*pome*

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -mercy. ] Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; length + -metry. ] The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, lit., the songstress, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to sing. ] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse of tragedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) The eighteenth asteroid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. menopoma, fr. Gr. &unr_; to remain + &unr_; lid. ] (Zool.) The hellbender. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. nay^s ship + &unr_; inclination + -meter. ] (Naut.) An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship heels at sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. paraleipome`nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. &unr_; to omit. ] A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the Septuagint these books are called Paraleipome`nwn prw^ton and dey`teron, which is understood, after Jerome's explanation, as meaning that they are supplementary to the Books of Kings W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Perispomena [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, pr. pass. p. of &unr_; to draw around, to circumflex; peri` around + &unr_; to draw. ] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable. Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Polyp, and Medusa. ] (Zool.) Same as Hydrozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pomum a fruit: cf. F. pomme apple. Cf. Pomade. ] 1. (Bot.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. F. pommer. See Pome, n. ] To grow to a head, or form a head in growing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pomgarnet, OF. pome de grenate, F. grenade, L. pomum a fruit + granatus grained, having many grains or seeds. See Pome, and Garnet, Grain. ] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate. Ex. xxviii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pommel. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Pompelmous. ] A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. pomelé, F. pommelé. See Pome. ] Dappled. [ Obs. ] “Pomely gray.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Pomerania. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pomeranian dog (Zool.), the loup-loup, or Spitz dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of sweet, juicy apple. [ Written also pomwater. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pomeys [ F. pommé grown round, or like an apple, p. p. of pommer to pome. ] (Her.) A figure supposed to resemble an apple; a roundel, -- always of a green color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gr. Gram.) Properispomenon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Properispomena [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to circumflex on the penult; &unr_; before + &unr_; to circumflex. See Perispomenon. ] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult. [ 1913 Webster ]