v. i. To make a pompons display; to conduct. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. pompe, F. pompe, L. pompa, fr. Gr. &unr_; a sending, a solemn procession, pomp, fr. &unr_; to send. Cf. Pump a shoe. ]
n. A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Sp. pámpano. ]
☞ They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano (Trachynotus thomboides) and the Carolina pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pompano shell (Zool.),
a. [ L. pompaticus. ] Pompous. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Pompeianus. ] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of,
. (Art) A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated from the color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which were decorated during the last age of the Republic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.;
n. [ OF. pompette. ] (Print.) The ball formerly used to ink the type. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a bubble, the slag on the surface of smelted ore, from &unr_; a blister. ]