Pace (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pacing (?).] 1. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. \'bdI paced on slowly.\'b8 Pope. \'bdWith speed so pace.\'b8 Shak.
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2. To proceed; to pass on. [Obs.]
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Or [ere] that I further in this tale pace. Chaucer.
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3. To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.
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4. To pass away; to die. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Pace, v. t. 1. To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round. \'bdPacing light the velvet plain.\'b8 T. Warton.
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2. To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
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3. To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
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If you can, pace your wisdom
Shak
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To pace the web (Weaving), to wind up the cloth on the beam, periodically, as it is woven, in a loom.
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Paced (?), a. Having, or trained in, [such] a pace or gait; trained; -- used in composition; as, slow-paced; a thorough-paced villain.
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Pa"cer (?), n. One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.
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Pa*cha" (?), n. [F.] See Pasha.
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\'d8Pa`cha*ca*mac" (?), n. A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.
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\'d8Pa*chak" (?), n. (Bot.) The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients. [Written also putchuck.]
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Pa*cha"lic (?), a. & n. See Pashalic.
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\'d8Pa*chi"si (?), Par*che"si, Par*chi"si (, n. [Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five, the highest throw in the game.] 1. A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.
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2. A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice. [U. S. & Eng.]
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Pa*chom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. pa`chos thickness + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter.
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\'d8Pa*chon"ta (?), n. (Bot.) A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata.
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Pa*chu"ca tank (?). (Metallurgy) A high and narrow tank, with a central cylinder for the introduction of compressed air, used in the agitation and settling of pulp (pulverized ore and water) during treatment by the cyanide process; -- so named because, though originally devised in New Zealand, it was first practically introduced in Pachuca, Mexico.
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Pach"y- (?). [Gr. pachy`s thick.] A combining form meaning thick; as, pachyderm, pachydactyl.
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Pach`y*car"pous (?), a. [Pachy- + Gr. (Bot.) Having the pericarp thick.
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Pach`y*dac"tyl (?), n. [Pachy- + dactyl.] (Zo\'94l.) A bird or other animal having thick toes.
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Pach`y*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having thick toes.
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Pach"y*derm (?), n. [Cf. F. pachyderme.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Pachydermata.
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Pach`y*der"mal (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition.
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\'d8Pach`y*der"ma*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pachy`s thick + (Zo\'94l.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group.
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Pach`y*der"ma*tous (?), a. 1. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms.
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2. Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.
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Pach`y*der"moid (?), a. [Pachyderm + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Related to the pachyderms.
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Pach`y*glos"sal (?), a. [Pachy- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (Pachygloss\'91), including the iguanas and agamas.
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Pach`y*men`in*gi"tis (?), n. [Pachy- + meningitis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.
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Pa*chym"e*ter (?), n. [Pachy- + -meter.] Same as Pachometer.
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Pach"y*ote (?), n. [Pachy- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears.
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Pac"i*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable.
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Pa*cif"ic (?), a. [L. pacificus: cf. F. pacifique. See Pacify.] Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition.
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Pacific Ocean, the ocean between America and Asia, so called by Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called also, simply, the Pacific, and, formerly, the South sea.
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Syn. -- Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle.
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Pa*cif"ic*a*ble (?), a. Placable. [R.] Bp. Hall.
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Pa*cif"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to peace; pacific. [R.] Sir H. Wotton. -- Pa*cif"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]
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Pa*cif`i*ca"tion (?), n. [L. pacificatio: cf. F. pacification. See Pacify.] The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. \'bdAn embassy of pacification.\'b8 Bacon.
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Pa*cif"i*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker. Bacon.
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Pa*cif"i*ca*to*ry (?), a. [L. pacificatorius.] Tending to make peace; conciliatory. Barrow.
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\'d8Pa*ci"fi*co (?), n. [Sp. See Pacific.] A peaceful person; -- applied specif. by the Spaniards to the natives in Cuba and the Philippine Islands who did not oppose the Spanish arms.

While we were going through the woods one of the pacificos pointed to a new grave. Harper's Weekly.
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Pac"i*fi`er (?), n. 1. One who or that which pacifies.
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2. A small device, usually of rubber or plastic containing a protruding nipple-shaped portion which a baby may place in its mouth and suck on; -- it is used to keep babies contented.
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Pac"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pacified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pacifying (?).] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis, peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.] To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. \'bdPray ye, pacify yourself.\'b8 Shak.
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To pacify and settle those countries. Bacon.
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Pa*cin"i*an (?), a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century.
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Pacinian corpuscles, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the integument and other parts of the body. They are supposed to be tactile organs.
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Pack (?), n. [Cf. Pact.] A pact. [Obs.] Daniel.
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Pack, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. Packet.]
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1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods. Piers Plowman.
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2. [Cf. Peck, n.] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. \'bdA pack of sorrows.\'b8 \'bdA pack of blessings.\'b8 Shak.
