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the Clyx falling with it,as the Chelidonjumi ntinuR or Remain.d
ing after the Flower is drop'di as in the Hepatica Mlo.
bilis 2f Of five Leaves, in fome deciduous with the Flow-:
r, as in the Ranunculus; 3in others Perennial, as in the Hel-
eborus niger ferulaceus or annual, as in the Flos Adonisa
30 Of eight Leaves, as the Malva and Alcea- 40 Of te Lewaes
ats the arrophyllaFragrarius, Pentaphyllum, Tormentilla,
Argentina, Althea, and Pentaphylloides.
2f0 Such as haeno Calyx, or Perianthiui ; as the Clematis,
Filipendula, Ulmaria, Anemone Nemorum, Pulfatilla, &c.
POLYS YLLA B CA L Ecchoes, thofe which repeat
many Syllables, or Words. See EccHo.
PbILYSY L L A B L E, in Grammar, a Word confifling
of more than three Syllables. See WORD and SYLLABLE.
A Word of one Syllable is called a Monofyllable; one of
two, Di yllable; one of three, Trijjllable; one of four or more,
yollable. See MONOSYLLABLE, &C.
she Word comes from    the Greek noi, multum, and
,v*ACu¢, Syllable.
p O L Y S Y N D E T O N. in Rhotoric, a Figure confifl-
ing in an abundance of Conjunftions Copulative. See Fi-
6URE and COPULATIVE.
Such is, Me, pre ceteris &- colit &- obfervat & diligit.-
In oppofition to this ftands Afyndeton. See ASYNDETON.
P 0 L Y T H E I S M, the DoEtrine or Beliefof a Plurality of
Gods. See Go D.
The Word comes from the Greek 7u, multum, and eva1s
Dew. See IDOLATRY,&dC.
P 0 M A D A, an Exercife of vaulting the wooden Horfe,
by laying one Hand over the Pommel of the Saddle.
PO M ATU Ml or POMADO, a Compofition of Apples,
with Lard and other fatty Subftance; ufed by way of Un-
guent on many Occafions% particularly for Difeafes of the Skin,
Pimples, Scurfs, &c. to foften the Hands, render the Skin
fmooth, the Complexion frefl, &c. See UNGUENT.
Pomatums are occafionally made with Jeffamines, Oran-
ges, Jonquills, Tuberofes, &c. i. e. they are perfumed with
the Odours of thofe Flowers.
The beft is faid to be that prepared of Kid's Greafe, Pip-
pins, an Orange flic'd, with a Glafs of Rofe-Water, and
half a Glafs of White-wine, boil'd'and firain'd, and at laft
Sprinkled with Oil of fweet Almonds.
The Unguentum Pomatum prefcribed in the College Difpen-
fary confifts of Hog's Lard,Sheep's Suet, the Apple call'd Poine-
water, Rofe Water, and Orrice Root, boil'd till the Apples
are faft, ftrain'd and perfumed with Oil of Rhodium.
Dr. Quincy obfetves, that the Apple is of no Significancy
at all in the Recipe; and that the common Pomatrm fold
in the Shops is only Lard beat into a Cream, with Rofe-
Water, and fcented with Lemons, Thyme, or the like.
P0 M E, among Gardeners.-To Pomr is to grow or
Init into a round Head, foomewhat like an Apple.
Thus, they fay a Cabbage begins to Pome, &c.-They
Sometimes ufe the Term to cabbage in the fame S&infe.
P 0 M EG R A N AT E, Granatuim, a medicinal Fruit, in
Form of an Apple or Quince; full of Seeds or Kernels, en.
clos'd within a reddifh Pulp, fometimes fweet, Sometimes
acid. See F RUIt.
It is denominated from its Abundance of Grains or Ker-
nels; q. d. Pomum Granatum, a Kcrnel'd Apple; or from the
Country where it was anciently produced, viz.. Granada.
The Granada Tree is of two Kinds i the one wild, which
produces a Kind of Flowers ufed in Pharmacy, called Ba-
Faultia. See BALAUSTIA.
The other cultivated in Gardens; whereof there are a-
pin two Kinds; the one only bearing Flowers; the other,
both Flowers and Fruit.-The Flowers of each are in-
clofed in an oblong purple Calyx, resembling a Bell.
The Trees never grow high; their Branches are a little
prickly; their Leaves refemble thofe of the greater Myrtle,
and their Fruit, which is compofed of a great Number of
red angular Grains, Sometimes fweet, fornetimes four, and
Sometimes vinous, according to the Quality of the Tree, are
all inclos'd in little diftin& Cells, and cover'd, in common,
with a thick browniih Rind; over this grows a Kind of
Crowning, of the fame Nature with the Rind, form'd of a
Produation of the Calyx.
In the general, Pomegranates are not only agreeable to the
Tafte, but good for the Stomach; and of confiderable Ufe
in Medicine.
Of the Grains are made Syrups and Conferves; and the
Rind, which is held very aftringent, is an Ingredient in
&everal Remedies and Ptifans, for Dyfenteries, Diarrhea's,
Ltienteries, Hnmmorrhagies, and Relaxations of the Gums.
--The Ancients ufed the Rind as the Moderns do Sumac,
In the Preparation of Leather.
The Rind ought always to be dry'd, after the Grains are
taken out; that dry'd without fcouping always talfing mufty,
.nd miore likely to increafe the Diftempers than cure them.
