POENOLOGY
Poe*nol"o*gy, n.
Defn: See Penology.
POEPHAGA
Po*eph"a*ga, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos and
their allies.
— Po*eph"a*gous, a.
POESY
Po"e*sy, n. Etym: [F. poésie (cf. It. poesia), L. poesis, from Gr.
Posy.]
1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy. Shak.
2. Poetry; metrical composition; poems. Music and poesy used to quicken you. Shak.
3. A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy. Bacon.
POET
Po"et, n. Etym: [F. poëte, L. poëta, fr. Gr. Poem.]
Defn: One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Shak. A poet is a maker, as the word signifies. Dryden. Poet laureate. See under Laureate.