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pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs.\'b8 McElrath.
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3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; as: (a) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack. (b) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together. (c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves. (d) A shook of cask staves. (e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
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4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely. Kane.
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5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
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6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p to deceive.] A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage. [Obs.] Skelton.
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7. (Med.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.
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8. (Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.

Pack animal, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying packs. -- Pack and prime road or Pack and prime way, a pack road or bridle way. -- Pack cloth, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales. -- Pack horse. See Pack animal (above). -- Pack ice. See def. 4, above. -- Pack moth (Zo\'94l.), a small moth (Anacampsis sarcitella) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and woolen fabrics. -- Pack needle, a needle for sewing with pack thread. Piers Plowman. -- Pack saddle, a saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal. Shak. -- Pack staff, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's staff. -- Pack thread, strong thread or small twine used for tying packs or parcels. -- Pack train (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.
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Pack (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Packing.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See Pack, n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
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Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison.
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Where . . . the bones
packed. Shak.
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2. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.
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3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.<-- = to stack (the deck) -->
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And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown. Pope.
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4. Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.
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The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops. Atterbury.
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5. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.]
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He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies. Fuller.
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6. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
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Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey. Shack.
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7. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
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He . . . must not die
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Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven. Shak.
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8. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]
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9. (Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
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10. (Mech.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
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11. To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something; specif. (Hydropathy), to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
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Pack, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
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2. To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.
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3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. [Eng.]
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4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
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Poor Stella must pack off to town Swift.
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You shall pack,
Tennyson.
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5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. [Obs.] \'bdGo pack with him.\'b8 Shak.
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To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. \'bdThe parliament . . . presently sent him packing.\'b8 South.
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Pack"age (?), n. 1. Act or process of packing.
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2. A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.
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3. A charge made for packing goods.
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4. A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens.
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Pack"er (?), n. 1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation or for the market; as, a pork packer.
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2. A ring of packing or a special device to render gas-tight and water-tight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well. [U. S.]
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Pack"et (?), n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See Pack.]
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1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak.
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2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat.
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Packet boat, ship, vessel. See Packet, n., 2. -- Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Packet note post. See under Paper.
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Pack"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Packeting.] 1. To make up into a packet or bundle.
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2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
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Her husband
packeted to France. Ford.
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Pack"et, v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
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Pack"fong` (?), n. [Chin. peh tung.] (Metal.) A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.
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Pack herse. See under 2d Pack.
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Pack"house` (?), n. Warehouse for storing goods.
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Pack"ing, n. 1. The act or process of one who packs.
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2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close. Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious; as: (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint. (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides. (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
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3. (Masonry) Same as Filling. [Rare in the U. S.]
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4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] Bale.
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Cherd packing (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc., on a pin at the bottom of a chord. Waddell. -- Packing box, a stuffing box. See under Stuffing. -- Packing press, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc. -- Packing ring. See Packing, 2 (c), and Illust. of Piston. -- Packing sheet. (a) A large cloth for packing goods. (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
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Pack"man (?), n.; pl. Packmen (. One who bears a pack; a peddler.
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{ Pack saddle, Pack thread }. See under 2d Pack.
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Pack"wax` (?), n. (Anat.) Same as Paxwax.
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Pack"way` (?), n. A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.
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{ Pa"co (?), Pa"cos (?), } n. [Sp. paco, fr. Peruv. paco. Cf. Alpaca.]
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1. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Alpaca.
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2. [Peruv. paco, pacu, red, reddish, reddish ore containing silver; perh. a different word.] (Min.) An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver. Ure.
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Pact (?), n. [L. pactum, fr. paciscere to make a bargain or contract, fr. pacere to settle, or agree upon; cf. pangere to fasten, Gr. p\'beca bond, and E. fang: cf. F. pacie. Cf. Peace, Fadge, v.] An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. Bacon.
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The engagement and pact of society whish goes by the name of the constitution. Burke.
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Pac"tion (?), n. [L. pactio: cf. F. paction. See Pact.] An agreement; a compact; a bargain. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
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Pac"tion*al (?), a. Of the nature of, or by means of, a paction. Bp. Sanderson.
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Pac*ti"tious (?), a. [L. pactitius, pacticius.] Setted by a pact, or agreement. [R.] Johnson.
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Pac*to"li*an (?), a. Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.
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Pa"cu (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A South American freah-water fish (Myleies pacu), of the family Characinid\'91. It is highly esteemed as food.
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Pad (?), n. [D. pad. Path.] 1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. Addison
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An abbot on an ambling pad. Tennyson.
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3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad. Gay. Byron.
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4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
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Pad, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]
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Padding the streets for half a crown. Somerville.
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Pad, v. i. 1. To travel heavily or slowly. Bunyan.
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2. To rob on foot. [Obs.] Cotton Mather.
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3. To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pad, n. [Perh. akin to pod.] 1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
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2. A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.
