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Show Pyl BIE The do&rine o French. « phyfoligie the conititution of the works of nature Difputing phyfiology is of no accommodation t Glanwville your defigns Philofophers adapted their defcription of th deity to the vulgar, otherwife the conceptions o mankind could not be accounted for from t}}ci Bentley byfialogy Pgifi[syg.) n. /. 1 fuppofe the fame wit Sufee See FuUsEE Some watches are made with four wheels, fom Locks have ftrings and phyfies, and others none Pavrivorous. adj. [¢ds and woro That eats grafs or any vegeLatin. table Hairy animals, with only two large foreteeth are all phytivorous, and called the hare-kind. Ray 7. /. [pvly and yodpu. PHYTO GRAPHY A defcription of plants Puy'torocy. . /. [¢/ and aéye. The do&rine of plants; botanical difcourfe Pracre. n /. [piaculum, Latin.] A A word not ufed that gave them fuck, ca enormous crime To tear the pap can ther Hoavel there be a greater piacle againft nature be a more execrable and horrid thing Qadj. (piacularis, from pisPia'curar Biscurovus. % culum, Latin. 1. Expiatory ; having the power to atone.2. Such as requires expiation It was piaculons unto the Romans to pare thei nails upon the nundinz, obferved every ninth day Brown 3. Criminal; atrocioufly bad While we thin th w ancients it fo piaculou neceflaril muf genuine antiquity and truth PI'4-MATER n. / to go beyon fhor com o Glanwille [Latin. A thi and delicate membrane, which lies under the dura mater, and covers imme diately the fubftance of the brain Pi'ANET. #n. /. [picus warius. 1. A bird; the lefler wood-pecker. Bailey This name is retaine 2. The magpie in Scotland A Pia'sTER. # f. [piafira, Italian. Italian coin, about five fhillings fterlin Di& in value PIA'ZZA. n. /. [Italian.] A walk unde a reof {upported by pillars He ftood under the piazza. Arb.and Pope's Scribl P1i'ca. z./. Among printers, a particula fize of their types or letters. It is probably fo called from having been firf ufed among us in printing the pye, a old book of liturgy Picaro'on. n./. [from picare, Italian. a plunderer A robber Corfica and Majorca in all wars have been th Temple's Mifcellanies nefts of picaroons P:'CCAGE. #. /. [piccagium, low Latin. Meriey paid at fairs for breaking groun Ainfworth for booths 9% Pick. w. a. [picken, Dutch. 1 To cull; to chufe; to fele&t; to glean Pili And in the modefty of fearful dut Iread as much, as from the rattling tongu Shake[peare Of faucy and audacious eloquence Contempt putteth an edge upon anger more tha the hurt itfelf; and when men are ingenious i picking out circumftances of contempt, they d kindle their anger much The want of many things fed hi Bacon with hope that he fhould ‘ut of thefe his enemies diftrefie pick fome fit occafion of advantage. Knolles's Hiff They mutt gick me out with fhackles tir'd Ailton To make them fport with blind aétivity ‘What made thee pick and chufe her ouz Hudibras T* employ their forceries about How many examples have we feen of men tha have been picked up and relieved out of ftarvin neceflities, afterwards confpire againft their pa L'Eftrange trons If be would compound for half, it fhould g hard but he'd make a fhift to pick it up. L'Eftrange A painter would not be muc wh commended thould pick out this cavern from the whole /Eneids he had better leave them in their obfcurity. Dryd Imitate the bees, who pick from every flower tha which they find moft proper to make honey. Dryd He that is nourithed by the acorns he gicked u under an oak in the wood, has appropriated them t Locke bimfelf He afked his friends about him, where they ha picked up fuch a blockhead. - Addifon's Spetator The will may pick and chufeamong thefe objeéts Cheyne but it cannot create any to work on Deep through a miry lane the pick'd her way Gay Above her ankle rofe the chalky clay Thus much he ‘may be able to pick out, an willing to transfer into his new hiftory ; but th reft of your charaler will probably be dropped o account of the antiquated ftile they are delivered in Sawift Heav'n, when it ftrives to polifh all it can Its laft, beft work, but forms a fofter man Picks from each fex, to make the fav'rite bleft Your love of pleafure, our defire of reft up z. To tak to gather Pope to find in duflrioufly You owe me money, Sir John, and now you pic a quarrel to beguile me of it. Shake[p. Henry IV It was believed, that