pirate 
tacks or attempts, < vctpav, attempt, try, attack, 
< -it/in . an attempt, trial, attack, assault, akin 
to Tropav, pass over or through, pass, < iropof, 
passage, etc., and to E. fare: nee fare 1 . Cf. 
i iii/iiric, etc.] 1. One who without authority 
and by violence seizes or interferes with the 
ship or property of another on the sea ; specifi- 
cally, one who is habitually engaged in' such 
robbery, or sails the seas for the robbery and 
Blunder of merchant vessels; a freebooter or 
corsair; a sea-robber. See piracy. 
There be land-rate and water-rats, water-thieves and 
land-thieves, I mean piratee. Shalt., M. of V., t 3. 25. 
Nor swelling Seas, nor threatening Skies, 
Prevent the Pirate't Course. 
Congreve, Pindaric Odes, II. 
2. An armed vessel which sails without a le- 
gal commission, for the purpose of plundering 
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piratic (pi-rat'ik), a. [= F. piratique = Sp. 
l>iratico = Pg. It. piratieo, (. L. piraticus, < Gr. 
mipariKoi; of or belonging to a pirate, < mipari/f, 
a pirate: see pirate.] Same as piratical. 
piratical (pi-rat'i-kal), a. [(piratic + -a/.] 1. 
Of or pertaining to "a pirate or piracy ; of the 
nature of piracy: as, piratical acts. 
All naval war, not only during the middle ages hut down 
to the seventeenth century, was more or less piratical. 
Stubot, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 190. 
2. Engaged in piracy, or robbery on the high 
seas: as, a piratical ship or commander. 3. 
Pertaining to or practising literary piracy : as, 
piratical publishers. 
The errors of the press were . . . multiplied ... by the 
avarice and negligence of piratical printers. 
Pope, Letters, Put 
piscatory 
pirogue-rig (pi-rog'rig), n. A boat's rig con- 
sist ing of two leg-of-mutton sails. See bateau. 
[Florida.] 
pirol (pir'ol), w. [= Dan. pirol, < G. pirol, pi- 
rolt, < ML. pirulus, pyrrhultt, an oriole, < Or. 
. _ piratically (pi-rat'i-kal-i), adv. In a piratical 
other vessels indiscriminately on the high seas, manner: by piracy. 
3. A publisher, compiler, or bookseller who piratouslyt (pi'ra-tus-li), adv. [< 'piratous (< 
:..L__ ... ,:i .*:_ i-v. pirate + -ous) +'-ty 2 .] Piratically. 
appropriates the literary or artistic labors of 
an author without compensation or permis- 
sion; specifically, one who infringes on the 
copyright of another. 
Mores refers to them [Shakspere's "Sonnets"] in 1598 
In a manner which implies that though unpublished they 
were well known among the poet's private friends, . . . 
and in 1599 two of them were printed by the pirate Jag- 
gard. Shakenpeariana, VI. 106. 
4. Anv pirate-perch. =Syn, 1. Thief, Brigand, etc. 
(see robber), corsair, bucaneer. 
pirate (pi'rat), v. ; pret. and pp. pirated, ppr. 
pirating, [(pirate, .] I. intrans. 1. To play 
the pirate ; rob on the high seas. 
They robbed by land, and pirated by sea. Arbuthnot. 
2. To appropriate and reproduce the literary 
or artistic work of another without right or 
permission; specifically, to infringe on the 
copyright of another. 
I am told that, if a book is anything useful, the printers 
have a way of pirating on one another, and printing other 
persons' copies ; which is very barbarous. 
IP. King, Art of Cookery, letter vii. 
We are doing all the pirating in these days ; the English 
used to be in the business, but they dropped out of it long 
ago. New Princeton Rto., V. 50. 
II. trans. 1. To commit piracy upon; play 
the pirate toward. 
In the yeere 698, a puissant Pirat named Abeuchapctn, 
passed from Aslainto Africa, leadingwith him 70Galleye, 
and 100 other vessels furnished for his exploit*, with 
which he pilled and pirated such as lie met with all by 
Seas. Uueeara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1S77X p. sat. 
