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Show P TE Look over the varioty of beautiful fhelfs, petri- T minerals ns, ores natura othe an ftones Cheyne "curiofities [fro adj Prrrivra'cTIVE petrifacio Having the power to form ftone Lat. : many to be found, which are but th "T'h lapidefcences and petrifaéiize mutation of bodies Brozwn French [petrification [ = Perririca'tioN from petrify. A body forme by changing other matter to flone I th ftrange petrifications, the hardening o t bodie only feem to be effeted principally, ‘if no as in the induration of the fluid fubftances o chick, by altering ‘the difpofition o Bayle. Pz_'rnx'mcx adj. [ petrificus, Lat. Hav ing the power to change to flone a barren acte, but you draw yourfel in as balf, furety or folicitor Arbutbnot's Fobn Buil Phyficians are apt to defpife empyrics; lawyers pettifoggers; and merchants, pedlars Savift SmallPrrrivess. #. /. [from petty. nefs; littlenefs; inconfiderablenefs; unimportance The loffes we have borne, the fubjeéts w Have loit, and the difgrace we have digefted To anfwer which, his gertinefs would bow under Shakefpeare Pe'rrisu peevith adi [from pet. The aggregated foi Death with his mace petrifick, cold and dry As with a trident, fmote Milton's Paradifee 90 Pe'1 RIFY. V. @ [perifier petra and jfo, Latin. 1. To change to ftone Frenchi children Though their fouls be not yet wholly getrificd yetevery alt of fin makes gradual approaches to it Decay of Picty Full in the midft of Euclid dip at once And petrify a genius to a dunce Who {tifle nature, and fubfift en art Who coein the face, and petrify the heart 9o Pe'rr1ry. w. n T. it g Young To become ftone Like Niobe we marble grow s And pitrzfy with grief ETR Pope Dryden o § n. /. [ petrole, French. Petrol or petroleum is a liquid bitumen, black floating on the water of {prings Woedward Pe'tronEL, #. f. [petrinal, French. A piftol; a {mall gun ufed by a horfeman And he with petronel upheav'd "Inftead of thield the blow receiv'd ‘The gun recoil'd as well it might Hudibras Pe'rrcov. n. [ [ gnaphalium minus.] A herb Ainfaorth Pe'rricoar. n. /. [ petit and coat.] Th lower part of a woman's drefs ‘What trade art thou, Feeble ?- A woman's tayfor, fir.~=WVilt thou make as many holes in a enemy's battle, asthou halt done in a woman's perticoat Shakefpeare {er feet beneath her perticoat Like little mice ftole in and out As if they fear'd the light Suckling Itis a great compliment to the fex, that the vir tues are generally thewn in petticoats Addifon To fifty chofen {ylphs, of fpecial note We truft th' important charge, the petticoat Oft have we known that fevenfold fence to fail Though. ftiff with hoops, and arm'd with ribs o whale Pope Perriro'ceEr. #. /. [corrupted fro pettivoguer5 petit and woguer, Fr. petty {mall-rate lawyer Theworft conditioned and leaft cliented petiwoguer get, under the fweet bait of revenge, more plentifu profecution of actions. Carenw's Surwey of Cornavall Your pettifoggers damn their foul To fhare with knaves in cheating fools. Hudibras Confider, my dear, how indecent it is to abandon your fhop and follow pettifoggers; there i hardly a plea betwee two country efquires abou PE'TTY Th breaft Pew inconfiderable; inferiour Small little When he had no power i [fio g St petulance; with { AUCY pe tnef a chuorch featind featmdo{ When Sir Thomas More wa he did ufe, at mafs, to fit in the c;;i:ml‘: lady in a pew ‘ Bfl‘& Should our f -e it trunk brcec];lcls :t)zh:rfl;i.l; i;:;(:l tal";(‘ifh}::t:'ls[m fill a whole pezv e She decently, in form, pays heav'n its dye I'jnd makes a .mwl vifit to her pea Pe'weT r;;flg n. /. [ piewit, Dutch; annelly 1. A water fowl 2 reckon the dip-chick, fo named of his gy The lapwing He was your enemy Shakefpeare's Coriolanus It is a common experience, that dogs kno the dog-killer; when, as in time of infettion fome petty fellow is fent out to kill the dogs. Pac It importeth not much, fome petty alteration o tifference it may make Bacon Will God incenfe his ir For {uch a perry trefpafs Milton From thence a thoufand leffer poets fprung Lilke petty princes from the fall of Rome. Deibanm They believe one only chief and great God, whic hath been from all eternity; who, when he propofed to make the world, made firft other gods o a principal order; and after, the fun, moon, an ftars, as