popedom 
pope; also, the temporal or spiritual jurisdic- 
tion of a pope. 
All that world of wealth I have drawn together 
Kor mine own ends; Indeed, to gain the popedom, 
And fee ray friends In Rome. 
Shale., Hen. VIII., ill. 2. 2li 
The next default was in the Bishops, who, though they 
had renounc't the Pope, they still hugg d the Popedotiie. 
Milton, Reformation in Eng., i. 
The Crusades, too, had now made the Western world 
tributary to the Popedom. Milman, Latin Christianity, 1. 9. 
pope-holyt, " [ME. impeholy, poope-holy , ap- 
par. an accom., as if < pope^ + holy, of OF. 
pnprlanl, hypocritical.] Hypocritical. [In the 
iir-t quotation it is used as a uoun, as a quasi- 
proper name.] 
Another thing was don there write 
That semede lyk an ipocrite, 
And it was clepid Pwpe-holy [OF. papelardie]. 
Rain, o/ the Roue, I. 41fi. 
Was none suche as hym-self ne none so pope-holu. 
Piers Plowman (B), xiii. 284. 
There be pope-holy, which, following a righteousness 
of their own feigning, resist the righteousness of God in 
Christ. 
TyiutaU, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Sac., 1850), p. 3S. 
popehood (pop'hud), n. [</>o/K>i + -/ioorf.] Tin- 
condition of being pope; papal character or dig- 
nity. 
To all Popes and Pope's Advocates . . . the answer of 
the world is : Once for all your Popehood has Income un- 
true. Carlylr. 
pope-Joan ( pop 'jon'), . [From PO/M:.JO<III, a fe- 
male pope who, according to tradition, reigned 
in the middle of the 9th century, now generally 
regarded as a fictitious personage.] A game of 
cards played by any number of persons with a 
pack from which the eight of diamonds has been 
removed, on a board divided into eight compart- 
ments for holding the bets, which are won by 
the player who turns up or plays certain cants. 
popekin (pop'kin), . [< pope* + -/,/.] A 
little pope; a term of contempt. 
popelerer, 8eejoptor*. 
P0peling(p6p'ling),)i. l<.])opt:l + -//</!.] Alittlo 
or insignificant pope; one who apes the I'opr. 
After these losses came other troubles vpon him, with 
other as great or more great enemies (that is, with the Tope 
and his popelingi). Foie, Martyrs, 1. -l&L 
popelott, . [ME.; perhaps < OF. papillot, a 
butterfly; dim. of popet : see />"/>/''.] A but - 
terfly (f). 
In al this world, to seken up and doun, 
Ther nas no man so wys that koude theuchc 
So gay a popeloU, or swich a wenche. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. ia. 
popery (po'pe-ri), u. [< pojH-l + -fi-y.] Tli<> 
doctrines, customs, ceremonies, and polity as- 
sociated with the office and person of the Pope, 
or with the Roman Catholic Church, of which 
he is the supreme head; papacy: used in op- 
probrium. 
The name of popery is more odious than very paganism 
amongst divers of the more simple sort. 
Hooter, Eccles. Polity, iv. 4. 
That prime and leading article of all popery, the Pope's 
supremacy. South, Sermons, VI. i. 
pope's-eye (pops'!), . A large lymphatic gland, 
or cluster of such glands, in the leg of an ox or 
a sheep, surrounded with fat. It is regarded 
as a delicacy. 
You should have the hot new milk, and the ptipe'*-eye 
from the mutton. R. D. Blackmore, Lonia Doone, 1. 
pope's-head (pops'hed), u. 1. A large round 
brush with a long handle, for dusting ceilings, 
cornices, etc. [Local.] 
Bloom. You're no witch indeed if you don't see a cob- 
web as long as my arm. Run, run, child, for the />"/- 
head. 
House. Pope 1 * head, ma'am ? 
Bloom. Ay. the pope's head, which you'll find under the 
stairs .Wigs Edgeworth, I/ove and Law, i. 5. (Dariw.) 
2. See Melocactus. 
popeship (pop'ship), u. [= D. pausschap ; as 
pope 1 + -ship.] The office or dignity of pope ; 
popehood. 