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3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
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4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
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5. (Zo\'94l.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
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6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
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7. (Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
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8. (Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. W. C. Russel.
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9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. [Eng.] Simmonds.
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Pad cloth, a saddlecloth; a housing. -- Pad saddle. See def. 3, above. -- Pad tree (Harness Making), a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. Knight.
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Pad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding.] 1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
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2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. Ure.
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Pad"ar (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Groats; coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Sir. H. Wotton.
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Pad"der (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, pads.
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2. A highwayman; a footpad. [Obs.]
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Pad"ding, n. 1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.
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2. The material with which anything is padded.
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3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. London Sat. Rev.
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4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant.
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Pad"dle (?), v. i. [Prob. for pattle, and a dim. of pat, v.; cf. also E. pad to tread, Prov. G. paddeln, padden, to walk with short steps, to paddle, G. patschen to splash, dash, dabble, F. patouiller to dabble, splash, fr. patte a paw. 1. To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc.
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As the men were paddling for their lives. L'Estrange.
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While paddling ducks the standing lake desire. Gay.
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Pad"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paddling (?)] 1. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.
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To be paddling palms and pinching fingers. Shak.
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2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.
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3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pad"dle, n. [See Paddle, v. i.] 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
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2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle.
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Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. Deut. xxiii. 13.
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3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
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4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough.
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5. (Zo\'94l.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
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6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing.
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7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.] See Paddle staff (b), below. [Prov. Eng.]
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Paddle beam (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel. -- Paddle board. See Paddle, n., 3. -- Paddle box, the structure inclosing the upper part of the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. -- Paddle shaft, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. -- Paddle staff. (a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole catchers. [Prov. Eng.] (b) A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; -- called also plow staff. [Prov. Eng.] -- Paddle steamer, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels, in distinction from a screw propeller. -- Paddle wheel, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel, having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's length.
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Pad"dle*cock` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The lumpfish. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pad"dle*fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l) A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon.
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Pad"dler (?), n. One who, or that which, paddles.
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Pad"dle*wood` (?), n. (Bot.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.
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Pad"dock (?), n. [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D. pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zo\'94l.) A toad or frog. Wyclif. \'bdLoathed paddocks.\'b8 Spenser
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Paddock pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum, especially E. limosum and the fruiting stems of E. arvense; -- called also padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum. -- Paddock stone. See Toadstone. -- Paddock stool (Bot.),a toadstool.
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Pad"dock, n. [Corrupted fr. parrock. See Parrock.]
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1. A small inclosure or park for sporting. [Obs.]
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2. A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable. Evelyn. Cowper.
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Pad"dy (?), a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. \'bdSuch pady persons.\'b8 Digges (1585). \'bdThe paddy persons.\'b8 Motley.
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Pad"dy, n.; pl. Paddies (#). [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
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Pad"dy, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay p\'bed\'c6.] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
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Paddy bird. (Zo\'94l.) See Java sparrow, under Java.
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Pad elephant. An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of with a howdah for carrying passengers.
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Pad`e*li"on (?), n. [F. pas de lionon's foot.] (Bot.) A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.
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\'d8Pa*del"la (?), n. [It., prop., a pan, a friing pan, fr. L. patella a pan.] A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle.
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Pad`e*mel"on (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Wallaby.
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Pad"e*soy` (?), n. See Paduasoy.
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Padge, n. (Zo\'94l.) The barn owl; -- called also pudge, and pudge owl. [Prov. Eng.]
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\'d8Pa`di*shah" (?), n. [Per. p\'bedish\'beh. Cf. Pasha.] Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia.
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Pad"lock` (?), n. [Perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or a gate opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from Prov. E. pad a pannier. Cf. Pad a path, Paddler.] 1. A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.
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2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
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Pad"lock`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padlocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking.] To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson.
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Pad"nag` (?), n. [lst pad + nag.] An ambling nag. \'bdAn easy padnag.\'b8 Macaulay.
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Pad"ow (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A paddock, or toad.
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Padow pipe. (Bot.) See Paddock pipe, under Paddock.
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\'d8Pa"dre (?), n.; pl. Sp. & Pg. Padres (#); It. Padri (#). [Sp., Pg., & It., fr. L. pater father. See Father.] 1. A Christian priest or monk; -- used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America.
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2. In India (from the Portuguese), any Christian minister; also, a priest of the native region. Kipling.
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\'d8Pa*dro"ne (?), n.; pl. It. Padroni (#), E. Padrones. [It. See Patron.] 1. A patron; a protector.
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2. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
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3. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc.
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Pad`u*a*soy" (?), n. [From Padua, in Italy + F. soie silk; or cf. F. pou-de-soie.] A rich and heavy silk stuff. [Written also padesoy.]
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Pa*du"cahs (p, n. pl.; sing. Paducah (-k. (Ethnol.) See Comanches.
