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Show Peoh l p [Pole, Saxon; pal .Italian and Sp f v fra Po'LesTar e drops hi t n r f v t a h a N }:txaigh}; gath'ri He ordered to ar lmok; whic hold of the tacklin wherey vith thiey too t e t f m t t r 1d the mainyv t a g i c t t l;}fip, they c Arbutbnet on Coins yard by the board o l t " Wither'd is the gatland of the war p e C a ' l f i l p The foldier m t t o z g a o f t b Live t e a c fl n m r r o a e t v h We'l i vy, Painted upon a pole, and underwrit . Here may you fee the tyrant fteer his courfe by fuch flars as beft appear to him Kin lated; forme containin " fiv ' yards and an half w This ordinance of tithing them by the pole i eb n t f a b t f motonly fi 24 Spenfer yi 1 | TRED Every pole fquare of mud, twelve inches deep, i . other nation them the noun. ¢ furnith with poles T they abound in Poland. a ftinking animal The fitchew Polecats ¢ there are fairer things than polecats. Sh Out of my door, you witch ! you hag! yo polecat! out, out, out I'll conjure you She, ata pin in the wall, hun Shakefp like a. poleca ina warren, to amufe them 3. [Pdliga mone i r‘iPOLE:MICAL. } adj. [worepiric. 5% PoLE'Mick Howwvel Contro verfial ; difputative Among all his labours, although polemick difcourfes were otherwife moft uneafy, as engaging t converfe with men in pafiion Fell T have had but little refpite from thefle polemica axercifes, and notwithftandin al the rage an malice of the adverfaries of our church Contented I fit dow Stilling flect The nullity of this diftin@ion has been folidl fhewn by moft of our polemick writers of the proteftant church. South The beft method to be ufed with thefe polemica ladics, is to fhew them the ridiculous fide of thei caufe + #.[ Addifon Difputant Each ftaunch polemick, ot b e Came whip and fpur s D OILE MO.SCOPSE. n ]." opticks [7:57\5;,4,@ an 18a kind of crooke contro warran in the publick funds wv. a fo a ticket [polio, Latin; polir by attrition He fetteth to finifh his work, and po/ifberh it perEccl feltly Pygmalion, with fatal art Polifb'd the form that ftung his heart 2 1 Granwville i mag St Of arts that polifb life, inventors rare Milton Zo Po'Lisu. w. n. To anfwer to the al of polithing; to receive a glofs It is reporte that there wa by the ancients a kind of fteel, which would po/ifb almoit as whit Bacon and bright as filver Po'visa. #. /. [poli from the verb. 1. Artificial -glofs French poliffure ~brightnef give b attrition Not to mention what a huge column of granite coft in the quarry, only confider the great difficult it th of hewing it into any form, and of givin due turn, proportion, and zelifb Addif Another prifm of clearer glafs and better poli/ feemed free from veins Wha Czo?réa . o Newton's Optick 2. Elegance of manners ob -'que perfpective glafs, contrived for fee 108 objects that do not lie d are the eye Dia 2. Elegant of manners A nymph of quality admires our knight and grows polite Pope PorLi"TELY. adv. [from polite. Wit elegance of manners; genteelly Port'renEss. n. /. [politeffe, French from polite. Elegance of manners gentility; good breeding I have feen the dulleft men aiming at wit, an others, with as little pretenfions, afiecting politenef in manner and difcourfe Savift So wit is by politencfs keeneft fet PovLt'ticaL. adj are thefe wond'rous civilifing arts This Roman polifb, and this {mooth behaviour That render man thus tra&able and tame ? _4ddif Po'LisHABLE. adj. [from po/ifs.] Capabl of being polithed Po'LisHER. #. /. [from po/ib.] 'The perfon or inflrument that gives a glofs Young [woniiss. 1. Relating to politicks; relating to th adminiftration of publick affairs; civil In the Jewifh ftate, God was their political princ and fovereign, and the judges among them were a much his deputies, and did reprefent his perfon, a now the judges do the perfons of their feveral prince in al other nations Kettlezvell More true pofitical wifdom may be learned fromthis fingle book of proverbs, than from a thoufan Machiavels oge King Charles 1. To fmooth; to brighte to glofs Po'Lepavy. 7. /. A fort of coarfe cloth Yout poledavy wares will not do for me The edges of the fand holes, there are left all over the glafs a nun berlefs company of very little convex polite rifings like waves WNeawton's Opticks is to prefer the doing o Spanifh. 7o PO'LISH French. Whokill'd but po/ecats, learn to murder men ? Gay INVewion As in fmooth oil the razor beft is whet The wifdom of this world is fometimes take in fcripture for policy, and confifts in a certai dexterity of managing bufinefs for a man's fecula advantage South How fhould he, harmlefs youth or policed, to fubdu Bacon's Holy War Jjuftice before all enjoyments L'Efirange Ainfworth civi The beft rule of policy To beat religion into the brains with a poleaxe Howel 4 is to offer vi€tims of human blood One hung a poleaxe at his faddle bow And one a heavy mace to ftun the foe. = Dryden 420'LECAT. 2./. [ Pole or Polijp cat, becauf i The policy of that purpofe is made more in th marriage, than the love of the parties. Shakefpeare If it be honour in your wars to fee The fame you are not, which for your beft end You call your golicy ; how is't lefs or worfe But it fhall hold companionfhip in peac With honour as in war Shakefpeare's Coriolanus If fhe be curft, it is for policy For fhe's not froward, but modeft Shakefpeare An ax WLEAXE. 7. /. [pole and axe. t fixed to a long pole of reflexion, fhall fill continue to return ftratagem Mortimer Begin not to po/e your hops with fine iron duft If any fort of rays, falling on the ps/ire fur of any pellucid medium, be refleted back fits of eafy refle€ion, which ¢!they y 1have' at+ +}the poi 2. Art ; prudence ; management of affairs A peer of the realm and a counfellor of ftate at U not to be meafured by the common yard, but b e a g i e { o the pol vafp PoLE. @. a. [fro tha dizphanous ar of the Som He marries, bows at court Po'Licy. n. /. [wonrsdas politia, Latin. 1. The art of government, chiefly wit refpet to foreign powers ... An inftrument of meafuring a regular courfe o Where there is a kingdom altogether unable o indign to govern, it is a juft caufe of war for an Mortimer " worth fix pence a pole to fling out int adminiftration .S bake[peare e t g t f l p e u Their h s i { t w r v c in the top, an A meafure of lengt POLVTE. adj. [politus, Latin. 1. Glofly; fmooth Charles 2. Any guide or dire&or Po'Ley-mounTaIN. #. /. [polium, Lat. A plant Miller PO'LICE. ». /. [French. The regulation and government of a city or country, fo far as regards the inhabitants Po'ricep. adj. [from police. Regu out the colours I was failing in a vaft ocean without other hel than the poleffar of the ancients Dryden Plive long pu/e: with fhar latitude cynofure; lodeftar If a pilot at fea cannot fee the poleffar, let hi t n l h l h e g i!e sifes h their norther I confider an human foul withont education like maible in the quarry, which fhews none of it inherent beauties, till the {kill of the polifpe e 1. A ftar near the pole, by which naviga o t i e a g Ioj{:glong fole, firuc f H d of the watclr, maketh a fou ‘ #./i [pole and flar. tors comput a l h i g i f d m f If after lipl ip 5 e d d ff » a t eem pole, a P 2 Cunning ; fkilful Porr'ricarviy. adwv. [from political. 1. With relation to publick adminiftration 2. Artfully; politickly The Turks politically mingled certain Janizaries harquebufiers with their horfemen Knolles Povitica'sTER. #./. A petty ignoran pretender to politicks There are quacks of all forts; as bullies, pedants, hypocrites, empiricks, law-jobbers, and go/iticafters L' Eftrange Poriti'cian. #n. [ [politicien, French. 1. One verfed in the arts of government one fkilled in politicks Get the And, like a feurvy poiri To fee things thou doft not .S And °t be any way, it muft be with valour for policy I hate: 1 had as lief be a Brownift as olitician Shake[peare Although I may feem lefs a politician.to men, ye I need no fecret diftin@ions nor evafions befor God King Charies While emp'rick politicians ufe deceit Hide what they give, and cure but by a cheat You boldly fhow that fkill which they pretend And work by means as noble as your end. Dryden Coffee, which makes the politician wife And fee throug all things with his half-fhut eye Sent up in vapours to the baron's brai New firatagems, the radiant lock to gain Pope 2. A man of artifice; one of deep centrivance Your iil-meaning politician lords Under pretence of bridal friends and guefts Appointed to await me thirty fpies Mlicn If a man fucceeds in any attempt, though undertook with never fo much rathnefs, his fuccefs fha. vouch him a pdlitician, and good luck fhall pafs fo dee |