Popexhip, spiritual Fatherhood of God's Church, is that 
a vain semblance, of cloth and parchment 1 ; It is an aw- 
ful tact Carlyle. 
pope's-nose (pops'noz), n. The fleshy part of 
the tail of a bird; the part on which the tail- 
feathers are borne ; the coccyx and its cover- 
ings. Also called parson's-nose. See cut under 
elxodoclioti. [Colloq.] 
popett, >' A Middle English form of puppet, 
t ndiio r. 
popetryt, ". See puppetry. 
pop-eyed (pop'id),. Having pop-eyes. [U.S.] 
pop-eyes < pop'iz), . pi. Full, bulging, or promi- 
nent eyes. [U. S.) 
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His li:iii stood up In front, he hail wide pup eye*, and 
long ears, and a rabbit-like aspect. 
M. .V. Murlree, Great Smoky Mountain*. 
pop-gun (pop'gon), . A small gun or tube 
with a piston or rammer for shooting pellets, 
which makes a pop by the expansion of com- 
pressed air when the pellet is expelled. 
You liked pop-yum when you were school Iwys, and lines 
and Armstrongs are only the same things better made. 
A'tuh'u, Crown of Wild olive, p 71. 
[< ;/! + --/.] To 
popifyt (po'pi-fi), r. /. 
muke a papist of. 
As if all were well so they be not Popijied, though they 
have departed from the Church In which they were bap 
tized. Up. Uadat, Abp. Williams, I. 121. (Ztariei.) 
popiliontvpo-pil'yon), M. [A\ROjH>iHj>illion; ME. 
popilioii, < OF. populeoii, < populier, poplier, F. 
pettplier, poplar: see pophir.] A pomatum or 
ointment prepared from black-poplar buds. 
To cure the frenesyeand woodnes, or ellls at the leste 
to swage it, take a greet quantitc of popilion, and the best* 
vynegre that je may haue. 
Book of ijiiinif Eaence (ed. r urnlvallX p. t!i 
popint, u. A Middle English form 
popingayt, . An obsolete form of popinjay. 
popinjay (pop'in-ja), 11. [Formerly also yx>/)iii- 
flfiy ; < ME. nopinjfiy,popynjay, popiiii/ay, popi/u- 
i/ny, puirijay. ptipingay, piipyngiiy, poprjuy, 
nii = MLG. papagale, pttjii- 
/ = I). ]MiiM-</i 
<loi<; IjQ. pajK'i/ojv = MHG. ]iapfi/itn, G. 
= Svv. pfipef/ojii = Dan. papei/iijr, < OF. 
jai/e,p<ipegai (.p<ipii/iii,]>ajx'<iaut), alsc 
f/nii, papeijant= Pr. puptnjdi =8p. pap<iyfn/<> = 
Pg. paptujiiiii = li.pnpagallo, < M L. p<tpa</<illn*. 
< NUr. irairavd^/of, a parrot: altered by popular 
etym. (simulating <)! . i/ai, (/ftii, E. juy, a liright 
garrulous biiil, comparable in these respects 
tothepaiTot, or L. ynllii>t,tt, cock; the first part 
being perhaps taken as also imitative: ef. Bav. 
puppel, a parrot, < pappcln, chatti-r) < MGr. 
rra-rojiif, a pan-ot: perhaps of Eastern origin; 
but the Ar. bttlMit/liii, Pers. b<ipi/<i, a parrot, are 
appar. borrowed from the Sp. word. Cf. Malay 
/HII/I/II, a parrot. ] 1. A parrot. 
Biydde.5 on semcj, 
Anpapiaife.f payntcd jM-riiyng bitwene. 
XiV Gatraunr nnd the Green Kni'jhl (K. E. T. S.). I. 611. 
f'erteyn men . . . that ki'i>eii Bryddes, as Ostrycches. 
(ierfacouna, Sparehaukcs, . . . rapyilf/ai/u wrl spokynge, 
and Briddcs syngynge. ttnvaeeUff, Travels, p. its. 
The puptinjaii fill of delicasye. 
Chaurrr, Parliament of Fowls, I. STiil. 
Young popinjay* learn <{iiickly to speak. Anchaia. 
Likewise there be ;i//i*iw.i/fj* very great and gentle, and 
some of them bane their foreheads yellow, and this sort 
do quickly learne to sfieak, and s)>cak ninch. 