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P\'91"an (p, n. [L. paean, Gr. paia`n, fr. Paia`n the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Cf. P\'91on, Peony.] [Written also pean.] 1. An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.
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2. Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. Dryden. \'bdPublic p\'91ans of congratulation.\'b8 De Quincey.
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3. See P\'91on.
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P\'91`do*bap"tism (p, n. Pedobaptism.
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P\'91`do*gen"esis (p, n. [Gr. pai^s, paido`s, child + E. genesis.] (Zo\'94l.) Reproduction by young or larval animals.
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P\'91`do*ge*net"ic (-j, a. (Zo\'94l.) Producing young while in the immature or larval state; -- said of certain insects, etc.
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P\'91"on (p, n. [L. paeon, Gr. paiw`n a solemn song, also, a p\'91on, equiv. to paia`n. See P\'91an.] (Anc. Poet.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. [Written also, less correctly, p\'91an.]
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P\'91"o*nine (p, n. (Chem.) An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also red coralline.
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P\'91"o*ny (p, n. (Bot.) See Peony.
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Pa"gan (p, n. [L. paganus a countryman, peasant, villager, a pagan, fr. paganus of or pertaining to the country, rustic, also, pagan, fr. pagus a district, canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixed boundaries: cf. pangere to fasten. Cf. Painim, Peasant, and Pact, also Heathen.] One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.
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Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man. Shak.
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Syn. -- Gentile; heathen; idolater. -- Pagan, Gentile, Heathen. Gentile was applied to the other nations of the earth as distinguished from the Jews. Pagan was the name given to idolaters in the early Christian church, because the villagers, being most remote from the centers of instruction, remained for a long time unconverted. Heathen has the same origin. Pagan is now more properly applied to rude and uncivilized idolaters, while heathen embraces all who practice idolatry.
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Pa"gan, a. [L. paganus of or pertaining to the country, pagan. See Pagan, n.] Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions.
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And all the rites of pagan honor paid. Dryden.
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Pa"gan*dom (-d, n. The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism. [R.]
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{ Pa*gan"ic (p, Pa*gan"ic*al (-, } a. Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish. [R.] \'bdThe paganic fables of the goods.\'b8 Cudworth. -- Pa*gan"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]
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Pa"gan*ish (p, a. Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. \'bdThe old paganish idolatry.\'b8 Sharp
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Pa"gan*ism (-, n. [L. paganismus: cf. F. paganisme. See Pagan, and cf. Painim.] The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.
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Pa*gan"i*ty (p, n. [L. Paganitas.] The state of being a pagan; paganism. [R.] Cudworth.
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Pa"gan*ize (p, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paganized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paganizing (?).] To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism. Hallywell.
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Pa"gan*ize, v. i. To behave like pagans. Milton.
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Pa"gan*ly, adv. In a pagan manner. Dr. H. More.
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Page (p, n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. puer. Cf. Pedagogue, Puerile.] 1. A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.<-- or girl, in a legislature, since 1960's --<
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He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one. Bacon.
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2. A boy child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
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4. (Brickmaking.) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
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5. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.
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Page, v. t. 1. To attend (one) as a page. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. to call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc.
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3. to call a person on a pager.
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Page, n. [F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together. Cf. Pact, Pageant, Pagination.]
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1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
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Such was the book from whose pages she sang. Longfellow.
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2. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
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3. (Print.) The type set up for printing a page.
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Page, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paging (?).] To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.
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Pag"eant (por p, n. [OE. pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab, compaginare to join together, compages a joining together, structure. See Pact, Page of a book.]
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1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. \'bdA pageant truly played.\'b8 Shak.
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To see sad pageants of men's miseries. Spenser.
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2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.
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The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! Pope.
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We love the man, the paltry pageant you. Cowper.
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Pag"eant, a. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. \'bdPageant pomp.\'b8 Dryden.
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Pag"eant, v. t. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] \'bdHe pageants us.\'b8 Shak.
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Pag"eant*ry (-r, n. Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.
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Such pageantry be to the people shown. Dryden.
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The pageantry of festival. J. A. Symonds.
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Syn. -- Pomp; parade; show; display; spectacle.
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page boy, n. a type of hairdo.
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Page"hood (?), n. The state of being a page.
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Pag"er, n. a small electronic communication device which signals when a telephone call has been received at a base station. Each such device receives radio signals from the base station specifically coded for the individual to whom it is registered; the signal given by the device to the registered user may be a beeping sound, indicating that the user should call the base station to receive a message; or it may display a telephone number to which the user may call directly to return the incoming call. Such devices are small enough to carry in the pocket or pocketbook, or to clip onto a belt or other part of the clothing. Also called beeper.
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\'d8Pag"i*na (?), n.; pl. Pagin\'91 (#). [L.] (Bot.) The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.
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Pag"i*nal (?), a. [L. paginalis.] Consisting of pages. \'bdPaginal books.\'b8 Sir T. Browne.
