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Petiolary
a.
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Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud.
Petiolate
a.
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Alt. of Petiolated
Petiolated
a.
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Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.
Petiole
n.
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A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.
Petiole
n.
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A stalk or peduncle.
Petioled
a.
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Petiolate.
Petiolulate
a.
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Supported by its own petiolule.
Petiolule
n.
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A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.
Petit
a.
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Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty.
Petition
n.
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A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.
Petition
n.
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A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.
Petitioned
imp. & p. p.
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of Petition
Petitioning
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Petition
Petition
v. t.
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To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.
Petition
v. i.
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To make a petition or solicitation.
Petitionarily
adv.
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By way of begging the question; by an assumption.
Petitionary
a.
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Supplicatory; making a petition.
Petitionary
a.
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Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle.
Petitionee
n.
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A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
Petitioner
n.
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One who presents a petition.
Petitioning
n.
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The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
Petitor
n.
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One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant.
Petitory
a.
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Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.
Petong
n.
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See Packfong.
Petralogy
n.
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See Petrology.
Petrary
n.
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An ancient war engine for hurling stones.
Petrean
a.
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Of or pertaining to to rock.
Petre
n.
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See Saltpeter.
Petrel
n.
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Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.
Petrescence
n.
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The process of changing into stone; petrification.