Powwow, pow′wow, n. a Red Indian conjurer: a dance, feast, &c. before an expedition: any rowdy meeting.—v.i. to hold such a meeting: to deliberate: to perform conjurations.—Also Paw′waw.
Pox, poks, n. pustules: an eruptive disease. [Written for pocks, pl. of pock.]
Poynant, poin′ant, adj. (Spens.). Same as Poignant.
Pozzuolana. See Puzzolana.
Practice, prak′tis, n. the habit of doing anything: frequent use: state of being used: regular exercise for instruction: performance: method: medical treatment: exercise of any profession: a rule or method in arithmetic.—ns. Practicabil′ity, Prac′ticableness, quality of being practicable.—adj. Prac′ticable, that may be practised, used, or followed: passable, as a road.—adv. Prac′ticably.—adj. Prac′tical, that can be put in practice: useful: applying knowledge to some useful end: derived from practice.—ns. Practical′ity; Prac′tical-joke, a trick of an annoying kind played on any one; Prac′tical-knowl′edge, knowledge which results in action.—adv. Prac′tically, in a practical way: actually: by actual trial.—n. Prac′ticalness. [M. E. praktike—O. Fr. practique—Gr. praktikos, fit for doing—prassein, to do.]
Practick, Practic, prak′tik, adj. (Spens., Shak.) skilful, hence treacherous, deceitful.
Practise, prak′tis, v.t. to put into practice or to do habitually: to perform: to exercise, as a profession: to use or exercise: to teach by practice: to commit.—v.i. to have or to form a habit: to exercise any employment or profession: to try artifices.—n. Prac′tisant (Shak.), an agent.—adj. Prac′tised, skilled through practice.—n. Prac′tiser.—adj. Prac′tising, actively engaged in professional employment. [From practice.]
Practitioner, prak-tish′un-ėr, n. one who practises or is engaged in the exercise of any profession, esp. medicine or law.—General practitioner, one who practises in all the branches of medicine and surgery. [Older form practician—O. Fr. practicien.]
Practive, prak′tiv, adj. directly tending towards action.
Prad, prad, n. a horse in thieves' cant.