The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . )t. port-wine (portwin), ». Same iiS2>ort5. porus (porus), .; pi. jtari (-ri). In anal, , a pore: used in a few phrases: as, 2>>, an excretory pore; 2>orus cjaculatori- un, an ejaculatory pore Porus opticus. Same as optic disk. See optic. porwigglet (p6rwig-l), n. [A var. oipoUiirig.]A tadpole. That which the ancients called gyrimis, we a ponrixjleor tadpole. Sir T. Browne. Vulg. Err., iii. 13. poryt (pori), a. [< jjorc
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . )t. port-wine (portwin), ». Same iiS2>ort5. porus (porus), .; pi. jtari (-ri). In anal, , a pore: used in a few phrases: as, 2>>, an excretory pore; 2>orus cjaculatori- un, an ejaculatory pore Porus opticus. Same as optic disk. See optic. porwigglet (p6rwig-l), n. [A var. oipoUiirig.]A tadpole. That which the ancients called gyrimis, we a ponrixjleor tadpole. Sir T. Browne. Vulg. Err., iii. 13. poryt (pori), a. [< jjorc^ -I- -;/!.] Porous orporose. The stones hereof are so light and porti that they willnot sink when thrown into the water. Sandys, Travailes. p. 217. porzana (por-zana), II. [NL.] 1. An oldname of the small water-rail or crake of Eu-rope, and now a specific name of the same. SeeOrti/gometra, 2, and Crex.— 2. [coj;.] An exten-sive genus of rails of the family liallidfe, foundedby Vieillot in 1816, having a short stout bill; thecrakes. The species are numerous and of almost world-wide distribution. The common crake or short-billed. Sora Rail iPorzana Carolina). water-rail of V.\\Y*^\\& Inthe Initeil States the best-known species is /*. Carolina,the Carolina crake or rail, also called sora, sorce, and orto-lan. The small yellow crake or rail of North America isP. nomboracensis. The little black crake or rail of Americais P. (poz), rt. An abbreviation of J«)s;7/if. Also2)0::. [Slang.] She shall dress me and flatter me, for I will be flattered,thats7*os. Addison, The Drummer, iii. pOSada (po-sada), «. [Sp., <.2^osar, lodge, rest, < Mh. paiisare, put, lodge: seepose^, n.] Aninn. Soutlieij. posaune (po-zoune), )i. [G., also ho.^iiuc, hasiinc,, ;iuc{= D. ba::uiit = Sw. Dan. ), < OF. liuishw = It. hucchia, < L. hucciua, »c/«n, a trumpet: see hncciua.] The Germanname of the trombone. pose^t (poz),)
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