petty gods Stilling fleet By all T have read of petty commonwealths, a well -as the great ones, it feems to me, that free people do of themfelves divide into thre powers Savift Bolonia water'd by the peety Rhine Addifan Can an example be given, in the whole courfe o this war, where we have treated the pettigff prince with whom we have had to deal, in fo contemptuous a manner Swift } z. /. [ petulance, Fr. petulantia, Lat. Saucinefs; peevithnefs; wantonnefs Pe‘TuLANCE Pe'ruLancy It was excellently faid of that philofopher, tha there was a wall or parapet of teeth fet in our mouth Ben Fonfon Such was others perulancy, 'that they joyed t fec their betters fhamefully outraged and abufed King Charles Wife men knew, that which looked like pride i fome, and like petulance in others, would, by experience in affairs and converfation amongft men be in time wrought off Clarendon However their numbers, as well as their info lence and perverfenefs increafed, many inftances o petulancy and feurrility are to be feen in thei pamphlets Sauift "There appears in our age a pride and petulancy i youth, zealous to caft off the fentiments of thei fathers and teachers Watts Pe'rvrLanT.adj. [petulans, Latin; petulant, French. 1. Saucy; perverfe If the opponent fees viGtory. to incline to his fide let him fhew the force of his argungent, withou Qinfuprgh PE'WTER. #. /. [ peanter, Dutch. 1. A, compound of metals; an arificiy JAI metal parts or more of tin, with one of regf:h of antimony, compofe pewvter Coarfe pezvter is made of fine tin and lead, Bar The pewter, into which no water could en becam But was a petty fervant to the fate to reftrain the petu/ancy of our words 4 . /. [ puye, Dutch.] Nin adj. [petit, French. ing and littlenefs, puflins, peavets, meawes, Gamy My goed clown grew fo in love with the wenche Wieodward. | PE'TTO. n. f. [Italian. 2. To make callous ; to make obdurate figuratively, privacy brews, as a kind of petrifying crime, which induce Decay of Piety induraticn Wit W fong, that he would not ftir his pettitoes, till he ba both tune and words Shakefpeare's Winter's Tale out by the apoftle to the He Pe'ru\ rantiy. v adv. when we lofe our favourite play Pe'rrirors. . /. [petty and 10e. 1. The fect of a {ucking pig 2. Feet in contempt tongue of a man is { great ftrefs upon any prefent { eeches ang Opinign Fret Collier Wfl thoughts fo' vardable, that oneoflf;:fia':;t"d‘fii fulnefs; peevifhnefs A few refemble petrified wood is mark Th They'refroward, pertiff, and unus'd to fmile. Crecch thing, we throw away the reft in a fit of petrifbnefs A nitrous blaft that ftrikes petrifick death. Sawage 2. Wanton Fretful PE‘TTISHNESS. 2./, [from pertifh. A too importunate and petulant fwer dm&-:og in gy Nor doth their childhood prove their innocence Lik Winter's breath Schif PH more white, and liker to filver; andlef flexible Peaoter dithes wit Baar water in them, wiln melt eafily, but without it they will; nay, butte o oil, in themfelve inflammable, yet, by thei moifture, will hinder melting Bacan z. The plates and dithes in a houfe The cye of the miftrefs was wont to make pewter fhine 7, f Pe'WTERER fmit H [from pewrer who works in pewter fhall charge you and difcharge you wit it Sba&tffwhr the motion of a pevterer's hammer We caufed a {kilful pewterer to clofe the vefl! By in our prefence with foder exquifitely Pumzno MENON. #. /. See PHENOMEnox. This has fometimes phenonii in the plural [;afiw,uswv. A a-Pm ance in the works of nature inti cal ur th an bla k wa pa e Th and thick, that the phanomenon might be confpi Newta cuous N 15 PuaGEDE NA. 7. /. [Quyédaina s fromoups b ;:fl fl; t e w r c u edo, to eat h fe t a a t e nefs of th i i e e a p j 4 ) PuacEDE nous. Brench.] - Eaing corroding g ea i w o t a s n c d Phagederick m fungous or proud fleth A bubo accordin to 15 malf nanc proves eafily curable, or terminates 0 W Ci‘hfi: ulcer with jagged lips corrofive an : t p r v ‘When they are o fou phig e c t v a g circumi n w o i i f m f denick ulcers M S n i a n m to the f d ' ‘ a g n l b [ / u P o t lange, French. A t i f l a o v i t i r Far oth e u : c c ; i r f In cubic d m a Inerable a e e o ‘ x The Grecian ph3ala < hi pow'T i On all fides batter'd, yet refufs his pov? sadeb PHa'NTASM. }71/ ["Ifl""""'; PuaNnTA SMA phanta/ves pearanéé French.] Vaia and airy ""fw |