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Pag`i*na"tion (?), n. The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number. Lowndes.
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Pa"ging (?), n. The marking or numbering of the pages of a book.
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Pa"god (?), n. [Cf. F. pagode. See Pagoda.] 1. A pagoda. [R.] \'bdOr some queer pagod.\'b8 Pope.
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2. An idol. [Obs.] Bp. Stillingfleet.
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Pa*go"da (?), n. [Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr.Hind. & Per. but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a temple.] 1. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.
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2. An idol. [R.] Brande & C.
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3. [Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf. Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it.] A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.
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Pa*go"da sleeve. (Costume) A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining and an inner sleeve.
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Pa*go"dite (?), n. (Min.) Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.
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\'d8Pa*gu"ma (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form.
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Pa*gu"ri*an (?), n. [L. pagurus a kind of crab, Gr. .] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit.
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Pah (?), interj. An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah.
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Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. Shak.
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\'d8Pah (?), n. [From native name.] A kind of stockaded intrenchment. [New Zealand.] Farrow.
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Pa"hi (?), n. (Naut.) A large war canoe of the Society Islands.
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Pah"le*vi (?), n. Same as Pehlevi.
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\'d8Pa*ho"e*ho`e (?), n. (Min.) A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a.<-- Sandwich islands = Hawaii -->
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Pah"*Utes` (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) See Utes.
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Paid (?), imp., p. p., & a. of Pay. 1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
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2. Satisfied; contented. [Obs.] \'bdPaid of his poverty.\'b8 Chaucer.
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Pai*deu"tics (?), n. [Gr. , fr. to teach, fr. pai^s, paido`s, a boy.] The science or art of teaching.
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Pai"en (?), n. & a. Pagan. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Pai"gle (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose. [Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil.]
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\'d8Pai*ja"ma (?), n. Pyjama.
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Pail (?), n. [OE. paile, AS. p\'91gel a wine vessel, a pail, akin to D. & G. pegel a watermark, a gauge rod, a measure of wine, Dan. p\'91gel half a pint.] A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover. Shak.
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Pail"ful (?), n.; pl. Pailfuls (. The quantity that a pail will hold. \'bdBy pailfuls.\'b8 Shak.
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Pail*lasse" (?; F. , n. [F., fr. paille straw. See Pallet a bed.] An under bed or mattress of straw. [Written also palliasse.]
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\'d8Pail`lon" (?), n.; pl. -lions (#). [F., fr. paille straw.] A thin leaf of metal, as for use in gilding or enameling, or to show through a translucent medium.
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Pail`mall" (?), n. & a. See Pall-mall. [Obs.]
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Pain (?), n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. penalty. Cf. Penal, Pine to languish, Punish.] 1. Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty. Chaucer.
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We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him. Bacon.
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Interpose, on pain of my displeasure. Dryden.
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None shall presume to fly, under pain of death. Addison.
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2. Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart. \'bdThe pain of Jesus Christ.\'b8 Chaucer.
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Pain may occur in any part of the body where sensory nerves are distributed, and it is always due to some kind of stimulation of them. The sensation is generally referred to the peripheral end of the nerve.
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3. pl. Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.
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She bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her. 1 Sam. iv. 19.
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4. Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish. Chaucer.
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In rapture as in pain. Keble.
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5. See Pains, labor, effort.
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Bill of pains and penalties. See under Bill. -- To die in the pain, to be tortured to death. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Pain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paining.] [OE. peinen, OF. pener, F. peiner to fatigue. See Pain, n.] 1. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. [Obs.] Wyclif (Acts xxii. 5).
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2. To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him.
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Excess of cold, as well as heat, pains us. Locke.
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3. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents.
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I am pained at my very heart. Jer. iv. 19.
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To pain one's self, to exert or trouble one's self; to take pains; to be solicitous. [Obs.] \'bdShe pained her to do all that she might.\'b8 Chaucer.
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Syn. -- To disquiet; trouble; afflict; grieve; aggrieve; distress; agonize; torment; torture.
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Pain"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. p\'82nible.] Causing pain; painful. [Obs.]
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The manacles of Astyages were not . . . the less weighty and painable for being composed of gold or silver. Evelyn.
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Pain"ful (?), a. 1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. Addison.
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2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
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3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. [Obs.] Fuller.
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A very painful person, and a great clerk. Jer. Taylor.
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Nor must the painful husbandman be tired. Dryden.
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Syn. -- Disquieting; troublesome; afflictive; distressing; grievous; laborious; toilsome; difficult; arduous.
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-- Pain"ful*ly, adv. -- Pain"ful*ness, n.
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Pai"nim (?), n.[OE. painime pagans, paganism, fr. OF. paienisme paganism, LL. paganismus. See Paganism, Pagan.] A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also panim and paynim.] Peacham.
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Pain"less (?), a. Free from pain; without pain. -- Pain"less*ly, adv. -- Pain"less*ness, n.
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Pains (?), n.Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.
