Defn: Pistillate.
PISTILLODY
Pis"til*lo*dy, n. Etym: [Pistil + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.
PISTOL Pis"tol, n. Etym: [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob. from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where pistols were first made. Cf. Pistole.]
Defn: The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, — now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver. Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but- piece, and thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a carbine. — Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form. — Pistol shot. (a) The discharge of a pistol. (b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.
PISTOL
Pis"tol, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pistoled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pistoling.]
Etym: [Cf. F. pistoler.]
Defn: To shoot with a pistol. "To pistol a poacher." Sydney Smith.
PISTOLADE
Pis"to*lade`, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A pistol shot.
PISTOLE
Pis*tole", n. Etym: [F., probably a name given in jest in France to a
Spanish coin. Cf. Pistol.]