HaUuiil'n !>/./, III. "00. 
2. A woodpecker; especially, the green wood- 
pecker of Eu- 
rope, (Iceiinix 
riridia. 
Thedaughtcrsof 
I'ierius. who were 
turned into popin- 
jays or woodpeck- 
ers. 
pMeAam, On Draw- 
ling. (Latham.) 
3. Thefigureof 
a parrot or oth- 
erbirdusedasa 
mark for arch- 
ery or firearms. 
For this purpose, 
it was usually hung 
to the top of a pole 
so as to swing in 
the wind. 
When the mus- 
ters had l>een made 
and duly reported, the young men, as was usual, were to 
mix in various sports, of which the chief was to shoot at 
the popinjay, an ancient game formerly practised with 
archery, hut at this period with tin-arms. This was the 
figure of a bird, decked with party -colored feather*, so as 
to resemble a popinjay or parrot. It was suspended to a 
pole, and served for a mark at which the competitors dis- 
charged their fusees and carabines in rotation, at the dis- 
tance of sixty or seventy paces. He whose ball brought 
down the mark held the proud title of Captain of the 
Popinjay for the remainder of the day. 
Scott, Old Mortality, I 
4. Iii her., a parrot used as a tearing: always. 
unless otherwise mentioned in the blazon, rep- 
resented green, with red legs and Ix'ak. 5. A 
coxcomb; a fop. 
1'ol'injay. 01 Green Wcxxlpcrkei (Gtcittns 
viriditl. 
I'o be so pestcr'd with a popinjay. 
oA 
poplar-kitten 
Church: used in opprobrium: as, poinsli doc- 
trines or practices: pn/nxli forms and ceremo- 
nies. 
Yet, for I know Ihou art religious, 
And hast a thing within thee called conscience. 
With twenty pnpith tricks and ceremonies, 
Which I have seen thee careful to observe, 
Therefore I urge thy oath. >Vm* , Tit. And., T. 1. 7*. 
Popish Methodists. Same as Dialectic Methadittt (which 
see, under Methodist).- PopUn Plot. .See plot'. -Syn. 
Se* papal. 
popishly (po'pisb-li), ode. To or toward po- 
pery: as regards popery: used in opprobrium: 
as, to be popixlily inclined. 
Owen's unklc, who was a papist, or at least popuM/i af- 
fected (from whom he expected legacies), dash d his name 
nut from his last will and testament. 
Wood, Athena- Oxon., I. 
popit, H. Ill iHtirli., same as poppet. 
popjoying (pop'joi-ing), H. [Verbal n. of "pop- 
joy, appar. an accom. dial, form of "popinjay, P., 
< popinjay, n., 3.] Idle pastime; sport. 
Benjy had carried off our hero to the canal In defiance 
of Charity, and between them, after a whole afternoon's 
popjoyimj, they had caught three or four small coarse fish 
and a perch. 
Uvyhet, Tom Brown's School Days, I. II. (Dariet.) 
poplar (pop'lar), 11. [Early moil. E. popltr; < 
ME. p^opler, poplerr, pojiuln'c = 1). populier, 
pojiflicr, < OF. poplier, peiiplirr, F. priiplier, a 
poplar-tree, poplar, < neuple, poplar. < L. popn- 
/, poplar: see pop]ile%, I'oiiiilit*.] I. A tree 
of the genus I'apiilux; also, the wood of the tree. 
The poplars are trees of rapid growth, mostly of moderate 
size, producing varfetlesof light soft wood, useful for many 
purposes rainiring lightness and moderate strength ; in 
America the wood is largely converted Into pulp for paper- 
making. Various species are planted for shade and or- 
nament. The aspens and cottonwoods are tine ]M>plars, 
though less called by that name. See </</' : , 11*1*11, and cot- 
tonirood. 
2. A tree of some other genus in some way re- 
sembling a poplar.- Balsam-poplar, Populu* bal- 
mmifrra, , the tacainahark. Alsi called (especially the vari- 
ety mm/uxiux) Imlin n/ (.'ifc-aif. Black Italian poplar, 
a name in England of the bahn-of (iilcad tree, which 
abounds In Italy, lint its origin In not well known. 