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And all my pains is sorted to no proof. Shak.
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The pains they had taken was very great. Clarendon.
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The labored earth your pains have sowed and tilled. Dryden.
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Pains"tak`er (?), n. One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work. Gay.
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Pains"tak`ing, a. Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. \'bdPainstaking men.\'b8 Harris.
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Pains"tak`ing, n. The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance. Beau. & Fl.
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Pains"wor`thy (?), a. Worth the pains or care bestowed.
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Paint (p, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Painted; p. pr. & vb. n. Painting.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los many-colored, Skr. pi to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture, Pigment, Pint.] 1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.
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Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30.
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2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
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Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. Shak.
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Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
paint the meadows with delight. Shak.
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3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
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4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a political opponent as a traitor.
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Disloyal?
paint out her wickedness. Shak.
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If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Pope.
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Syn. -- To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.
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Paint, v. t. 1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
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2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
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Let her paint an inch thick. Shak.
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Paint, n. 1. (a) A pigment or coloring substance. (b) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
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2. A cosmetic; rouge. Praed.
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Paint"ed, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
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As idle as a painted ship
painted ocean. Coleridge.
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2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.
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Painted beauty (Zo\'94l.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, -- Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. -- Painted finch. See Nonpareil. -- Painted lady (Zo\'94l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. -- Painted turtle (Zo\'94l.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.
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Paint"er (p, n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. panti\'8are, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh`ra; pa^s all + qh`r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. Totten.
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Paint"er, n. [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zo\'94l.) The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] J. F. Cooper.
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Paint"er, n. [See lst Paint.] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.
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Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic. -- Painter stainer. (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.
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Paint"er*ly (p, a. Like a painter's work. [Obs.] \'bdA painterly glose of a visage.\'b8 Sir P. Sidney.
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Paint"er*ship, n. The state or position of being a painter. [R.] Bp. Gardiner.
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Paint"ing, n. 1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
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2. (Fine Arts) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.
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3. Color laid on; paint. [R.] Shak.
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4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
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Syn. -- See Picture.
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Paint"less, a. Not capable of being painted or described. \'bdIn paintless patience.\'b8 Savage.
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Pain"ture (p, n. [F. peinture. See Paint, v. t., and cf. Picture.] The art of painting. [Obs.] Chaucer. Dryden.
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Paint"y (p, a. Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface. [Cant]
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Pair (p, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. Apparel, Par equality, Peer an equal.]
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1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. \'bdA pair of beads.\'b8 Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. \'bdFour pair of stairs.\'b8 Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused.]
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Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. Beau. & Fl.
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2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
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3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
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4. A married couple; a man and wife. \'bdA happy pair.\'b8 Dryden. \'bdThe hapless pair.\'b8 Milton.
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5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of pants; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
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6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question (in order, for example, to allow the members to be absent during the vote without affecting the outcome of the vote), or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. [Parliamentary Cant] A member who is thus paired with one who would have voted oppositely is said to be paired for or paired against a measure, depending on the member's position.
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7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.
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Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair.
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Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three \'bdeight spots\'b8 etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. \'bdSomething in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand.\'b8 Goldsmith. \'bdThat great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].\'b8 Quarles. [Written corruptly parial and prial.]
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Syn. -- Pair, Flight, Set. Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A \'bdpair of stairs\'b8 is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, \'bdflight of stairs.\'b8
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Pair, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pairing.] 1. To be joined in pairs; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.
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2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
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My heart was made to fit and pair with thine. Rowe.
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3. Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
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To pair off, to separate from a group in pairs or couples; specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on specified questions or issues. See Pair, n., 6.
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Pair, v. t. 1. To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.
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Glossy jet is paired with shining white. Pope.
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2. To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. [Parliamentary Cant]
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Paired fins. (Zo\'94l.) See under Fin.
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Pair, v. t. [See Impair.] To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Pair"er (p, n. One who impairs. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Pair"ing, n. [See Pair, v. i.] 1. The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.
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2. See To pair off, under Pair, v. i.
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Pairing time, the time when birds or other animals pair.
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Pair"ment (p, n. Impairment. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Pair" pro*duc"tion (Physics) The simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle, such as an electron and positron, from a photon; -- usually due to its interaction with the strong field near a nucleus.
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\'d8Pa`is (p, n. [OF. pu\'8bs, F. pays, country.] (O. E. Law) The country; the people of the neighborhood.
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per pais is a trial by the country, that is, by a jury; and matter in pais is matter triable by the country, or jury.
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\'d8Pa`i*sa"no (p, n. [Sp., of the country, native.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) The chaparral cock; the roadrunner.

2. A compatriot.
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3. A comrade; a pal; a buddy.
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Paise (p, n. [Obs.] See Poise. Chapman.
