pommetty 
that is, ending iu two knobs or lobes side by 
side. Fesse pommetty. Same u/eae bottony (which 
see, Dndw/MM). 
pommeture (pom'e-tur), w. [< F. pommeturr, 
<pommette, pommetty: nee pommetty.'] Inker., 
the fact of being pomraetty. 
pommy dx>m'i), a. In her., same as pommetty. 
Pomolobus (po-mol'o-bus), tt. [NL. (Rafi- 
nesque, 1820), '< Gr. irufia, lid, cover, + Miof, 
lobe.] A genus of clupeoid fishes, or a subge- 
ims of Clupea, differing from the typical her- 
rings in liaving no votnerine teeth. The type U 
/. chrytocMorii, the Ohio shad ; besides this species the 
genus contains most of the American herrings which have 
usually been placed in Clupta. P. tnediocris Is the tailor- 
herring, or fall herring ; P. vcrtialit Is the alewife. or 
branch herring; P. xMixdix Is the glut-herring or blue- 
back. 
pomological (po-mo-loj'i-kal), a. [Cf. F. po- 
motogiqiie; as ]>onioloy-y + -ic-al."] Of or per- 
taining to pomology. 
pomologist (po-mol'o-jist), n. [< pomoloa-y + 
-ist.] One who is versed in pomology; a culti- 
vator of fruit-trees. 
pomology (po-inol'o-ji), n. [= F.pomologie = 
It. pomologitt; < L. pomum, fruit, -r Gr. -Aoyia, 
< Myetv, speak: see -ology."] 1. That depart- 
ment of knowledge which deals with fruits ; that 
branch of gardening which embraces the cul- 
tivation of fruit-trees or fruit-bearing shrubs. 
Also pomtilology. 2. A treatise on fruits con- 
sidered as esculents. Gray. 
Pomona (po-mo'ua), . [L., < pomum, fruit: 
see^KMiic.] In Rom. myth., the goddess who fos- 
tered fruit-trees and promoted their culture. 
Pomona green. Same as apple-ijreen. 
pomonal (po-mo'ual), n. [< Pomona + -al.~] A 
place sacred to Pomona. Enct/c. Brit., XIX. 443. 
Pomotis (po-mo'tis), n. [NL. (Rafiuesque, 
1819), < Gr. 'wij/ja, a lid, cover, + oi'f (UT-), ear.] 
An extensive genus of small American centrar- 
choid fishes, having the operculum prolonged 
backward into an ear-like flap; the sunfishes: 
synonymous with Lepomis. Various fishes which 
have been included In Potnoiig are also referred to /-'" 
pomotit, Apomotis, Bryttus, etc. The genus has also com- 
prised some forms not now included in Lepomis. They 
are popularly known as sunfohes, pond-perches, tobacco- 
boxes, pwnukin-ieeds, breams,' and by various more special 
names. Also Poinatotis. 
Pomoxys (po-mok'sis), H. [NL. (Rafinesque, 
1818, in the form J'oiuoxis), < Gr. 7r6//n, lid, cover, 
+ ofif, sharp.] In ichth., a genus of Amer- 
ican centrarchoid fishes, having long slender 
gill-rakers, the dorsal scarcely longer than the 
anal fin and obliquely opposite it, the spinous 
dorsal with five to eight spines and shorter 
than its soft part, and the anal spines six or 
seven. It contains two familiar fishes, P. annularit, the 
crappie, newlight, or campbellite. and /'. sparoitlc*, the 
bar-fish, or calico-, grass-, or strawberry-ba&s, both of fresh 
waters of the United States, and valuable as food-fishes. 
See cut under crappie. 
pomp (pomp), it. [< ME. pompe, < OF. (and 
F. ) ]>ompe = Sp. Pg. It. pompa = D. pomp = 
LG. pump = G. pomp, obs. pump = Sw. Dan. 
pomp, < L. pompa, a procession, pomp, < Gr. 
ol 
4614 
< L. pompa, pomp: see pomp, n.] To exhibit 
pomp or magnificence; make a pompous dis- 
play: with indefinite it. 