Black poplar, /'"/-/* wiV/rri, a native of central and 
southern Europe and t emigrate Asia, planted as a forest. 
tree elsewhere in F.nropc. Its wood U used for flooring, 
joiner*' and coopers' work, and in the making of gunpou - 
der. charcoal, etc.. and Its buds In the preparation of nil 
ointment. Sec ointment n/ poplarJnolit, under uititnieitt. 
- Carolina poplar. Same as lUfHaee-poplar. Downy 
poplar, Populit* kfteropkytla, the river- or swamp-cotton- 
wood, u moderate-'.i/.ed tree of no great value, found in IK>I. 
torn-land swamps from < onnectli-ut to Umisiana and .Ar- 
kansas. Gray poplar, a variety or hybrid of the white 
I* iplar.it* wood cste.emedt>est of Kuropcan poplars. Lom- 
cardy poplar, a specie*, I'opulu* pyramifaui( P. ililataia, 
Alt.), or probably a remarkable variety of the liliu-k poplar, 
of Oriental origin. Its fa*tigiatc habit gives It a striking 
columnar or spire-shaped outline, on account of which 
It Is planted to some extent. It is said that In America 
only malc-floweral individuals arc known. Necklace- 
poplar, the i-olnmon cottonwood, Pupidvi nu2{/mi. 
translating the specific name: so called on account of 
its raceme of JHJUS. which resemble* a string of beads. 
It is a large tree, sometimes l. r iO feet high, found from 
Vermont to Texas and the base of the Rocky Mountains, 
bordering all streams of the great plains. Its light soft 
wood Is used for packing cases, fcnce-lioards, and fuel, and 
largely for paper-palp. Also Carolina poplar. Oint- 
ment of poplar-buds. Sec ointment.- Ontario pop- 
lar, same as babttm-poplar. Poplars of Yarrum*, 
buttermilk. (Cant.) (llavirt.) 
Here 's pannum and lap. and good puplars of Yarntni. 
Itrtnne, Jovial Crew, II. 
Queensland poplar, llmnalanthu* popuHfiiitit, one of 
the Kphorbiacete, a large shrub with poplar like leaves, 
found in Australia and the I'aciflc islands. Silver or 
silver-leaf poplar. Same as white poplar. Trembling 
poplar, the European aspen. See ">/'' and pnptilin.- 
Tullp-poplar. Same as yelloir poplar.- Weeping pop- 
lar, the variety penditla. of Popidu* yraHdidentata, the 
large-ttHithed aspen. Both t>|ecies and variety are used 
ornamentally. White poplar, Popuht* aloa, native In 
i.iit'ijn- and middle Asia, not able for the silvery-white un- 
der surface of its wavy-toothed leaves, and often planted, 
but highly objectionable on lawns, on account of suckers 
from the roots. Also called tilrrr poplar, nicer-leaf poplar, 
white a*p, and abele. Yellow poplar, the tulip-tree or 
whlte-wotid. See Hriodeiidroti. 
poplar-birch (]>op'l8r-breh), ii. A European 
tree, lirtula alba. See bircli, 1. 
poplar-borer (i>op'lar-bdr'er), H. A longicorn 
beetle, Ktiprrdu nilriirula, the larva of which 
bores the trunks of various poplars. 
poplar-dagger (iM>p'liir-dag*er), . A bomby- 
cid moth, .Icriiiiyrtii p<i/n<li, whose larva feeds 
on poplar-leaves. See cut tinder ilni/tin-1, 4. 
poplared (pop'l&rd), a. [< i>plar + -/!.] ( 'ov - 
ered with or containing poplars. 
poplar-girdler (pop'ljir-ger dlerV ii. A longi- 
orn beetle. s<ii>ifili< riiin-iiliii; whose larva 
;<! t :l! ' . 
nit of his Humour, ii. " 
A number of these amiiijiiiiK Hi 
B. Junnott, Every Man t 
popish (po'pish). ii. [</>/><i -I- -(./('.] < it ut 
pertaining to the Pope or the Koinan Catholic 
'Aat.,1 Hen. IV., I. :i. M. girdles the trunks of poplar-saplings. 
pOplAT-fimy (pop'lir-gri), . A British moth, 
poplar-kitten ii>op'liir-kit'u), . A British 
puss-moth. 1'ii'iirtt hiliita. 
