Emily Dickinson Lexicon

POL-Y, a.

In compound words, is from the Greek πολυς, and signifies many; as in polygon, a figure of many angles.

PO'LY, or PO'LEY, n. [L. polium; Gr. πολιον, from πολιος, white.]

A plant. The poley grass is of the genus Lythrum.

POL-Y-A-COUS'TIC, a. [Gr. πολυς, many, and ακουω, to hear.]

That multiplies or magnifies sound; as, a noun, an instrument to multiply sounds.

POL'Y-A-DELPH, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, and αδελφος, brother.]

In botany, a plant having its stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.

POL-Y-A-DELPH'I-AN, a.

Having its stamens united in three or more bundles.

POL-Y-AN'DER, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, and ανηρ, a male.]

In botany, a monoclinous or hermaphrodite plant having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.

POL-Y-AN'DRI-AN, a.

Having many stamens, that is, any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.

POL-Y-AN'DRY, n. [supra.]

The practice of females having more husbands than one at the same time; plurality of husbands. – Forster's Obs.

POL'Y-ANTH, or POL-Y-ANTH'US, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, and ανθος, a flower.]

A plant of the genus Primula or primrose, whose flower-stalks produce flowers in clusters. – Encyc.

POL-Y-ARCH'Y, n. [Gr. πολυς and αρχη.]

A government by many persons, of whatever order or class.

POL-Y-AU-TOG'RA-PHY, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, αυτος, he himself, and γραφω, to write.]

The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting or of manuscripts, by engraving on stone; a species of lithography. – Delasteyrie. Med. Repos.

POL'Y-CHORD, a. [Gr. πολυς, many, and chord.]

Having many chords or strings. – Ch. Relig. Appeal.

POL'Y-CHREST, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, and χρηστος, useful.]

In pharmacy, a medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases. [Obs.]

POL'Y-CHRO-ITE, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, and χροιζω, to color.]

The coloring matter of saffron. – Ure.

POL-Y-CHRO-MAT'IC, a. [Gr. πολυς, many, and χρωμα, color.]

In mineralogy, exhibiting a play of colors. – Mohs.

POL-Y-CO-TY-LE'DON, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, and κοτυληδων, a cavity.]

In botany, a plant that has many or more than two cotyledons or lobes to the seed. – Martyn.

POL-Y-CO-TY-LED'ON-OUS, a.

Having more than two lobes to the seed.

POL-Y-ED'RIC, or POL-Y-ED'ROUS, a. [See POLYHEDRON and POLYHEDRAL.]

POL'Y-GAM, or POL-Y-GAM'I-AN, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, and γαμος, marriage.]

In botany, a plant which bears hermaphrodite flowers, with male or female flowers, or both, not inclosed in the same common calyx, but scattered either on the same plant, or on two or three distinct individuals, in different flowers. – Martyn.

POL-Y-GAM'I-AN, a.

Producing hermaphrodite flowers, with male or female flowers, or both.

PO-LYG'AM-IST, n. [See Polygamy.]

A person who maintains the lawfulness of polygamy.

PO-LYG'AM-OUS, a.

1. Consisting of polygamy. – Encyc.
2. Inclined to polygamy; having a plurality of wives.

PO-LYG'AM-Y, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, and γαμος, marriage.]

A plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; or the having of such plurality. When a man has more wives than one, or a woman more husbands than one, at the same time, the offender is punishable for polygamy. Such is the fact in Christian countries. But polygamy is allowed in some countries, as in Turkey.

POL'Y-GAR, n.

In Hindostan, an inhabitant of the woods.

POL-Y-GAS'TRIC, a. [Gr. πολυς, many, and γαστηρ, stomach.]

Having many stomachs.