P
/piː/
noun
Abbreviation of penny; pence.
Proton
noun
One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.
Any record or writing; a collective memory.
“the page of history”
noun
A serving boy – a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education.
A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
preposition
For each.
“$2.50 per dozen”
To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
“100 centimeters per meter”
By the, by means of the, via the, through the.
“Introduce the endoscope per nasum.”
preposition
After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
adverb
Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
Prettily, in a pretty manner.
verb
To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
“Needlework purled with gold.”
An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc
“Knit one, purl two.”
verb
To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
“The huntsman was purled from his horse.”
verb
To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.