pom

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a cover + &unr_; a prickle + -oid. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to the Pomacentridæ, a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. ponum an apple. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) Like an apple or pear; producing pomes. (b) Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pomeæ) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like pomace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pommade pomatum, OF. pomade cider (cf. Sp. pomada, It. pomata, LL. pomata a drink made of apples), from L. pomum fruit, LL., an apple. Cf. Pomatum. ] 1. Cider. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. poma. ] (a) A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball. (b) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a lid + &unr_;, &unr_;, nose. ] (Zool.) Having the nostril covered with a scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pomarine jager (Zool.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pomade. ] A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dress with pomatum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pomum a fruit: cf. F. pomme apple. Cf. Pomade. ] 1. (Bot.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service. [ 1913 Webster ]