pervade (per-vad'), spread through-out; pass through. pervasive (per-va'siv), having the power to spread throughout. perverse (per-vurs'), turned aside or away from the right, contrary. perversity (per-vur'si-ti), the quality of being perverse. pestilence (pes'ti-lens), any contagious disease that is devastating. pestilent (pes'ti-lent), destructive; troublesome. Petruchio's Kate (pe-troo'chi-o), Petruchio--a character in Shakespeare's play, "Taming the Shrew." His wife, Kate, is called a shrew on account of her ill-temper. petty (pet'i), small, trifling. pewter (pu'ter), a hard, tough, but easily fusible alloy of tin with lead. phalanx (fa'lanks), a body of troops in close array; combination of people firmly united. phantom (fan'tum), that which has only apparent existence, a ghost. phenomenon (fe-nom'e-non), pl. phenomena, that which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an appearance. philanthropist (fi-lan'thro-pist), one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others. philosopher (fi-los'o-fer), one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one devoted to the search after wisdom. phiz (fiz), the face; a humorous abbreviation for physiognomy. Phlegethon (fleg'e-thon), in Greek mythology, a river of fire in the lower world. phlegm (flem), sluggishness of temperament; dullness. Phoebus (fe'bus), or Phoebus Apollo in Greek and Roman mythology, one of the great Olympian gods and giver of light and life. Leader of the Muses and God of music. physical (fiz'i-kal), pertaining to nature; relating to the bodily structure as opposed to things mental. physiognomy (fiz'i-og'no-mi), the face or countenance. pibroch (pe'brok), a Highland air; air played on bagpipes when Highlanders go to battle. picturesque (pik'tur-esk'), forming a pleasing picture. pillage (pil'aj), something taken by force; plunder. pin (pin), mood, Pinckney, William (pink'ni), an American lawyer and diplomatist of a fine old southern family. "Pindusborn Aracthus" (pin'dus, a-rak'thus), a river in Greece, Pindus-born because it rises in the Pindus mountains. pinion (pin'yun), a feather; quill; a wing. pinnacle (pin'a-k'l), a lofty peak; the very topmost point. Pisa (pe'za), small town in Italy, famous for its leaning tower. Piscataqua (pis-kit'a-kwa), a river in New Hampshire. "pitch and moment," impetus or speed. "pitch of pride," in the very place where Douglas's pride is centered. pitcher plant, a plant with leaves shaped like pitchers. "pith o' sense," the force, strength, or essence of sense. plain (plan), complain. Plains of Abraham, an elevated plain just beyond Quebec to the southwest; the scene of the battle of Quebec. plain-song, a short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day or occasion, recited in one tone. Plaquemine (plak'men), Bayou of (bi'oo) an inlet from the Mississippi river in Louisiana.