Sir T. Herbert.
Polt-foot
(Polt"-foot` Polt"-foot`ed) a. Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet. B. Jonson.
Poltroon
(Pol*troon") n. [F. poltron, from It. poltrone an idle fellow, sluggard, coward, poltro idle, lazy,
also, bed, fr. OHG. polstar, bolstar, cushion, G. polster, akin to E. bolster. See Bolster.] An arrant
coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch. Shak.
Poltroon
(Pol*troon"), a. Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
Poltroonery
(Pol*troon"er*y) n. [F. poltronnerie; cf. It. poltroneria.] Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.
Poltroonish
(Pol*troon"ish), a. Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.
Polverine
(Pol"ve*rine) n. [It. polverino, fr. polvere ust, L. pulvis, - veris. See Powder.] Glassmaker's
ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, — used in the manufacture of
fine glass.
Polwig
(Pol"wig) n. (Zoöl.) A polliwig. Holland.
Poly-
(Pol"y-) [See Full, a.] A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as, polygon, a figure
of many angles; polyatomic, having many atoms; polychord, polyconic.
Poly
(Po"ly) n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium, Gr. .] (Bot.) A whitish
woolly plant (Teucrium Polium) of the order Labiatæ, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The
name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus. [Spelt also
poley.]
Poly mountain. See Poly-mountain, in Vocabulary.
Polyacid
(Pol`y*ac"id) a. [Poly- + acid.] (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several
molecules of a monobasic acid; having more than one hydrogen atom capable of being replaced by acid
radicals; — said of certain bases; as, calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid bases.
Polyacoustic
(Pol`y*a*cous"tic) a. [Poly- + acoustic: cf. F. polyacoustique.] Multiplying or magnifying
sound. — n. A polyacoustic instrument.
Polyacoustics
(Pol`y*a*cous"tics) n. The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.
Polyacron
(||Pol`y*a"cron) n.; pl. Polyacra E. Polyacrons [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s many + 'a`kron summit.]
(Geom.) A solid having many summits or angular points; a polyhedron.
Polyactinia
(||Pol`y*ac*tin"i*a) n. pl. [NL. See Poly-, and Actinia.] (Zoöl.) An old name for those Anthozoa
which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles.
Polyadelphia
(||Pol`y*a*del"phi*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s many + brother.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of
plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.
Polyadelphian
(Pol`y*a*del"phi*an Pol`y*a*del"phous) a. (Bot.) Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having
stamens united in three or more bundles.
