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Plevna – Poinsettia

Plevna

a town of Bulgaria, 19 miles S. of the Danube and 85 N. E. of Sophia. Here in 1877 Osman Pasha, the Turkish general, after defeating the Russians in several engagements, intrenched himself. After making an unsuccessful PLEYEL

Pliny

THE ELDER attempt to cut his way through the in- through its center, this line and the vesting Russian army, he was compelled, provisions and ammunition running short, to capitulate with 42,000 men and 77 guns. The siege cost the Russians 55,000 men, the Rumanians 10,000 and the Turks 30,000. Pop. about 25,000 .

Plica Polonica

Polish ringworm; a disease characterized at first by tenderness and inflammation of the scalp , after which theirs become swollen, their follicles secr ng a large quantity of viscid reddish-colored fluid, which glues them into tufts or masses. The disease is probably caused chiefly by filth. It is endemic in Poland, Russia, and Tartary.

Plunkett

SIR HORACE CUR- ZON, an Irish leader, born in 1854 of a noble family, he attended both Eton and Oxford University. Soon after graduating from Oxford he went to a ranch in Montana and lived there ten years,

Plutonic Rocks

rocks of igneous or aqueo-igneous origin, believed to have been formed at a great depth and under great pressure of the superincumbent

Plymouth Sound

an arm of the sea, on the S. W. coast of England, between the counties of Devon and Cornwall. It is about 3 miles wide at its entrance, bounded by elevated land, which descends abruptly to the sea. It contains Drake Island, which is fortified, and the celebrated Plymouth breakwater.

See PLYMOUTH.

Pneumatic Gun

a gun operated by compressed air.

Pneumatic Tire

a rubber tire made hollow and then inflated with air.

In common use for the wheels of motorcars, bicycles, etc.

Pneumogastric Nerve

a nerve, called also par vagum, which, proceeding from the neck to the upper part of the abdomen, supplies branches to the pharynx, œsophagus, stomach, liver, spleen, , liver, spleen , and respiratory passages .

Pobedonostsev

KONSTANTIN

Podesta

the title of certain officials sent by Frederick I. in the 12th century to govern the principal cities of Lombardy. Also a chief magistrate of the Italian republics of the Middle Ages, generally elected annually, and intrusted with but absolute power, and an inferior municipal judge in some cities of Italy.

Poinsettia

a genus of Euphorbiaceæ, now merged in Euphorbia itself. P. pulcherrima is a highly ornamental stove plant, with rose-like whorls of bracts.