antua and
Pantagruel_ (1533-45).

=Pierrot= [_Pe'-er-ro_], a character in French pantomime, representing a
man in stature and a child in mind. He is generally the tallest and
thinnest man in the company, and appears with his face and hair thickly
covered with flour. He wears a white gown, with very long sleeves, and a
row of big buttons down the front. The word means "Little Peter."

=Piers and Palinode=, two shepherds in Spenser's fifth eclogue,
representing the Protestant and the Catholic priest.

Piers or Percy again appears in ecl. x. with Cuddy, a poetic shepherd.
This noble eclogue has for its subject "poetry." Cuddy complains that
poetry has no patronage or encouragement, although it comes by
inspiration. He says no one would be so qualified as Colin to sing
divine poetry, if his mind were not so depressed by disappointed
love.--Spenser, _The Shepheardes Calendar_ (1579).

=Pie'tro= (2 _syl._), the putative father of Pompilia. This paternity was
a fraud to oust the heirs of certain property which would otherwise fall
to them.--R. Browning, _The Ring and the Book_, ii. 580.

=Pig.= Phaedrus tells a tale of a popular actor who imitated the squeak of
a pig. A peasant said to the audience that he would himself next night
challenge and beat the actor. When the night arrived, the audience
unanimously gave judgment in favor of the actor, saying that his squeak
was by far the better imitation; but the peasant presented to them a
real pig, and said, "Behold, what excellent judges are ye!"

=Pigal= (_Mons. de_), the dancing-master who teaches Alice
Bridgenorth.--Sir W. Scott, _Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.).

=Pigeon and Dove= (_The_). Prince Constantio was changed into a pigeon,
and the Princess Constantia into a dove, because they loved, but were
always crossed in love. Constantio found that Constantia was sold by his
mother for a slave, and in order to follow her, he was converted into a
pigeon. Constantia was seized by a giant, and in order to escape him was
changed into a dove. Cupid then took them to Paphos, and they became
"examples of a tender and sincere passion; and ever since have been the
emblems of love and constancy."--Comtesse D'Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_ ("The
Pigeon and Dove," 1682).

=Pigmy=, a dwarf. (See PYGMY.)

=Pigott Diamond= (_The_), brought from India by Lord Pigott. It weighs
82-1/4 carats. In 1818 it came into the hands of Messrs. Rundell and
Bridge.

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