Po
[pəʊ]
Examples
- His model was a po em by Empedocles on Nature, the grand hexameters of which had fasci nated the Roman poet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mus'r Jingle and Miss Rachael, in a po'-chay, from Blue Lion, Muggleton. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the words of Dalton, oxygen may combine with a certain portion of nitrous gas [as he called nitric oxide], or with twice that po rtion, but with no intermediate portion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Wery much indebted to Mrs. Weller for her po-lite inquiries, Sammy,' replied the old gentleman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Two of his divisions were brought to the north side of the Po. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Anderson was on his left extending to the Po, Ewell came next, then Early. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Roman colonies were planted in the valley of the Po, and the great northward artery, the Via Flaminia, was begun. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had been forced over to the Catharpin Road, crossing the Po at Corbin's and again at Wooden Bridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Mattapony River is formed by the junction of the Mat, the Ta, the Po and the Ny rivers, the last being the northernmost of the four. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Po rises south-west of the place, but farther away. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The angle _POS_ is called the angle of refraction. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Norton