Defn: The calyx of a crinoid. Pelvis of the kidney (Anat.), the basinlike cavity into which the ureter expands as it joins the kidney.
PEMBROKE TABLE
Pem"broke ta`ble. [From Pembroke, a town and shire in Wales.]
Defn: A style of four-legged table in vogue in England, chiefly in the later Georgian period.
The characteristic which gives a table the name of Pembroke consists in the drop leaves, which are held up, when the table is open, by brackets which turn under the top. F. C. Morse.
PEMMICAN
Pem"mi*can, n. Etym: [Written also pemican.]
1. Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun. Then on pemican they feasted. Longfellow.
2. Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.
PEMPHIGUS
Pem*phi"gus, n. Etym: [Nl., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body. Quain.
PEN
Pen, n. Etym: [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.]