2. To appropriate and publish without per- 
mission or legal right, as books, writings, etc.; 
use or reproduce illegally. 
They advertised they would pirate his edition. Pope. 
It (Gallgnanl's edition of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats] 
was a pirated book, and I trust I may be pardoned for the 
delight I had in it. Lowell, Coleridge. 
pirate-fish (pi'rat-fish), . The glutinous hag, 
Mi/jcine glutiiiosd. [Local, Eng.] 
pirate-perch (pi'rat-perch), n. A fish of the 
family Aphretloderiite, Aphredodertts sayanus, of 
the United States: so named from its voracity. 
Pirate-perch 
sayanus). 
This flsh is of a dark-olive color profusely dotted with 
black, and has two dark bars at the base of the caudal 
fin. It is notable for the peculiar flns and the position of 
the anus, which in the adult is under the throat. It occurs 
in sluggish streams and bayous coastwise from New York 
to Louisiana and westward to Illinois. It reaches a length 
of about 5 inches. See Aphredoderut. 
Pirates (pi-ra'tez), M. [NL. (Burmeister, 1835), 
< Gr. TTE iprcnfr, a pirate : see pirate."] A genus of 
reduvioid bugs, typical 
of a subfamily J'ira- 
liiiie, having the third 
joint of the hind tarsi as 
long as the first and sec- 
ond joints together, and 
that part of the head 
which bears the ocelli 
slightly elevated. They 
are pretlaceous, and inhabit 
both North and South Amer- 
ica. P. biyuttatuf, sometimes 
called the lieu-spotted cnrmir. 
oeeurs from Virginia and 
KloridatoCalifornia. It lurks 
in the branches of trees and bushes for Its insect prey, and 
has been found in houses in beds, whete i; i supposed to 
have come in search of bedbugs. 
Two-spotted Cor&air ^Pirates 
Divers merchants . . . have had their goods piratmuly 
robbed and taken. State Trialt, Lord Seymour, an. 1M9. 
piraya (pi-rii'yft), n. [S. Amer.] A voracious 
characinoid fisli, Serrasalmo piraya, of tropical 
America. It has a deep compressed body with a keeled 
serrated belly. The mouth is moderate, but its jaws are 
armed with lancet-shaped teeth as sharp as those of the 
shark. Cattle when fording rivers are sometimes badly 
bitten by It. The natives of Guiana sharpen their tiny ar- 
rows for the blow-gun by drawing them between two of 
the teeth, which shave them to a point with their sharp 
edges. The flsh sometimes becomes 3 or 4 feet in length. 
Also called caribe and pirai. See cut under Serramlmo. 
pire't, '' i. A Middle English form of pew 1 . 
pire'-'t, " A Middle English form of pearl. 
pire :! t, An obsolete form of pier. 
piriet, >< A Middle English form of pearl. 
piriform (pir'i-form), a. [< L. pirum, a pear, 
+ forma, form.] Having the form of a pear; 
^ear-shaped. 
piri-jiri (pe'ri-je'ri), n. [Tasmanian.] A wiry 
branching herb, Holoragin iiiicrantlia (Conocar- 
j>w< citriodora), found from the mountains of 
India to Japan and southeastward to Australia 
and Tasmania. Its leaves are said to be scented. 
piriwhitt, ii. Same as perry '. 
pirkt (perk), r. Same as perk 3 , 
pirl (perl), t>. and n. Seepurli. 
pirlie-pig (per'li-pig), n. A tirelire or money- 
box. [Scotch.] 
pirn (pern), 11. [< ME. mjrne; origin obscure: 
cf. pirl, purfl. It is glossed by ML. panus.] 
Anything that revolves or twists, (at) A shuttle. 
Pyrne of a webstarys lonie, panus. 
Prompt. Pan., p. 482. 