What Is the cause you pump if so, I ask? 
And all men echo, you nave made a masque. 
B. Jotuon, Expost with Inlgo Jones. 
pompadour (pom'pa-d8r), u. [Named nfter 
Marquise de Pompadour, influential at the 
French court in the middle of the 18th cen- 
tury.] A head-dress worn by women about 
the middle of the eighteenth century; also, a 
mode of dressing thelhair by rolling it off the 
forehead over a cushion, later in use Pompa- 
dour parasol, a form of parasol used by women alxtut 
1800, having a folding handle, and generally covered with 
moire antique, or other heavy silk, Pompadour pat- 
tern, a pattern for silk in which some small design of 
leaves and flowers, with the colors pink and blue Inter- 
mingled, and frequently heightened with gold, is used. 
There are many modifications of this style. 
pompal (pom'pal), u. [< LL. potnpalis, pom- 
pous, showy, < L. pompa, pomp: see pomp."] 
Proud; pompous. 
Dionysian pompal processions. 
C. 0. Mutter, Manual of Archawl. (trans-X | 336. 
pompano (pom-pa'no), n. [Sp. pampnno, ap- 
plied to the fish Stromatetts fiatola.'] 1. A ca- 
rangoid fish of the West Indies and South At- 
lantic and Gulf States, Truchynotiis carolinus, 
attaining a length of about 18 inches, and highly 
esteemed for food. It Is of an oblong rhomboid figure, 
with blunt snout, the spinous dorsal flu atrophied and rep- 
ion Pompano ( Trffhynolttt rarott'KMt). 
resented by free spines, and the soft dorsal and anal fins 
falciform. The color is uniformly bluish al>ove, without 
dark bands or black on the vertical flns, and silvery or 
golden on the sides. The name extends to other members 
of the same genus, as the ovate, round, or short pompano. 
T. oi-iitu* of tropical seas (and north as far as Virginia), 
having the vertical tins largely black ; and the glaucous 
or long-finned pompano, T. glauciui, of tropical seas (and 
north u far ai Virginia and Lower California), having dark 
vertical bands on the body. 
2. Ill California, a fish, Stromateiis simillimiui, 
abundant in summer along the coast, and highly 
esteemed for food. It Is quite different from the fore- 
going, and is closely related to the harvest-fish, and to the 
butter-fish or dollar-fish. It has an ovate Ixnly rounded in 
front, the dorsal and anal fins not falciform, and no series 
of pores along the sides of the back. It is about a foot 
long, bluish altove and bright-silvery below, with punc- 
tulate fins, and the dorsal and anal fins edged with dusk. 
3. Along the western coast of Florida, a ger- 
roid fish, Urrres olistlioxtouta. It has an oblong 
form with a high rounded back, rather large and very 
, a sending, a solemn procession, pomp, 
< irifiirtii>, send. Cf. pump1.~\ 1. A procession 
distinguished by splendor or magnificence; a 
pageant ; an ostentatious show or display. 
In olden dayes, good kings and worthy dukes . . . 
Contented were with pompes of little pryce, 
And set their thoughtes on regal gouemement. 
Gatcovjnc, Steelc Glas (ed. Arber), p. !& 
The king hereof vaeth great pride and solemnltle ; Us 
fomptt and triumphes are In maner Incredible. 
H. Kden, tr. of Sebastian Munster (First Books on 
[America, ed. Arber, p. 14). 
With goddess-like demeanour forth she went, 
Not unattended ; for on her, as queen, 
A pomp of winning Graces waited still. 
MUton, P. L., viii. 61. 
2. Display; ostentation; parade; splendor; 
magnificence. 
Pomp and circumstance of glorious war. 
Skat., Othello, III. 3. 366. 
They did promise . . . that I should renounce . . . the 
pompt and vanity of this wicked world. 
Book of Common Prayer, Catechism. 
