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To Plim. _v. n._ To swell; to increase in bulk.
Plough. _s._ The cattle or horses used for ploughing; also a
waggon and horses or oxen.
Pock'fredden. _adj._ Marked in the face with small pox.
To Pog. _v. n._ and _v. a._ To thrust with the fist; to
push.
Pog. _s._ A thrust with the fist; a push; an obtuse blow.
Pollyantice. _s._ Polyanthus.
To Pom'ster. _v. n._ To tamper with, particularly in curing
diseases; to quack.
Pont'ed. _part._ Bruised with indentation. Any person wkose
skin or body is puffed up by disease, and subject to occasional
pitting by pressure, is said to be _ponted_; but the primary
meaning is applied to fruit, as, a _ponted_ apple; in both
meanings incipient decay is implied.
Pook. _s._ The belly; the stomach; a vell.
Popple. _s._ A pebble: that is, a stone worn smooth, and more
or less round, by the action of the waves of the sea.
Pottle-bellied. _adj._ Potbellied.
To PooA¤t, To Pote. _v. a._ To push through any confined
opening, or hole.
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