powste 
pOWStet, . See . 
powting-clotht, "- 
neck. 
A kerchief for the head or 
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I will have a regiment to myself, that S p. 
Thackeray, Catharine. 
pozet, r. An obsolete form of pose 3 . 
powwow (pou'wou), n. [Formerly also paw- 
inur, pawwaw ; Amer. Ind.] 1. As applied to 
the North American aborigines: (a) A priest; 
ii conjurer. 
When all other means fall to recover their sick, they 
send for their Pawaw or Priest, who, sitting down by 
them, expects a Fee, and works accordingly, calling some- 
times on one God, sometimes on another, beating his 
naked breast till he sweat and be almost out of breath. 
//*., (frog-, etc-, DM-t ** Collier, 2d ed. (170U 
[New York. 
Let them come If they like, be It sagamore, sachem, or 
;,ir-irir. Loivj/eUwr, Miles Standlsh, i. 
Many a church member saw I, walking behind the mu- 
sic, that has danced In the same measure with me when 
Somebody was fiddler, and, It might be, an Indian pmo- 
woir or a Lapland wizard changing hands with us ! 
Uawthorne, Scarlet Letter, xxli 
(6) A conjuration performed for the cure of dis- 
eases, (c) A dance, feast, or other public cele- 
bration preliminary to a grand hunt, a council, 
a war expedition, or some similar undertaking. 
Hence 2. Any uproarious meeting or confer- 
ence ; a meeting where there is more noise than 
deliberation. [Colloq., U. 8.] 
powwow (pou'wou), v. i. [< powwow, .] 1. 
As applied to the North American aborigines, 
to perform a ceremony with conjurations for 
the cure of diseases and for other purposes. 
of the curbs or heads of the cisterns which are 
filled with water from the neighboring main- 
land; a well-curb: a common abbreviation of 
vera di pozzo. 
"ana (pot'sij-o-la'nii), n. [It., also poz- 
< Pozzuoli : see def.] A material of 
And If any shall hereafter Powwow, both he that shall volcanic origin, first found at Pozzuoli, near 
" 8ha)1 Nales, andafterward in many other localities, 
Powwow, & he that shall procure him to Powwow, 
pay 20s. apeece. 
T. Shepard, Clear Sunshine of the Gospel, p. 5. 
The Angekok of the tribe |of Esquimaux] . . . prescribes 
or patc-iaom In sickness and over wounds. 
Kane, Arctic Explorations, xlili. 
Hence 2. To hold a consultation ; deliberate 
over events. [Colloq., U. 8.] 
We would go to the cave and paw-wow over what we had 
done. S. L. Clement, Huckleberry Finn, lit 
The young bucks, having- had insufficient rations, are 
now out hunting for game. When they can, they will come 
In and pow-wow with Generals Sheridan and Miles. 
and of great importance in the manufacture of 
hydraulic cement. It Is a volcanic ash, generally 
somewhat pulverulent, of various colors, and of different 
qualities in different localities. It closely resembles In 
origin and quality the so-called trass of Germany and the 
Netherlands. These substances consist chiefly of silicate 
of alumina with a small percentage of the alkalis, oxlds 
of Iron, etc. For making cement the pozzuolana is pul- 
verized and mixed with lime and sand. The use of this 
material was well known to the Romans, and the prepa- 
ration of hydraulic cement Is described In detail by Vltru- 
viiis. Also pozzotana, puzzolana, pvzzvolana, jnizzulite, 
puzzolano. 
Keic York Herald. pbzZUOlaniC(pot's$-o-lail'ik), . Consistingof 
3. To hold any noisy meeting. [Colloq., U. 8.] or resembling pozzuolana. 
POX (poks), n. [An irreg. spelling and adapta- PP. An abbreviation () of pages (as p. for 
tion of pocks, pi. of pock: geejiocJtl.] Adisease IMtgt); (b) of past participle or perfect participle; 
characterized by eruptive pocks or pustules (e)ol pianissimo. 
