n. [ L. conspissatio, fr. conspissare to make thick. ] A making thick or viscous; thickness; inspissation. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. [ L. inspissatus, p. p. ] Thick or thickened; inspissated. Greenhill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. [ OE. pissen, F. pisser; akin to It. pisciare, D. & G. pissen, Dan. pisse, Icel. pissa. ] To discharge urine, to urinate; -- usually considered vulgar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Urine. [ vulgar ] [ 1913 Webster ]
take a piss
n. (Bot.) A name locally applied to various wild plants, as dandelion, bluet, oxeye daisy, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Worthless or of no significance. [ vulgar ] [ PJC ]
n. [ L. pissasphaltus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; pitch + &unr_; asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte. ] (Min.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistency of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
v. t. To waste; to squander; to fritter away;
n. Something very difficult or troublesome. [ vulgar slang ] [ PJC ]
v. t. To anger or strongly annoy;
v. i. To leave immediately; to scram; -- chiefly British, and sometimes considered vulgar. [ Brit., vulgar ] [ PJC ]
n. a public urinal, in European countries. [ PJC ]
a. [ L. spissus. ] Thick; crowded; compact; dense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
This spiss and . . . copious, yet concise, treatise. Brerewood. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The spissated juice of the poppy. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. spissitudo. ] The quality or state of being spissated;