(6) The reel attached to a flshing-nxl for winding up the 
line, (ct) A roll of any sort (if A stick for twisting on 
the nose of refractory horses. Wrvjht. (e) A bobbin ; a 
spool ; a reel. (Scotch. ) (/) The amount of thread or 
line wound at one time upon a shuttle or reel 
pirnie (pir'ni), . A striped woolen nightcap 
made in Kilmaruock, Scotland. Himinondts. 
[Scotch.] 
Pirogoff' s operation. See operation. 
pirogue (pi-rog'), n. [Alsoj>ero</; =G. pirogue 
= Dan. piroge = Sw.inrog, pirok = It. Pg. pi- 
roga; < F. pirogue, < Sp. piragua, a canoe, dug- 
out (sec periagua); orig. W. Ind.] 1. A canoe 
made from the trunk of a tree hollowed out. 
Pirogues are sometimes large, decked, rigged with sails, 
and furnished with outriggers. In Louisiana the terms 
pirogue and canoe are used indlflereutly. See periagua, 2. 
A number of officers, with three hundred and twenty 
soldiers, twenty women, and seventeen children, left New 
Orleans on the 27th of February, under the command of 
an officer named Loftus, in ten boats and two piromiet. 
Gayarrf, Hist. Louisiana, II. 102. 
The earliest Improvement upon the canoe was the Pi- 
rogue, an invention of the whites. Like the canoe, this is 
hewed out of the solid log; the difference Is that the pi- 
rogue has greater width and capacity, and is composed of 
several pieces of timber as if the canoe was sawed in two 
equal sections and a broad Hat piece of timber inserted In 
the middle, so as to give greater breadth of beam to the 
vessel. This was probably the Identical process by which 
Europeans, unable to procure planks to build boats, began 
in the first instance to enlarge canoes to salt their pur 
^^ainet Hall, Notes on the Western States (183S), p. 218. 
On rounding a point a pirogue, skilfully paddled by a 
youth, shot out. 
5. L. Clement, Life on the Mississippi, App. A, p. 597. 
The white and the red man were on most friendly 
terms, and the birch canoe nuApirogue were seen carrying, 
in mixed company, both races. 
IT. Barrow*, Oregon, p. 39. 
2. Same as periagua, 3. 
Pirogue. In modern usage In America, a narrow ferry- 
boat, carrying two masts and a leeboard. Webtter, 1828. 
She is what they call a pirogue here [West Indies], but 
not at all what is called a pirogue In the Potted States: 
she has a lonn narrow hull, two nmste. no deck : she has 
usually a crew of five, and can carry thirty barrels ol tafia. 
Harper; Hay., LXXIX. 851. 
f, goine red or yellow bird, cf. irvppa, 
some red or yellow bird, \ irvppur, flame-colored, 
red or yellow, < irvp, fire : see fire.'] The Euro- 
pean oriole, Oriolux ijitlbulu. See first cut under 
oriole. 
pirouette (pir-$-t'), . [Formerly also piroet; 
< F. pirouette, a whirligig, a whirling about, a 
pirouette in dancing; OF. also />iri/ef, m.; also 
pirerollet, a whirligig (Cotgrave); dim. of F. 
dial, piroue, a whirligig, a little wheel; et.pirr, 
firry.] 1. In dancing, a rapid whirling on one 
leg or on the points of the toes, as performed 
by ballet-dancers. 2. In the manege, a quick, 
short turn or whirl of a horse. 
pirouette (pir-(H't')i P. f.; pret. and pp. pirouet- 
ted, ppr. pirouetting. [< F. pirouetter, perform 
a pirouette, < pirouette, a pirouette: see pirou- 
ette, n.] To perform a pirouette ; turn or whirl 
on one leg, or on the toes, as in dancing; ad- 
vance or move along in a series of pirouettes, 
or short graceful turns, as a horse. 
The mountain stlrr'd its bushy crown, 
And, as tradition teaches, 
Young ashes pirouetted down, 
Coquetting with young beeches. 