P. P. C. An abbreviation of the French phrase 
upon the body. As used by the writers of th 
and seventeenth centuries, the word generally means 
maUfax, but also, and especially in later use, the French 
pox, or syphilis. Bee chicken-pox, nnallptnc, ftrphilu. 
In al the Ilandes of this Archlpclagiis rayneth the dis- 
ease of saynt lob (whlche wee caule the f reirche poxe) more 
then In any other place In the worlde. 
R. Eden, tr. of Antonio Plgafetta (First Books on America. 
[ed. Arber, p. 280). 
A number here (In Egypt] be afflicted with sore eyes, 
either by the reflecting heat, the salt dust of the soyle, or 
:e sixteenth 
pour prendre congf, 'to take leave, written 
upon a visiting-card to indicate that the bearer 
or sender is making a farewell call or other- 
wise bidding farewell to the recipient of the 
card. Sometimes English T. T.L.,lo take leave, 
is used instead. 
ppr. An abbreviation of present participle. 
pr. An abbreviation of pronoun. 
Pr. An abbreviation of I'rorencal. 
excessive venery: for the pocln Is uncredible frequent Draam (priim), w. See pram*. 
lun01 * them - Sandl "' Tr va " e ' P- ,,. (prak'tik), a. and . [I. a. Also prac- 
practical 
Spareth for no man, 
And teche us yonge men of youre praktOu . 
Chaueer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 187. 
Poison thyself, thou foul empoisoner ! 
Of thine o*npracrique drink the theory! 
Ilidatetan and Rowley, Fair Quarrel, 111. 2. 
2. One concerned with action or practice, as 
opposed to one concerned with theory. See 
the quotation. 
These Essene* were again divided Into I'rncticla and 
Theoricks. The first spent their time in Ilamly-Trafts, 
the latter only In Meditation. The Practicti had Dinner 
and Supper ; the Theoricks, only Supper. 
Hut., Qcog., etc., Diet., ed. Collfer, 2d ed. (170H - . 
[Essenea. 
practicability (prak'ti-ka-bil'i-ti), i. [<;>rc- 
ticablr + -ity (see -bility).'] The state or charac- 
ter of being practicable; feasibility; capacity 
for being practised. 
They all attend the worship of the kirk, as often as a 
visit from their minister or the practicability of travelling 
gives them opportunity. Joknton, Jour, to Western Isles. 
This third method brings the attempt within the degree 
of practicability by a single person. 
Maton, Supplement to Johnson's Diet., p. vi. 
practicable (prak'ti-ka-bl), a. [< F.praticalle 
= Sp. practicable = Pg.praticavel=:lt. pratica- 
bile = G. 8w. Dan. praktikabel, < ML. 'praetica- 
WKs, < nracticare, execute, practise: see prac- 
tise."] 1. Capable of being performed or ef- 
fected ; performable ; possible in point of exe- 
cution. 
It Is sufficient to denominate the vt,y practicable ; for 
we esteem that to be such which In the trial oftener suc- 
ceeds than misses. Drydcn, Essay on Dram. Poesy. 
In seeking the causes of change which worked through 
Solon, and also made practicable the reorganization he In- 
itiated, we shall find them to lie in the direct and Indirect 
Influences of trade. //. Spencer, Prin. of Soclol., I 488. 
The rule for us, in whatever case. Is one : to make the 
best practicable use of the bent available means for think- 
ing truly and acting rightly. 
Uladitone, Might of Right, p. I.-:.. 
2. Capable of being practised. 
An herolck poem should be more like a glass of nature, 
figuring a more practicable virtue to us thau was done by 
the ancients. Drydcn. 
3. Capable of being used: as, a practicable 
road; a practicable breach. 
We descended the hill to the north, by a very easy way, 
practicable by camels. 
Pococke, Description of the East, I. 36. 
Nemours, finding It impossible to force the works In this 
quarter, rode along their front in search of some practica- 
ble passage. Prexott, Ferd. and Isa., II. 12. 
4. In tlteat.. capable of real use, in distinction 
from something merely simulated: as, a prac- 
ticable door, bridge, or window. 6. Suitable 
for practice, fulfilment, or execution; hence, 
desirable ; advantageous. 