Vet, because he (the Son of God) came not with the pomp 
and splendour which they expected, they despise his Per- 
son, revile his Doctrine, persecute his Followers, and con- 
trive his rain. Stilliivifftl, Sermons, I. vi. 
Where the Verse Is not built upon Rhymes, there pump 
of Sound, and Energy of Expression are indispensably 
necessary to support the Stile. 
Addum, Spectator, No. 28a. 
Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of 
iiiperor ridiculous. Kmenon, Misc.. p. 22. 
-Syn. 1 State, ostentation, grandeur, pride, display, 
show, nourish. Has pompmu. 
pompt (|Mini|i), /. i. [= pg. pontpearss It. ;XWH- 
pare; < LL. pomitare, make or do with pomp, 
Irish Pompano [Grrrfs 
smooth scales, and a nearly double dorsal, the anterior part 
of which has nine spines. It is specifically known as the 
Irith pompano, 
pompano-shell (pom-pa'no-shel ), . A wedge- 
shell of the genus DOHOX: so called because it 
is eaten by the pompano. See cut under DOHUX. 
[Florida.] 
pompatict (pom-pat'ik), a. [< LL. pompaticus, 
pompous. < pompatwi, pp. of pompare, do any- 
thing with pomp: see pomp, .J Pompous; 
splendid ; ostentatious. 
Pompatit, foolish, proud, perverse, wicked, profane 
words. Barrow, Pope's Supremacy. 
Pompeian (pom-pe'an), a. [< L. FompeuiMig, 
belonging to Pompeii, < Pompeii (see def.).] 
Of or pertaining to Pompeii, a city of Italy, 
which with Herculaneum and other towns was 
overwhelmed by an eruption of MountVesuvius 
in the year 79, and of which the ruins have 
been in part laid bare by excavations begun 
in 1755. Hence. In art and deeoratvm, noting the style 
of wall painting In both fresco and plain colors which was 
nsual among the Romans at the beginning of the Chris- 
pomposity 
tlan era, and was first made familiar by the excavations at 
Pompeii. Pompeian red, n red color similar to that found 
on the walls of many houses in i'ompeii. It is anoxld-of- 
Iron color such as would be produced by a light Indian 
red without too much purple tone, or by a dark Venetian 
red. 
pompelmous, pompelmoose (pom'pel-mus, 
-mfis), n. [A\Roptini]>tlniocf,pami>clmoofif,pniH- 
ptlmocs, pompolron ; also pompclii. pomelo, pvm- 
melo, pumekt; prob. of E. Ind. origin.] The 
shaddock, especially in its larger forms. Com- 
pai-e pomelo. 
pompelo <i>om'pe-16), n. Same a.&pompelmoua. 
pompeont, w. Same as pumpton. 
pomperkint, [Appar. a drink made from 
apples (cf. pomace, pomade' 1 ), nit. < OF. pome, 
apple : see pome."] See the quotation. 
The sixt sort of Itrittlsh drtnkes Is PmnperHn, a drlnke 
whose originall was from Pomeranea (a I'luvfnce In Ger- 
many), as some writers relate. Some derive It from the 
Fomponii(a Noble Roman family). However Authorsdiffer 
about It, it is not much material! ; most ccrtalne it is that 
it is made of Apples, as the name of It imports : being 
nothing but the Apples bruised and beaten to mash, with 
water put to them, which is a drinke of so weake a con- 
dition that it ls no where acceptable but among the Rus- 
ticks and Moueyans. John Tai/lur, Drlnke and Welcome, 
(all in iiikc-s, and all Waters. 
pompett, pnmpett (pum'pet), . [< OF. pom- 
pette, pomiteh; a tuft, topknot, pompon ; "pom- 
}>ette (Fimprimeur, a printer's pnmpet-ball " 
(Cotgrave); dim. of ' pomix; pomp: see pomp.] 
In printing, an elastic ball formerly used to ink 
the types. 