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Pa*ja"mas (?), n. pl. [Hind. p\'be-j\'bema, p\'beej\'bema, lit., leg closing.] Originally, in India, loose drawers or trousers, such as those worn, tied about the waist, by Mohammedan men and women; by extension, a similar garment adopted among Europeans, Americans, etc., for wear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suit consisting of drawers and a loose upper garment for such wear. [Also spelled pyjamas.]
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Pa"jock (?), n. A peacock. [Obs.] Shak.
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Pak"fong` (?), n. See Packfong.
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Pal (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate. [Slang]
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Pal"ace (?), n. [OE. palais, F. palais, fr. L. palatium, fr. Palatium, one of the seven hills of Rome, Paladin.]
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1. The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception. Chaucer.
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2. The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.
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3. Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house.
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Palace car. See under Car. -- Palace court, a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.] Mozley & W.
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Pa*la"cious (?), a. Palatial. [Obs.] Graunt.
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Pal"a*din (?), n. [F., fr.It. paladino, fr. L. palatinus an officer of the palace. See Palatine.] A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. Sir W. Scott.
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Pa"l\'91*o- (?). See Paleo-.
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Pa`l\'91*og"ra*pher (?), n., Pa`l\'91*o*graph"ic (, a., etc. See Paleographer, Paleographic, etc.
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Pa"l\'91*o*type (?), n. [Pal\'91o- + -type.] (Phon.) A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use. Ellis. -- Pa`l\'91*o*typ"ic*al (#), a. -- Pa`l\'91*o*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.
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\'d8Pa*l\'91s"tra (?), n. See Palestra.
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Pa*l\'91s"tric (?), a. See Palestric.
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Pa*l\'91`ti*ol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in pal\'91tiology.
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Pa*l\'91`ti*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Pal\'91o- + \'91tiology.] The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth. -- Pa*l\'91`ti*o*log"ic*al (#), a.
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\'d8Pal"a*ma (?), n.; pl. Palamme (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.
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Pal"a*mate (?), a. [From Palma.] (Zo\'94l.) Web-footed.
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\'d8Pal`a*me"de*\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.
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Pal`am*pore" (?), n. See Palempore.
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\'d8Pa*lan"ka (?), n. [Cf. It., Pg., & Sp. palanca, fr.L. palanga, phalanga a pole, Gr. (Mil.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
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Pal`an*quin" (?), n. [F. palanquin, Pg. palanquim, Javan. palangki, OJavan. palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr. parya, palya, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E. pref. peri-) + a a hook, flank, probably akin to E. angle fishing tackle. Cf. Palkee.] An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place. [Written also palankeen.]
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Pa*lap"te*ryx (?), n. [Paleo- + apteryx.] (Paleon.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.
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Pal`a*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. Palatableness.
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Pal"a*ta*ble (?), a. [From Palate.] Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice.
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Pal"a*ta*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.
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Pal"a*ta*bly, adv. In a palatable manner.
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Pal"a*tal (?), a. [Cf. F. palatal.] 1. Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.
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2. (Phonetics) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.
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Pal"a*tal, n. (Phon.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.
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Pal"a*tal*ize (?), v. t. (Phon.) To palatize.
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Pal"ate (?), n. [L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat.] 1. (Anat.) The roof of the mouth.
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hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum.
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2. Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.
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Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope.
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3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker.
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4. (Bot.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
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Pal"ate, v. t. To perceive by the taste. [Obs.] Shak.
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Pa*la"tial (?), a. [L. palatium palace. See Palace.] Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures. \'bdPalatial style.\'b8 A. Drummond.
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Pa*la"tial, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.) Palatal; palatine. [Obs.] Barrow.
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Pa*la"tial, n. A palatal letter. [Obs.] Sir W. Jones.
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Pa*lat"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Palatal; palatine.
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Pa*lat"ic, n. (Phon.) A palatal. [R.]
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Pa*lat"i*nate (?), n. [F. palatinat. See Palatine.] The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine. Howell.
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Pa*lat"i*nate (?), v. t. To make a palatinate of. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Pal"a*tine (?), a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. See Palace, and cf. Paladin.] Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
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Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and County. -- Palatine hill, The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C\'91sars. See Palace.
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Pal"a*tine (?), n. 1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
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2. The Palatine hill in Rome.
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Pal"a*tine, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate.
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Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.
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Pal"a*tine n. (Anat.) A palatine bone.
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Pal"a*tive (?), a. Pleasing to the taste; palatable. [Obs.] \'bdPalative delights.\'b8 Sir T. Browne.
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Pal"a*tize (?), v. t. To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound. -- Pal`a*ti*za"tion (#), n. J. Peile.
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Pal"a*to- (?). [From Palate.] A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to, or connection with, the palate; as in palatolingual.
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\'d8Pal`a*to*na"res (?), n. pl. [NL. See Palato-, and Nares.] (Anat.) The posterior nares. See Nares.
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Pal`a*top*ter"y*goid (?), a. [Palato- + pterygoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.
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Pa*la"ver (?), n. [Sp. palabra, or Pg. palavra, fr. L. parabola a comparison, a parable, LL., a word. See Parable.]