Naturally, people did not tell each other all they felt 
and thought about young Grandcourt's advent ; on no sub- 
ject U this openness found prudentlally practicable. 
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, ix. 
= 8yn. 1. Practical, Practicable (see impracticable). Pot- 
nole, Practicable. Pomible notes that which may or might 
be performed If the necessary powers or means can or 
tion, concerned with action or business, active, 
Fletcher, Wlldgoose Chase, U. 3. 
Hulliirrll. 
poy (poi), n. [Also;>y; by apheresis f rom OF. 
iijioi, ajrpoi, F. appui, support, prop : see appui 
and ptvfi.] 1. A prop or support. 2. A rope- 
dancers' pole. Johnson. 3. A pole to impel 
or steer a boat. HaUivell. [Prov. Eng.] 
poy-bird(poi'berd), n. SameasjMM-Mra. Wor- 
cester. 
poynadot, n. See poinado. 
poynauntt, An obsolete form of poignant. 
poyndt, c. t. An obsolete form otpoind. 
poynet (poi'net), . 1. A bodkin or punch. 
2. An aglet or tag. 
A l-o poinette. 
poyntt, poyntet, n. and r. Obsolete forms of 
yHHMfl. 
poyntellt, . An obsolete form of pointel. 
poyntementt, n. A variant of poiiitmcnt. 
poyou (po.'6), n. [Native name.] The six- 
banded armadillo, Itairypus tiexcincttu, or I>. 
encoubrrt. See armadillo, 1. 
poyset, H. An obsolete form of poise. 
poz (poz), a. HameasjNW. 
r . _..,_-, prattique, ...... , 
= Sp. practica = Pg. It. pratica = D. prak- 
tyk = G. practik, pntktik = Sw. praktik, ( ML. 
practica, practical or familiar knowledge, ex- 
ecution, accomplishment, intrigue, practice, < 
Or. icpaxTudi, practical knowledge, fern, of JT/XW- 
ruoif, practical : see I. Cf . practice and pra- 
titjue.] I. a. 1. Concerned with action; prac- 
tical, as distinguished from theoretical. 
The art and practic part of life 
Must be the mistress to tkls thcoric. 
Stai., Hen. V., LI. 61. 
Discipline Is the practick work of preaching directed and 
apply'd as is most requisite to particular duty. 
Milton, church-Government, 1. 1. 
2. Skilled; skilful; practised. 
Right practickt was Sir Prlamond In fight, 
And throughly skild in use of shield and speare. 
Spcraer, F. Q., IV. Hi. 7. 
Sea If I hit not all their practic observance, with which 
they lime twigs to catch their fantastic lady-birds. 
B. Jonion, Cynthia's Revels, T. 2. 
II. n. 1. Practice, as opposed to theory; 
practical experience. 
ferences which took place between the first literary man 
and the first practical man of the age. . . . The great 
poet would talk of nothing but treaties and guarantees, 
and the great king of nothing but metaphors and rhymes. 
Macavlay, Frederic the Great. 
(6) Educated by practice or experience: as, a practical 
gardener, (c) Derived from experience: as, practical 
skill ; jiracticnl knowledge, (d) Used, or such as may ad- 
vantageously be used, In practice ; capable of being used 
or turned to account ; contributing to one's material ad- 
vantage; possessing utility. 
Time and experience may forme him to a more practical 
way than that he ls In of University lectures and erudi- 
tion. JMyn, Diary, March 6, 1073. 
Little Phobe was one of those persons who possess, as 
their exclusive patrimony, the gift of practical arrange- 
mi-lit. Ilaulhorne, Seven Gables, v. 
D i:\i-mp1incd In practice. 
The moral code, while It expanded in theoretical catho- 
licity, had contracted In practical amilication. 
Lrcty, Europ. Morals, I. 809. 
(/) Spent In practice ; devoted to action or material pur- 
suits. 
The Idea of a future life Is one which we ourselves read 
Into the Bible; the idea which we find there, pervading 