Asto the Conferve, there is but little of the true fold - being
Jt di~icult to make.-That which ordinarily pifles ?or it is
emlY Sugar melted down;~ to which they give the Colour and
~Taflte, with Cochineal, Cream of Tartar, and Aludmn
*PLJ M £ I S, in fleraldry, are Adezi Ll.4les i fo called bt


the Eglij%!Ieralds; Yho exprefsdiferent colour'd Roundj
by dilin&t Names. The Frenc, whocontent themfelves to
denote the iferent Colour 'of the Roundleo call them Tor-
seaux Vert, See ToTEAUX.
POMIFER'OUS Xq. d.        pple-beart'ng, in Botany, a
Name given to thofe Plants which have the largefi Fruit,
and are cover'd with a thick hard Rind; by which they
are diftinguifh'd from the Bacciferous, which have only A
thin Skin over the Fruit. See PLANT and BACCIFEROUS.
The Pomifrrous Kind have a naked nionopetalous Flower,
divided into five Partitions, and growing on, the Iop of the
fuceeeding Fruit.-They are divided into IO. Capreolate, or
thore creeping along the Ground, &. by means of Ten-
drills'; as the Cucurbita, Melo Cucumis, Cepo, Belfaminai
Anguria, and Colocynthis. See CA REB6L 1.
And, 20. without Gapreoli, or Tendrils, as the Cucurbi.
ta Clypetea, or Melb-Gepo Clypeiforlvis.
The Word is fornm'd fronm Pomim, Apple, and fero, I bear'.
POMM E E, or POMMETTE in Heraldry.-a Grofi-Pom-
mee or Pommette, call'd alfo a Trophee, is a Crofs with a
flall or Knob at each End. Sde CRoss.
POMMEL, or PUMMEL in the Manage, a Pi-ce ofBrar,
dr other Matter a-too and in the Midlle of the Saddle-Bowi
to which are faftcen'd the Holfiers, Stirrup Leathers, &c. See
SADDLE.
POMMEL is alfo a round Ball of Silver, Steel, or the like,
fix'd at the End of the Guard and Grafp odfa Sword; to ferve
in fome meafure as a Counterpoife.
Balzac obferVes, that there are fill eitant Charters and
Privileges granted by Charlemaign, and fealed with the. PoM-
mel of his Sword, which, ordinarily, he promifes to difend
with the fame Sword. See SEAL, SIGNATURE, &c.
POMP. See CIRCUS, CAVALCADE, &C.
POMP HOLY X, or vbite Calamine, in Pharmacy, the
Flowers of Brafs; or a white, light and friable Subfance'
found adhering to the Lid or Covercle of the Crucibles or
Furnaces, wherein Copper is melted with Calamine Stone;
for the niakin~g of Brafs. See BRASS, CALAMINE, &C.
It is ecerem d deterfive and deficcative, tho' only apply'd
externally; and much ufed in divers Kinds of Fevers: thou
its Violence requires its being ufed with great Precaution.
The Apothecaries fometimes call it Nil or Nilili Albumn'
and fometinies white TuttyI in regard of its Refemblance
thereto in Virtue. See TUTTY.
The Word is form'd ffoni the Greek WOP , q. d. Bub,
ble arifng on Water.
P 0 MUM   Adami, in Anatomy, a Protuberance in the
Fore-part of the Throat. See THROAT.
Some fancy it thus called upon a firange Conceit, that a'
Piece of the forbidden Apple, which Adam eat, fluck by thy
Way, and was the- Occafion of it.
In reality, it is only the Convex Part of the firfi Carti-
lage of the Larynx, called Sutiformis. See LARYNX and
SCUTIFORMIS.
PO N D, in Geogfaphy, a little Lake, Which neither re-
ceives nor emits any River. See LAKE and RIVER.
P 0 N D E R A R E, in our ancient Cuftiors, a Method
of curing fick Children.
The Prafice was, ponderare, to weigh, the lick Child, at
the Tomb of fome Saint, counterpoifing, or ballancing the Scale
with Money, Wheat-Bread, or any other thing the Parents
were willing to offer to God, his Saints, or the Church. -  -
But a Sum of Money was always to make Part of the Coun-
ter-balance. By this Means the Cure was effected.-. A- Ne-
pzlchrum Sana, Nummo fe ponderabat.---.
PO N DU S, Weight. See WEi GHT.
PONDUS,inancientRecords, isa Dutyfpaid$tthe King-ac-
cording to the Weight of MerchandizWj ' See POUNDAGE.
P 0 N D u s Regis, the Standard-VWeight, anciently appoint-
ed by the King. See STANDAART4.
PONE, a Writ, wh        tby a Caure depending in the
County, or other ifrior Court, is removed to the Comn-
mon Pleas. SeecWR iT     . &C COURT, &C.
PON E per Radium, is a Writ contianding the Sherif to
take Surety of one for his Appearance at a Day allign'd.
See SURETY, VADIUM, &C.
PO N I A R D, a little pointed Dagger, very fharp;edg'd,
bore in the Hand, or at the Girdle, or hid in the Pocket.
The Poniard was anciently in very great Ufe, but is now in
good meafure fet afide, except among Aftdalins. See ASSASSIN.
Sword and Poniard were the ancient Arms of Duelifis;
and are faid to continue'flill fo among the Spaniards.-Tha
Praftice of Sword and Poniard fill make a part of the Ek-
ercife tannht by the Mafters of Defence.
The Word is form'd fronm the French Poignard, and 'that
from Poignee, Handful.
P O N S Varoli, or Viaolii, or PoNs Ceeftbi, in Anatotiy,
the upper Part of a Du&t in the third Vehricle of the Brain,
fituate in the Cerebellum,' and leading to the Infundibulum.
See BRAIN, VENTRICLE, INFUNDIBULUM, &C.
It is thus called front-its !ifcoverer Varolius, an Italian
Phyfician who -ouri&'d in the t   ry   of Padua about
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