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Nepenthe
Nepenthe Ne*pen"the, n. [Fr. Gr. ? removing all sorrow; hence, an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the day; ? not + ? sorrow, grief.] A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting. Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court. --Pope. Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe. --Poe.
Nepenthes
Nepenthes Ne*pen"thes, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Nepenthe.] 1. Same as Nepenthe. --Milton. 2. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant.
Nepenthes
Pitcher Pitch"er, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. Beaker.] 1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle. 2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia. See Sarracenia. Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell. California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California. See Darlingtonia. Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.
Penthorum sedoides
Stonecrop Stone"crop`, n. [AS. st[=a]ncropp.] 1. A sort of tree. [Obs.] --Mortimer. 2. (Bot.) Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp. Sedum acre, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine. Virginian, or Ditch, stonecrop, an American plant (Penthorum sedoides).
penthouse
Lean-to Lean"-to`, a. (Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. -- n. A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall.
Penthouse
Penthouse Pent"house`, n. [A corruption of pentice.] A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. ``The penthouse of his eyes.' --Sir W. Scott.
Penthouse
Penthouse Pent"house`, a. Leaning; overhanging. ``Penthouse lid.' --Shak. ``My penthouse eyebrows.' --Dryden.

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- images. In 2015, he produced the DVD Marionettes Dance, directed by Boris Penth in collaboration with the University of Music & Performing Arts of Vienna...
- Nagla Penth (Naglā Peṇṭh) is a village in Bewar block of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh. There is a prominent jhil on village lands. As of 2011, it had...
- Burutphakdee 2004, p. 7. Forbes, Andrew (2004). "The Peoples of Chiang Mai". In Penth, Hans; Forbes, Andrew (eds.). A Brief History of Lan Na. Chiang Mai: Chiang...
- p. 174. Hadi (2004), p. 70. Djajadiningrat (1911), pp. 174-5; Penth (1969), p. 47. Penth (1969), p. 48. Djajadiningrat (1911), p. 175. Encyclopaedie (1917)...
- Retrieved 2021-05-03. See: Forbes, Andrew, "The Peoples of Chiang Mai", in Hans Penth and Andrew Forbes A Brief History of Lan Na Chiang Mai City Arts and Cultural...
- integrated into the Thonburi kingdom as a v****al state. Lan Na Ngoenyang Collage Penth, Hans (2004). Brief History of Lan Na, A: Northern Thailand from Past to...
- 12 September 2024. See: Forbes, Andrew, 'The Peoples of Chiang Mai', in: Penth, Hans, and Forbes, Andrew, A Brief History of Lan Na (Chiang Mai City Arts...
- different locations: Pentland Hill (roughly in the area of Castlelaw); and Penth-landt hill (further south and clearly intended as a name for the wider range)...
-  51. Ricklefs 1994, p. 52. The Hikayat Aceh is translated into German in Penth, 61-178. Andaya, 123-4. Barwise and White, 117. Indonesia portal Biography...
- Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 3 (1): 6–20. JSTOR 40860228. Penth, Hans (1986). "On the History of Thai scripts" (PDF). {{cite journal}}:...