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1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.
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2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate.
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This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers. Carlyle.
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Pa*la"ver, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Palavering.] To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.
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Palavering the little language for her benefit. C. Bront
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Pa*la"ver*er (?), n. One who palavers; a flatterer.
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Pale (?), a. [Compar. Paler (?); superl. Palest.] [F. p\'83le, fr. p\'83lir to turn pale, L. pallere to be oAppall, Fallow, pall, v. i., Pallid.]
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1. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. \'bdPale as a forpined ghost.\'b8 Chaucer.
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Speechless he stood and pale. Milton.
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They are not of complexion red or pale. T. Randolph.
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2. Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
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The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick;
paler. Shak.
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Pale is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, pale-colored, pale-eyed, pale-faced, pale-looking, etc.
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Pale, n. Paleness; pallor. [R.] Shak.
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Pale, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paling.] To turn pale; to lose color or luster. Whittier.
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Apt to pale at a trodden worm. Mrs. Browning.
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Pale, v. t. To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
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The glowpale his uneffectual fire. Shak.
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Pale, n. [F. pal, fr. L. palus: cf. D. paal. See Pol a stake, and lst Pallet.] 1. A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
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Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down. Mortimer.
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2. That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade. \'bdWithin one pale or hedge.\'b8 Robynson (More's Utopia).
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3. A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. \'bdTo walk the studious cloister's pale.\'b8 Milton. \'bdOut of the pale of civilization.\'b8 Macaulay.
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4. A stripe or band, as on a garment. Chaucer.
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5. (Her.) One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
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6. A cheese scoop. Simmonds.
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7. (Shipbuilding) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
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English pale (Hist.), the limits or territory within which alone the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion for a long period after their invasion of the country in 1172. Spencer.
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Pale, v. t. To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
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[Your isle, which stands] ribbed and paled in
Shak.
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\'d8Pa"le*a (?), n.; pl. Pale\'91 (-. [L., chaff.]
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1. (Bot.) (a) The interior chaff or husk of grasses. (b) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.
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2. (Zo\'94l.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
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Pa`le*a"ceous (?), a. [L. palea chaff.] (Bot.) Chaffy; resembling or consisting of pale\'91, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.
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Pa`le*arc"tic (?), a. [Paleo- + arctic.] Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia.
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Paled (?), a. [See 5th Pale.] 1. Striped. [Obs.] \'bd[Buskins] . . . paled part per part.\'b8 Spenser.
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2. Inclosed with a paling. \'bdA paled green.\'b8 Spenser.
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\'d8Pa`le*\'89ch`i*noi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Paleo-, and Echinoidea.] (Zo\'94l.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Pal\'91echini. [Written also Pal\'91echinoidea.]
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Pale"face` (?), n. A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians. J. F. Cooper.
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\'d8Pa`le*ich"thy*es (?), n. pl. [NL. See Paleo-, and Ichthyology.] (Zo\'94l.) A comprehensive division of fishes which includes the elasmobranchs and ganoids. [Written also Pal\'91ichthyes.]
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Pale"ly (?), adv. [From Pale, a.] In a pale manner; dimly; wanly; not freshly or ruddily. Thackeray.
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Pal`em*pore" (?), n. A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bed coverings. [Written also palampore, palampoor, etc.] De Colange.
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Pale"ness (?), n. The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness.
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The blood the virgin's cheek forsook;
paleness spreads o'er all her look. Pope.
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Pa*len"que (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.
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Pa"le*o- (?). [Gr. , adj.] A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic, paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also pal\'91o-.]
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Pa`le*o*bot"a*nist (?), n. One versed in paleobotany.
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Pa`le*o*bot"a*ny (?), n. [Paleo- + botany.] That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.
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\'d8Pa`le*o*car"ida (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ancient + , , , a kind of crustacean.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Merostomata. [Written also Pal\'91ocarida.]
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\'d8Pa`le*o*cri*noi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Paleo-, and Crinoidea.] (Zo\'94l.) A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks.
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Pa`le*o*crys"tic (?), a. [Paleo- + Gr. ice.] Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a former glacial formation.
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Pa`le*o*g\'91"an (?), a. [Paleo- + Gr. the eart] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere. [Written also pal\'91og\'91an.]
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Pa"le*o*graph (?), n. An ancient manuscript.
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Pa`le*og"ra*pher (?), n. One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.
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{ Pa`le*o*graph"ic (?), Pa`le*o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. pal\'82ographique.] Of or pertaining to paleography.
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Pa`le*og"ra*phist (?), n. One versed in paleography; a paleographer.
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Pa`le*og"ra*phy, n. [Paleo- + -graphy: cf. F. pal\'82ographie.] 1. An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.
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2. The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.
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\'d8Pa*le"o*la (?), n.; pl. Paleol\'91 (#). [NL., dim. of