2. Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad. "Piacular pollution." De Quincey.
Piacularity
(Pi*ac`u*lar"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being piacular; criminality; wickedness. De Quincey.
Piaculous
(Pi*ac"u*lous) a. Same as Piacular.
Pial
(Pi"al) a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the pia mater.
Pia mater
(||Pi"a ma"ter) [NL., fr. L. pia (fem. of pius tender, kind) + mater mother.] (Anat.) The delicate
and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord.
Pian
(||Pian) n. [Pg. pian, epian, or. Sp. pian; from the native name in South America: cf. F. pian.]
(Med.) The yaws. See Yaws.
Pianet
(Pi"a*net`) n. [Cf. Pie magpie.] (Zoöl.) (a) The magpie. [Written also pianate, and pyenate.]
(b) The lesser woodpecker. [Obs.] Bailey.
Pianette
(Pi*a*nette") n. [Dim. of piano.] (Mus.) A small piano; a pianino.
Pianino
(||Pi`a*ni"no) n. [It., dim. of piano, adj. See Piano.] (Mus.) A pianette, or small piano.
Pianissimo
(||Pi`a*nis"si*mo) a.[It., superl. of piano.] (Mus.) Very soft; — a direction to execute a passage
as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp.)
Pianist
(Pi*an"ist) n. [Cf. F. pianiste, It. pianista.] A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano.
Piano
(||Pi*a"no) a. & adv. [It., even, smooth, soft, fr. L. planus even, level.] (Mus.) Soft; — a direction
to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)
Piano
(Pi*an"o Pi*an"o*for`te) n. [It. piano soft (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see Plain, a.) + It. forte
strong, fr. L. fortis ] (Mus.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord,
and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved
by keys.
Dumb piano. See Digitorium. — Grand piano. See under Grand. — Square piano, one with a
horizontal frame and an oblong case. — Upright piano, one with an upright frame and vertical wires.
