pi. 
permutability (per-mu-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [< per- otpernetto, dim. of perno, a hinge, pivot.] In 
mutable + -ity (see -bility").] The condition or ceram.: (a) Small pins of iron used to support 
character of being permutable, exchangeable, pieces of pottery in the kiln, and insure the ex- 
or interchangeable. posure of the bottom to the full heat. Hence 
The alternation or permutability of certain sounds (ty Tlie sma ll marks left by these pins, which 
Trans. Amer. Philol. Ass., XVI. App., p. xli. m enameled wares generally show by the ab- 
permutable (per-mu'ta-bl), a. [< F. permuta- senc . e . of enamel, the paste being exposed. 
ble = It. permutabile, < ML. "permutaMlie, < L. Perniciont (per-msh on), ). [<LL.penucio(-), 
permutare, change throughout: see permute.] 
Capable of being permuted ; exchangeable ; in- 
terchangeable. 
permutableness (per-mu'ta-bl-nes), n. The 
state or character of being permutable; per- 
mutability. 
* 
tmt Kalpno, . . . 
A, i?M t' V 6 Sf f 1*"" . 
Appioaclung knight from fell musician. 
& Butler, Hudibras, I. ii. 836. 
the honey- 
buzzards. It contains kites of moderate size and chiefly 
insectivorous habits, having the head densely clothed with 
soft feathers, the tarsi partly feathered, and the bill weak, 
without a tooth. There are several species, belonging to 
Europe, Asia, and Africa, as P. apieonts. 
Dermutablv (oer mu'ta bin adv In a nei-mnt P 6 "? 101 81 (per-nish'us), . [< F . pernicieux pernite (per'nit),. [< L.^e/-,akiud of mus- 
?b^ ma.mfr bVZerchans-e P ermllt - = Sp. Pg. pernicioso = U.pernizioso, pernicioso, sel, + -ite*.] A fossil aviculoid bivalve. 
<L,. P ernicioinis, destructive, < pen, ieies, destine- pernoctaliant (per-nok-ta'lian), n. [Irreg. < 
tiou (cf . LL. pemeeare, destroy), <per, through, L. pernoctare, pass the night (see pemoctation), 
+ nex (nee-), slaughter, death. Cf. internecine.] + -al + -ian.] One who watches or keeps 
1. Having the property of destroying or being awake all night. Hook. 
injurious; hurtful; destructive. pemoctation (per-nok-ta'shon), w. [=Sp. per- 
He [Socrates] did profess a dangerous and pernicious noctacion, < lAj.pernoctatio(n-), < L. pernoctare, 
science. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 15. pp. pernoctatus (> It. pernottare = Sp. pernoctar 
A wicked book they seized ; the very Turk = Pg. pernoitar = OF. pernocter), pass the 
Could not have read a more pernicious work. 
Crabbe, Works, IV. 44. 
2f. Wisked; malicious; evil-hearted. 
I went 
To this pernicious caitiff deputy. 
Shak., Al. for M., v. 1. 88. 
--- f -. Pernicious fever. See .feveri. Progressive perni- 
Mttfe.J 1. Interchange; concurrent changes' clous anemia. Same as idiopathic anemia (which see, 
mutual change ; Change in general. dead^^oSs.^ul/faM ''' 6tC ' ^ n xim " ) ' 
[ After pernicious^ , 
(< per, through, + 
^_ [Bare.] 
Longfellow, tr. of Dante's Inferno."vii. 88. Part incentive reed 
2f. Exchange; barter. Provide, perofrfo with one touch to fire. 
HuTa C ^^L 8 a 1 p e I ni e for e a I oth ! er hit "* aV Ue: P^niciously (per-nish'us-li), ode. 1. In a per- 
HiSnZmm (AX iii. 243. l 1 . 1 ?^ 0118 f . hurtful manner ; destructively ; with 
by interchange. 
permutant (per-mu'tant), n. [< L. pernm- 
tan(t~)s, ppr. of permutare, change throughout: 
see permute.'] In math., a sum of n quantities 
which are represented by the different permuta- 
tions of n indices. The terms representing odd num- 
bers of displacements are generally taken as affected with 
the negative sign. If the indices are separated into sets, 
only those of each set being interchanged, the permutant 
is said to be compound, as opposed to a simple permutant, 
of which, however, it may be regarded as a special variety. 
permutation (per-mu-ta'shon), n. [< ME. per- 
mutacion, permutacyon, < OF. (and F.) permu- 
tation = Sp. permutation = Pg. permuta<?3o = It. 
permutazione, < L. permutatio(n-), < permutare, 
pp. permutatus, change throughout: see per 
' 
night, \ pernox, continuing through the night, 
< per, through, + nox (noct-), night: see night.] 
1. A passing the night in sleeplessness or in 
watching or prayer; a vigil lasting all night; 
specifically, in the early Christian ch., a reli- 
gious vigil held through the entire night imme- 
diately previous to a given festival. 
They served themselves with the instances of sack-cloth, 
hard lodging, long fasts, pemoctation in prayers. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), I. 91. 
Among the primitive Christians the Lord's Day was 
always usher'd in with a Pemoctation or Vigil. 
Bourne's Pop. Antiq. (1777), p. 146. 
2f. A staying out all night. Bailey. 
, vi. 520. Pernor (per'nor), n. [< OF. preneor, preneur, 
rendre, take : see pertil, v. Cf. 
In law, one who receives the 
m mo f WWWMTH \ni, ill. .. i-> . , j . ' J 7 TirOTlTS OT IITInct pro 
There is also in them a comon cure and permutation or ""f. 0118 J"***"* or effect.- 2f. Maliciously ; j^2 furnace See furnace 
enderinge of either others benevolent dew'tlT malignantly. ^rnot turnace bee ,J u,, lace. 
. 
Joye, Expos, of Daniel, xii. 
3. In math., a linear arrangement of objects 
All the commons 
Hate him perniciously. 
perobranch (pe'ro-brangk), n. [NL. (F. Pero- 
branches, Dum^ril and Bibron, 1854), < Gr. tnj- 
Sha'k., Hen. VIII., ii. i. so. poc, maimed, + fipayxia, gills.] One of a fain- 
resultins? from a phan^A of thoi^ ^wi,, '' Jle "' 1111 '' "' * "* C 0; ' mal e a . f PpayX'", gms.J Une ot a lain- 
tat, ! difffrs frl c^S^fntWs thaHn thf laUer Pemiciousness (per-nish'us-nes), n. The char- ^ of urodele batrachians distinguished by the 
there is no reference to the order in which the quantities " to " " f Hrf n,,,^ ;_; :_. 
are combined, whereas in the former this order is con- 
acter of being pernicious, very injurious, mis- 
chievous, or destructive ; hurtfulness. 
, , . 
Kashe, Pierce Penilesse, p. S5. 
persistence of branchial apertures but the ab- 
sence of external gills, whence the name. The 
family includes the AmpMumida and Mcnopu- 
midse of later herpetologists. 
perocephalus (pe-ro-sef'a-lus), . ; pl.jteroccji/1- 
ali (-Ii). [NI Jv < (Jr. TT^O;-, maimed, + ne^aM/, 
head.] In tcrutol., a monster with a defective 
head. 
