A father and son went fishing one day. While they were out in the boat, the boy suddenly became curious about the world around him. He asked his father, "How does this boat float?"
The father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later, the boy looked at his father and asked, "How do fish breath underwater?"
Once again the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later the boy asked his father, "Why is the sky blue?"
Again, the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
Finally, the boy asked his father, "Dad, do you mind my asking you all of these questions?"
The father replied, "Of course not, you don"t ask questions, you never learn nothin"."
—v. (-tt-) 1 give permission or consent to; authorize.
- a allow; give an opportunity to. B give an opportunity (circumstances permitting).
- (foll. By of) admit. —n. - a document giving permission to act. B document etc. Which allows entry.
- formal permission. [latin permitto -miss- allow]
PERSON
n. - individual human being.
- living body of a human being (found on my person).
- gram. Any of three classes of personal pronouns, verb-forms, etc.: the person speaking (first person); the person spoken to (second person); the person spoken of (third person).
- (in comb.) Used to replace -man in offices open to either sex (salesperson).
- (in christianity) god as father, son, or holy ghost. in person physically present. [latin: related to *persona]
PERUKE
n. Hist. Wig. [french from italian]
PERUSE
v. (-sing) 1 read or study carefully.
- joc. Read or look at desultorily. perusal n. [originally = ‘use up’]
PESETA
n. Chief monetary unit of spain. [spanish]
PESTER
v. Trouble or annoy, esp. With frequent or persistent requests. [probably french empestrer encumber: influenced by *pest]
PESTLE
n. Club-shaped instrument for pounding substances in a mortar. [latin pistillum from pinso pound]
PETARD
n. Hist. Small bomb used to blast down a door etc. [french]
PETITE
adj. (of a woman) of small and dainty build. [french, = little]
PETREL
n. Sea bird, usu. Flying far from land. [origin unknown]
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