Irish poplin, a fabric with silk warp and worsted weft, made in Ireland.

Popedom
(Pope"dom) n. [AS. papedom.]

1. The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity. Shak.

2. The jurisdiction of the pope.

Popeling
(Pope"ling) n.

1. A petty or deputy pope.

2. An adherent of the pope. [R.] Marlowe.

Popelote
(Pop"e*lote) n. A word variously explained as "a little puppet," "a little doll," or "a young butterfly." Cf. Popet. [Obs.]

So gay a popelote, so sweet a wench.
Chaucer.

Popery
(Pop"er*y) n. The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; — generally used in an opprobrious sense.

Popet
(Pop"et) n. A puppet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Popgun
(Pop"gun`) n. A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.

Popinjay
(Pop"in*jay) n. [OE. popingay, papejay, OF. papegai, papegaut; cf. Pr. papagai, Sp. & Pg. papagayo, It. pappagallo, LGr. NGr. in which the first syllables are perhaps imitative of the bird's chatter, and the last either fr. L. gallus cock, or the same word as E. jay, F. geai. Cf. Papagay.]

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The green woodpecker. (b) A parrot.

The pye and popyngay speak they know not what.
Tyndale.

2. A target in the form of a parrot. [Scot.]

3. A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. "To be so pestered with a popinjay." Shak.

Popish
(Pop"ish) a. Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; — often used opprobriously. — Pop"ish*ly, adv. — Pop"ish*ness, n.

Poplar
(Pop"lar) n. [OE. popler, OF. poplier, F. peuplier, fr. L. populus poplar.] (Bot.)

1. Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.

The aspen poplar is Populus tremula and P. tremuloides; Balsam poplar is P. balsamifera; Lombardy poplar (P. dilatata) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar is Populus alba.

2. The timber of the tulip tree; — called also white poplar. [U.S.]

Poplexy
(Po*plex"y) n. Apoplexy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Poplin
(Pop"lin) n. [F. popeline, papeline.] A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted, — used especially for women's dresses.

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