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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.
NepenthesNepenthes 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. NepenthesPitcher 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 sedoidesStonecrop 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). penthouseLean-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.
Meaning of Penth from wikipedia
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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...
- images. In 2015, he
produced the DVD
Marionettes Dance,
directed by
Boris Penth in
collaboration with the
University of
Music &
Performing Arts of Vienna...
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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)...
- ISBN 9780824828868.
Penth, Hans. (1994)
Jinakalamali Index.
Chiang Mai, Thailand:
Silkworm Books, The Pali Text Society.
Penth, H. (1983). "Which Ratana...
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Interdisciplinary Journal of
Southeast Asian Studies. 3 (1): 6–20. JSTOR 40860228.
Penth, Hans (1986). "On the
History of Thai scripts" (PDF). {{cite journal}}:...
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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)...
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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...
- 1993. He was also the
subject of a do****entary by
German filmmaker Boris Penth called Sogyal Rinpoche:
Ancient Wisdom for the
Modern World (Mitgefühl,...
- was
accompanied by Lt.
Colonel Anton Ernst Berger and Lt.
Colonel Paul
Penth. None of them had
legal experience and they
traveled to Army
Group B headquarters...