Tfnnyton, Amphlon. 
pirr (per), n. [Cf. Wn-l and pirry.] A gentle 
wind. [Scotch.] 
pirreyt, An obsolete form ot perry 1 . 
pirryt (pir'i), [Early mod. E. also pirrie, 
perry, perrie, pi/rry, pirie ; < ME. pirie, pyrie, 
pcrrie, pyry, also berry, lierrie, < Gael, pior- 
radh = Ir. piorra, a squall, blast. Cf. pirr and 
' A storm of wind; a squall or gust. 1'alx- 
grave. 
For sodalnlv there rose a straunge storme and a qulcke 
pirie, so iniscnevous and to pernicious that nothlnge mure 
execrable, or more to Iw abhorred, could happen In any 
Christian region. Hall. Henry VI., f. 55. (HalliweU.) 
A pirrie came, and set my ship on sands. 
Mir. jor Maijt. , p. 502. ( Xaret. ) 
Nat men and children only, but also . . . horses . . 
shulde |by learning to swim] moreaptely and boldly passe 
ouer great rluers, . . . and natbeaferdeof pi'rriw or great 
stormes. Sir T. Etyot, The Oovernour, i. 17. 
Pisan 1 Ope'zan), a. and n. [< I'ina (see def.) + 
-an.] I. a. "Of or relating to the city of Pisa 
in northern Italy, or its inhabitants, or its char- 
acteristic school of art; of or relating to the 
province of Pisa. 
II. . An inhabitant of Pisa. 
pisan'-'t, . [A\soj>yii(ine,pi3aiH, pizaine, punane: 
origin obscure.] A part of the armor of the 
breast and neck; a gorgeret or plastron. Also 
pi:an-collar. 
pisanite (pi-za'nit), n. [Named after M. 1'isatii, 
a French mineralogist.] A hydrous sulphate 
of iron and copper, allied to the iron sulphate 
melanterite. 
pisasphalt, n. See pissaxplialt. 
piscary (pis'ka-ri), n. [< L. pigeariug, belong- 
ing to fish, < 'pixcis, fish, = E. fish: see fish*.] 
In law, the right or privilege of fishing in an- 
other man's waters Common of piscary. See 
common, 4. 
piscationt (pis-ka'shon), n. [= It. pescagione, 
< LL. piscatio(n-), a fishing, < L. piscatus, pp. of 
piscari, fish, < niseis, fish: see fish' 1 .] The art 
or practice of fishing. 
There are extant of his (Opplan's] In Greek . . . five 
I books] of Halleutlcs or pueatiun. 
Sir T. Brovnt, Vulg. Err., L 8. 
piscatqlogy (pis-ka-tol'o-ji), . [Improp_. < L. 
piscari, pp. piscatus, fisn, + Gr. -/.o}ia, < /iyetv, 
speak.] The scientific study of fishes; ichthy- 
ology. Atwater, Logic, p. 217. 
piscator (pis-ka'tor), . [L., a fisherman, < 
)>i*ctiri, pp. piscatus, fish: see piscation.'] An 
angler; a fisherman. /. Walton. 
Piscatores (pis-ka-to'rez), .}/. [NL. : seepi>- 
ciitor.] In Blyth's system (1849),agroupof toti- 
palmatebirdscorrespondingtothe.S't'ej/aHojHX/e* 
or Totijialmatte of most authors; the fishers. 
piscatorial (pis-ka-to'ri-al), a. [= F. ;)'><- 
/(irinl : as jiixcatory + -al'.] Same aspixeatory. 
piscatory (pis'ka-to-ri), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. pis- 
eatorio, ' L. jtiscatoriuit, belonging to fishermen, 
(piscator, afisherman: see piscator.] Pertain- 
ing to fishing or to fishermen; connected witli 
angling; given or devoted to fishing. 
On the face of this monument ... Is represented, In 
bas-relief, Neptune among the Satyrs, to shew that this 
poet was the inventor of pucatory eclogues. 
Addi*m, Remarks on Italy. 
