Chapter Pointer to Porphyry of P by Soule's Synonymes

Pointer to Porphyry

Pointer, n. Index, hand, director.

Pointless, a.

1. Blunt, obtuse.

2. Dull, stupid, vapid, aimless, vague, flat.

Point out. Indicate, designate, point, show, direct attention to.

Poise, n.

1. Weight, gravity.

2. Counterweight, counterpoise

3. Regulating power, balance.

4. Balance, equilibrium, equipoise.

Poise, v. a.

1. Balance, hold or place in equilibrium.

2. Weight.

Poison, n. Venom, virus, bane, pest, taint, noxious influence.

Poison, v. a. Infect, taint, contaminate, corrupt, canker, mar, impair, vitiate, envenom, pollute.

Poison-ivy, n. Poison-oak, climbing sumac, mercury (Rhus toxicodendron).

Poisonous, a. Venomous, noxious, baneful, pestilential, pestiferous.

Poison-tree, n. Poison-sumac, poison-elder, swamp sumac (Rhus venenata).

Poke, n.

1. Thrust, push, shove, jog.

2. (Bot.) Garget, pigeon-berry, pogan, cocum, pocan, pocan-bush, poke-weed (Phytolacca decandra).

3. Pocket, pouch, bag, sack.