n. [ OE. pompe, F. pompe, L. pompa, fr. Gr. &unr_; a sending, a solemn procession, pomp, fr. &unr_; to send. Cf. Pump a shoe. ] 1. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. “All the pomps of a Roman triumph.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state; magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a pompons display; to conduct. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. pámpano. ] [ Written also pampano. ] (Zool.) 1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano (Trachynotus thomboides) and the Carolina pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pompano shell (Zool.), a small bivalve shell of the genus Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [ Florida ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pompaticus. ] Pompous. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Pompeianus. ] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Pompeii, an ancient city of Italy, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a. d., and partly uncovered by modern excavations. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Art) A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated from the color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which were decorated during the last age of the Republic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Pompelmouses [ D. pompelmoes; cf. G. pompelmuse, F. pamplemousse, and F. pompoléon. ] (Bot.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pompette. ] (Print.) The ball formerly used to ink the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a bubble, the slag on the surface of smelted ore, from &unr_; a blister. ] 1. (Old Chem.) Impure zinc oxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullæ, without inflammation or fever. [ 1913 Webster ]