Perkin's efcape was no without the king's privity, who had him all th time of his flight in a line; and that the king di this, to pick a quarrel to put him to death. Bacon They are as peevith company to themfelves as t their neighbours; for there's not one circumftanc in nature, but they fhall find matters to pick L Efirange quarrel at Pick the very refufe of thofe harveft fields. Thom/ She has educated feveral poor children, that wer picked up in the freets, and put them in a way o Law honeft employment 3. To feparate from any thing ufelefs o noxious, by gleaning out either part to clean by picking away filth For private friends his anfwer was He could not ftay to pick them in a pil Shakefpeare's Coriolanus Of mufty chaff It hath been noted by the ancients, that it i dangerous to pick one's ears whilft he yawneth for that in yawning, the minor parchment of the ea Bacon is extended by the drawing of the breath He picks and culls his thoughts for converfation by fupprefling fome, and communicating others 4. T clean Addifon by gathering off graduall any thing adhering to gather here and there. It has commonly out after it when it implies feleGtion, and #p when it means cafua Hope is a pleafant premeditation of enjoyment as when a dog expelts, till his mafter has don More picking a bone You are not to wafh your hands, till you hav occurrence ticked you This fellow i picks up wit as pigeons peass Shake[p He hath pick'd out an atk Under whofe heavy fenfe your brother's lif Shakefps Meafure for Meafure Falls into forfeit Truft me fiveet Out, of this filence yet I pick'd a welcome fallad Swift 5. [Piguer, French.] To pierce; to firik with a fharp inftrument Pick an apple with a pin full of holes not deep and fmear it with fpirits, to fee if the virtwal hea Bacon of the firong waters will not mature it In the face, a wart or fi ficr 2 kinWart g wiot ¥ or pi nails fcratchin puftwil ule,s | bAt ERC rofve, 6. To frike with bill or bea eye that mocketh at his father thg%k Th of the' valley fhall pick out 7. [Picare, Italian. PfWef,bs ""! Toroh The other night I fell afl cep here, and ha pocket pickt; this houfe is turn ba they pick hapoci(ets z: 'h ve a defign upon your pocket, a:‘(fi'-‘; "The W.OI.'d. confcienc pic is ufed only as miflfi;umcntt 1t 8. To ope a lock by a pointed infif:. ment Did you ever fin That any art could pick the lock, or powe Could force it open 9. Zo Pic i mb a hole in one's coat X»pro verbial exprefiion for finding fault iy | another 7o Pick. w. n 1. To eat flowly and by fmall morfels Why ftand'ft thou picking 2 is thy palate fore That bete and radifhes will make thee roar? Dryd 2. To do any thing nicely and leifurely He was too warm on picking work to dwell But faggoted his notions as they fell Andif they rhym'd and rattled, all was well. Dryd. Pick . /. [pique, Fr.] A fharp-poin iron tool What the miners call chert and whern, the fionecutters nicomia, is fo hard, that the picks will touch it; it will not fplit but irregularly. Wiada Pi'ckarack adw. [from pack, byare. [ duplication very common in our lar1 guage.] In mannerof apack In a hurry fhe whips up her darlingundefi arms, and carries the other a pickapack uponke fhoulders Pi'ckaxe L' #n. /. [pick and axe.] Anas not made to cut but pierce; an axe wit a fharp point "Their tools are a pickase of iron, feventeeninche long 2 i o fharpened at the one end to peck, and Carao headed at the other to drive iron wedges T'll hide my mafter from the flies, as dee Cynb Sha efp ar' dig ca pic axe poo the A As when band Of pioneers, with fpade and pickaxe arm'd Forerun the royal camp, to trench a fields Milton Pr'ckBack. adj. [corrupted perhapsfro On the back pickpack. As our modern wits behold Mounted a pickback on the old Hf‘f";"" Much farther off Sharp Pr'ckED. adj. [pigué, French. {mart Let the ftake be made picked at the top, the the jay may not fettle on ite Mortimer's Hf‘fi""d'l To PICKEE w. a. [pitcares Iralian. u n A b r t e a l p t t r p 1. T z. To make a flying fkirmifh No fooner could a hint appear But up he ftarted to pickeer And made the flouteft yield to mercy When he engag'd in controv?rfy Pr'cker. z. /. [from p;lcé. 1. One who picks or culls. the hm}zifl%i The pickers pick the hops in w l; pl t n m r f i a 2. A pickaxe Mtfl e t e c e c p o i a Wi hills 4 fml Pi'cKEREL. #. / pike / 7 Pr'CKEREL-WEED e a x p water plant, f _to be generated o |