Pomp'ey's pillar. See pillar. 
pompholyx (pom'fo-liks), M. [L. (> F. pomplio- 
lix, pompholyx), < Gr. Tro/yaxtftf, a bubble, slag, 
< iro//^of, a blister.] 1. The white oxid which 
sublimes during the combustion of zinc : for- 
merly called flowers of n'c. It rises and ad- 
heres to the dome of the furnace and the covers 
of the crucibles. 2. In med., an eruption of 
deep-seated vesicles suggesting sago-grains, 
occurringprincipallvon the palms of the hands 
and the soles of trie feet. Abo called eMropom- 
pliolyr and dysidrosis. 3. [rap."] [NL.J In 
soiil., a generic name variously used, (a) A ge- 
nus of rotifers of the family ftrachwnidx, (6) A genus of 
mollusks of the family Liimutidtr. (c) A genus of hy- 
menopterous Insects of the family Trnthredinidx, having 
wingless males. Freymuth, 1870. (d) A genus of orthop- 
terous insects of the family Acrididx. Stal, 1878. 
Pompilidae (pom-pil'i-de), 11. pi. [NL. (Leach, 
1819), < Pompilxn + -irlx.] A family of acule- 
ate hymenopterous insects, typified by the ge- 
nus f'onipiliis. Itisalargcandimportantgronp, whose 
nn-inhfi s are commonly callrd Hnxl-irtixpx. They are slen- 
der, usually black, with oval abdomen on a short petiole. 
Most of them burrow in sandy places and provision their 
nests witli insects of various kinds which they have stung 
to death. Ten genera are represented in North America. 
Tbe members of one genus, Ctnipala, appear to be In- 
quilinons. 
pompilliont, . Same as popilion. 
Pompilns (pom'pi-lus), . [NL., < L. pompilvs, 
< Gr. jro//:r//toc, a fish which follows ships, < 
iroHJrv, conduct, escort, procession: nee pomp.] 
1. In ichth., a genus of stromateoid fishes: 
same as Ceutrolophits. 2. In couch., a genus of 
octopod cephalopods. Schneider, 1784. 3. In 
en torn., the typical genus of Pompilid/r, founded 
by Fabriciusin 1798. These sand-wasps have strongly 
splnose legs, and the snbmedian cell of the fore wings as 
long as the median cell on the externomedian nervure. 
Over 200 species are known: one of the most notable Is 
P. /orrnonu, the so called tarantula killer of the south- 
western purls of the United States. 
pompion, ". Same us pumpioii. 
pompiret (pom'pir), . (Trreg. < L. pomum. 
fruit, apple, + pinim, pear.] A kind or apple ; 
a sort of pearmain. Aiustcwth. 
pompoleon (poui-po'le-on), n. Same as pom- 
pelmous. 
pompon't, n. See pumnion. 
pompon 2 (pom'pon; F. pron. p6n-p6n'), n. 
[Also pompoon ; < F. pompon, an ornament, < 
pompe, splendor: see pomp."] An ornamental 
tuft of feathers, silk, etc., for a bonnet or hat; 
a topknot; specifically (milit.), a ball of col- 
ored wool worn on the front of a shako. 
Marian drew forth one of those extended pieces of black 
pointed wire with which, in the days of toupees and pow- 
ptttnu, our forcmotherH were wont to secure their fly-<-nj* 
and head-gear. Darham, Ingoldsby Legends, 1 I?'. 
pomposity (pom-pos'i-ti), . [= It.ponipoxitit ; 
< M\j.poni))osita(t-)i>, < LL. pompoxus, pompous: 
see pompous."] Pompous conduct or cnaracter ; 
pompousness; ostentation. 
Too impatient of dullness or junnjtontti she is more sar- 
castic now than she became when after-years of KiinVring 
had softened her nature Thackeray, Nrwcuiues. \\i\ 
= Syn. Pumpoumtn may be lined In a good sense; pom- 
poaly always expresses somelhlng objectionable. Ser 
pomp and {mnpout. 
