<hw>Pilot-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. This name is given to a sea-bird of the Caribbean Islands. In Australia it is applied to <i>Pycnoptilus floccosus</i>, Gould.
1893. `The Argus,' March 25, p. 4, col. 6:
"Here, close together, are eggs of the lyre-bird and the pilot-bird—the last very rare, and only found quite lately in the Dandenong Ranges, where the lyre-bird, too, has its home."
<hw>Pimelea</hw>, <i>n</i>. scientific name for a large genus of shrubs or herbs, <i>N.O. Thymeleaceae</i>. There are over seventy species, all confined to Australia and New Zealand. They bear terminal or axillary clusters of white, rose, or yellow flowers, and being very beautiful plants, are frequently cultivated in conservatories. A gardener's name for some of the species is <i>Rice-flower</i>. Several of the species, especially <i>P. axiflora</i>, F. v. M., yield excellent fibre, and are among the plants called <i>Kurrajong</i> (q.v.); another name is <i>Toughbark</i>. For etymology, see quotation, 1793.
1793. J. E. Smith, `Specimen of Botany of New Holland,' p. 32:
"Gaertner . . . adopted the name of <i>Pimelea</i> from the manuscripts of Dr. Solander. It is derived from <i>pimelae</i>, fat, but is rather a pleasantly sounding than a very apt denomination, unless there may be anything oily in the recent fruit."
<hw>Pimlico</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Friar-bird</i> (q.v.).
<hw>Pin-bush</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Needle-bush</i> (q.v.)
<hw>Pinch-out</hw>, v. to thin out and disappear (of gold-bearing). This use is given in the `Standard,' but without quotations; it may be American.
18W. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 22: